Aurora Theatre Company 2017/2018 Season Brochure

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Oakland CA

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THINK DEEPER. LAUGH LOUDER.

THE ULTIMATE INTIMATE THEATRE EXPERIENCE

IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN BERKELEY!

“Aurora specializes in dramatizing the unanswerable questions of our time, in pared-down storytelling driven by conflicts of ideas.”

Aurora Theatre Company is located in the heart of Berkeley’s Arts District, just ½ block from Downtown Berkeley BART, and within easy walking distance to a variety of new restaurants and old favorites.

– San Francisco Chronicle, March 2017

Berkeley Way University Ave.

Photo Credits: This page: Michael Ray Wisely* in Dear Master; Cover: Lance Gardner*, Dezi Soley in Safe House, Martha Brigham* in Leni; Inside: Liz Sklar* & Elijah Alexander* in The Real Thing, Paul Whitworth* & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong in Temple. (*Member, AEA) Photos: David Allen.

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Tom Ross, Artistic Director Julie Saltzman Kellner, Managing Director

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2081 ADDISON STREET • BERKELEY, CA 94704

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UC Campus

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Permit #379

PAID

Oakland CA

US Postage

Non Profit Org

THINK DEEPER. LAUGH LOUDER.

THE ULTIMATE INTIMATE THEATRE EXPERIENCE

IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN BERKELEY!

“Aurora specializes in dramatizing the unanswerable questions of our time, in pared-down storytelling driven by conflicts of ideas.”

Aurora Theatre Company is located in the heart of Berkeley’s Arts District, just ½ block from Downtown Berkeley BART, and within easy walking distance to a variety of new restaurants and old favorites.

– San Francisco Chronicle, March 2017

Photo Credits: This page: Michael Ray Wisely* in Dear Master; Cover: Lance Gardner*, Dezi Soley in Safe House, Martha Brigham* in Leni; Inside: Liz Sklar* & Elijah Alexander* in The Real Thing, Paul Whitworth* & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong in Temple. (*Member, AEA) Photos: David Allen.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM $99 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Addison St. Center St. Allston Way Kitteridge St. Bancroft Way

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Oxford St.

Tom Ross, Artistic Director Julie Saltzman Kellner, Managing Director

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Shattuck Ave.

2081 ADDISON STREET • BERKELEY, CA 94704

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Milvia St.

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY

University Ave.

M.L.K. Jr Way

SUBSCRIBE NOW! 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Berkeley Way UC Campus

2017/2018 SEASON

Visit auroratheatre.org for an updated list of Aurora’s Dining Partners, who offer exclusive discounts to Aurora Subscribers.

Lead Restaurant Sponsor:

SUBSCRIBE NOW! 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Permit #379

PAID

Oakland CA

US Postage

Non Profit Org

THINK DEEPER. LAUGH LOUDER.

THE ULTIMATE INTIMATE THEATRE EXPERIENCE

IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN BERKELEY!

“Aurora specializes in dramatizing the unanswerable questions of our time, in pared-down storytelling driven by conflicts of ideas.”

Aurora Theatre Company is located in the heart of Berkeley’s Arts District, just ½ block from Downtown Berkeley BART, and within easy walking distance to a variety of new restaurants and old favorites.

– San Francisco Chronicle, March 2017

Photo Credits: This page: Michael Ray Wisely* in Dear Master; Cover: Lance Gardner*, Dezi Soley in Safe House, Martha Brigham* in Leni; Inside: Liz Sklar* & Elijah Alexander* in The Real Thing, Paul Whitworth* & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong in Temple. (*Member, AEA) Photos: David Allen.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM $99 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Addison St. Center St. Allston Way Kitteridge St. Bancroft Way

P

P

Oxford St.

Tom Ross, Artistic Director Julie Saltzman Kellner, Managing Director

P

Shattuck Ave.

2081 ADDISON STREET • BERKELEY, CA 94704

P

Milvia St.

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY

University Ave.

