Berkeley Rep: The Hills of California by Berkeley Repertory Theatre

THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA

BY JEZ BUTTERWORTH

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AS I CONTEMPLATE THE SEVEN PLAYS

that comprise the 2025/26 season, I am struck by the range of families that will be represented on our stages.

Maybe all great theatrical literature is ultimately about families… The ones into which we are born. The ones we choose. The ones for which we are willing to wage wars. The ones for which we forsake our own sense of self. Romeo and Juliet . A Doll’s House. Uncle Vanya. August: Osage County. Topdog/Underdog. Fences. Fool For Love. I’m sure we each have our own list of those that inspired us, horrified us, perhaps motivated us toward a reconciliation. (Or a rupture!)

I first became aware of Jez Butterworth as a writer when his play Mojo had its New York premiere at the Atlantic Theater. It was 1997, and the play, with its all-male cast, spitfire dialogue, and extraordinary performances, took the city by storm. And while the violence of Mojo, especially in the era of Quentin Tarantino et al, created a certain expectation as to the kind of writer Jez Butterworth was, his subsequent plays have allowed us to reckon with the expansive nature of his gifts. From Parlour Song to Jerusalem to The Ferryman , Jez has created some truly titanic characters in recent theatre history. The women at the center of The Hills of California — perhaps especially Veronica and Joan — live alongside the epic mothers and daughters in the canon (Mama Rose, Gertrude, Amanda Wingfield, Ella Tate in Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class) and certainly hold their own against the male heroes and antiheroes of Butterworth’s other plays.

When I saw the Broadway production last year, the richness of the language, complexity of the relationships, and extraordinary craft of the writing made me want to bring The Hills of California to Berkeley. To do so in partnership with my longtime friend and colleague Loretta Greco, and to welcome her to Berkeley Rep for the first time, is an opportunity for which I am deeply grateful.

Thank you for joining us, and being part of our family.

Warmly,

Johanna Pfaelzer Artistic Director

WELCOME TO BERKELEY REP AND

Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California

Following its acclaimed London run and transfer to Broadway, where I first had the pleasure of seeing this remarkable play, we are honored to be collaborating with The Huntington for The Hills of California ’s first American production and to produce its West Coast premiere. Collaborations like this, known as co-productions, where two or more theatre companies share the costs and efforts of creating a theatre piece that moves between their venues, enable us each to share with our respective audiences work with the scale and ambition of The Hills of California .

This production continues Berkeley Rep’s proud tradition of presenting bold, globally significant plays alongside the most exciting new voices in American theatre. Our 2025/26 season is brimming with stories that entertain, challenge, and inspire. After The Hills of California , you can look forward to the world premiere of Mother of Exiles in the Peet’s Theatre — a sweeping, multigenerational triptych. In the new year, we premiere Jacob Ming-Trent’s autobiographical and music-filled tour de force, How Shakespeare Saved My Life, and welcome back to the Berkeley Rep stage Jimmy Smits and Wanda De Jesús in All My Sons

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Berkeley Rep Teaching Artist, Erolina, with students at Olinda Elementary School.

SENSE OF PLAY THE DRAMAS OF JEZ BUTTERWORTH

BY KYLE C. FRISINA, DRAMATURG

Playwright Jez Butterworth’s characters are out to convince us why they’re right, what needs to change, how the world ought to be. In Tony Award-winning plays like Jerusalem and The Ferryman, and acclaimed films like Black Mass and Ford v. Ferrari, his characters are always fighting to be heard; and the woman at the center of The Hills of California, the extraordinary Veronica Webb, is perhaps the crowning example of Butterworth’s persuasive art.

Butterworth himself is a convincing character. As an undistinguished secondary school student, he talked his way into Cambridge University and then into being allowed to do little else while enrolled but make theatre. Across his work, investment in the possibility of persuasion adds up to a stirring endorsement of human agency, even for characters in dire circumstances. For his part, Butterworth finds agency, as well as communion, in the act of making theatre.

“If I get this right, and I try hard enough, and I’m brave about it,” he says, “I’m going to be able to access something which is going to be of importance to the actors first of all, and then to the audience.”

The Hills of California — which draws from the writer’s own experience with the protracted death of a sister — is one of several plays by Butterworth to be inspired by history. His first play, the smash success Mojo (1995), was cued by the overlap between the criminal world and the world of pop music, telling the grisly, testosterone-fueled story of would-be Soho gangsters in the late 1950s who believe they’ve discovered the

next Elvis Presley. Another pair of plays followed: The Night Heron (2002), set in the Cambridgeshire Fens, a marshy region in eastern England, and The Winterling (2006), which takes place in rural Devon. (The latter was heavily influenced by the playwright’s close friend and mentor Harold Pinter, whose work continues to inform Butterworth’s writing life.) Like The Hills of California, all three plays feature working class characters who are defiantly eloquent and filled with longing. They also showcase Butterworth’s lifelong interest in what links people to their social surroundings and to the natural world. Throughout his career, the British playwright has maintained close connections to American theatre with several of his plays, including Parlour Song (2008), receiving world premieres off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater.

As a dramatist, Butterworth remains best known for Jerusalem , his 2009 play featuring the audacious Johnny “Rooster” Byron. A myth-obsessed iconoclast raging against a changing world, Rooster hauls audiences with him as he protests his eviction from a rural wood set to be razed for new housing. Butterworth followed the riotous Jerusalem with a far more intimate work, the lyrical threehander The River (2012), concerned in a different way with the delusions of myth. His final play to reach the stage before The Hills of California was The Ferryman (2017). The historical germ of that aching family tragedy, set in Northern Ireland, came from Butterworth’s wife, whose uncle was disappeared during the Troubles. Notably, The Ferryman marked an important shift in Butterworth’s writing from plays authored primarily for male

actors to those featuring strong female leads.

While Butterworth rightly claims that you couldn’t “walk a character out of one play and stick them in another,” so dissimilar are his dramas, additional commonalities abound in his work. As audiences will encounter in The Hills of California, many of Butterworth’s plays contain alternating moments of horror and grace. The second act of an early play opens with a young man strung upside down by his feet, while several dramas feature characters who literally beg for their lives. Yet the same plays also include moments of care so tender they might break your heart, as when one character tells a friend being harassed for a crime he may not have committed:

“You’re a good man... I believe you... Do you believe me? Do you believe me as I believe you?”

Balancing such contradictory tones requires deft pacing, which Butterworth frequently handles by structuring his plays to unfold over just a day or two. The Hills of California is no exception, with the twist that the action of this play takes place in two periods: 1955 and 1976. As a result, we are forced to grapple with a vision of the past that is repeatedly revised by the present. At the same time, we must also revise our understanding of the present in light of new possible truths that emerge from the past. Butterworth believes audiences are up to the challenge: “The best thing that can happen,” he says, “is that the play plots against you. It hoodwinks you. My plays aren’t intent on making things clear.”

For all its continuity with Butterworth’s earlier work, The Hills of California also marks several departures. In the first place, it

revolves entirely around women’s experiences. Together, Veronica Webb and her four daughters offer audiences a multi-dimensional portrait of the social and economic options available to women in the third quarter of the twentieth century. Importantly, Butterworth gives these characters generous space to demonstrate how their individual sensibilities may chafe at or thrive within these circumstances: indeed, each woman in Hills is more complex than the last.

Perhaps most distinct within Butterworth’s oeuvre is The Hills of California ’s focus on how, for all their convincing powers, different characters can remain fundamentally far apart in their understanding of the same events. In fact, their particular gifts and burdens may not just enable but require this. The play asks what, for many of us, are destabilizing questions: is it possible to come to a common interpretation across generations and between siblings? And, even more radically, is common interpretation truly necessary to the work of living on together in a family? Without a shared understanding of the past, of course, we might fairly wonder what is left to us. As this utterly glorious play reveals, what’s left is the ongoing (and, in Butterworth’s hands, the highly theatrical) attempt to engage with and make space for one another anyway. If we come to realize, along with Veronica’s daughters, that this is the only available future, can we convince ourselves to make that future our own?

Far left: playwright Jez Butterworth.

IN CONTEXT

BY SID JEPSEN

LITERARY ASSOCIATE, THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

Blackpool, England is a seaside town 30 miles north of Liverpool, and is known as a once glamorous holiday and entertainment hub — a place where tourists flocked and filled its theatres, amusement parks, circuses, even zoos! Located on England’s northwest shore, Blackpool blossomed into a popular UK tourist destination following the opening of the town’s first railway station in 1846. By the late 1800s, hundreds of thousands of tourists were squeezing themselves into row upon row of loungers to take in the sea breeze and cramming into the many boarding houses that dotted the city streets — like Veronica Webb’s Seaview in Butterworth’s The Hills of California . At night, visitors walked the promenade; in 1879 it became the first city street to have electric lights. The end of the 19th century also featured Blackpool’s most notable skyline change — The Blackpool Tower. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower, and featuring a 360-degree observation deck, The Blackpool Tower genuinely offered a refreshed perspective on the seaside town.

