special events
performance workshop for actors and directors
with tony taccone
This four day intensive will cover the process of the audition, the callback and the rehearsal, respectively. On the third and fourth days, students will focus on “the rehearsal” which will examine the process and application thorough script analysis. Students are asked to read Birthday Party by Harold Pinter and Twelfth Night by Shakespeare and prepare a 10-minute presentation of one of these plays. Come prepared with two contrasting monologues (one and half minutes each). Class limited to 14 students. To apply, please submit an acting resume to: Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, Nevo Education Center, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704, or e-mail a resume to school@berkeleyrep.org.
Tony Taccone is the artistic director of Berkeley Rep, where he has worked since 1988 and served in his current position since 1997. His most recent directorial credits include the world premiere of David Edgar’s Continental Divide for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, Birmingham Rep (UK), the Barbicon Theatre (UK) and the La Jolla Playhouse, and Sarah Jones’ Bridge and Tunnel in New York City. He has directed more than twenty-five plays for Berkeley Rep including Surface Transit, Homebody/Kabul, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa and The Oresteia. Before coming to Berkeley Rep, Mr. Taccone served as the Artistic Director of Eureka Theatre in San Francisco. He has also worked at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose Rep and Yale Rep. He had the great honor of co-directing the world premiere of Angels in America at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Monday–Thursday, June 2–5 • 7–10PM • $225
family series
Learn the art of theatre through play the first Sunday each month with the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre’s Family Series! These interactive workshops are designed for families of all ages and levels. Family Series programs encourage arts awareness and exploration, nourish team work and parent/child bonds and sustain a creative family environment. In lieu of tuition, families attending these workshops are asked to bring a children’s book to be donated to local elementary school libraries.
next family series
June 1, 2008, 11AM–12:30PM
Summer Fun—Learn how to turn a day at home into a day of laughter with family games, puppet making and more. Gain acting skills, tell stories and make new friends. It’s off-the-cuff fun for parents and children to replay all summer long! Slip into vacation-mode with Berkeley Rep. Recommended for ages 3 to adult.
All Sunday workshops are held at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre at the Nevo Education Center, 2071 Addison Street in downtown Berkeley. For more information please call Gendell Hernández at 510.647.2973 or e-mail ghernandez@berkeleyrep.org.
target® teen night
Sponsored by the Berkeley Rep Teen Council
A special opportunity for teens from around the Bay Area to attend the Friday Preview of each play at Berkeley Rep, have dinner and participate in a behind-the-scenes workshop prior to the performance for an extremely discounted price. Past Target® Teen Nights have included discussions with Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Tony Taccone; The Glass Menagerie Director and Associate Artistic Director Les Waters; 9 Parts of Desire Director Joanna Settle; The Miser Director Dominique Serrand; Brundibar Assistant Director Eddie Kurtz; Our Town Sound Designer Mark Bennett; Zorro in Hell Fight Director Dave Maier; Oliver Twist Dialect Coach Laura Hitt and Movement Director Struan Leslie; and Passing Strange Director Annie Dorsen.
next target® teen night
Sunday, May 11, 2008: No Child… / written and performed by Nilaja Sun / directed by Hal Brooks.
With No Child…, Nilaja Sun shines a light on the struggles—and miracles—of America’s public schools. In an incredible solo show, she plays an entire classroom of children, their teachers, their parents, the principal, the janitor and even a security guard with a metal detector at the front door. Sun takes on 16 roles in 70 minutes, transforming her eight-year adventure as a teaching artist into a master class on heartbreak, humor and hope. No Child… proves one passionate person can still make a difference, and this off-Broadway show became the breakaway hit of the year. Critics gave it straight A’s, audiences cheered and Sun won every award you can name.
Tickets are $8 for Teen Council members and $12 for non-members. Attend this special No Child… preview show with your mother for $25. Curtain is at 7PM. Dinner and a speaker will be omitted so that teens can spend more time with their families, but please join us for the show. R.S.V.P. by May 9 by calling 510.647.2974.
Founded in 2002, the Berkeley Rep Teen Council is a theatre youth group organized by teens for teens. Their goal is to foster the theatre audiences and professionals of tomorrow by opening channels of communication between teens, theatre professionals and the community at large. The Teen Council provides the opportunity for youth to participate in all aspects of the dramatic process: onstage, backstage and in the audience through their affiliation with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Activities include poetry slams, improv nights, theatre workshops, field trips to see local theatre productions, a one-act play competition and festival and Target® Teen Night. Members actively plan and organize all Teen Council programs and are mentored by Berkeley Repertory Theatre staff. To become involved, please click here or contact the Teen Council at teencouncil@berkeleyrep.org or 510.647.2972.