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  2. Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The company won the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 1997. 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.

  3. St. John's Presbyterian Church (Berkeley, California) - Wikipedia

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    In 2009 the Julia Morgan Center merged with the Berkeley Playhouse, a theater company founded in 2007 by artistic director Elizabeth McKoy. [11] The Playhouse produces several plays and musicals per year, as well as offering theatrical instruction for a variety of ages and skill levels. The building is known as the Julia Morgan Theatre. [12]

  4. Zellerbach Hall - Wikipedia

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    The Playhouse is primarily used by the UC Berkeley Department of Theater and Dance. It features flexible seating sections to allow for different configurations of the seating and performance spaces. Zellerbach Hall was named in honor of Isadore and Jennie Zellerbach, after a $1 million gift was given toward completion of the facility.

  5. Cal Performances - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Shotgun Players - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. UC Theatre - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Hearst Greek Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The Greek Theatre was the first university building designed by John Galen Howard. [4] Architect Julia Morgan assisted with the design. [5] The design of the theater is based directly on the ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus. In 1957, a basement backstage area was added, which was designed by architect Ernest Born. [5]

  9. Berkeley Community Theater - Wikipedia

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    The theater was designed to house a theater organ, but one was not installed at the time of construction. In the 1980s, an organ was moved from the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio and installed in the Berkeley Community Theater by the Nor-Cal Theater Organ Society. Now with 41 ranks (sets of pipes) and two fully functional 4-manual (four ...