Nicole and Gerald, Part 2

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“Dream Wedding” soon-to-be bride and groom Nicole and Gerald talked about the preparations for their upcoming Rose Parade® wedding aboard the Farmers Insurance float on January 1, 2013.

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Another “Christmas Carol” Perspective

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Geoff Elliott, of A Noise Within.
(Daniel Reichert, Photographer.)

Geoff Elliott is the co-founder and co-artistic director (with wife Julia Rodriguez-Elliott) of A Noise Within classical repertory theatre.  And they’re celebrating Christmas 2012 with Geoff’s lively adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol!

Geoff and Julia co-direct this Carol, which previewed on Saturday, December 1.  And this season marks Geoff’s first time portraying everybody’s favorite miser, Scrooge.

Geoff talked about his interpretation of A Christmas Carol,  from both a director’s and an actor’s standpoint–as well as a father’s.

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Geoff Elliott Interview, Part 2

A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within classic repertory theatre.

(l-r) Geoff Elliott (Ebenezer Scrooge) and Deborah Strang (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Photo courtesy of Craig Schwartz and used with permission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2012-13 season in its state-of-the-art Pasadena home with CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening Saturday, December 8 and closing Sunday, December 23, 2012. ANW Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott co-direct a new adaptation by GEOFF ELLIOTT.

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Geoff Elliott Interview, Part 3

A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within repertory theatre

(l-r) Geoff Elliott (Ebenezer Scrooge), Brendan Haley (Young Scrooge), Deborah Strang (Ghost of Christmas Past) and Georgia Miller (Little Fan)
(Photo courtesy of Craig Schwartz and used with permission)

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2012-13 season in its state-of-the-art Pasadena home with CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening Saturday, December 8 and closing Sunday, December 23, 2012. ANW Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott co-direct a new adaptation by GEOFF ELLIOTT.

Geoff Elliott talks about a dimension of A Noise Within that often doesn’t occur to theatregoers.

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A Landmark “Christmas Carol”

Alison Elliott

Photograph courtesy of Alison Elliott and used with permission.

A Noise Within is performing Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from now through Sunday, December 23rd.  And for cast member Allison Elliot, this year’s show will be special.  It’s her first Carol in her new position as Artist in Residence!

A Noise Within is Southern California’s only year-round classical theatre repertory company.   Their 2012 production of A Christmas Carol previewed on Saturday, December 1st.

Allison, a recent UCLA graduate who literally grew up with the company, talked about her work in this new adaptation of Carol, as well as her experiences with the troupe who have become her “family.”

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Allison Elliott Interview, Part 2

A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within classic repertory theatre

(l-r): Alan Blumenfeld (Ghost of Christmas Present) and Geoff Elliott (Ebenezer Scrooge) with the Cast of A Christmas Carol
Photo courtesy of Craig Schwartz and used with permission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2012-13 season in its state-of-the-art Pasadena home with CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening Saturday, December 8 and closing Sunday, December 23, 2012. ANW Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott co-direct a new adaptation by GEOFF ELLIOTT.

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