A Noise Within is the only company in Southern California working in repertory tradition(rotating productions using a resident ensemble of professional, trained artists) and dedicated solely to producing classical dramatic literature.

A Noise Within’s mission is to produce world-class performances of the great works of drama in rotating repertory with a resident company; to educate and inspire the public through programs that foster an understanding and appreciation of history’s great plays and playwrights.

Over the past 20 years, A Noise Within has achieved prominence among Southern California’s best theatres, earning 26 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. In 2008, the LA Drama Critics Circle nominated Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” for two awards, Best Production and Best Adaptation. In 2009, Jean Anouilh’s “The Rehearsal” garnered three nominations from the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, including Best Production of a Play. A Noise Within has also received a Polly Warfield Award for Excellence, and was the youngest company ever to receive the Margaret Harford Award for Distinguished Achievement.