[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E455-E456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO A NOISE WITHIN

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I, along with my colleague, Representative 
Judy Chu, rise today to honor A Noise Within, a classic theater company 
of Pasadena, California upon its twenty-fifth anniversary.
   A Noise Within (ANW) was established in 1991 by Artistic Directors 
Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott with the goal of performing 
classic theater as a vital means of enriching the community by 
embracing universal human experiences, expanding personal awareness, 
and challenging individual perspectives.

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   At a period when classical theater was seldom performed in the area, 
ANW's first production was Hamlet. Initially performing in a small 
theater in a former Masonic Temple in Glendale and funded by the 
founders, ANW flourished for nearly twenty years, garnering praise for 
its artistic excellence. After an effective capital campaign, ANW built 
a permanent home in east Pasadena, California in 2011.
   A Noise Within performs in a rotating repertory manner to general 
and student audiences, reaching an audience of around thirty-five 
thousand people each season with one hundred-fifty shows of seven 
timeless classic plays, and has the distinction of being the only year-
round classical repertory theater in Southern California. Dedicated to 
making great classic literature come to life for our youth, with its 
Our Classics Live! Education Program, ANW serves 16,000 students every 
season, with some level of subsidy for each student participant.
   I ask all Members to join Congresswoman Chu and me in recognizing A 
Noise Within upon their twenty-fifth anniversary, and for their 
outstanding service and significant contributions to the arts in the 
greater Pasadena area.

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