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Actors Ansemble of Berkeley ---510-528-5620-- performing at Live Oak theatre, 1301 Shattuck St. Berkeley
April 12 - May 11 "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Eugene O'Neil"s story of the Tyrone family.
Alan L. Harvey Theatre ---925-798-1300--, Piedmont
Albany High School Theatre Ensemble ---925-943-7469---
Aurora Theatre Company ---510-843-4822--- 2071 Addison Street, Berkeley. (Presenting contemporary and classic plays in an intimate setting.) Aurora Theatre Company Web Page
March 8 - April 14 "Knock Knock" Comedy about two eccentric retirees whose comfortable philosophical arguments are interupted by a series of strange visitors.
Berkeley City Club ---925-798-1300--- 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
thru March 31 "Merchant of Venice" a romantic comedy replete with masks and revelry, balcony scenes and midnight escapes.
Berkeley Opera , 925-798-1300, Berkeley
Berkeley Repertory Theater, ---510-647-2949---
2025 Addison St., Berkeley. (Professional, non-profit resident theatre that has built its reputation through creative programing, production of new works, and collaborations with world-reknowned theatre artists.) Berkeley Repertory Theatre Web Page
Feb 12 - March 10 "Rhinoceros" An absurdist modern classic about a small provincial town whose citizens transform into larage cumbersome rhinoceroses.
Black Box Performance Space ---415-389-8975--- 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
April 5 - 6, "Wet" A cabaret-style performance featuring performances by lesbians of color. Proceeds benefit The Liquid Fire Project 2002.
Broadway West Theatre Company ---510-683-9218--- 4000-B Bay St., Fremont
March 8-9 "Happiness" A solo work by performance artist Laurie Anderson.
March 22-24 "Curtain Up! Strike up the Band" A semi0stagaed version of Gershwin and Kaufman's 1927 musical comedy "Strike up the band". California Conservatory Theatre ---510-632-8850--- 999 East 14th St., San Leandro
March 28 - April 28, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" The comedy/drama was a 1997 Tony award winner.
Chanticleers Theatre ---510-733-5483---
Feb 16- March 16, "Don't Drink the Water" Set in a mid-1960's American embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain, the story involves a family accused of espionage on vacation in a European country.
May 5 - June 22 "The Taffetas "
Contra Costa Civic Theatre -- 510-524-9132-- 951 Pomona Ave. El Cerrito. (Non-profit community theater providing both affordable,high quality entertainment to residents thoughout the East Bay, and training in live performing arts for children and adults.)
April 12 - May 25, "Oliver!"
Contra Costa College ---510-236-3323--- Performing Arts Center, 2600 Mission Bell Dr., San Pablo
thru March 24, "Never Mind What Happened, How Did It End?" A comedy which portrays the lives of three generations.
Crockett Melodrama Playhouse ---707-746-1269--- 140 West 'J' St. Crockett
Eighth Street Studio(The) ---510-464-4468--- 2525 Eighth St. Berkeley
Gary Soren Smith Center ---510-786-6830--- 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Fremont
Harmony Players and Company ---510-487-2343--- 32623 Alvarado Blvd., Union City
Hayward Chabot College ---510-733-5483--- 3683 Quail Avenue, Hayward
Hayward Little Theatre ---510-524-9132--- 951 Pomona Avenue, Hayward
Hayward Studio Theatre ---510-938-7800--- 2071 Tice Valley Blvd., Hayward
Thru March 30. "Impact Briefs5: The East Bay Hit" Seven comedic plays about the ups and downs of life in the Bay area. Julia Morgan Center for the Arts ---925-798-1300--- 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley
April 14, "In Search of My Clitoris" A humorous one-woman show, seeks to transform the African custom of female circumcision by creating awareness in America and raising funds for education in Africa.
La Val's Subterranean Theatre ---510-558-1381--- 18634 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley
League of Volunteers 510-793-5683 35333-C Newark Blvd. Newark. www.lov.org
April 14, "A Casual Affaire" Four one-act romantic comedies by June Griffin aboard the LOV boat.
The Little Theatre ---510-881-6777--- 12231 N ThirdSt., Hayward
thru April 7, "Moon Over Buffalo" It's 1953 and television has capitivated the nation, which leaves a very small audience for live theatre as it is played by the husband-and-wife touring team of George and Charlotte Hay.
Live Oak Theatre ---925-689-2208--- 1301 Shattuck, Berkeley
Ongoing---"Murder Dressed in Satin" Dinner Show Masquers Playhouse ---510-232-4031--- 105 Park Place, Richmond
March 20 - May 4, "Communicating Doors" One spunky young sex specialist is tossed into a pot of murder and deception which could drastically alter her own destiny.
Montclair Women's Culture Arts Club --510-339-083(2???) ---1650 MountainBlvd., Oakland
Murder on the Menu ---510-845-3600--- Oakland. Customized interactive mystery events written by Janet A. Rudolph for corporate, meetings, private parties, and incentives anywhere in the world. Murder on the Menu Web Page
Paramount Theatre ---510-452-9288--- 2025 Broadway, Oakland.
Thru March 10. "Looking for Mr. Do right" A gospel stageplay.
Piedmont Light Opera Theater ---510-231-PLOT(7568)--- 800 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont
Pinole Community Players ---510-724-3669--- Performing at the Community Playhouse, 601 Tennent Avenue, Pinole
Roda, The ---510-647-2343--- 2015 Addison St., Berkeley
San Leandro Players 510-895-2573 San Leandro Main Library, 384 W Estudillo Ave., San Leandro
April 12 -May "Three by Tennessee: Three One-act Plays by Tennessee Williams. Featuring "Something Unspoken" "Auto-da-Fe" and "Portrait of a Madonna".
Scottish Rite Theater ---925-798-1300--- Oakland
Shotgun Players ---510-704-8210--- Performing at the Eighth Street Studio Theatre, 2525 8th St., Berkeley performance groups presenting classic and contemporary plays. Shotgun Players Web Page
March 16 - April 20 "A Fairy's Tail" A little girl bent on revenge, a scary giant, a huge squid, a swamp, puppets, glitter, mayhem, music and more.
South Berkeley Community Church ---510-464-1117--- 1802 Fairview, Berkeley
Thru April 6 "After the Fall" The story of Quentin, a middle-aged, twice-divorced lawyer, set in the wake of the WWII. Stagebridge, 510-444-4755 2501 Harrison, Oakland
March 24 "Chicken Sunday and Other Grandparents Tales"
StageMasters ---510-522-1015--- 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda Elks Lodge
March 8 -17. "Cole!" by Benny Green and Alan Strachan A musical revue of the life of Cole Porter. TheatreFirst ---510-436-5085--- Performing at theYWCA, 1515 Webster St., Oakland
Feb 22 - March 10 "The Memory or Water" Three adult sisters are reunited at their mother's funeral to revisit the past and renegotiate family roles.
Transparent Theater ---510-883-0305--- 1901 Asby Avenue, Berkeley
Feb 22 - March 24 "Buying Time" by Michael Weller. The lawyer of the socially conscious Donne & Russo find their firm torn apart by the demands of a powerful industrialist client.
February 23 - March 24. "The Golden State"
Thru March 10. "Devine Comedy: The Dante Project (A Sacred Poem)" Presented by the university's Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies. Venture Theatre Company 925-798-1300 Oakland Metro Theatre, 201 Broadway, Oakland
April 5 - April 12, "Two Rooms" The story of Michael Wells, an American professor at a university in Beirut, who is captured by a millitant faction and held in a tiny cell for three years.
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