Blackpool’s reputation as a destination for fun and escape only grew in the 20th century, and inspired would-be entertainers from around the world — including Walt Disney, who sent a research team to Blackpool in advance of opening his first theme park in California. While maintaining its reputation as an entertainment hub, early 1900s Blackpool saw an increase in gaudy commercialism. Similar to the heyday of American seaside escapes like New York’s Coney Island, the commodifying of Blackpool included site-specific souvenirs and seasonally popular funfair attractions. Blackpool’s popularity unintentionally rose during World War II. Due to the town’s location, Blackpool was not under threat of bombing during the war, and as a result it became a solace for those displaced. The seasonal flurry of Blackpool’s earlier decades was replaced with year-round visitation — boosting the area’s economy during a difficult time for the country at large. Blackpool’s popularity continued to grow following the war. Travel and traffic records were broken consistently, even bad weather and the train strikes of 1955 could not deter eager holiday-goers. With the growing abundance of cars in England, Blackpool’s entertainment scene grew louder and flashier than ever before, with stars like Connie Francis and Harry Belafonte touring to local theatres; the town even hosted a Royal Variety Show attended by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The thrill of live entertainment could only flourish for so long after the advent of television. Public appetites changed in a way that transformed Blackpool; fewer people were interested in traveling to see entertainment when the best singers were performing on screens in their own

living room. Even from a practical standpointBlackpool’s infrastructure, once meant to host those on summer holiday and which was later subjected to year-round, constant use - fell into ever-increasing disrepair. With new technological advances the globe became more accessible. When the English went on holiday in the 1960s and 70s, they began to set their sights abroad, and little by little, Blackpool faded into an echo of what used to be. Theatres shuttered, and the quaint boarding houses followed soon behind. Still home to a beautiful beach, Blackpool is now more known for its history than its present state.

Right: 1950s pop star lineup of opera house performers in Blackpool Winter Gardens theatre.

Below left: Rock ‘n’ roll session on the pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, July 1957.

Below right: As international stars, the Minneapolis-born Andrews Sisters performed at the Blackpool Opera House on August 26, 1951.

Background: Midcentury shot of Blackpool Tower and lights at night.

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

JOHANNA PFAELZER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | TOM PARRISH, MANAGING DIRECTOR

IN A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE HUNTINGTON

PRESENTS

THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA

WRITTEN BY JEZ

BUTTERWORTH

DIRECTED BY LORETTA GRECO

SCENIC DESIGN ANDREW BOYCE AND SE HYUN OH

HAIR, WIGS, & MAKEUP DESIGN J. JARED JANAS

MUSIC DIRECTION DANIEL RODRIGUEZ

STAGE MANAGER (THROUGH NOV 5) KEVIN SCHLAGLE *

COSTUME DESIGN

JENNIFER VON MAYRHAUSER

DRAMATURG

LIGHTING DESIGN RUSSELL H. CHAMPA

KYLE C. FRISINA

VOICE & DIALECT COACH ASHLEIGH READE

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND AUDIENCE SERVICES VOLEINE AMILCAR

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION AUDREY HOO

FIGHT & INTIMACY COORDINATOR JESSE HINSON

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER (THROUGH NOV 5)

STAGE MANAGER (AS OF NOV 6) ASHLEY PITCHFORD *

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER — NEW WORK VICTOR CERVANTES JR.

DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE ANTHONY JACKSON

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR OF IN DIALOGUE DAVID MENDIZÁBAL

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SAM LINDEN

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND DIVERSITY MODESTA TAMAYO

SOUND DESIGN DAVID VAN TIEGHEM

CHOREOGRAPHER MISHA SHIELDS

CASTING JANET FOSTER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER SOFIE MILLER *

GENERAL MANAGER SARA DANIELSEN

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT ARI LIPSKY

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AMANDA WILLIAMS O’STEEN

THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA had its world premiere at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, on January 27, 2024, and its Broadway premiere at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, on September 29, 2024, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions with Neal Street Productions. WEST COAST PREMIERE

Stephen & Susan Chamberlin

Yogen & Peggy Dalal

Marcia Grand

Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau

Wayne Jordan & Quinn Delaney

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS

Bruce Golden & Michelle Mercer

Jonathan Logan & John Piane

SEASON SPONSORS

Jack & Betty Schafer

Gisele & Kenneth F. Miller

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

Lynne Charmichael

Pat & Merrill Shanks

The Strauch Kulhanjian Family Gail & Arne Wagner

The Hearst Foundations Kelli & Steffan Tomlinson

CAST

in order of appearance

KAREN KILLEEN * . . .

PATRICE JEAN-BAPTISTE * . .

. .Jillian

. .Penny/Biddy

LEWIS D. WHEELER * . . . . . . . . .Mr . Potts/Luther St John

AIMEE DOHERTY * . . .

CHLOÉ KOLBENHEYER * .

. .Ruby/Mrs Smith

.Patty/Young Ruby

JACK GREENBERG . . . . . . . .Tony/Mr . Halliwell/Mr Smith

AMANDA KRISTIN NICHOLS * . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria

MIKE MASTERS * . . .

KYLE CAMERON * . .

ALLISON JEAN WHITE *

MEGHAN CAREY * .

NICOLE MULREADY *

KATE FITZGERALD *

ALLISON JEAN WHITE *

AIMEE DOHERTY*

. . . Bill/Joe Fogg/Dr Rose

. . .Dennis/Jack Larkin

.Veronica

. .Young Gloria

. .Young Jillian

.Young Joan

.Joan

.Dance Captain

UNDERSTUDIES

in alphabetical order

ANNIKA BOLTON . . . . . . . . . Young Gloria, Young Joan

LILA GRACE ENGLISH . . . . . Patty/Young Ruby, Young Jillian

JACK GREENBERG . .

KATE FITZGERALD * .

JACK GREENBERG .

. . . . .Jillian

. . .Joe Fogg

BRIDGETTE HAYES * . . . . . . . . . Gloria, Veronica/Joan

. . . .Joe Fogg

ZACH KAUTTER . . . . . . . . Tony/Mr . Halliwell/Mr Smith

BRIDGETTE HAYES * Gloria, Ruby/Mrs Smith, Veronica/Joan

YEWANDE ODETOYINBO *

Penny/Biddy

ZACH KAUTTER Tony/Mr . Halliwell/Mr Smith

MICHAEL POIGNAND *

. . Mr Potts/Luther St John, Dennis/Jack Larkin, Bill/Dr Rose

YEWANDE ODETOYINBO * Penny/Biddy

RUTH SULLIVAN . .

. . Jillian, Ruby/Mrs Smith

MICHAEL POIGNAND * . . . . . . . Mr Potts/Luther St John, Dennis/Jack Larkin, Bill/Dr Rose

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement or notice is made at the time of appearance.

*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. This theatre operates under agreements with the League of Resident Theatres, Actors’ Equity Association (the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States), the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists.

Please turn off your cell phones, beeping watches, and electronic devices, and refrain from unwrapping cellophane wrappers during the performance. The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights, and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists

OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 5, 2025 RODA THEATRE

THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION BETWEEN ACTS 1 AND 2.

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Assistant Director Elena Sanchez (Peter F. Sloss Artistic Fellow)

Fight Captain

Costume Design Assistant

Hair, Wigs, & Makeup Associate

Lewis D. Wheeler

Kelly Baker

Tony Lauro

Assistant Lighting Designers . . . Claire Chesne (Electrics Fellow), Hope Debelius (Huntington Theatre Lighting Design Assistant)

Assistant Sound Designer

Riley Oberting (Harry Weininger Sound Fellow)

Wardrobe Crew Karen Arriola, Caz Hiro, Dieyla Diop, Kamaile Alnas-Benson, Mika Rubinfield, Jessa Dunlap (Sub), Linda Wu (Sub)

Hair Team Vanessa Root-Fitzgerald, Erin Taylor

Lighting Programmer/Board Op

Sound Crew

Kenneth Coté

Angela Don (A1), Camille Rassweiler (A2)

Deck Crew Michael Boomer, Isaac Jacobs, Chris Russell (Automation), Emma Walz

Scenic Fabrication by The Huntington Scenic & Paint Shops

Additional Scenery Fabricators

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Scenic & Paint Shops, Carl Martin, Cameron Edwards, Troy McClendon, Cassidy Carlson, Drea Ronquillo, Isaac Jacobs, Isla Hofmann (Scenic Construction Fellow)

Additional Scenic Artists Courtney Sutherland (Scenic Art Fellow)

Props Fabrication by The Huntington Properties Shop

Additional Prop Artisans Berkeley Repertory Theatre Prop Shop, Hanbyul Joo, Sofie Miller, Amelia Reyes-Gomez (Properties Fellow)

Costumes Built by The Huntington Costume Shop

Additional Costume Technicians Berkeley Repertory Theatre Costume Shop, Chris Weiland, Malia Sittler, James Calhoun (Costumes Fellow)

Special Thanks to Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing LLC.

