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Berkeley Repertory Theatre

2015 & 2025 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA 94704 map
district: Berkeley


Tel. 510.647.2949
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Thu Jul 24 - Mon Aug 11
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About Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Founded in 1968, Berkeley Repertory Theatre has established itself as one of this country’s top-ranking professional resident theatre companies, known for its consistently high-quality productions. Winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, its national reputation draws theatre artists from around the country to work on a variety of productions from September through July. The season consists of seven productions of the finest classic, contemporary and new plays. In March 2001, Berkeley Rep opened The Roda Theatre, a 600-seat proscenium theatre that complements the existing 400-seat thrust stage, creating a vital and versatile performing arts complex. In December 2001, the company opened the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, housed next-door in the Nevo Education Center. The School of Theatre offers a wide variety of educational programs designed to enrich the theatre-going experience through extensive training...

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Editorial Review
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Master Class at Berkeley Rep
The Diva Behind the Diva
By Nirmala Nataraj (06/25/2004)

" She was known simply as "La Divina", the paragon of grace and glamour. Wherever she took the stage- at La Scala, La Bastille and La Monnaie- she ripped the hearts right out of her audiences. Her mezzo-soprano had the power to shatter crystal and bedazzle millions. Her name was Maria Callas. "

Editorial Review
The Mystery of Irma Vep Image
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Gay Camp Weds Gothic Romance
By Nirmala Nataraj (05/21/2004)

" Swimming in references to Poe, Joyce, Shakespeare, and the Brontė Sisters, The Mystery of Irma Vep, which is now enjoying the stage at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is a 'penny dreadful': a lampoon of the 19th century melodrama. Irma Vep is the vaudevillian tour-de-force that launched writer / director / performer Charles Ludlam and his Ridiculous Theatrical Company into camp renown back in 1984. It's an unabashed, madcap pastiche of The Mummy's Curse, Abbot and Costello Meet the Wolfman, and David O. Selznick's Rebecca, which is wryly knocked about... "

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