Formerly incarcerated cooks make ordinary sandwiches while dreaming of creating superb, unique ones in Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated human comedy.
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Berkeley Rep actor’s sorrowful eyes tell the story of Polish diplomat who reported on WWII extermination camps
Academy Award nominee David Strathairn never overplays his role in a tour de force one-person performance of ‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski.’
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Berkeley Rep to open downtown housing next to theater for visiting artists
The 45-unit complex includes classrooms, a gallery and studio space, offices, storage and outdoor courtyards.
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Young politico falls for jazz-singing ‘Goddess’ in jubilant Berkeley Rep musical
Ten years in the making, this world premiere at Berkeley Rep combines a Kenyan myth with a modern twist.
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Review: ‘Sanctuary’ is elusive for DREAMers in Berkeley Rep play
Playwright Martyna Majok’s ‘Sanctuary City’ is an unsentimental drama that will seep into your soul.
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Tom Parrish appointed Berkeley Rep’s new managing director
For 19 years, he has been a theater executive or senior leader in organizations ranging from multi-venue performing arts centers to Tony Award-winning theater companies.
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Remembering Carol Suveda, volunteer, community leader, music lover with colorful style
An active volunteer at Freight and Salvage and multiple Berkeley theater companies, Suveda loved attending music festivals, choral singing and participating in Jewish life.
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‘Dana H.’ is the real-life recitation of a kidnap victim’s horrifying experience: Berkeley Rep
The true story is not theater to be lightly enjoyed but rather intensely, sorrowfully, and deeply felt.
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Remembering Judy Holland, Berkeley Rep development director who lived in a ‘castle of love’
Holland also worked as a substitute teacher at Berkeley public schools and was renowned for her vivacious spirit and sense of humor.
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Whaling crew is shipwrecked and ‘Swept Away’ in spellbinding Berkeley Rep musical
The world premiere Berkeley Rep production, long delayed by the pandemic, is set to music by folk/rock band The Avett Brothers.
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Berkeley Rep managing director Susie Medak is stepping down after 3 decades
A self-described “animal of the theater,” Medak will depart Berkeley Rep in August. She’ll pursue executive coaching.
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‘Civic trauma’ of pandemic brings East Bay arts community together
A new coalition of East Bay arts organizations is making joint funding requests of Alameda County and cooperating on a regional “return to the arts” campaign.