
The other night before a performance of Tony Kushner’s Tiny Kushner, Assistant House Manager Octavia Driscoll was making her usual speech about turning cell phones off, pointing out exits, etc. When she got to the part where she thanked audience members for spending their time and money in supp...
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre Check out an NPR interview with Sarah Ruhl, the playwright commissioned by Berkeley Rep to write In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), which has now moved to Broadway:
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Any short list of important young American playwrights would have to include Sarah Ruhl, who at age 35 has had work performed at major theaters around the country. She made her Broadway debut Nov. 19, with a period drama called In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play. ...

Every time I walk the streets of New York, I can hear Rita Moreno’s pronouncement from West Side Story in my head. Indeed, I’ll take Manhattan too – I love this city that never sleeps.Last week, I headed to New York for the Broadway debut of In the Next Room or the vibrator play,a work by Sarah...
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre Here's a great feature about the surging Bay Area influence on the national theatre scene, with some nice quotes and shout-outs about Berkeley Rep, American Idiot, In the Next Room, Wishful Drinking etc.
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Theatrical tremors from the Bay Area of California send shock waves to New York City. What makes the region so special?

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Playwright Tony Kushner will be interviewed on KPFA 94.1FM radio tomorrow (Tuesday) around noon, on the program Against the Grain. Enjoy!
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre The New Yorker gives another stunning review of In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), which opened on Broadway last week and was commissioned & produced Berkeley Rep:
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THE THEATRE review of “In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play” and “Finian’s Rainbow.” Sarah Ruhl’s “In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play” (superbly directed ...

Once again, the national media is buzzing about a play born at Berkeley Rep. Last night our associate artistic director, Les Waters, opened In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) at Broadway's Lyceum Theater. Berkeley Rep commissioned this script from MacArthur genius Sarah Ruhl and staged ...
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre RemoveBerkeley Repertory Theatre Reviews for In The Next Room (or the vibrator play)-- which began at Berkeley Rep & opened on Broadway this week--are in! And they're glowing! Congrats to Les, Sarah, Annie, Maria & all! Check out this slide show, with comments by Maria Dizzia:
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Maria Dizzia talks about performing in "In the Next Room, or the vibrator play."

I am not a tremendously emotional person. I rarely cry at movies, the only books that make me sniffly are ones in which small furry things of the animal variety meet an untimely end, and any sadness I feel during airport goodbyes is usually overwhelmed by my anxiet...
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As if being a hit on Broadway wasn’t enough, Wishful Drinking star Carrie Fisher is also a bestselling writer once again. The paperback edition of the book version of her autobiographical show, not coincidentally called Wishful Drinking, zoomed up the New York Times bestseller chart to No. 7.Car...
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Every year the challenge is put forth, and every year, that challenge is clobbered.The mission is this: photographer Kevin Berne spends a day at Berkeley Rep shooting the entire staff of Berkeley Rep, one department at a time. The challenge is for each department to come up with an idea, a gimmic...
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As much as we'd love to share the bounty of brilliant writing, great laughs, and incredible performances contained in Tiny Kushner (which closes on Sunday, November 29) right here on the blog, alas, we cannot. Live theatre needs to be seen live. And in a theatre.But, through the wonder of ...
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre Last week, Playbill.com published a good interview with Tony Taccone (our Artistic Director). He talks about developing Passing Strange, American Idiot, and more:
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Tony Taccone may very well be the most prominent artistic director in America right now.

Take a peek inside some of San Francisco's most beautiful high-altitude homes this weekend and raise money for Berkeley Rep.You are invited to an exclusive viewing of the Millennium Towers Condos in San Francisco during their Icons of Design event, which features 25 of the Bay Area’s finest...
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