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She Her They - Special Performance

Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
2160 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94701
Thursday, June 9th
12:00 noon to 12:45 pm

Vignettes and Songs from the women's movement and the struggle for Abortion Rights, performed free of charge at the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza.  A co-production with Downtown Berkeley Association.

A prelude to Actors Ensemble's staged reading of "ROE" by Lisa Loomer, performed 6/12 and 6/16, also in downtown Berkeley.  "She. Her. They." is written by Susannah Wood with music by Hali Hammer, and features Susannah  Wood and actors from ROE.

ROE by Lisa Loomer

ROE
by Lisa Loomer
directed by Susannah Wood
A Staged Reading

Sunday, June 12th 5-8 pm at the David Brower Center, Berkeley (Reservations)
Thursday, June 16th 7-10 pm at The Marsh Berkeley (Reservations)

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, with support from The Marsh Berkeley, Berkeley Councilmember Susan Wengraf, and the Downtown Berkeley Association, present a staged reading of ROE, by Lisa Loomer, directed by Susannah Wood. (Daily Californian Review) (Program PDF)

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Two Jews Walk into a War

By Seth Rozin
Directed by Gabriel Ross
A Zoom Workshopped Reading
April 10th and 11th @ 7 PM

"Two Jews Walk into a War", by Seth Rozin is inspired by the real life story of the last two Jews living in Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban. The Zoom production will be presented as a "work in progress" reading.

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Our 2022 - 2023 Season!

What's Next in 2022:

  • Mothers All, by Katie Tandy with Lauren Rosenfield, directed by Lauren Rosenfield, a special production at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, April 16 and 17th, 2022.
  • Fortinbras, by Lee Blessing, directed by Michael Cohen, July 2022 at the Kensington Amphitheater.

Coming up in 2023:

  • Dragonfly, by Bijan Mofid, directed by Zara Houshmand, a co-production with Darvag Theatre Company,  date in 2023 and location TBA.

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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