Lighting Services provided by Berkeley Repertory Theatre Lighting Department

Additional Lighting Technicians Emma Buechner, Brittany Cobb, Jack Grable, A. Chris Hartzell, Jacob Hill, Hannah Linaweaver, Margaret Linn, Charlie Mejia, Nora-Hayden Quist, Taylor Rivers, Matther Sykes, C. Swan-Streepy, Trinity Wickland

Additional Lighting Services provided by Desiree Alcocer, Sarina Renteria

Sound Services provided by Berkeley Repertory Theatre Sound and Video Department

Additional Sound Technicians

Courtney Jean, Elliott Orr

Production Manager . . . Kali Grau

Assistant Production Manager

Alex Hamm (Production Management Fellow) Company Manager Ryan Duncan-Ayala Assistant Company Manager

Katelin Shum (Company Management Fellow) Company Management Assistant Bella Campos Hintzman

Medical Consultation for Berkeley Rep provided by Mari Bell MPT (UCSF), Ed Blumenstock MD, Charissa Chaban DPT, Cindy J Chang MD (UCSF), Christina Corey MD, Neil Claveria PT, Patricia I Commer DPT, Kathy Fang MD PhD, Steven Fugaro MD, Anjali Gupta MD (Kaiser), Olivia Lang MD (Berkeley Pediatrics), Allen Ling PT, Liz Nguyen DPT, Desiree A Unsworth DPT, Christina S Wilmer OD, Eric Yabu DDS, and Katherine C Yung MD

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ARTISTIC

BERKELEY REP STAFF

Johanna Pfaelzer Artistic Director

David Mendizábal .... Associate Artistic Director/Director of In Dialogue

victor cervantes jr. ................... Associate Producer – New Work

Karina Fox Resident Casting Director & Artistic Associate

Todd Almond, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Dipika Guha, Nico Muhly, Lisa Peterson, Brian Quijada, Nygel D. Robinson, Sarah Ruhl, Jack Thorne, Sanaz Toossi

Artists Under Commission

GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPANY MANAGEMENT

Sara Danielsen .......................................... General Manager

Ryan Duncan-Ayala .................................. Company Manager

Emily Betts General Management Associate

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Audrey Hoo Director of Production

Kali Grau ............................................. Production Manager

COSTUMES

Joleen Addleman Loyd Costume Director

Kiara Montgomery .......................... Resident Design Associate

Star Rabinowitz .................................................... Draper

Barbara Blair Wardrobe Supervisor

Caz Hiro................................. Associate Wardrobe Supervisor

Erin Taylor Wigs/Hair, Makeup Technician

ELECTRICS

Frederick C. Geffken ................................ Lighting Supervisor

Kenneth Coté Senior Production Electrician

Des Alcocer ...................................... Production Electrician

PROPERTIES

Jillian A. Green Properties Supervisor

Amelia Burke-Holt .................... Associate Properties Supervisor

Brittany Watkins Properties Artisan

SCENE SHOP

Matt Rohner, Jim Smith ......................... Co-Technical Directors

Read Tuddenham Assistant Technical Director — Shop

Grant Vocks .............. Assistant Technical Director — Engineering

August Lewallen, Zach Wziontka Scenic Carpenters

SCENIC ART

Lisa Lázár ............................................ Charge Scenic Artist

STAGE OPERATIONS

Julia Englehorn ......................................... Stage Supervisor

Gabriel Holman .............................Associate Stage Supervisor

James McGregor Assistant Stage Supervisor

Siobhán Slater .......................................... Stage Technician

SOUND/ VIDEO

Lane Elms ................................... Sound and Video Supervisor

Rebecca Satzberg ............. Associate Sound and Video Supervisor

Angela Don Senior Sound Engineer

BERKELEY REP SCHOOL OF THEATRE

Anthony Jackson .................... Director of the School of Theatre

MaryBeth Cavanaugh Director of Classes and Summer Programming

Ashley Lim ..................... Marketing and Registrations Manager

AeJay Antonis Marquis Mitchell Education Programs Associate

Euan Ashley ......... In-School Residency and Curriculum Supervisor

Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe, Bobby August Jr., April Ballesteros, Diana Brown, Erica Blue, Elizabeth Carter, Rebecca Castelli, Jiwon Chung, Deborah Eubanks, Nancy Gold, Gary Graves, Marvin Greene, Susan Jane Harrison, George Higgins, Gendell Hing-Hernandez, Mondara Ixchel, Paul Jennings, Erolina Kamburova, Kenneth Kelleher, Jennifer LeBlanc, Dave Maier, Carolyn McCandlish, Amanda Nguyen, Annie Obermeyer, Joel Ochoa, Joe Orrach, Robert Parsons, Pamela Rickard, Adrian Ruvalcaba, Teresa Salas, Hayley Sherwood, Joyful Simpson, Brennan Pickman-Thoon, Samuel Tomfohr .......... Teaching Artists

Matty Bloom, Joy Lancaster, Selma Meyerowitz Docent Chairs

Ted Bagaman, Beth Cohen, Michelle Cordero, Miles Drawdy, Charles Evans, Tyrone Fleurizard, Sergio Garcia, Randi Helly, Diana Insolio, Sue Kaplan, Jim Krampf, Mark Liss, Virginia McCarthy, Judith O’Rourke, Jeanette Pettibone, Gigi Singer, Bridget Soto Docents

ADMINISTRATION

Tom Parrish ........................................... Managing Director

Sam Linden Director of Finance

Katie Riemann Associate Director of Finance

Jennifer Light ...................................... Payroll Administrator

Alanna McFall ................................................ Bookkeeper

Modesta Tamayo ........ Director of Human Resources and Diversity

Faith Elder.

. Human Resources & Diversity Coordinator

Annie Stonebarger Executive Assistant

DEVELOPMENT

Ari Lipsky ....................................... Director of Development

Laura Fichtenberg ................. Associate Director of Development

Kelsey Scott Associate Director of Institutional Giving

Andrew Maguire .

Philanthropy Officer

Harper Brown ..................................... Annual Fund Manager

Elaina Guyett ........................ Corporate Partnerships Manager

Rodrick Edwards Development Coordinator

Cassidy Milano Development Operations Coordinator

OPERATIONS

Amanda Williams O’Steen ....................... Director of Operations

Peter Orkiszewski ................... Associate Director of Operations

Adam Johnson Facilities Manager

Thomas Tran Building Engineer

Jesus Rodriguez ..................................... Building Technician

Theresa Drumgoole, Wendi Lau, Sophie Li, Darrel De La Rosa .

.Facilities Assistants

Destiny Askin CRM Project Manager

Christina Cone Web and Database Specialist

Nicole Peña ................................ Medak and Rentals Manager

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Voleine Amilcar ........ Director of Marketing and Audience Services

Heather Orth Associate Director of Marketing

DC Scarpelli Creative Director

Kevin Kopjak –

Prismatic Communications .............. Public Relations Consultant

Kristi Deprin Digital Content Manager

Calvin Ngu Video and Multimedia Content Creator

Quinn Barringer Graphic Designer

Klaus Andrieu ...........Marketing and Communications Coordinator

AUDIENCE SERVICES

Emily Byrne Associate Director of Audience Services

Saoirse Keogh Box Office Supervisor

pan ellington, Matthew Hayden, Kathlyn Ibazeta, Olga Khitarishvili, Jack Melcher, Lauren Payne, Sesar Sanchez, Celeste Wong ....................... Box Office Agents

Kelly Kelley Front of House Director

Maddi Gjovik, Armando Herrera, Caitlyn Lee, Megan Rossoni ........................... House Managers

dean dawkins, Latasha Hayes, Camille Kobelin, Courtney Marchi, Nicolas Puorro, Tuesday Ray, Kira Street, Kailani Zabala, Angela Phung, Julian Balcziunas Patron Experience Representatives

2025/26 BERKELEY REP FELLOWSHIPS

James Calhoun ......................................... Costumes Fellow

Claire Chesne ............................................. Electrics Fellow

Katie Genzer

Bret C. Harte Artistic Fellow

Alex Hamm Production Management Fellow

Isla Hofmann................................ Scenic Construction Fellow

Khia Jefferson ..................... Marketing and Development Fellow

Karina Lipe Education Fellow

Riley Oberting

Amelia Reyes-Gomez.

