Overview
- Suri Noelle performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a modern, queer, gender-blind adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream produced by Carnegie Mellon students.
- She played multiple parts in the piece, including the role of Helena, and took part in the production over a roughly two-week run at the festival.
- Noelle has publicly dropped the Cruise surname and used Suri Noelle on voter records and festival materials, a change outlets link to her effort to establish a separate professional identity.
- Reports said the show played a small 220-seat mirror tent at St. Andrew Square with many empty seats and low ticket prices, and that Tom Cruise was not expected to attend.
- Her Fringe debut follows formal performing-arts training at LaGuardia High School and current study of Musical Theatre at Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama, making the festival appearance a first public step toward a professional stage career.