“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…
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“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…
ART – Shotgun Players
“ART” a play by Yasmina Raza Shotgun Players Thursday, March 27, 2026 7:30 pm “What sort of friend are you?” The sentence above is on the cover of Shotgun Players current production of “Art”. Three men, actors Woody Harper (Yvan),…
Step Afrika!
Step Afrika! Saturday, November 2, 2024 8 PM UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall Step Africa! “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” The performance of “Step Africa!” was preceded by a dynamic, important discussion held at the upstairs lobby of Zellerbach Hall.…
Mummenschanz
Mummenschanz Saturday, October 26, 2024 8 PM Cal Performances: UC Berkeley Without Words! Delightful! Mummenschanz celebrated it’s 50th anniversary of performances with three events at the Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Campus. In this day and age of endless talk…
SLAM!
SLAM! Zellerbach Hall: UC Berkeley: October 5, 2024 8 pm FLIPFABRIQUE AND EXMACHINA: Robert Lepage This extraordinary Canadian group brings us acrobatic and physical skills I have never seen elsewhere, except perhaps, in the old circus days when clowns and…
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi Cal Performances Friday September 27, 2024 8pm Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Simply Beautiful! The opera Harawi has many unusual aspects; many were discussed in a varied and complex discussion by scholars before the performance. Yet, no matter…
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars – THE CONCERT June 7, 2024 7;30 PM San Francisco Symphony Hall Yes…but: Staging and Music Lack Correspondence The directors listed above, King and Sellars are both noted for their talents and many…
The Rite of Spring
common ground(s)* The Rite of Spring Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Friday, February 16, 2024 8 PM Sunday, February 18, 2024 3 PM École des Sables: dancing the work of Pina Bausch This event was danced by “a specially recruited ensemble”,…