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The Greek Theatre officially opened on September 24, 1903, with a student production of The Birds by Aristophanes.However, while still under construction in May 1903, the theatre hosted a graduation ceremony with an address by President Theodore Roosevelt, who was a friend of Wheeler's from New York.
Zellerbach Hall is a multi-venue performance facility on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, west of Lower Sproul Plaza. It was designed by architect and professor Vernon DeMars and completed in 1968. The facility consists of two primary performance spaces: the 1,984-seat Zellerbach Auditorium, and the 500-seat Zellerbach ...
Cal Performances is the performing arts presenting, commissioning and producing organization based at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California. [1]The origins of Cal Performances date from 1906, when stage actress Sarah Bernhardt appeared at the William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre to help rebuild public morale after the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire in ...
Susan F. Rasky, B.A. 1974 – former reporter for The New York Times, journalism instructor at UC Berkeley, recipient of the George Polk Award [37] [38] Jennifer Rubin, B.A., J.D. - journalist, columnist, Washington Post; Max Scherr, M.A. - journalist, founder and publisher of the Berkeley Barb
The Berkeley Jazz Festival is held once a year at the outdoors Hearst Greek Theatre on the University of California, Berkeley campus. The theatre overlooks the San Francisco Bay at Hearst & Gayley Road. The festival was started in 1967 by Darlene Chan. [1]
Vacant UC Theatre in 2011. One year after closing, the UC hosted a production of Medea by Euripides from April through June 2002. [13] The production company, the Shotgun Players, were allowed to play rent-free in exchange for bringing the building up to city codes. [13] The theater was named a landmark by the City of Berkeley on 6 May 2002.
The ASUC was founded on March 2, 1887. Prior to this, Berkeley had no residence halls, sport teams, or permanent student organizations. The original purpose of the ASUC was "to organize the Student Body in such wise that it might take effective action upon all matter relating to the general welfare of the student body and the University in general."
California Hall is one of the original "classical core" Beaux-Arts-style Classical Revival buildings on the UC Berkeley campus. Construction began in 1903 under the lead of University Architect John Galen Howard after the university's adoption of the Phoebe Hearst master architectural plan for the Berkeley campus. The building opened in August ...