Harry Weininger Sound Fellow

.Properties Fellow

Elena Sanchez ............................. Peter F. Sloss Artistic Fellow

Katelin Shum............................. Company Management Fellow

Olivia Spreen

Courtney Sutherland

Stage Management Fellow

Scenic Art Fellow

Kyle Cameron *

Dennis/Jack Larkin

Kyle, a performer based in Brooklyn, is thrilled to be returning to the Bay Area having performed twice at SF Playhouse (Significant Other, TBA & SFCC Award-nominee; Trouble Cometh). New York credits include The Public Theater (Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.), Manhattan Theatre Club (By the Water), and over 10 years with the 52nd Street Project. Regional credits include Denver Center (Henry Award-nominee), Studio Theatre, City Theatre, Capital Rep, and three international tours with Vancouver’s Green Thumb Theatre (Dora Mavor Moore Award). Screen appearances include Vampire (Sundance), FBI: Most Wanted, SVU, Blacklist, and Orange is the New Black. He is a proud alum of the NYU graduate acting program.

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Meghan Carey *

Young Gloria Meghan’s regional credits include Pinocchio (Commonwealth Lyric Theater) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Prague Shakespeare Company). Additional credits include the film Graduation Day (Five Hundred West Film) and Boston Conservatory’s Something Rotten. She is represented by DGRW. @meghancareyy

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Aimee Doherty *

Ruby/Mrs. Smith, Dance Captain

Aimee has appeared in The Huntington Theatre's Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, and A Little Night Music. Her additional regional theatre credits include Lyric Stage's productions of Hello Dolly!, Into the Woods (Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress),

and On the Town (Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress), A Man of No Importance (SpeakEasy Stage), and Hairspray (Elliot Norton Award for Best Actress, Wheelock Family Theatre). aimeedoherty.net

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Kate

Fitzgerald *

Young Joan, u/s Jillian

Kate is so excited to be making her Berkeley Rep debut! Regional credits include The Light in the Piazza (Huntington), The Crucible (Bay Street Theater), Peter Pan (North Shore Music Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Coachella Valley Repertory), Double Helix (Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, Bay Street Theater), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Lyric Stage), Pride and Prejudice (Barnstormers Theatre), The Children’s Hour (Gamm Theatre), and Josh Groban’s Harmony and Bridges Tour regional chorus. Kate earned a BFA in musical theatre from Boston Conservatory and is represented by ATB Talent. @katefiitz

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Jack Greenberg

Tony/Mr. Halliwell/ Mr. Smith, u/s Joe Fogg

Jack’s regional credits include John Proctor is the Villian (Huntington), Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company CSC2), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Newsies (Reagle Music Theatre), and The Soldier’s Tale (Brandeis University). Jack is a recent graduate of Boston University and trained at BADA's Oxford Program.

jackgreenbergactor.com

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Patrice

Jean-Baptiste *

Penny/Biddy

Patrice is a HaitianAmerican teacher, writer, and actor whose work includes two productions of Mfoniso Udofia's Ufot Family Cycle: The Grove (Huntington and Central Square), Her Portmanteau (Central Square), Trouble in Mind, Broke-ology (Lyric Stage), King HedleyII, The Taming of the Shrew, Coriolanus, Hamlet (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), and Henry V (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). She is a graduate of Boston University's Bachelor of Arts program and Trinity Repertory's Theatre Arts Conservatory (MA). She is a pianist and an avid salsero.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Karen Killeen *

Jillian

Karen is an actor, singer, and director from Dublin, Ireland. She recently made her off-Broadway debut in The Dead, 1904 at Irish Repertory Theatre. A graduate of the MFA in acting program at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, her stage work includes Pride and Prejudice (Chautauqua Theater Company), Uncle Vanya, The Misanthrope, The Cherry Orchard, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (DGSD). On screen, she has appeared in Kin (AMC) and Taken Down (RTÉ). She is especially grateful to be part of this company and dedicates this work to her Mam and Malik James, RIP.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Chloé

Kolbenheyer *

Patty/Young Ruby

Chloé is a New Yorkbased actress and singer. Onstage credits include Night Fever: The Music of the Bee Gees (54 Below) and Lucy in Who’d Love Lucy? (The Tank). Her film/TV

work includes Fireplace Ridge (Gemelli Films) and a cameo in What Would You Do? Season 14. She recently graduated Boston University with a BFA in acting. She is signed with Stewart Talent NY and Blue Ridge Entertainment. chloekolben.com.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Mike Masters *

Bill/Joe Fogg/Dr. Rose

Mike most recently was seen off-Broadway in Sump’n Like Wings at the Mint Theater. In NYC he’s also worked at Madison Square Garden, The Algonquin, and City Center among others, as well as across the country with the Alliance, The REV, Flat Rock Playhouse, and more. National tours include The 101 Dalmatians Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and I Say Tomato, You Say Shut Up! Mike has also been seen on-screen in The Resident, The Blacklist, Maniac, Madam Secretary, Blindspot, The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, House of Cards, Elementary, Mama Flora’s Family, and, of course, Law & Order.

Nicole

Mulready *

Young Jillian

Nicole is an actor and playwright from Medfield, MA. Her regional credits include Frank & Bean: The Musical! (The WBUR Festival Kidstage) and Troilus and Cressida (Prague Shakespeare Company). University credits include I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, Escape from Happiness, and The Convent. Original works include U Had 2 B There and Home for the Weekend. She holds a BFA in musical theatre with an emphasis on absurdist acting from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. @nicolemulready

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER/HERS

Amanda Kristin Nichols *

Gloria

Amanda has appeared off-Broadway in Three Sisters (The Sheen Center). Her regional credits include Advice, Bad Books (Florida Studio Theatre, NNPN Rolling World Premiere), Noises Off! (Bucks County Playhouse), Let There Be Love, The Steel Man (Penguin Rep), The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and The Great Gatsby (Bay Street Theater).

Lewis D. Wheeler *

Mr. Potts/Luther St.

John

Lewis is an actor, director, and co-founder of Harbor Stage Company on Cape Cod. Credits include The Huntington Theatre (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), American Repertory Theater (No Man’s Land), SpeakEasy Stage (Cost of Living), New Repertory Theatre (Long Day’s Journey into Night), and Lyric Stage (A Number). He has appeared in over 70 productions at regional theatres including American Stage, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Central Square Theater, Gloucester Stage, Cape Rep, and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Film/TV credits include Don’t Look Up, Manchester by the Sea, Black Mass, The Company Men, City on a Hill, and Brotherhood. BA from Cornell University and MFA from American Film Institute. lewisdwheeler.com

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Allison Jean White *

Veronica/Joan

Allison is thrilled to return to Berkeley Rep where she was last seen in Heartbreak House. Based in

New York, she was seen on Broadway in Man and Boy (Roundabout), off-Broadway in Party Face (City Center), The Shaughraun (Irish Rep), and Santa Doesn’t Come to the Holiday Inn (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and was in the national tour of The 39 Steps. Regional credits include Denver Center, ACT, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Northern Stage, SF Playhouse, Magic Theatre, and WHAT. Screen credits include The Blacklist, The Slap, High Maintenance, and The Family Fang. Allison is a graduate of Brown University and the ACT MFA program.

Annika Bolton

u/s Young Gloria, Young Joan Annika’s regional credits include Llorona or the Weeping Woman (Boston Center for the Arts), Soft Star (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), and How to Kill a Goat (Moonbox Productions, Boston New Works Festival). Boston University theatre credits include Richard III, Fucking A, and El Nogalar. She has appeared in the film Swipe Right for Danger (Verdi Films).

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Lila Grace English

u/s Patty/Young Ruby, Young Jillian Lila is honored to be an understudy with the company of The Hills of California at The Huntington Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. University credits include The Skriker, Sense & Sensibility, and King Lear. She holds a BFA in acting from Boston University. lilagraceenglish.com

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Bridgette Hayes *

u/s Gloria, Ruby/ Mrs. Smith, Veronica/Joan

Bridgette is a Bostonbased actor, educator, and designer. She appeared off-Broadway in The Contrast (Mirror Repertory). Her Regional credits include Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Lyric Stage), Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets (Gloucester Stage), Everyday Life (Sleeping Weazel, Arts Emerson), Men on Boats (SpeakEasy Stage), Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol (Greater Boston Stage), Dog Paddle, Julius Caesar (Bridge Repertory Theater), An Octoroon (Company One, Arts Emerson), and Demon Dreams (Williamstown Theatre Festival). She holds a BFA in acting from Boston University, an MLA in dramatic arts from Harvard University, and a certificate of classical acting from LAMDA. She serves as the Assistant Chair of Theater for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Zach Kautter

u/s Tony/Mr. Halliwell/Mr. Smith

Zach’s regional credits include Constellations (BCA Plaza Theatre). He received a BFA in acting from Boston University. He is the founder of PK Productions Inc., a non-profit dedicated to emerging artists. zachkautter.com

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Yewande Odetoyinbo *

u/s Penny/Biddy

Yewande has appeared in regional productions such as Fat Ham (Huntington), Waitress (Majestic Theater), FELA! (Olney Theatre Center, Round House Theatre), The Colored Museum (American Stage Company), Sister Act, The Light, Breath Imagination (Lyric Stage, IRNE Award-winner), The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Stage,

Front Porch Arts Collective), Fairview, Once on This Island, The View Upstairs (SpeakEasy Stage), Macbeth in Stride (ART), Passing Strange, Caroline or Change (Elliot Norton-nominee), Parade (Moonbox Productions), Hair (New Rep), Show Boat (Fiddlehead Theatre), The Sound of Music, Show Boat (Reagle Music Theatre), Finish Line, The Gay Agenda (Boston Theater Company), In the Heights, Seussical, Ragtime (Wheelock Family Theatre), and Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It! (Merrimack Repertory Theatre).

