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Teen Night
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.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010: Compulsion
(R.S.V.P. deadline: Thursday, September 16)
- Written by Rinne Groff / Directed by Oskar Eustis
- Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin makes his Berkeley Rep debut as Sid Silver, a man obsessed. When he learns about a young girl named Anne Frank and her extraordinary diary, Silver makes it his mission to ensure her tale is heard. But is the manuscript a work of art? A cultural treasure? Once publishers and producers get involved, it becomes “a very valuable product”—and his good intentions prove to be his undoing. Acclaimed director Oskar Eustis returns to the Bay Area with Rinne Groff’s Compulsion, a kaleidoscopic collision of history and culture inspired by the life of Meyer Levin and commissioned by Berkeley Rep. A moving story that combines stellar acting with marvelous marionettes, this world-premiere production takes us on a journey from passion to Compulsion.
Teen Night begins at 5:30pm 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 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 Nights
- Friday, December 3, 2010: The Composer is Dead
- Friday, January 21, 2011: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
- Friday, February 25, 2011: Ruined
- Friday, April 15, 2011: The Three Sisters
- Friday, May 13, 2011: A new show for Rita Moreno
Past Teen Night guests have included
- Tony Taccone, Berkeley Rep’s artistic director
- Les Waters, Berkeley Rep’s associate artistic director
- Mary Zimmerman, director of Argonautika and The Arabian Nights
- Mina Morita, assistant director of Yellowjackets and In the Next Room
- Austin Regan, assistant director of American Idiot, and the assistant to the producer, Chris Maring, talked about the process of creating an original show and working with Green Day!
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major sponsors
($25,000 and above)
Arts Education and Outreach
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation / The Mosse Foundation for Education and the Arts / The Woodlawn Foundation
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