Casting is complete for the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, which will begin previews January 29, 2025, in the Los Angeles, California company's Gil Cates Theater prior to an official opening February 6.
Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro (August: Osage County, The Motherf**ker with the Hat) directs the co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where the farce was seen earlier this year with much of the same company.
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The cast includes Vaneh Assadourian (Wish You Were Here) as Poppy Norton-Taylor, Amanda Fink (I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard) as Brooke Ashton/Vicki, Audrey Francis (Justified: City Primeval) as Belinda Blair/Flavia Brent, Francis Guinan (August: Osage County) as Selsdon Mowbray/Burglar, Rick Holmes (Matilda the Musical) as Lloyd Dallas, Ora Jones (Matilda the Musical) as Dotty Otley/Mrs. Clackett, David Lind (New Country) as Garry Lejeune/Roger Tramplemain, James Vincent Meredith (The Crucible) as Frederick Fellowes/Phillip Brent, and Max Stewart (Fairview) as Tim Allgood.
Understudies Beth Hawkes, Al'Jaleel McGhee, Anna Mintzer, Felice Heather Monteith, Jeremy Radin, and Ricki Romano complete the company.
In Frayn's comic conceit, the audience follows the misfortunes of a fifth-rate British troupe as it rehearses (Act One), performs (Act Two), and destroys (Act Three) a British sex farce called Nothing On. The points of view change during Noises Off, offering a front of-house rehearsal, a backstage perspective during a performance, and another view from the house, several months into the run.
The production will also have scenic design by Todd Rosenthal, costume design by Izumi Inaba, lighting design by Josh Epstein, sound design by Cricket S. Myers, associate direction by Nikki DiLoreto, dialect and voice coaching by Kate DeVore, violence designed by R&D Choreography, intimacy consulting by Kristina Fluty, production stage management by Sam Allen, assistant stage management by Colleen Danaher, and casting by JC Clementz and Phyllis Schuringa.
Noises Off opened in London in 1982 before arriving at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre in December 1983 and playing 553 performances. A feature film was made of Noises Off in 1992. The comedy has been revived twice on Broadway, in 2001 and, most recently, in 2016.
Frayn won the 2000 Tony Award for his play Copenhagen.
Performances will continue through March 2.
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Ora Jones, Audrey Francis and James Vincent Meredith in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Andrew Leeds, Max Stewart, Francis Guinan, Rick Holmes, Audrey Francis, James Vincent Meredith and Ora Jones in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Andrew Leeds, Ora Jones, and Francis Guinan in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Ora Jones, Francis Guinan, Rick Holmes, Audrey Francis, Amanda Fink, and Vaneh Assadourian in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Amanda Fink, James Vincent Meredith, Francis Guinan, and Audrey Francis in Steppenwolf Theatre’s in Noises Off
Rick Holmes, Ora Jones, Audrey Francis, and James Vincent Meredith in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Ora Jones, James Vincent Meredith, and Audrey Francis in Steppenwolf Theatre’s in Noises Off
Audrey Francis, Ora Jones, Francis Guinan, and Rick Holmes in Noises Off
Audrey Francis, Andrew Leeds, James Vincent Meredith, and Ora Jones in Steppenwolf Theatre’s in Noises Off
James Vincent Meredith, Rick Holmes, Amanda Fink, and Audrey Francis in Noises Off
Company of Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Amanda Fink and Audrey Francis in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Company of Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Rick Holmes, Francis Guinan, and Vaneh Assadourian in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
James Vincent Meredith, Max Stewart, Ora Jones, Vaneh Assadourian, and Audrey Francis in Steppenwolf Theatre’s in Noises Off
James Vincent Meredith, Ora Jones, and Vaneh Assadourian in Steppenwolf Theatre’s Noises Off
Audrey Francis and James Vincent Meredith in Noises Off