M.L.K. Jr Way

SUBSCRIBE NOW! 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Berkeley Way UC Campus

2017/2018 SEASON

Visit auroratheatre.org for an updated list of Aurora’s Dining Partners, who offer exclusive discounts to Aurora Subscribers.

Lead Restaurant Sponsor:

SUBSCRIBE NOW! 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

CROWD IS SADDENED WHEN JOHHSON the fight CROWD IS at SADDENED Reno aa WHEN JOHHSON WIHS Throng of 30,000 Watching wereWIHS their Throng escorts. of 30,000 .

Watching Bul-letlnt at Times Building Moves " I Bul-letlnt have never aeen at Times day- Building Moves Away In Silence. FEW NEGROES WERE timeAway crowd In to Silence. beat this FEW NEGROES WERE one PRESENT In nambere,' aatdNot" DemonstraPRESENT They Were Not" DemonstraThey Were tive, rd Cheering Was " All . for Inspector RlchardWas " All . for tive, rd Cheering Avalah. who .When waa In He comJeffrie .When He Scored HU Point.

Jeffrie Scored HU Point.

-Johnson wine" m a Bulletin that mand -Johnson of thewine" ' fifty m a Bulletin that claappolnted and eaddened 80.000 policemen claappolnted orderedand - to eaddened 80.000 man. wo-turn, and children who man. wo-turn, and children who Timee Square to mainthronged Tim Square yestereajr. The tainthronged order. "Tim AndSquare I haveyestereajr. The cheers. If there ere any. for the never cheers. known If there a betere any. for the toegro champion "were crowned In toegro champion crowned In ter-behaved one. It "were la the, Biurm of. of disappointment Biurm of. of disappointment all the, the more remarkable that came' from the Jeffrie symwhenthat we concame'elder from how the Jeffrie sympathisers. who' aiade.-ip- at worked pathisers. up practically who' aiade.-ip- at least-alne-tenths of that' great every least-alne-tenths one of theseof that' great crowd." , " : Ths TiMss's'ttuee bul80,000 crowd." people , " : are Thsover TiMss's'ttuee bulletin displays drew to Time Square the letin battle." displays ; ; ; drew '. to Time Square Crowd Bra-Ins Com. In number the a crowd that equaled In number the a crowd that tequaled mighty throng e that have congregatThe mighty first throng of thee erowd that have congregated there on election nigh U in the to edarrive there on quickly election nigh U in the peat, and It waa every M polar and peat, andthe It waa every M polar and filled all availablemuat apace Broadway muat have been' ten time aa excited. haveInbeen' ten time aa excited.

In front of The Tmii'i It seemed aa though ererybody wanted It seemed aa though ererybody wanted Jeffries to win. end when the, early to bulletin win. end when the, early new Jeffries automatic bulletins told how he had landed a machine, bulletins which told showed how he had landed a hard right on the ribs or planted right readable on the ribs or planted in hard clear. type, and left In Inquick a etlff left In the fare, the crowd a etlff the fare, the crowd went wild with Joy. But when the order, wentevery wildthing with that Joy. But when the bulletlna ahowed that Johnaon, had ahowed that Johnaon, had wentbulletlna on In the -arena delivered a telling blow there were at delivered Reno, both a telling beforeblow there were no cheers Just a murmur, the round andnoafter cheersthe Justfight a murmur, the round of which showed more plniniy than of which more plniniy than started.

On showed the Forword that It came from the heart. word that Itaide cameoffrom the heart. ty-third Street The crowd began gathering-' soon crowd beganand gathering-' soon the The Times Building, after 4 o'clock and from then on filling after every 4 o'clock inch and of from then on until the flgfit waa under 'way relspace until In the Times flgfit Square waa under 'way relnforeementa in teady atreama poured andnforeementa for two inblocks teady atreama poured from every direction, many of Associate Sponsors: beyond, In from waa every the second direction, many of Ellen & Barry DavidInWood Deborah & Howard Goodman, those Who fonght for 'positions of those Who fonght for 'positions of great throng, Which got & big Merrill J. Meltz,. Helen M. Its vantage news DeVito from the vantage In front of the bulletin . Levine, Gennaro “Gerry” In front of the bulletin boards , being well-dressed women, Marcus & David J.revolving boards , blackboard being well-dressed women, Williamson thatjrho waa .operated from jrho . were Just as excited over were Just as excited over