PRONOUNS: ANY

Michael

Poignand *

u/s Mr. Potts/ Luther St. John, Dennis/Jack Larkin, Bill/Dr. Rose

Michael is a Boston-based actor and visual creative returning to the stage after many years on the art side of advertising & marketing. Off-Broadway credits include Speaking in Tongues (Theatre 54), Taming of the Shrew (Secret Theatre) Navy Pier (Theatre Row), Orange Flower Water (InProximity Theatre), Rush's Dream (HERE Arts Center), The Wind in the Willows (New Victory Theater). Regional credits include My Way (Fulton Opera House), South Pacific (Hangar Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Dragonslayers (Syracuse Stage). Boston area credits include The Christians (Apollinaire), Or (Maiden Phoenix), The Merry Way, and Comedy of Errors (Anthem Theatre). Michael attended Syracuse University’s musical theatre program. He recently completed his first 70.3 Ironman in Augusta, ME.

Jez Butterworth Playwright

Jez was born in London in 1969 and studied English at St. John’s College, Cambridge. His first play, Mojo, won seven major awards, including the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. His other plays include The Night Heron,

The Winterling, Parlour Song, Jerusalem, The River, and The Ferryman (nominated for nine Tony Awards and winning four, including Best Play 2019). His latest play, The Hills of California, was highly acclaimed on Broadway and in the West End.

Loretta Greco Director

Loretta Greco is the Artistic Director of the Huntington and is thrilled to be in the Bay where she led Magic Theatre for twelve seasons. Her directing credits include New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, and ACT and productions such as Fool for Love, Oedipus El Rey (Magic), and Prayer for the French Republic (Huntington). Producing credits include multiple premieres by Luis Alfaro, Lloyd Suh, John Kolvenbach, and Taylor Mac. Among her cross-organizational collaborations are A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, The Brother/Sister Plays, and Sheparding America. Notable works developed under her leadership at Huntington include John Proctor is the Villain, first American productions of Leopoldstadt, The Lehman Trilogy, and Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, a nine-play epic produced over two years across Boston by 36 organizations in partnership.

Andrew Boyce

Co-Scenic

Design

Andrew is thrilled to return to his home theatre, Berkeley Rep. Past productions include POTUS, A Doll’s House, Part 2, and Dana H. Andrew is a Chicago-based designer working in theatre, opera, dance, live events, and TV/film. He has credits on Broadway, off-Broadway, in London, and with most major regional theatres across the US. Selected opera credits include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and Opera Omaha, among others. He received his MFA at the Yale School of Drama and is the Associate Professor of

Design at Northwestern University. andrewboycedesign.com

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Se Hyun Oh

Co-Scenic Design

Se is a South Korean set designer based in NYC. His off-Broadway credits include Once Upon A Korean Time (Ma-Yi Theater, La MaMa Theatre) and The Unbelieving (The Civilians, 59E59 Theatres).

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Jennifer von

Mayrhauser Costume Design

Jennifer has designed over 30 Broadway shows including Disgraced, Wit, Rabbit Hole, The Heidi Chronicles, Execution of Justice, Baby, Hay Fever, and Talley’s Folly. She has designed many off-Broadway shows including work at Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, and Circle Repertory Company. Most recently she designed The Night of the Iguana at Signature Theatre. She received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She has also designed for film and television, including Law & Order (Emmy-nominee), The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Captain Ron, Lean on Me, and Mystic Pizza.

Russell H. Champa

Lighting Design

Russell's previous projects at Berkeley Rep include Wintertime, Becky Nurse, Dear Elizabeth, The Pillowman, and Eurydice. Upcoming projects include All My Sons at Berkeley Rep, Girls Chance Music at ACT, and Pictures From Home at Marin Theatre. His work on Broadway includes China Doll (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre); In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Lyceum Theatre/Lincoln Center Theater); Julia Sweeney’s God Said “Ha!” (Lyceum Theatre). New York credits include Playwrights Horizons, Theatre for a New Audience, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and New

York Stage and Film. Regional credits include Old Globe, Steppenwolf, The Wilma, Trinity Rep, and Mark Taper Forum. His work for opera and dance includes The Dallas Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Odyssey Opera, and Pilobolus. Thanks J+J! PEACE. russellchampa.com

David Van Tieghem Sound Design

David’s Broadway credits include Burn This, How I Learned to Drive, Doubt, Heisenberg, The Gin Game, The Big Knife, Reckless, Arcadia, The Normal Heart, The Crucible, A Behanding in Spokane, A Man for All Seasons, and Inherit the Wind.

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

J. Jared Janas Hair,

Wigs, & Makeup

Design

Jared has over 30 years in the wig, hair, and makeup industry. His previous Huntington credits include The Light in the Piazza, The Art of Burning, Common Ground Revisited, The Bluest Eye, Indecent, and Man in the Ring. His Broadway credits include Dead Outlaw, John Proctor is the Villain, Glengarry Glen Ross, Buena Vista Social Club, Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Porgy and Bess.

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Kyle C. Frisina

Dramaturg

Kyle is an Assistant Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross. As Director of Play Development at Second Stage Theater, her producing and dramaturgy credits included How I Learned to Drive, Water by the Spoonful, Little Miss Sunshine, The Happiest Song Plays Last, The Substance of Fire, American Hero, The Tutors, and Mala Hierba. As Associate Producer and Dramaturg at New York Stage and Film, credits include work by Jocelyn Bioh, Michael Friedman, David Lindsay-Abaire, Beth Henley, Duncan Sheik, Regina Taylor, Gabriel Kahane, and Stephen Karam.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Misha Shields Choreographer

Misha Shields is a choreographer working in the NY and Boston areas. She is a Chita Rivera Award-nominee for Best Choreography for her work in the off-Broadway production of Baghdaddy (St. Luke’s Theatre), and has won both an Elliot Norton Award for Best Choreography (K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Huntington) and a BroadwayWorld Central New York Award for Best Choreography for a Professional Production (Loch Ness, The REV). Credit highlights include Private Jones (Signature Theatre DC, Goodspeed), The Lehman Trilogy, Witch, I Was Most Alive With You, Yerma, Ripcord, A Doll’s House, Milk Like Sugar (Huntington), The Winter's Tale (Hartford Stage), Once (Bucks County Playhouse), and Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company). mishashields.com

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Daniel Rodriguez Music Direction

Daniel’s past work with The Huntington includes The Band’s Visit, Sunday in the Park with George, and A Little Night Music. Regional credits include Hello, Dolly!, Urinetown, Assassins, Preludes (Lyric Stage), Evita, An American in Paris, Oklahoma

(Reagle Music Theater), A Christmas Carol (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors (North Shore Music Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Greater Boston Stage Company), Caroline or Change, Cabaret, The Wild Party (Moonbox Productions), Mr. Popper’s Penguins, In the Heights (Wheelock Family Theatre), The Lily’s Revenge, The Blue Flower (ART), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Front Porch Arts Collective), Jerry Springer: The Opera, and Drood (SpeakEasy Stage).

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Ashleigh Reade

Dialect & Vocal Coach

Ashleigh is thrilled to be joining Berkeley Rep! A Boston native, Ashleigh is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, where she teaches speech, accents, and vocal extremes. Ashleigh's presentation and public speaking clients include MIT, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Berklee College of Music, and WCBV. Recent coaching credits include The Light in the Pizza, The Hills of California, and Fun Home at The Huntington, Emma at Actors’ Shakespeare Project, The Anonymous Lover at Boston Lyric Opera, and Driving in Circles (Elliot Norton Award-winner for Best Solo Performance) at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Jesse Hinson

Fight & Intimacy Coordinator

Jesse is a Boston-based violence designer, intimacy choreographer, actor, and educator. His Huntington credits include The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, The Grove, Leopoldstadt, and Fat Ham. Additional regional credits include Pru Payne, Cost of Living, Casa Valentina (SpeakEasy Stage), Rx Machina (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), The Minutes (Umbrella Arts), Anna Christie, The Little Foxes (Lyric Stage Company), and Bud, Not Buddy (Wheelock Family Theatre).

PRONOUNS: HE/HIM

Janet Foster, CSA Casting

Janet has been casting for over 35 years. At The Huntington, she recently worked on The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, The Grove, Sojourners, Leopoldstadt, Toni Stone, and The Band’s Visit. Eight years at American Conservatory Theater included working with directors Carey Perloff, Mark Lamos, Mark Rucker, Annie Kaufmann, Loretta Greco, and many more.

