“Gathering” Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre Friday, February 27, 2026 8PM Zellerbach Playhouse Extraordinary! Exciting! Exhausting! Excellent… …and not always easy to watch and absorb all the many events and movement patterns and skills that this Dance Theatre (from Palestine!) brought…
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Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company Saturday, February 14, 2026 Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley “Remembrance of things past” Cal Performances brought the Martha Graham Dance Company to Berkeley on February 14, 2026. For those of us (probably few left) who studied with…
“Moon”: A Mixed Media Mark Morris Mayhem
“Moon” Mark Morris Dance Group Friday, January 23, 2026 Zellerbach Hall “MOON” (West Coast Premiere) A “Mixed Media” Mark Morris Mayhem The one hour production of “MOON” was thorough and congested with its inclusion of music, dance and most of…
Sunday in the Park with George – ShotgunPlayers
“Sunday in the Park with George” Shotgun Players, Berkeley Friday, November 28, 2025 7PM “Genius Revisited” The background is this: “Sunday in the Park with George” is 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by…
Paris Opera Ballet
Paris Opera Ballet “Red Carpet” (North America Premiere) Friday October 3, 2025, 8 PM Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley AMAZING GRACE If one reads the announcement of “Paris Opera Ballet”, the assumption might be … ’the performance is French (no!); the…
Smuin Contemporary Ballet – October 5
Smuin Contemporary Ballet Sunday, October 5,2025 2 pm Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco Sunday Delight Amy Seiwert, the Artistic Director of the Smuin Ballet, has succeeded Michael Smuin and now, to delighted San Francisco audiences, brings new choreographic works. For…
The Motion
“The Motion” By playwright Christopher Chen Shotgun Players September 20, 2025 8 PM Creation/Confusion/Celebration First scene: The four actors, two on each side, led by a moderator, confront the question, “Do we kill animals unjustly? And/or do we use them…
The Tempest: Marin Shakespeare Festival
“The Tempest” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, August 16, 2025. 7 PM “The necessity of theater.” The quote above, “The necessity of theater” is from the “Director’s Notes” in the program for an earlier production at the Marin Shakespeare Company. (Signed…
“Pyramus and Thisbe”
“Pyramus and Thisbe” in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, June 14, 2025. 7:30 PM “Pyramus and Thisbe“: a play within the play is performed at the end of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as ‘preferred’ entertainment for the…
Marin Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, June 14, 2025 7:30 PM Adapted, Choreographed and Directed by Bridgette Loriaux A BRILLIANT, DELIGHTFUL PRODUCTION This production of “Dream” which opened in the company’s amphitheater Marin County setting (just outside San…