By Rebecca Gilman | Directed by Tom Ross Starts Sept 1, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

By Marco Ramirez | Directed by Darryl V. Jones Starts Nov 3, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

“One of [2014’s] most valuable additions to American drama.” – LA Times

“A gripping, vivid coup de theatre.” – Variety

Sponsors: Hilary Perkins, Kathleen Garrison & Associate Sponsor: Elizabeth Burwell

the fight at Reno aa were their escorts. . " I have never aeen daytime crowd to beat this one In nambere,' aatd Inspector Rlchard Avalah. who waa In command of the ' fifty policemen ordered - to Timee Square to maintain order. " And I have never known a better-behaved one. It la all the more remarkable when we con- elder how worked up practically every one of these 80,000 people are over the battle." ; ; ; '.

Crowd Bra-Ins t Com. The first of the erowd to arrive quickly filled all the available apace In Broadway In front of The Tmii'i new automatic bulletin machine, which showed in clear. readable type, and In quick order, every thing that went on In the -arena at Reno, both before and after the fight started. On the Forty-third Street aide of the Times Building, and filling every inch of space In Times Square and for two blocks beyond, waa the second Sponsors: Dean Francis, Paul Associate great throng, Which got & Neil MacNeil, Muffy Thorne Its news fromLeah the big revolving blackboard that waa operated from

By George Bernard Shaw | Directed by Joy Carlin Starts Jan 26, 2018

By Caryl Churchill | Directed by Barbara Damashek Starts Mar 9, 2018 At Harry’s UpStage in Aurora’s Dashow Wing

“A smashing satire!” – Oakland Tribune

“Churchill’s power to grip an audience is an extraordinary thing.” – Observer

Templeton & Darrell Louie,

Sponsor: Ellen & Barry Levine Associate Sponsors: Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim, Lisa & James Taylor, Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young

LEARN MORE AND SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 510.843.4822 | auroratheatre.org 6-PLAY The full season of 5 mainstage shows plus A Number

by Caryl Churchill at Harry’s UpStage: $198-$360

By Jonathan Spector | Directed by Josh Costello Starts Apr 13, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE

By Sarah Burgess | Directed by Jennifer King Starts Jun 22, 2018 BAY AREA PREMIERE

An Aurora Originate + Generate commission

“…lacerating…nuanced…extraordinarily timely.”

– Time Out (New York)

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

5-PLAY The 5 shows on Aurora’s mainstage: $165-$300

SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS

Subscribers get access the best seats, guaranteed parking, exclusive restaurant discounts, free ticket exchanges, and more -- including savings of up to 34% off regular ticket prices!

DISCOUNTS

Discounts available for students, educators, military personnel, patrons aged 35 years and under, and groups of 10 or more.

Please call or visit us online for details.

3-PLAY Any 3 shows on either stage: $99-$156

Just Can’t Commit?

Single tickets go on sale August 2, 2017 $33-$65 per play Ticket prices increase with demand; buy early for the lowest prices!

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!

As ticket sales cover just 55% of our budget, Aurora is grateful for donors like you. Your generosity enables us to produce award-winning, intimate theatre that challenges ourselves, our audiences, and the entire community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder, and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world.

To make your gift today, please call 510.843.4042 x312 or visit auroratheatre.org. Thank you!

CROWD IS SADDENED WHEN JOHHSON the fight CROWD IS at SADDENED Reno aa WHEN JOHHSON WIHS Throng of 30,000 Watching wereWIHS their Throng escorts. of 30,000 .

