2010/11 season

2010/11 Season

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September 13–October 31, 2010
Legendary performer Mandy Patinkin is Sid Silver, a man obsessed. When he learns about Anne Frank and her diary, he makes it his mission to ensure her tale is heard. Director Oskar Eustis returns to the Bay Area with Rinne Groff’s moving story full of stellar acting and marvelous marionettes. This world-premiere production takes us on a journey from passion to Compulsion.

November 26, 2010–January 16, 2011
The show must go on? But the actor is mute, the director is crying, the dancer is lazy—and the composer is dead! This holiday season brings a deliciously silly world premiere from beloved Bay Area artists Lemony Snicket, Nathaniel Stookey and Geoff Hoyle with classic clowning and plenty of uppity puppets from the pioneering Phantom Limb.

January 11–February 27, 2011
The New York Times dubbed Mike Daisey “the master storyteller” and “one of the finest solo performers of his generation.” Now he returns to Berkeley Rep in an incredible doubleheader: two provocative new monologues that examine our obsession with commerce. With his wry eye and eccentric intellect, Daisey delivers two adventure stories—presented on different days—that cut deep with hilarious social critique.

February 25–April 10, 2011
This Pulitzer Prize-winner provides a bleak yet beautiful look at the lives of women in a land ruled by whiskey and bayonets. As civil war ravages the Congo, the lucky ones find a home in a ramshackle building that serves as both brothel and refuge. This celebrated script from Lynn Nottage is filled with humanity, hope and unexpected humor.

April 8–May 22, 2011
Playwright Sarah Ruhl and director Les Waters reunite for a fresh translation of a classic. Chekhov’s masterpiece depicts an entire village of unlucky lovers struggling with the bittersweet distance between reality and dreams. Discover the humor and heartbreak of one of the world’s great plays, told anew through the lyricism of two leading voices in contemporary theatre.

October 22–November 7, 2010
A sweeping cycle of short scripts by 12 top playwrights, this unprecedented show explores Afghanistan over the last 150 years. Direct from London, where it debuted to rave reviews, The Great Game is a captivating collection of stories presented in three parts—on different days or in one impassioned marathon. It’s an emotional event that illuminates the complex culture of another land.

May 28–July 10, 2011
Encore performances August 10–September 4, 2011
Let Me Down Easy examines the body and the body politic, as only Anna Deavere Smith can. Using her unique performance style, she introduces you to a rodeo rider, a prize fighter and an altruistic doctor—as well as legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong, supermodel Lauren Hutton and former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Together, their voices tell a stunning story about the vulnerability of the human body, the resilience of the spirit and the price of care.