Kevin Schlagle * Stage Manager

Kevin has worked on many productions in 16 seasons with The Huntington including The Light in the Piazza, Prayer for the French Republic, and Sunday in the Park with George. Other credits include American Repertory Theater, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Boston Lyric Opera.

Ashley Pitchford *

Assistant Stage Manager

Ashley’s work with The Huntington includes stage management for The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, Leopoldstadt, John Proctor is the Villain, The Heart Sellers, Fat Ham, Joy and Pandemic, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Teenage Dick, Witch, We All Fall Down, and Man in the Ring.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Sofie Miller *

Assistant Stage Manager

Sofie is delighted to return for another season with Berkeley Rep. Recent productions include the aves, The Matchbox Magic Flute, and Out of Character. Favorite productions include Angels in America, Kiss My Aztec, Imaginary Comforts, Latin History for Morons, Roe, Party People, and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. Sofie has also worked

regionally with Aurora Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theatre, Presidio Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and California Shakespeare Theater, and has stage managed concerts in NYC at Joe’s Pub and Urban Stages. Sofie holds a BA in theatre arts and post-graduate certificate in theater management from University of California, Santa Cruz.

PRONOUNS: SHE/HER

Johanna Pfaelzer

Artistic Director

Johanna joined Berkeley Rep in 2019 as its fourth artistic director following 12 years as the artistic director of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a New York City-based organization dedicated to the development of new works for theatre, film, and television. Notable works developed under Johanna’s leadership at NYSAF include Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Humans by Stephen Karam, Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe, The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac, The Homecoming Queen by Ngozi Anyanwu, The Great Leap by Lauren Yee, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, The Fortress of Solitude by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses, The Jacksonian by Beth Henley, and Green Day’s American Idiot. In addition, Johanna has developed the work of many notable artists including Jocelyn Bioh, Zach Helm, Halley Feiffer, Billy Porter, Lucy Thurber, Duncan Sheik, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Steven Sater, Jaclyn Backhaus, Patricia Wettig, and Marcus Gardley. Since arriving at Berkeley Rep, Johanna has produced multiple world premieres as well as projects that have gone on to notable future productions including Swept Away, Galileo, Mexodus, and Cult of Love. She was formerly a producing director of Zena Group and served for five years as the associate artistic director of American Conservatory Theater.

Johanna is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Actors Theatre of Louisville apprentice program and has taught in the MFA theatre program at Columbia University School of the Arts. She lives in Berkeley with her husband Russell Champa and their son Jasper.

Tom Parrish

Managing Director

Tom has served as a theatre leader and arts administrator for over 20 years, with experience in organizations ranging from multivenue performing arts centers to major Tony Award-winning theatre companies. Prior to Berkeley Rep, he served as executive director of Trinity Repertory Company, Geva Theatre Center, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre and as associate managing director/general manager of San Diego Repertory Theatre. His work has been recognized with a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Producer and “Forty Under 40” recognition in Providence, Rochester, the Merrimack Valley, and San Diego. He received his MBA/MA in arts administration from Southern Methodist University; BA in theater arts and economics from Case Western Reserve University; attended the Commercial Theater Institute, National Theater Institute, and Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; and is certified in leading diversity, equity, and inclusion by Northwestern University. He and his husband live in Berkeley.

Huntington Theatre

Celebrating over 40 years of outstanding theatre, The Huntington is Boston, MA’s leading professional theatre company. On our stages and throughout our city, we share enduring and untold stories that spark the imagination of audiences and artists and amplify the voices in our community. Led by Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli, The

Huntington is committed to welcoming diverse audiences, provides life-changing opportunities for students through robust education and community programs, is a national leader in playwright and new play development, and serves the local arts community by operating The Huntington Calderwood/BCA. The Huntington reopened the historic Huntington Theatre in fall of 2022 after its transformational renovation and is currently in phase two of the project; the transformation of this storied venue will allow us to deepen our services to audiences, artists, and the community for generations to come. huntingtontheatre.org

SONG CREDITS

“Gimme Shelter”

Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Performed by the Rolling Stones

Published by ABKCO Music, Inc Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

www.abkco.com

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

Words by Gus Kahn

Music by Wilbur Schwandt and Fabian Andre

Don Swan Publications, Inc., Miami, FL and Gilbert Keyes Music, Hollywood, CA

International Copyright Secured Made in the USA

Used by Permission

“It Never Entered My Mind”

Music and words by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

GUS KAHN, FABIAN ANDRE AND WILBUR SCHWANDT

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND

LORENZ HART AND RICHARD ROGERS

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

EDWARD HEYMAN AND VICTOR POPULAR YOUNG

I’M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN

SAMMY LERNER

Samuel M. Lerner Publications, Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP)

RUM AND COCO COLA

MOREY AMSTERDAM, PAUL BARON, AL STILLMAN, JERI SULLAVAN EMI FEIST CATALOG INC. (ASCAP)

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT

NAT KING COLE, IRVING MILLS EMI MILLS MUSIC INC. (ASCAP)

“BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY”

Words and Music by DON RAYE, (HUGHIE PRINCE)

Not for broadcast transmission.

“HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, THE”

Words and Music by ROBERT HAYWARD, ROBERT B. STAVER

Not for broadcast transmission.

“PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA”

Words and Music by AL DEXTER

Not for broadcast transmission.

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Berkeley Repertory Theatre gratefully recognizes the following contributors for their transformational contributions to The Resilience Campaign that support the Theatre’s future.

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ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

Anonymous

Shelley & Jonathan Bagg

Lynne Carmichael

Sandra & Ken Eggers

Kerry Francis & John Jimerson

Lisa Franzel & Rod Mickels

Jennifer & Abe Friedman

Laura Graham

Richard N. Hill & Nancy Lundeen

Sy Kaufman & Kerstin Edgerton

Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim

Suzanne LaFetre Collier

Dugan & Philippe Lamoise

Eileen & Hank Lewis

Susan & Moses Libitzky

Elsie Mallonee

Helen M. Marcus, in memory of

David J. Williamson

Tim Marten

Phyra McCandless & Angelos Kottas

Martin & Margi Cellucci

McNair

Miranda Family Fund

Juan Oldham & Deborah Morgan

James O’Toole

Tom Parrish & Steve Dow

Norman & Janet Pease

David S. H. Rosenthal & Vicky Reich

Dennis Ryan & Rebecca Sutter-Ryan

Patricia Sakai & Richard

Shapiro

Sarah E. Shaver

Karen Smyda

Monica Salusky & John K. Sutherland

THANK YOU

to the many individuals in our community who help Berkeley Rep produce adventurous, thought-provoking, and thrilling theatre and bring arts education to thousands of people every year. We gratefully recognize our donors at the Champion level and above, who made their gifts between September 1, 2024, and September 1, 2025. We also express our deep gratitude to all of the Friends of Berkeley Rep that we are unable to recognize here due to space limitations.

Jeannie Pfaelzer & Peter Panuthos

Johanna Pfaelzer & Russell Champa

Shelby Rachleff

Audrey & Paul L. Richards, in honor of Barbara Peterson

Jaimie Sanford & Ted Storey

Valerie Sopher

Trevor & Anne-Marie Strohman

Ama Torrance & David Davies

Sarah Van Roo

Toni Weingarten

Elizabeth Werter & Henry Trevor

Felicia Woytak & Steven Rasmussen

BENEFACTOR

Anonymous (3)