Watching Bul-letlnt at Times Building Moves " I Bul-letlnt have never aeen at Times day- Building Moves Away In Silence. FEW NEGROES WERE timeAway crowd In to Silence. beat this FEW NEGROES WERE one PRESENT In nambere,' aatdNot" DemonstraPRESENT They Were Not" DemonstraThey Were tive, rd Cheering Was " All . for Inspector RlchardWas " All . for tive, rd Cheering Avalah. who .When waa In He comJeffrie .When He Scored HU Point.

Jeffrie Scored HU Point.

-Johnson wine" m a Bulletin that mand -Johnson of thewine" ' fifty m a Bulletin that claappolnted and eaddened 80.000 policemen claappolnted orderedand - to eaddened 80.000 man. wo-turn, and children who man. wo-turn, and children who Timee Square to mainthronged Tim Square yestereajr. The tainthronged order. "Tim AndSquare I haveyestereajr. The cheers. If there ere any. for the never cheers. known If there a betere any. for the toegro champion "were crowned In toegro champion crowned In ter-behaved one. It "were la the, Biurm of. of disappointment Biurm of. of disappointment all the, the more remarkable that came' from the Jeffrie symwhenthat we concame'elder from how the Jeffrie sympathisers. who' aiade.-ip- at worked pathisers. up practically who' aiade.-ip- at least-alne-tenths of that' great every least-alne-tenths one of theseof that' great crowd." , " : Ths TiMss's'ttuee bul80,000 crowd." people , " : are Thsover TiMss's'ttuee bulletin displays drew to Time Square the letin battle." displays ; ; ; drew '. to Time Square Crowd Bra-Ins Com. In number the a crowd that equaled In number the a crowd that tequaled mighty throng e that have congregatThe mighty first throng of thee erowd that have congregated there on election nigh U in the to edarrive there on quickly election nigh U in the peat, and It waa every M polar and peat, andthe It waa every M polar and filled all availablemuat apace Broadway muat have been' ten time aa excited. haveInbeen' ten time aa excited.

In front of The Tmii'i It seemed aa though ererybody wanted It seemed aa though ererybody wanted Jeffries to win. end when the, early to bulletin win. end when the, early new Jeffries automatic bulletins told how he had landed a machine, bulletins which told showed how he had landed a hard right on the ribs or planted right readable on the ribs or planted in hard clear. type, and left In Inquick a etlff left In the fare, the crowd a etlff the fare, the crowd went wild with Joy. But when the order, wentevery wildthing with that Joy. But when the bulletlna ahowed that Johnaon, had ahowed that Johnaon, had wentbulletlna on In the -arena delivered a telling blow there were at delivered Reno, both a telling beforeblow there were no cheers Just a murmur, the round andnoafter cheersthe Justfight a murmur, the round of which showed more plniniy than of which more plniniy than started.

On showed the Forword that It came from the heart. word that Itaide cameoffrom the heart. ty-third Street The crowd began gathering-' soon crowd beganand gathering-' soon the The Times Building, after 4 o'clock and from then on filling after every 4 o'clock inch and of from then on until the flgfit waa under 'way relspace until In the Times flgfit Square waa under 'way relnforeementa in teady atreama poured andnforeementa for two inblocks teady atreama poured from every direction, many of Associate Sponsors: beyond, In from waa every the second direction, many of Ellen & Barry DavidInWood Deborah & Howard Goodman, those Who fonght for 'positions of those Who fonght for 'positions of great throng, Which got & big Merrill J. Meltz,. Helen M. Its vantage news DeVito from the vantage In front of the bulletin . Levine, Gennaro “Gerry” In front of the bulletin boards , being well-dressed women, Marcus & David J.revolving boards , blackboard being well-dressed women, Williamson thatjrho waa .operated from jrho . were Just as excited over were Just as excited over

By Rebecca Gilman | Directed by Tom Ross Starts Sept 1, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

By Marco Ramirez | Directed by Darryl V. Jones Starts Nov 3, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

“One of [2014’s] most valuable additions to American drama.” – LA Times

“A gripping, vivid coup de theatre.” – Variety

Sponsors: Hilary Perkins, Kathleen Garrison & Associate Sponsor: Elizabeth Burwell

the fight at Reno aa were their escorts. . " I have never aeen daytime crowd to beat this one In nambere,' aatd Inspector Rlchard Avalah. who waa In command of the ' fifty policemen ordered - to Timee Square to maintain order. " And I have never known a better-behaved one. It la all the more remarkable when we con- elder how worked up practically every one of these 80,000 people are over the battle." ; ; ; '.

