William Hodgson adeptly directs this play based on Greek scholar Anne Carson’s 1989 novel-length poem, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse. Now playing through May 19 at the Oakland Theater Project.
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‘The Far Country’ lyrically explores the complexity of the Chinese American immigration experience
Lloyd Suh’s play universalizes three generations of one family’s immigration story in its West Coast premiere at the Berkeley Rep.
Oakland Theater Project explores the toll of disability in ‘Cost of Living’
Directed by Emilie Whelan, ‘Cost of Living’ explores the lives and relationships of two disabled people and their caregivers in modern-day New Jersey.
Strong performances spark Central Works’ ‘Boss McGreedy’
Michael Ray Wisely plays a corrupt political boss in Berkeley Central Works Theater Company’s premiere of Gary Graves’ play.
Aurora Theatre’s ‘Manahatta’ links 17th century’s rapacious capitalists to those who caused the ’08 financial crisis
The same actors play the greedy 17th-century Dutch East India Company bigwigs who “purchased” Manhattan and the power-hungry 21st-century investment bankers about to go under.
All’s not as merry as it seems in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Cult of Love’
The humorous, insightful tale from playwright Leslye Headland slowly sucks viewers into the dark undercurrents of a family at Christmas time.
A tender college romance stirs to life on Ashby Stage in ‘Babes in Ho-lland’
The world premiere Shotgun Players production from Deneen Reynolds-Knott is set to nostalgia-steeped ’90s music.
Billy Crudup is a devious inveigler in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Harry Clarke’
The award-winning actor plays a timid Midwesterner who insinuates himself into a wealthy and gullible family in this one-man psychological thriller.
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.
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.
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.
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.