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Actors Ensemble Presents

Our Cymbeline Video

Performed at the

John Hinkel Park

Amphitheater

Actors Ensemble Presents Our Cymbeline Video
Performed at the John Hinkel Park Amphitheater

Actors Ensemble 2026 Season in John Hinkel Park

Actors Ensemble is proud to announce our 2026 Season in John Hinkel Park, an inventive Alice in Wonderland, by Duffield, from the book by Lewis Carroll, directed by Michael Sally, and the evergreen A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare, directed by Michael R. Cohen. 

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We would like to thank everyone for supporting our 2025 season!

Actors Ensemble is the longest-running theatre organization in Berkeley, founded in 1957.  This year we were proud to produce 2 wonderful productions at the John Hinkel Park AmphitheaterCymbeline and The Taming of the Shrew, and partnered with Nate Presents to produce an innovative No Exit in the cozy confines of LaVal's Subterranean, We want to wish you Happy Holidays and thank you for a wonderful 2025!

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Request for Proposals Summer 2026 in John Hinkel Park

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley invites proposals from potential DIRECTORS for our Summer 2026 season at the John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre in Berkeley. We are seeking bold, thoughtful, and creative productions that are well-suited to our outdoor venue and align with our mission to present accessible, engaging theater to the East Bay community. 

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2023 In Review & Looking forward to 2024!

Actors Ensemble is the longest-running theatre organization in Berkeley, founded in 1957. We aim to produce quality theatre emphasizing the ensemble, with a community flavor.  This year, our first full year out of the pandemic, we overcame many challenges to provide the community with a rich and varied theatrical experience - THREE significant productions, Three For Thought, Part II + One at LaVal's Subterranean Theatre and two productions at the John Hinkel Park AmphitheatreA Room with a View and Faeries of the Moonlight, our first full productions in that beautiful venue since 2018. 

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Berkeleyside News interview with director Glenn Havlan

Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ comes to North Berkeley’s John Hinkel Park — with a twist

Berkeleyside spoke with director Glenn Havlan about taking the Shakespeare comedy “out of doublet and hose”  The article

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Thank You

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is delighted to acknowledge the Berkeley Civic Arts Program and Civic Arts Commission's support in the form of a grant of $8,000.00 awarded in 2017. Also, a thank you to Theatre Bay Area for a grant of $2,500.00.

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley - P.O. Box 663 - Berkeley - California - 94701 ¦ Our Answering Service: (510) 649-5999 ¦

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Federal Tax ID #946139640, since 04-1967