Crowd Bra-Ins t Com. The first of the erowd to arrive quickly filled all the available apace In Broadway In front of The Tmii'i new automatic bulletin machine, which showed in clear. readable type, and In quick order, every thing that went on In the -arena at Reno, both before and after the fight started. On the Forty-third Street aide of the Times Building, and filling every inch of space In Times Square and for two blocks beyond, waa the second Sponsors: Dean Francis, Paul Associate great throng, Which got & Neil MacNeil, Muffy Thorne Its news fromLeah the big revolving blackboard that waa operated from

By George Bernard Shaw | Directed by Joy Carlin Starts Jan 26, 2018

By Caryl Churchill | Directed by Barbara Damashek Starts Mar 9, 2018 At Harry’s UpStage in Aurora’s Dashow Wing

“A smashing satire!” – Oakland Tribune

“Churchill’s power to grip an audience is an extraordinary thing.” – Observer

Templeton & Darrell Louie,

Sponsor: Ellen & Barry Levine Associate Sponsors: Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim, Lisa & James Taylor, Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young

LEARN MORE AND SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 510.843.4822 | auroratheatre.org 6-PLAY The full season of 5 mainstage shows plus A Number

by Caryl Churchill at Harry’s UpStage: $198-$360

By Jonathan Spector | Directed by Josh Costello Starts Apr 13, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE

By Sarah Burgess | Directed by Jennifer King Starts Jun 22, 2018 BAY AREA PREMIERE

An Aurora Originate + Generate commission

“…lacerating…nuanced…extraordinarily timely.”

– Time Out (New York)

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

5-PLAY The 5 shows on Aurora’s mainstage: $165-$300

SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS

Subscribers get access the best seats, guaranteed parking, exclusive restaurant discounts, free ticket exchanges, and more -- including savings of up to 34% off regular ticket prices!

DISCOUNTS

Discounts available for students, educators, military personnel, patrons aged 35 years and under, and groups of 10 or more.

Please call or visit us online for details.

3-PLAY Any 3 shows on either stage: $99-$156

Just Can’t Commit?

Single tickets go on sale August 2, 2017 $33-$65 per play Ticket prices increase with demand; buy early for the lowest prices!

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!

As ticket sales cover just 55% of our budget, Aurora is grateful for donors like you. Your generosity enables us to produce award-winning, intimate theatre that challenges ourselves, our audiences, and the entire community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder, and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world.

To make your gift today, please call 510.843.4042 x312 or visit auroratheatre.org. Thank you!

CROWD IS SADDENED WHEN JOHHSON the fight CROWD IS at SADDENED Reno aa WHEN JOHHSON WIHS Throng of 30,000 Watching wereWIHS their Throng escorts. of 30,000 .

Watching Bul-letlnt at Times Building Moves " I Bul-letlnt have never aeen at Times day- Building Moves Away In Silence. FEW NEGROES WERE timeAway crowd In to Silence. beat this FEW NEGROES WERE one PRESENT In nambere,' aatdNot" DemonstraPRESENT They Were Not" DemonstraThey Were tive, rd Cheering Was " All . for Inspector RlchardWas " All . for tive, rd Cheering Avalah. who .When waa In He comJeffrie .When He Scored HU Point.

Jeffrie Scored HU Point.

