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The Berkeley Rep Teen Council is most noted for its annual Teen One Acts Festival, completely written, directed, produced, and acted by students. [ 5 ] The theatre opened their 2009–10 season with the original stage production of the Green Day -inspired musical American Idiot , based on the band's concept album of the same name .
American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day.After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2009, the show moved to the St. James Theatre on Broadway.
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]
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.
Swept Away is a jukebox musical featuring the music of The Avett Brothers, primarily from the album Mignonette. [1] [2] The show's book is by John Logan.It premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2022 before moving to Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where it ran from November 25 to January 14, 2024. [3]
Amélie is a musical based on the 2001 romantic comedy film of the same name with music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen and a book by Craig Lucas.The musical premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2015.
The Shotgun Players was founded in 1992 by Artistic Director Patrick Dooley. [1] Dooley and ten other actors formed the company in La Val's Pizza Shop. [2] Before moving to a permanent location at the Ashby Stage in 2004, Shotgun Players performed in 44 different spaces. [3]
In 1984, Sharon Ott became artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, in Berkeley, California. During her 13 years in that position, [2] she grew the company's budget to $5 million, [3] built the audience to 15,000 subscribers, and improved the company's reputation to win the Regional Theatre Tony Award for Excellence in 1997. [4]