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The theater added the 600-seat proscenium Roda Theatre next door to its existing 400-seat asymmetrical thrust stage in 2001, as well as opening its Berkeley Rep School of Theatre the same year. Its current Artistic Director is Johanna Pfaelzer, who took on the position in September 2019.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California Berkshire Theatre Festival , Stockbridge, Massachusetts Bilingual Foundation of the Arts , Los Angeles , California
Fairview is a 2018 comedy play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury.The play was co-commissioned by Berkeley Rep and Soho Repertory Theatre. [1] The play follows a middle class African-American family as they prepare for a birthday dinner for their grandmother only to be watched by four white people.
Following the Broadway production, the show launched a tour beginning in September 2024 at Arena Stage in Washington D.C., Berkeley Repertory Theatre in November 2024, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater in January 2025. [7] It will also make its New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston in May 2025. [8]
Gravátt attended Fairmont Heights High School and then Howard University, where she appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1971. While in college, she also acted at the Living Stage. She was a founding member of the stage. She also performed with DC Black Repertory, a company founded by Robert Hooks and Vantile Whitfield. [1]
Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) is a non-profit theatre company founded in June 2007 by Wren T. Brown [1] [2] and the late Israel Hicks. [3] ERT is the resident company and operator of the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, [ 4 ] a 400-seat regional theatre in Los Angeles, California's Mid-City community.
Dobama Theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio presented An Octoroon from October 21, 2016 to November 13, 2016, directed by Nathan Motta [20] The first West Coast premiere of An Octoroon was held at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre , directed by Eric Ting with Sydney Morton in the title role. [ 21 ]
This allowed serious black actors transcend the stereotyped and comedic roles, which they were normally expected to play. The Lafayette Players began performing for almost exclusively Black audiences. The plays they would perform were shows that were popular in the white theater repertory as well as the classics.