-Johnson wine" m a Bulletin that mand -Johnson of thewine" ' fifty m a Bulletin that claappolnted and eaddened 80.000 policemen claappolnted orderedand - to eaddened 80.000 man. wo-turn, and children who man. wo-turn, and children who Timee Square to mainthronged Tim Square yestereajr. The tainthronged order. "Tim AndSquare I haveyestereajr. The cheers. If there ere any. for the never cheers. known If there a betere any. for the toegro champion "were crowned In toegro champion crowned In ter-behaved one. It "were la the, Biurm of. of disappointment Biurm of. of disappointment all the, the more remarkable that came' from the Jeffrie symwhenthat we concame'elder from how the Jeffrie sympathisers. who' aiade.-ip- at worked pathisers. up practically who' aiade.-ip- at least-alne-tenths of that' great every least-alne-tenths one of theseof that' great crowd." , " : Ths TiMss's'ttuee bul80,000 crowd." people , " : are Thsover TiMss's'ttuee bulletin displays drew to Time Square the letin battle." displays ; ; ; drew '. to Time Square Crowd Bra-Ins Com. In number the a crowd that equaled In number the a crowd that tequaled mighty throng e that have congregatThe mighty first throng of thee erowd that have congregated there on election nigh U in the to edarrive there on quickly election nigh U in the peat, and It waa every M polar and peat, andthe It waa every M polar and filled all availablemuat apace Broadway muat have been' ten time aa excited. haveInbeen' ten time aa excited.

In front of The Tmii'i It seemed aa though ererybody wanted It seemed aa though ererybody wanted Jeffries to win. end when the, early to bulletin win. end when the, early new Jeffries automatic bulletins told how he had landed a machine, bulletins which told showed how he had landed a hard right on the ribs or planted right readable on the ribs or planted in hard clear. type, and left In Inquick a etlff left In the fare, the crowd a etlff the fare, the crowd went wild with Joy. But when the order, wentevery wildthing with that Joy. But when the bulletlna ahowed that Johnaon, had ahowed that Johnaon, had wentbulletlna on In the -arena delivered a telling blow there were at delivered Reno, both a telling beforeblow there were no cheers Just a murmur, the round andnoafter cheersthe Justfight a murmur, the round of which showed more plniniy than of which more plniniy than started.

On showed the Forword that It came from the heart. word that Itaide cameoffrom the heart. ty-third Street The crowd began gathering-' soon crowd beganand gathering-' soon the The Times Building, after 4 o'clock and from then on filling after every 4 o'clock inch and of from then on until the flgfit waa under 'way relspace until In the Times flgfit Square waa under 'way relnforeementa in teady atreama poured andnforeementa for two inblocks teady atreama poured from every direction, many of Associate Sponsors: beyond, In from waa every the second direction, many of Ellen & Barry DavidInWood Deborah & Howard Goodman, those Who fonght for 'positions of those Who fonght for 'positions of great throng, Which got & big Merrill J. Meltz,. Helen M. Its vantage news DeVito from the vantage In front of the bulletin . Levine, Gennaro “Gerry” In front of the bulletin boards , being well-dressed women, Marcus & David J.revolving boards , blackboard being well-dressed women, Williamson thatjrho waa .operated from jrho . were Just as excited over were Just as excited over

By Rebecca Gilman | Directed by Tom Ross Starts Sept 1, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

By Marco Ramirez | Directed by Darryl V. Jones Starts Nov 3, 2017 BAY AREA PREMIERE

“One of [2014’s] most valuable additions to American drama.” – LA Times

“A gripping, vivid coup de theatre.” – Variety

Sponsors: Hilary Perkins, Kathleen Garrison & Associate Sponsor: Elizabeth Burwell

the fight at Reno aa were their escorts. . " I have never aeen daytime crowd to beat this one In nambere,' aatd Inspector Rlchard Avalah. who waa In command of the ' fifty policemen ordered - to Timee Square to maintain order. " And I have never known a better-behaved one. It la all the more remarkable when we con- elder how worked up practically every one of these 80,000 people are over the battle." ; ; ; '.

