Podcasts by Place/Settings: Berkeley
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 10 - "The Character Actor" by Sarah Ruhl from 2021-03-16T18:56:48
Directed by Les Waters
Read by Charles Shaw Robinson
From a perch beyond this life, an actor observes as a group of masked people finally return to the courtyard of Berkeley Rep — to t...
Place/Settings: Berkeley: 9 - "Suicide on Telegraph" by Richard Montoya from 2021-03-09T19:55:13
It's 1959, and tobacco smoke snakes across the bustling café from its prized corner table, where artists and students debate political treatises, muse on philosophy, and share thrilling new poetry.
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 8 - "night fishing" by Philip Kan Gotanda from 2021-03-02T19:55:35
Read by Steven Anthony Jones and BD Wong
On a chilly autumn night, an old fisherman makes his way to the lake in the dark. He casts a line...and reels in the ghost he's been seeking.
Place/Settings: Berkeley: 7 - "The Third Sphere" by Kamala Parks, read by Denmo Ibrahim from 2021-02-23T19:55:18
Straddling the worlds of her divorced parents, Yasmine doesn't feel fully at home in either. Desperate to see her best friend in San Francisco, she embarks on the voyage across the Bay alone, exhil...
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 6 - "West Berkeley West Indian" by Aya de León from 2021-02-16T19:56:49
How do you find your people in middle school — especially when you don't quite fit the mold? A girl experiments, assimilates, adapts, and journeys towards genuine self-love and community.
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 5 - "The Black Mass Sonata" by Daniel Handler, read by Lance Gardner from 2021-02-09T19:55:22
Bored, lost, and lonely, a teenager stumbles into a café. While eating a cup of soup, he hears a wondrously inscrutable sonata, and begins to sense that being lost might not be such a lonesome cond...
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 4 - "For the Record" by Sean San José from 2021-02-02T19:55:48
Sometimes music becomes indelibly linked to specific memories, invoking the people with whom we shared them. Songs by Isaac Hayes, Peter Tosh, Stevie Wonder, the Doors, the Knight Brothers, and Pat...
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 3 - "20 Weeks" by Adam Mansbach from 2021-01-26T19:55:22
Hope, fear, excitement, and a dizzying array of possibilities unspool across an expectant dad’s imagination, as he and his partner navigate medical uncertainties and rediscover each other as almost...
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 2 - "The Fundamental Kiss, With Overtones" by Eisa Davis from 2021-01-19T19:45:05
A young oboist kisses a pianist on a street corner. At long last! But the kiss unlocks pressures, expectations, dreams, and fears. Can we learn to live with uncertainty? To ask for what we need?
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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 1 - "The Slide" by Itamar Moses from 2021-01-12T19:31:03
A neighborhood park — its playground, sloping hillside, and basketball court; its tunnel to a rose garden and many paths — bears witness to a boy, growing up and growing old.
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S19-20, Repisode 17: The Core - "a paradigm for intentional healing" from 2020-04-17T03:43:20
This is the last Repisode in the 19/20 season! This is Part Two of our special two-part Core series on SCHOOL GIRLS. In this series, Berkeley Rep directing fellow Nailah Harper-Malveaux, who also w...
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S19-20, Repisode 16: The Core - “How to Find the Beauty in the Stillness" from 2020-04-08T20:02:21
In a grand finale to our prematurely closed play, we are launching a special two-part CORE series around SCHOOL GIRSLS: OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY. In this series, Berkeley Rep directing fello...
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S19-20, Repisode 15: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Audio Program from 2020-04-01T23:52:41
For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, ...
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S19-20, Repisode 14: The Core - “exposing inequalities that already existed” from 2020-03-28T00:55:36
As many of you know, we very sadly had to close our show CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICA early. But we still had two conversations with our cultural partners outstanding and ready to roll...so the...
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S19-20, Repisode 13: In Conversation with Jocelyn Bioh from 2020-03-24T22:22:03
Yes, performances for Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY were cancelled. Which makes us incredibly sad. but if you are a Berkeley Rep subscriber or already bought an e-tic...
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S19-20, Repisode 12: The Core - "No hay obras pero el arte sigue" from 2020-03-20T00:38:06
As many of you know, the theaters are all closed. We very sadly had to close our show CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICA early. But we still had two conversations with our cultural partners outstandi...
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S19-20, Repisode 11: Culture Clash (Still) in America Audio Program from 2020-02-22T01:57:25
For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, ...
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S19-20, Repisode 10: In Conversation with Culture Clash from 2020-02-14T22:38:41
In this Repisode we talk with Culture Clash - the legendary Latino performance troupe made up of Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza - about what it was like to update material f...
