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Teen Council events

The Berkeley Rep Teen Council sponsors many events throughout the year. Check this site regularly for updates.

Teen Council meetings

Teen Night

Teen Theatre Conference

Theatre Scene

Teen One-Acts Festival

teen council meetings

Join us for our monthly Teen Council meetings to plan upcoming events and discuss theatre with professional guest speakers.

Teen council meetings include guest speakers from Berkeley Rep’s professional staff as well as actors and designers from the award-winning shows that are part of each season. Teens will leave each month’s meeting with career advice and valuable insight from all aspects of the performance industry. They will also receive information about upcoming Teen Council projects and community outreach opportunities. Recent speakers have included Dave Maier, fight choreographer; Michael Suenkel, production stage manager; Danny Hoch, writer / director / actor; and Amy Potozkin, casting director.

Teen council meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 5pm at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, 2071 Addison Street in downtown Berkeley. Meeting dates for 2009/10 are: September 2, October 7, November 4, December 2, January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5 and June 2.

teen night: eat, talk and see great plays with the teen council

Teen Night gives Bay Area teens the opportunity to attend the first preview of a Berkeley Rep play for an extremely discounted price, with dinner and a behind-the-scenes workshop before the show.

Next Teen Night

Friday, April 16, 2010: Girlfriend
(R.S.V.P. deadline: Wednesday, April 14)
Book by Todd Almond/ Music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet / Directed by Les Waters
Romance unfolds in a new musical wound around the tender love songs of Matthew Sweet’s landmark album, Girlfriend. Meeting in homeroom. Cruising through town. Holding hands. Cheering from the stands. That awkward first kiss. In the world premiere of Girlfriend at Berkeley Rep, boy meets boy. It’s an eternal story turned upside down, a dual-Romeo duet directed by Les Waters that’s innocent—and Sweet. “Girlfriend is the breathless testimony of a fool for love,” raves Rolling Stone, “a rock ‘n’ roll valentine that delivers subtle wisdom with an exhilarating kick.” Fall in love with the boy next door at Girlfriend.

The event begins at 6:30pm at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, 2071 Addison Street, one block from the downtown Berkeley BART station.

The cost for the evening, which includes dinner, an interview and discussion with a member of the creative team and a ticket to the show is $10. This can be paid by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, check or with cash at the door. Even if you choose to pay with cash at the event, you must R.S.V.P. to have a ticket held in your name.

We invite all interested high school students to participate in this Teen Night.

To learn more or to R.S.V.P., call Teen Council at 510 647–2974 or e-mail teencouncil@berkeleyrep.org.

Upcoming Teen Night

Friday, May 14, 2010: The Wake

teen theatre conference

The Teen Theatre Conference was designed to create an open forum for students from different high-school drama programs to exchange ideas, network and strengthen the teen theatre community. In past conferences, participants were able to focus in one of five areas of concentration, including directing, acting, design, journalism in the arts and producing.

Past conferences have been divided into two parts: the first half of the day was spent studying with theatre professionals in their chosen area of concentration, while the second half allowed participants to work in small teams and produce a short piece of theatre.

More information about this year’s conference will be coming soon!

theatre scene

Here in the Bay Area, we happen to have some of the best theatre right in our backyard and it’s time to take advantage of this resource! In our Theatre Scene program, we travel as a group to see productions at Bay Area theatres, often at a discounted price. On the night of the performance, teens meet at the Berkeley Rep and travel together to see each show. In addition to our regular theatre attendance at Berkeley Rep through Teen Night, this is an opportunity for teens to support the theatre community and learn about the breadth and diversity the local arts scene has to offer. Past Theatre Scene shows have included Spring Awakening, Angry Black White Boy and RENT. Possible upcoming shows include Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, In the Heights and Caucasian Chalk Circle.

If you are interested in participating in Theatre Scene, e-mail teencouncil@berkeleyrep.org. or call 510 647–2974.

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