Crowd Bra-Ins t Com. The first of the erowd to arrive quickly filled all the available apace In Broadway In front of The Tmii'i new automatic bulletin machine, which showed in clear. readable type, and In quick order, every thing that went on In the -arena at Reno, both before and after the fight started. On the Forty-third Street aide of the Times Building, and filling every inch of space In Times Square and for two blocks beyond, waa the second Sponsors: Dean Francis, Paul Associate great throng, Which got & Neil MacNeil, Muffy Thorne Its news fromLeah the big revolving blackboard that waa operated from

By George Bernard Shaw | Directed by Joy Carlin Starts Jan 26, 2018

By Caryl Churchill | Directed by Barbara Damashek Starts Mar 9, 2018 At Harry’s UpStage in Aurora’s Dashow Wing

“A smashing satire!” – Oakland Tribune

“Churchill’s power to grip an audience is an extraordinary thing.” – Observer

Templeton & Darrell Louie,

Sponsor: Ellen & Barry Levine Associate Sponsors: Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim, Lisa & James Taylor, Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young

LEARN MORE AND SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 510.843.4822 | auroratheatre.org 6-PLAY The full season of 5 mainstage shows plus A Number

by Caryl Churchill at Harry’s UpStage: $198-$360

By Jonathan Spector | Directed by Josh Costello Starts Apr 13, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE

By Sarah Burgess | Directed by Jennifer King Starts Jun 22, 2018 BAY AREA PREMIERE

An Aurora Originate + Generate commission

“…lacerating…nuanced…extraordinarily timely.”

– Time Out (New York)

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

Associate Sponsors: Gertrude E. Allen, Judith & Alex Glass, Deborah & Howard Goodman, Hilary Perkins

5-PLAY The 5 shows on Aurora’s mainstage: $165-$300

SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS

Subscribers get access the best seats, guaranteed parking, exclusive restaurant discounts, free ticket exchanges, and more -- including savings of up to 34% off regular ticket prices!

DISCOUNTS

Discounts available for students, educators, military personnel, patrons aged 35 years and under, and groups of 10 or more.

Please call or visit us online for details.

3-PLAY Any 3 shows on either stage: $99-$156

Just Can’t Commit?

Single tickets go on sale August 2, 2017 $33-$65 per play Ticket prices increase with demand; buy early for the lowest prices!

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!

As ticket sales cover just 55% of our budget, Aurora is grateful for donors like you. Your generosity enables us to produce award-winning, intimate theatre that challenges ourselves, our audiences, and the entire community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder, and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world.

To make your gift today, please call 510.843.4042 x312 or visit auroratheatre.org. Thank you!

THINK DEEPER. LAUGH LOUDER.

“Aurora specializes in dramatizing the unanswerable questions of our time, in pared-down storytelling driven by conflicts of ideas.”

– San Francisco Chronicle, March 2017

SUBSCRIBE NOW! 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Non Profit Org

2081 ADDISON STREET • BERKELEY, CA 94704

US Postage

Tom Ross, Artistic Director Julie Saltzman Kellner, Managing Director

Oakland CA

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY

PAID

Permit #379

SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM $99 510.843.4822 | AURORATHEATRE.ORG

Photo Credits: This page: Michael Ray Wisely* in Dear Master; Cover: Lance Gardner*, Dezi Soley in Safe House, Martha Brigham* in Leni; Inside: Liz Sklar* & Elijah Alexander* in The Real Thing, Paul Whitworth* & Leontyne Mbele-Mbong in Temple. (*Member, AEA) Photos: David Allen.

2017/2018 SEASON

THE ULTIMATE INTIMATE THEATRE EXPERIENCE

IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN BERKELEY!

Aurora Theatre Company is located in the heart of Berkeley’s Arts District, just ½ block from Downtown Berkeley BART, and within easy walking distance to a variety of new restaurants and old favorites.

Berkeley Way

University Ave.

Addison St.

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UC Campus

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Center St.

Allston Way

Kitteridge St.

Oxford St.

Bancroft Way

M.L.K. Jr Way

Milvia St.

Shattuck Ave.

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