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S19-20, Repisode 9: The Core - "Ritual Reminds Us What Matters" from 2020-01-21T20:55:34
For this edition of The Core for BECKY NURSE OF SALEM, we speak with local Wiccan priestess Carolyn Hunt about witchcraft today, her part in the creation of Becky Nurse, and her reactions to the pl...
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S19-20, Repisode 8: In Conversation with Sarah Ruhl from 2020-01-07T23:36:16
In this Repisode we talk with Sarah Ruhl, the playwright of BECKY NURSE OF SALEM, about what has changed in her thinking about the play as it has moved from development to the stage, and how curren...
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S19-20, Repisode 7: Becky Nurse of Salem Audio Program from 2019-12-23T22:26:51
For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, ...
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S19-20, Repisode 6: The Core - "Do I have a choice?" from 2019-11-10T07:42:01
For this edition of The Core for WHITE NOISE we highlighted selections from our Wednesday Night Speaker Series, in which we interviewed some of the Bay Area's leading thinkers on what they saw in t...
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S19-20, Repisode 5: In Conversation with Suzan-Lori Parks from 2019-10-09T22:00:04
In this Repisode we talk with Suzan-Lori Parks, the playwright of WHITE NOISE, about play’s four contrasting perspectives, and how it anchors difficult topics in love and laughter.
Suzan-L...
S19-20, Repisode 4: White Noise Audio Program from 2019-10-02T22:39:38
For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, ...
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S19-20, Repisode 3: The Core - "Yes, the North Korean Spy Program was (is?) Real" from 2019-09-26T19:25:02
Yes, the events of THE GREAT WAVE really happened. In this Repisode, lead actress Jo Mei (who plays Hanako) talks with Robert S. Boynton, who wrote the authoritative book about the North Korean abd...
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S19-20, Repisode 2: In Conversation with Mark Wing-Davey from 2019-09-18T19:23:07
In this Repisode we talk with Mark Wing-Davey, the director of THE GREAT WAVE. We sat down with him in our in-house studio during a break from rehearsals, right before we went into tech, so you'll ...
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S19-20, Repisode 1: The Audio Program for The Great Wave from 2019-09-11T23:22:19
Welcome to the 2019-2020 season and welcome back to Repisodes: the Berkeley Rep podcast! We are so excited to produce new podcasts for this fresh season, the first with Artistic Director Johanna Pf...
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S18-19, Repisode 22: The Core - "A Cornucopia of Weird-Ass Sh*t" from 2019-06-08T19:30:11
Welcome The Core for KISS MY AZTEC! In The Core, we talk to members of the community to see where the onstage and offstage worlds of our season intersect. In this Repisode, Literary Fellow Maddie R...
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S18-19, Repisode 19: The Core - "The Power of Written Language" with Lance Gardner from 2019-06-05T19:07:21
Welcome to a special edition of The Core for THE GOOD BOOK with guest host, podcast extraordinaire, and actor Lance Gardner. In The Core, we talk to members of the community to see where the onstag...
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S18-19, Repisode 21: In Conversation with John Leguizamo and Tony Taccone from 2019-05-25T03:03:43
In our "In Conversation" part of Repisodes, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about their process and the world of the play. Here, we sat down with KISS MY AZTEC! creators John ...
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S18-19, Repisode 20: The Audio Program from 2019-05-16T21:18:21
For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple forma...
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S18-19, Repisode 18: In Conversation with Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare from 2019-05-06T22:51:27
In our "In Conversation" part of Repisodes, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about their process and the world of the play. Here, we speak with THE GOOD BOOK creators Lisa Pet...
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S18-19, Repisode 17: The Audio Program from 2019-04-25T19:52:01
For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple forma...
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S18-19, Repisode 16: In Conversation with Creator Geoff Sobelle from 2019-04-15T19:28:56
In our "In Conversation" part of Repisodes, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about their process and the world of the play. Here, in a special bonus episode, HOME creator Geof...
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S18-19, Repisode 15: In Conversation with Director Lee Sunday Evans from 2019-04-03T22:10:53
In our "In Conversation" part of Repisodes, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about their process and the world of the play. Here, HOME director Lee Sunday Evans talks about he...
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S18-19, Repisode 14: The Audio Program from 2019-03-26T23:26:15
For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple forma...
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S18-19, Repisode 13: The Core - "What is my Love Language!?" from 2019-03-12T20:19:35
"Metamorphoses" actors Alex Moggridge and Suzy Weller and Berkeley Rep staff members take that strangely popular love language quiz! Why is quality time a recurring love language with these theatre...
