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You can call it a romance. You can call it a comedy. But there’s probably no better way to describe Shotgun Players’ new production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" than to just call it a Play.

As conceived by writer John Cameron Mitchell and composer/lyricist Stephen Trask back in 1997, "Hedwig"— now being presented by Berkeley’s Shotgun Players — is intended to feel like a late night in a dive bar, not an evening at the theater.

Detour Dance’s "We Build Houses Here," the ambitiously multivalent castaway extravaganza, premieres at Oasis with an ambitious immersive setting.

Detour Dance’s "We Build Houses Here," the ambitiously multivalent castaway extravaganza, premieres at Oasis with an ambitious immersive setting.

Detour Dance’s "We Build Houses Here," the ambitiously multivalent castaway extravaganza, premieres at Oasis with an ambitious immersive setting.

Detour Dance’s "We Build Houses Here," the ambitiously multivalent castaway extravaganza, premieres at Oasis with an ambitious immersive setting.

There are so many war fronts and stratagems in Pierre Carlet De Marivaux’s 1732 dramedy that a battle map wouldn’t be out of order. 

This week 3/29/23 – On the Arts, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe speaks 42nd St. Moon Merrily We Roll Along cast member DC Scarpelli (‘Charley Kringas’) | Shotgun Players Director & Founder Patrick Dooley | Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joseph Young | Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Panel Member & Comedian Alonzo Bodden |Join us at our new date and time Wednesdays at 4:00PM PST!

Three productions —"the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at Berkeley Rep, "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the Golden Gate Theater and "Lear" at CalShakes— employ narrator figures for various purposes and with varying degrees of success.

Three productions —"the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at Berkeley Rep, "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the Golden Gate Theater and "Lear" at CalShakes— employ narrator figures for various purposes and with varying degrees of success.