Norman Abramson, in memory of David Beery

Eric Allman & Kirk McKusick

George & Marcia Argyris

Michelle L. Barbour

Valerie Barth

Ashvini Bhave & Kishore Bopardikar

Becky & Jeff Bleich

Paul Brody

Luna Foundation

Linda Brown

Bonnie Burt & Mark Liss

Ronnie Caplane

Ardie & Mary Clark, in memory of Patricia Fox

Dr. Jim Cuthbertson

Barbara & Tim Daniels

Arvada Darnell

Richard & Anita Davis

Ilana DeBare & Sam Schuchat

Donald & Jeannette Dow

Linda Drucker

William & Susan Epstein

Paul Feigenbaum & Judy Kemeny

Ben & Mary Feinberg

James & Jessica Fleming

Dean Francis

Sharon & Tom Francis

Kevin Gahagan

Dennis & Susan Johann Gilardi

Mio & Jon Good

Robert & Judith Greber

Anne & Peter Griffes

Karen Grove & Julian Cortella

Migsy & Jim Hamasaki

Jeannene Hansen

Bob & Linda Harris

Dan & Shawna Hartman Brotsky

Elaine Hitchcock

Bill Hofmann & Robbie Welling

Jim & Xanthe Hopp

Barbara & Peter Jensen

Dana Kirkland

Michael H. Kossman

Jane & Mike Larkin, in memory of Lynn & Gerald Ungar

Sherrill Lavagnino & Scott McKinney

Andrew Leavitt & Catherine Lewis

Ellen & Barry Levine

Marcia C. Linn

Jay & Eileen Love

Gerry & Kathy MacClelland

Henning Mathew

Susie Medak & Greg Murphy

Toby Mickelson & Donald Brody

Carol Mimura & Jeremy Thorner

Andy & June Monach

Ronald Morrison

Pam & Mitch Nichter

Shanna O’Hare & John Davis

Carol J. Ormond

Janet & Clyde Ostler

Kristin Pace

Sandi & Dick Pantages

Barbara L. Peterson

Randy Sue Pollock & Steve Kornetsky

Tushar Ranchod

Marjorie Randolph

Dr. Jason Ravenel & Leann Ravenel

Terri Remillard

Gary & Noni Robinson

Patrick Romani

Becky Saeger & Tom Graves

Jeane & Roger Samuelsen

Dan Scharlin & Sara Katz

Jackie Schmidt-Posner & Barry Posner

Helen Schulak

Ruchira Shah & David Grunwald

Emily Shanks

Kim Silva

David & Lori Simpson

Ed & Ellen Smith

Ann M. Smulka & Bob Blackburn

Audrey & Bob Sockolov

Laura Svienty

Dr. Edward Sweet

& Mr. Harold Stevens

Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young

Henry Timnick

Deborah & Bob Van Nest

Beth Weissman

Susan West

Patricia & Jeffrey Williams

Faye Wilson

Mark Zitter

& Jessica Nutik Zitter

FRIENDS OF BERKELEY REP

CHAMPION

Anonymous (6) • Philip Arca & Sherry Smith • Linda & Mike Baker •

Monya Baker • Celia Bakke • Jeff & Karen Banks • Michael Barnett and Judith Bloomberg • Marc Blakeman • James Blume & Kathryn Frank •

Jane V. Buerger • Fran Burgess • Robert & Margaret Cant • Dr. Jon Carr

• Terri Clark and Marty Lay • June & Michael Cohen • Bart Connally • Constance Crawford • Karen & David Crommie • Ed Cullen & Ann

O’Connor • Joshua Dapice • Drs. Kevin & Susan Denny • John & Janet

Dodge • Martin & Barbara Fishman • Donald & Dava Freed • Linda Schacht Gage & John Gage • Clara Gerdes & Ken Greenberg • Marjorie

Ginsburg & Howard Slyter • Mary W Graves • Mary Grogan • Henry L. Hecht • Thomas & Elizabeth Henry • Susan L. Hill • Marilyn & Michael Jensen-Akula • May Johnston • Jeanne Killian • Tim Kochis • Janet

Kornegay & Dan Sykes • Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz • Ann Lincoln • Jennifer S. Lindsay • Tom Lockard & Alix Marduel • Nancy Lumer • Paul

Mariano & Suzanne Chapot • Susanna & Brad Marshland • Rebecca Martinez • Stephanie Mendel • Geri Monheimer • Daryoush Mortazavi & Caroline Razavi • Jane Neilson • Thomas Nelson & Jessica Wickens • Judy Ogle • Patti Oji Haas • Judy O’Young, MD & Gregg Hauser • Kathleen

Quenneville & Diane Allen • Todd & Susan Ringoen • John & Jody Roberts • Jane Rokita • Rhoda Rossman • Chris & Mike Rupp, Descendant Cellars • Lisa A. Salomon • Barbara & Jerry Schauffler • Eric & Lauren Schlezinger • Deborah Sedberry & Jeff Klingman • Robert Sheppard • Shirlen Fund • Steve & Susan Shortell • Amrita Singhal & Michael Tubach • Arlene & Matthew Sirott • Suzanne Slyman • Allan & Maria Smith • Betsy Smith • Cherida Collins Smith • George & Camilla Smith • Gary & Jana Stein • David Surrenda & Lisa Rafel • Jane & Jay Taber • Fred & Kathleen Taylor • Sam Test • Larry Vales • Gerald & Lynda Vurek-Martyn • Susan Whitman & Mark Gergen • Irene Yen

THE MICHAEL LEIBERT LEGACY SOCIETY

Anonymous (9)

Norman Abramson & David Beery*

Sam Ambler

Carl W. Arnoult & Aurora Pan

Ken & Joni Avery

Nancy Axelrod

Edie Barschi

Neil & Gene Barth

Susan & Barry Baskin

Linda Brandenburger

Broitman-Basri Family

Bruce Carlton & Richard G. McCall*

Stephen K. Cassidy

Paula Champagne & David Watson

Terin Christensen

Sofia Close

Ed Cullen & Ann O’Connor

Andrew Daly & Jody Taylor

Narsai* & Venus David

Darren & Sunshine Deffner

M. Laina Dicker

Christopher Doane & Neal Shorstein, MD

Thalia Dorwick

Robin & Rich Edwards

Thomas W. Edwards

& Rebecca Parlette-Edwards

Bill & Susan Epstein

William Espey

& Margaret Hart Edwards

Merle & Michael Fajans

Bill Falik & Diana Cohen

Dr. Stephen E. Follansbee

& Dr. Richard A. Wolitz

Catherine Fox

Kerry Francis

ADVOCATE

Anonymous (10) • David Baer • Alisa Baker • Tracy Ballard • Karen Baratta • Steven Beckendorf • Richard & Kathi Berman • Veronica Bettencourt • Patti Bittenbender • Thomas Bosserman • Rena Bransten • Eric Brink & Gayle Vassar • Cathy Bristow • Aimee Brown • Robert P. Camm & Susan Pearson • Christina Campbell & Tim DeWolf • Laura Chenel • Barbara & Rodgin Cohen • Joan & Edward Conger • Pam & Mike Crane • malcom davis • Harry & Susan Dennis • David desJardins • David Deutscher • Kathryn Doi • Tammerlin Drummond • Daralyn Durie • Dr. Norma

Fiedotin • Daniel Friedland & Azlynda Alim • Herb & Marianne Friedman • Carol & Tony Friscia • Lisa and Jack Fuchs • Brett Gardner & Joe Stampleman • Paul & Marilyn Gardner • Rachel Garlin • Ellen Geringer & Chris Tarp • Steven Goldberg & Sandee Blechman • Paul Goldstein & Dena Mossar • Pamela & Tim Gray • Judy & Sheldon Greene • Karen Greig & Mike Frank • Don & Becky

Grether • George P. Haley • Geoffrey Haynes • Tamra C. Hege • Jim Helman & Linda Fried Helman • Donald Hershman • Al Hoffman & David Shepherd • Rachel & John Horsch • Hilary & Tom Hoynes

• Pam & Ted Johann • Thomas Johann • Stephen Kerr • Juanita Kizor • Ralph & Tonya Koenker • Lynn Eve Komaromi, in honor of the Berkeley Rep Staff • Diana & Jim Krampf • Andrea & Kenneth Krueger • Jennifer Kuenster & George Miers • Lucy Kuntz and Ned Fielden • Kevin & Claudine Lally

• Wayne Lamprey & Dena Watson-Lamprey • Shirley Langlois • Tami Lau • Susan Carol Ledford •

Dennis Lenehan • Deborah Lewis & Martin H. Myers • Steve & Judy Lipson • Margo & Josh

Lowensohn • Peter Luk • Ingrid Madsen & Victor Rauch • Mark Marin • M. Mathews & K. Soriano •

Ash McNeely & Elisa Odabashian • Ellen Meltzer and George Porter • Zoe Mercer-Golden, in honor of Bruce Golden • Susan Morris • Patti Mulqueeney • Toby Nady • Ron Nakayama • Sandra Nichols

• Michael O’Donnell • Barbara & Philip O’Hay • Mitchell Ost • DiAnn Perko • Charles & Linda Phillips

• Malcolm & Ann Plant • Robert & Marcia Popper • Roxann R. Preston • Daniel & Barbara Radin • Elizabeth Raffin • Maxine Risley, in memory of James Risley • Kathy Rogers • William Rogers • Bruce Rohde • Deborah Dashow Ruth, in memory of Leo P. Ruth • Emily D. Sexton • The Sippel/ Farb Family • Linda Snyder • Robert & Naomi Stamper • Carol Sundell • Margo & Drew Tammen • Ragesh Tangri & Daralyn Durie • John & Christine Telischak • Pate & Judy Thomson • Dana Tom & Nancy Kawakita • Glenn Urban • Jill Van Dalen • Willian van Dyk & Margi Sullivan • Leon Van Steen

• Marcia & David Vastine • Brian Watt & Daisy Nguyen • Jonathan & Kiyo Weiss • Dick & Beany

Wezelman • H. Leabah Winter • Wilma Wool • Moe & Becky Wright • Laura Blair & Mitchell Zeemont

Berkeley Rep gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who have generously provided for the organization in their estate plans:

Dr. Harvey & Deana Freedman

Joseph & Antonia Friedman

Paul T. Friedman

Marianne Friedman

David Gaskin & Phillip McPherson*

Marjorie Ginsburg & Howard Slyter

Mary & Nicholas* Graves

Elizabeth Greene

Sheldon & Judy Greene

Don & Becky Grether

Barry* & Micheline Handon

Julie & Paul Harkness

Linda & Bob Harris

Fred Hartwick

Ruth Hennigar

Daria Hepps

Douglas J. Hill*

Peter Hobe & Christina Crowley

Hoskins/Frame Family Trust

Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley

Robin C. Johnson

Janice Kelly & Carlos Kaslow

Bonnie McPherson Killip

Lynn Eve Komaromi

Michael H. Kossman

Woof Kurtzman

Joy Lancaster & Martin Freedman

Scott & Kathy Law

Marcia C. Linn

Dot Lofstrom

Ingrid Madsen & Victor Rauch

Andrew Maguire

Helen M. Marcus

Dale* & Don Marshall

Rebecca Martinez

Sarah McArthur LeValley

Sandra & Ross McCandless

Suzanne & Charles McCulloch

John G. McGehee

Miles & Mary Ellen McKey

Ruth Medak

Susie Medak & Greg Murphy

Stephanie Mendel

Toni Mester

Shirley & Joe Nedham

Jane & Bill Neilson

Theresa Nelson & Bernard Smits

Pam & Mitch Nichter

Wallace Oman

Sharon Ott

Fr. David Pace

Amy Pearl Parodi

Barbara L. Peterson

Regina Phelps

Margaret Phillips

Mark J. Powers & Albert E. Moreno

Marjorie Randolph

Gregg Richardson

Bonnie Ring Living Trust

David Rovno, MD

Tracie E. Rowson

Deborah Dashow Ruth

Patricia Sakai & Richard Shapiro

Brenda Buckhold Shank, MD, PhD

Emily Shanks

Valerie Sopher

Michael & Sue Steinberg

Dr. Douglas & Anne Stewart

Jean Strunsky

Mary, Andrew & Duncan Susskind

Jim Tibbs & Philip Anderson

Henry Timnick

Guy Tiphane

Dana Tom & Nancy Kawakita

Phillip & Melody Trapp

Janis Kate Turner

Gail & Arne Wagner

Barry & Holly Walter

Weil Family Trust — Weil Family

Susan West

Steven & Linda Wolan

The Woolfson Blumenfeld

Living Trust

Karen & Henry Work

Anders Yang, JD

Martin & Margaret Zankel

* deceased

GIFTS RECEIVED BY BERKELEY REP

Estate of Suzanne Adams

Estate of Pat Angell, in memory of

theatre architect Gene Angell

Estate of Nina Auerbach

Estate of Helen C. Barber

Estate of Fritzi Benesch

Estate of Carole B. Berg

Estate of Nelly Berteaux

Estate of Jill Bryans

Estate of Paula Carrell

Estate of Victoria Carter

Estate of Robert Chase

Estate of Nancy Croley

Estate of John & Carol Field

Estate of Ralph Garrow

Estate of Richard & Lois Halliday

Estate of Ellen Jasnosz

Estate of Nancy Kornfield

Estate of Audrey J. Lasson

Estate of Zandra Faye LeDuff

Estate of Ines R. Lewandowitz

Estate of Jim Lillienthal

Estate of John E. & Helen A. Manning

Estate of Richard Markell

Estate of Sumner & Hermine Marshall

Estate of Margaret D. & Winton McKibben

Estate of Robert S. Newton, in honor of John T. & Jean Knox

Estate of Sheldeen G. Osborne

Estate of Timothy A. Patterson

Estate of Gladys Perez-Mendez

Estate of Margaret Purvine

Estate of Guy T. Roberts, Jr.

Estate of Leigh & Ivy Robinson

Estate of Gretchen Saeger

Estate of Stephen C. Schaefer, in honor of Jean and Jack Knox

Estate of Kevin Shoemaker

Estate of Peter Sloss

Estate of Harry Weininger

Estate of Grace Williams

Estate of Sheila Wishek

As of September 2025.

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Right: Barbara Kingsley and Ben Hirschhorn in The Reservoir Left:

When extraordinary artists visit Berkeley Rep for limited engagements, subscribers get priority, discounted access.

CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY TOLD BY JEFFERSON MAYS

RODA THEATRE

DEC 16–21, 2025

A Thrilling Solo Rendition of the Holiday Classic Berkeley Rep will present a limited engagement of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays , Susan Lyons, and Michael Arden, directed by Barry Edelstein. The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to thrilling new life as Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays ( I Am My Own Wife, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) plays over 50 roles in this virtuosic master class in performance that must be seen to be believed.

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS

RODA THEATRE

JAN 3–11, 2026

Beloved humorist and bestselling author David Sedaris returns to Berkeley Rep for a special weeklong engagement featuring brand-new material ahead of the release of his next essay collection, coming Spring 2026. Known for his razor-sharp wit and keen observations on everyday absurdities, Sedaris invites audiences into the creative process with a series of intimate readings — each night offering a unique mix of new essays. Come experience a behind-the-scenes look at this master storyteller shaping his next work.

Jefferson Mays

David Sedaris

MAKING THEATRE

MEET THE ARTISANS WHO BUILD OUR SHOWS

BY QUINN BARRINGER & DC SCARPELLI

Some plays are inextricably tied to their set. From the domestic pieces of Henrik Ibsen and Arthur Miller to modern classics like Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County and Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, this seems especially true of family dramas in which the twostory house as set resonates with audiences as either emblematic of the family structure’s strength or instead of its claustrophobia and dysfunction.

Designing the set for this production of The Hills of California (built in Boston by our co-producers, The Huntington) are Andrew Boyce and Se Oh, two designers who’ve collaborated in the past, and who continue their work together here on our stage.

“I think a lot about how space holds feeling —

and material can shape a mood or

word. I’m drawn to tension, quiet

beauty that doesn’t need to

how light, scale,

memory without saying a

moments, and the kind of

announce itself.”

– SE OH, CO-SCENIC DESIGNER

The house central to The Hills of California is a repository for, and a time-defying amplifier of, all the laughter, secrets, and tragedy in a family’s memory — all presented behind the façade of a tatty Blackpool guesthouse. Creating the Webb family’s home is a challenge tantamount to designing the final and most visible character present in the piece.

Find out more about Andrew Boyce and Se Oh’s work on The Hills of California by following the QR code to the right!

MOTHER OF EXILES

BY JESSICA HUANG

DIRECTED BY JAKI BRADLEY WORLD PREMIERE

PEET’S THEATRE

In 1898, on Angel Island, a pregnant Eddie Loi faces deportation amid America’s tightening immigration laws. A century later, her great-grandson Braulio, through his role in the Miami border patrol, inadvertently conjures her spirit — unleashing a witty, opinionated ancestor. By 2063, their descendants, beset by climate catastrophe, embark on a perilous oceanic journey seeking sanctuary. From detention to diaspora, Mother of Exiles follows a single family’s century-and-a-half odyssey — tracing their flight, fight, and the futures they dare imagine. Jessica Huang’s multigenerational triptych blends historical drama with supernatural encounters, weaving moments of surprising humor into a powerful portrait of belonging and resilience.

Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus

of Birds, Bells, and Peace from Ukraine: A Holiday Celebration

Featuring Frederica von Stade, mezz-soprano; L. Peter Callender, narrator; and Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Soweto Gospel Choir

Peace

Lift your spirits this winter with Ensemble Cherubim! Led by choral director Marika Kuzma, the acclaimed choir brings a stirring program performed in Ukrainian and other languages that reflects music traditionally sung in Ukrainian homes, churches, and town squares during the holidays.

Dec 13

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

BAY AREA PREMIERE

Mark Morris Dance Group MOON

Wendall K. Harrington, projections Isaac Mizrahi, costumes

In his latest creation, the wildly creative Mark Morris looks upward—at the Moon!—to explore our fascination with our constant celestial companion. MOON celebrates the wonder and poetry of the night sky, through arresting visuals, lively music, and exquisite movement.

In this special holiday season concert, the multiGrammy-winning South African cultural ambassadors return to Berkeley singing of love and peace. The program ranges from gospel classics and spirituals to feel-good pop songs by artists like Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Leonard Cohen.

Dec 14

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

A little naughty, but mostly nice, the muchadored chorus returns for its annual Christmas celebration. Revel in the warm sonic embrace of a few hundred talented tenors, baritones, and basses dressed in ugly Christmas sweaters. By popular demand, two performances this year!

Dec 20

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

An Evening with Kelli O’Hara San

Jan 23–25

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

A marquee Broadway star, opera diva, and acclaimed television actor, what can’t Kelli O’Hara do? Don’t miss this special chance to hear her radiant voice, where she sings favorite show tunes and classics from the Great American Songbook!

Jan 31

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

Admired for bringing fresh perspectives to jazz performance, vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant mixes dramatic storytelling, vivid historical context, and daring original composition in performance with a host of today’s best and brightest collaborators.

ZELLERBACH HALL, BERKELEY

L. PETER CALLENDER

FREDERICA VON STADE