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Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | At 28, he died on Berkeley’s streets | House with famed communal hot tub up for sale

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Three actors with comic expressions in a set that looks like the white house
Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep’s ‘POTUS’ is a vulgar, mostly comic romp

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Sept. 22, 2023, 12:18 p.m.September 22, 2023

The title, ‘POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,’ sets the tone for the play’s silly brand of political humor.

Stachel on stage in a spotlight on his knees looking up plaintively with his hands between his legs
Posted inArts

Berkeley-born actor goes ‘Out of Character,’ revealing astonishing personal depths, in new Berkeley Rep solo show

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel June 30, 2023, 11:20 a.m.June 30, 2023

Watching Ari’el Stachel’s one-act, one-man play is a very intimate yet expansive experience.

Posted inArts

In a new play at the Rep, a reckoning with growing up Arab and Jewish in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Alix Wall June 13, 2023, 12:43 p.m.June 13, 2023

Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home with a deeply personal one-man show, ‘Out of Character,’ opening June 28 at the Berkeley Rep.

A blood-spackled man in street clothes — a vampire — crouching and staring intensely
Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep’s bloody, beautiful new play joins the vampire media frenzy

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel May 26, 2023, 11:02 a.m.May 28, 2023

The downtown Berkeley theater’s production of ‘Let the Right One In,’ based on the Swedish vampire novel ‘Let Me In,’ is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying.

Sahar Bibiyan (Marjan) and Amir Malaklou (Omid) drink Coke together in Sanaz Toossi’s Obie Award-winning play English, now at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep’s ‘English’ finds humor, frustration in the quest for fluency

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok April 07, 2023, 2:16 p.m.April 8, 2023

The tightly written, well-paced production of Sanaz Toossi’s ‘English’ follows four students preparing for the TOEFL in an Iranian classroom.

Posted inArts

High school thespians get the spotlight at Berkeley Rep festival this Sunday

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 08, 2023, 2:32 p.m.March 8, 2023

The March 12 festival will feature five mini-plays by and about students at Berkeley High and four other Bay Area high schools.

Posted inArts

‘Cambodian Rock Band’ explores the power of music and evil

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel March 06, 2023, 8:00 a.m.March 9, 2023

Local playwright Lauren Yee pulls together these elements in her play that delve into the unimaginable horrors of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge at the Berkeley Rep.

Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep serves up a slice of life in the truck stop kitchen at ‘Clyde’s’

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Jan. 30, 2023, 9:30 a.m.January 31, 2023

Formerly incarcerated cooks make ordinary sandwiches while dreaming of creating superb, unique ones in Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated human comedy.

Posted inArts

Berkeley Rep actor’s sorrowful eyes tell the story of Polish diplomat who reported on WWII extermination camps

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Dec. 05, 2022, 2:46 p.m.December 8, 2022

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.’

Posted inCity

Berkeley Rep to open downtown housing next to theater for visiting artists

Avatar photo by Supriya Yelimeli Sept. 02, 2022, 1:51 p.m.September 6, 2022

The 45-unit complex includes classrooms, a gallery and studio space, offices, storage and outdoor courtyards.

Posted inArts

Young politico falls for jazz-singing ‘Goddess’ in jubilant Berkeley Rep musical

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Aug. 29, 2022, 10:55 a.m.August 29, 2022

Ten years in the making, this world premiere at Berkeley Rep combines a Kenyan myth with a modern twist.

Posted inArts

Review: ‘Sanctuary’ is elusive for DREAMers in Berkeley Rep play

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel July 18, 2022, 9:55 a.m.August 4, 2022

Playwright Martyna Majok’s ‘Sanctuary City’ is an unsentimental drama that will seep into your soul.

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