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When actress Jordan Baker opens her mouth, the voice we hear isn’t hers; it’s the voice of Dana H. playwright Lucas Hnath’s mother, Dana Higginbotham, recorded in a series of interviews and cut together to form a lip sync track. Dana herself speaks her truth as she remembers it, which in this case is definitely stranger than fiction.
This is an abstract work, absurdist if you care to call it that, grounded in the realities of aging but equally informed by the instability of memories and dreams.
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Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop” earned 11 nominations. Will that translate into 11 wins? What about “Girl From the North Country"?
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We’ll have to wait until June 12 to find out, but I pulled out by opinionated crystal ball, nonetheless. And so here’s a look at the likely winners in some major categories.
Berkeley Rep has a long, proud history of developing and launching musicals that go on to have great success on larger stages.