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S18-19, Repisode 12: The Audio Program from 2019-01-30T23:45:44
For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple forma...
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S18-19, Repisode 11: In Conversation with Mary Zimmerman from 2019-01-30T23:42:34
In our "In Conversation" part of Repisodes, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about their process and the world of the play. An abridged version of the conversation is included ...
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S18-19, Repisode 10: The Core - "Honoring and Letting Go of Tradition" with Bill T. Jones from 2019-01-30T23:33:24
Welcome to the third Repisode of The Core for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In The Core, we talk to members of the community to see where the onstage and offstage worlds of our season int...
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S18-19, Repisode 9: The Audio Program from 2018-12-27T22:03:13
Welcome to the third Repisode of our Audio Program. For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our ...
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S18-19, Respisode 7: In Conversation with Nilaja Sun from 2018-11-20T23:27:44
Welcome to the fourth Repisode of our "In Conversation" series for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In this part of the series, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about th...
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S18-19, Repisode 8: In Conversation with Marcus Gardley and Moisés Kaufman from 2018-11-19T19:24:01
Welcome to the third Repisode of our "In Conversation" series for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In this part of the series, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about the...
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S18-19, Repisode 6: The Core - "I Just Feel Like Something is Wrong" from 2018-10-23T17:21:33
Welcome to the second Repisode of The Core for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In The Core, we talk to members of the community to see where the onstage and offstage worlds of our season in...
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S18-19, Repisode 4: In Conversation with Jackie Sibblies Drury and Sarah Benson from 2018-10-04T22:20:02
Welcome to the second Repisode of our "In Conversation" series for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In this part of the series, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about th...
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S18-19, Repisode 5: The Audio Program from 2018-10-04T21:43:02
Welcome to the second Repisode of our Audio Program. For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our...
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S18-19, Repisode 3: The Core - "The Opposite of a Contract" from 2018-10-04T21:26:54
Welcome to the first Repisode of The Core for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In The Core, we talk to members of the community to see where the onstage and offstage worlds intersect. In thi...
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S18-19, Repisode 1: In Conversation with Lucas Hnath and Les Waters from 2018-08-29T00:00
Welcome to the first Repisode of our "In Conversation" series for Berkeley Rep's 50th Anniversary Season. In this part of the series, we talk to members of the creative team to learn more about the...
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S18-19, Repisode 2: The Audio Program for A Doll's House, Pt. 2 from 2018-08-27T00:00
Welcome to the first Repisode of our Audio Program. For the Audio Program, we’ll be reading out loud the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our ...
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S17-18, Ep 7: "Great Voyages" - Angel Island Immigration Station from 2018-07-07T18:00:55
Three descendants of immigrants who were detained at Angel Island Immigration Station reflect on reclaiming the buried history of Chinese Exclusion.
Guests:
Felicia Lowe is an independ...
S17-18, Ep 6: "The Limits of Tolerance" - Live Panel On AIDS Activism from 2018-06-21T18:08:24
A live panel on AIDS activism in the 1980s and 1990s and its influence on activism today.
Panelists:
- Matt Coles is a professor of law at UC Hastings.
- Ken Jones is a gay rights...
S17-18, Ep 5: "Justice Is The Hub" - LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination Law + Special Guest Heidi Schreck from 2018-06-17T07:04:24
An interview with UC Hastings professor of constitutional law Matt Coles (http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty/?expert=matthew.coles) about LGBTQ anti-discrimination legislation and the legacy of con...
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S17-18, Ep 4: "Angelology" - Live Panel On Angels In 'Angels In America' from 2018-05-18T19:00:02
A live panel with five theologians about angels in Judaism, Mormonism, and "Angels in America."
(Recorded at Berkeley Rep May 14, 2018 and co-produced with the Graduate Theological Union)...
S17-18, Ep 3: "More Beautiful Because Imperiled" - Earthquakes + Bob the Drag Queen from 2018-05-14T16:46:27
Two earthquake geologists and a former SF Firefighter turned historian discuss the seismic history of the Bay Area and what happened on April 18, 1906, the day of the Great San Francisco Earthquake...
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S17-18, Ep 2: "A Sort Of Blue Streak Of Recognition" - New Technology in the Theatre from 2018-05-05T19:01:44
A conversation with three people involved in the design of Angels in America at Berkeley Rep about the new technology in the show, their process, and their collaboration.
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- Jen...
S17-18, Ep 1: "No Country For The Infirm" - The AIDS Epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital from 2018-04-27T17:40:37
A conversation with three extraordinary medical professionals about their experiences with the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to today.
Guests:
- Diane Jones was an HIV nurse at San Fran...