The award-winning actor plays a timid Midwesterner who insinuates himself into a wealthy and gullible family in this one-man psychological thriller.
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Aurora Theatre’s ‘1984’ disturbs as authoritarian peril looms
The adaptation of George Orwell’s classic tale of thought police, hidden cameras and the crushing power of the state resonates strongly in our current political moment.
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This ‘Cinderella’ is a struggling Berkeley artist who finds happily ever after with a prince of Silicon Valley
The Berkeley Playhouse production of the age-old tale has a few local touches, such as allusions to Cheese Board and the Butcher’s Son in the set.
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Classic drag rock musical ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ makes for fabulous Berkeley theater
The Shotgun Players production of the now 25-year-old hit musical is as fun and outrageous as ever.
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Berkeley Rep’s ‘Bulrusher,’ set in 1950s Booneville, is an evocative but somewhat jumbled folk tale
Eisa Davis’ Pulitzer-winning play, written partly in the dying Boontling dialect of Anderson Valley, follows an 18-year-old girl with the power to tell fortunes though a town full of secrets.
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Funny new Berkeley play takes aim at tech bros, AI and the ethical void in Washington
‘The Engine of Our Disruption,’ a world premiere at Berkeley’s Central Works, will have you thinking while you chuckle.
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Around Berkeley: Bird fest, Freight Fest, solar eclipse viewing party
Other events include the 28th annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival and an airing of the Taylor Swift movie at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
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In Berkeley play, she tells of when grandma’s wild mushroom soup poisoned her family
Carrie Kartman’s solo play explores the family dynamics that stopped her from contradicting her mother’s mycological knowledge — and serves as a warning to watch out for death caps this time of year.
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Around Berkeley: Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow, pumpkin patch, music at the Berkeley Flea Market
Other events include a First Friday Block Party at Gilman District, a free community day at BAMPFA and a plant sale at the Botanic Garden at Tilden.
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Around Berkeley: Dance party on Fourth, Ezra Klein talk
Other events include a Berkeley Improv student showcase, hip-hop collage-making session and tour of a glass-making studio.
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Around Berkeley: Celebrations of Brazilian culture and vegan food; Gilman block party
Other events include the opening of ACCI Gallery’s group photography exhibit ‘Water is Sacred’ and the release of Oakland vocalist and composer Adrienne Shamszad’s second album, ‘Wash It All Away.’
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‘Born With Teeth’ imagines the relationship when Shakespeare and Marlowe meet
The idea for the production sprang instantly when playwright Liz Duffy Adams learned that the two giants of Elizabethan theater might have collaborated on Shakespeare’s Henry VI.
