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Teen Night
Teen Night gives Bay Area teens the opportunity to attend a performance of a Berkeley Rep play for an extremely discounted price, with dinner and a pre-show talk with a professional artist from the production. Known for its fearless and provocative work, Berkeley Rep is the place to see new theatre!
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Friday, May 24, 2013: Dear Elizabeth
(RSVP deadline: Wednesday, May 22)
- By Sarah Ruhl / Directed by Les Waters
- Sarah Ruhl and Les Waters, acclaimed collaborators who created Eurydice, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and Three Sisters, return to Berkeley Rep with another tale of love and longing. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds of vibrant, witty and passionate letters that now spring to life on stage. This West Coast premiere paints an intimate portrait of two extraordinary—and quite ordinary—lives, told anew by two of the finest artists of our time.
The event begins at 6:30pm at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, 2071 Addison Street, one block from the downtown Berkeley BART station.
The cost for the evening is only $10, and includes dinner, an interview with a member of the creative team and a ticket to the show. This can be paid by check or with cash at the door. Even if you choose to pay with cash at the event, you must RSVP to have a ticket held in your name.
Teen Council invites all interested high school students currently enrolled in grades 9–12 to participate in Teen Night.
To learn more or to RSVP, call Teen Council at 510 647–2973 or email teencouncil@berkeleyrep.org.
Past Teen Night guests have included
- Tony Taccone, Berkeley Rep’s artistic director
- Mary Zimmerman, director of Argonautika and The Arabian Nights
- Mina Morita, assistant director of Yellowjackets and In the Next Room
- Austin Regan, assistant director of American Idiot
- Ray Garcia and Salvatore Vassallo, dancers in Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup
- Michael Suenkel, Berkeley Rep’s production stage manager
Check out our other Teen Council programs
from the blog
Let the art speak
Teen Council is wild about Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
Teen Night breeds heroes
A Teen Council member reflects on Teen Night for Fallaci.
The art of creating
Teen Council interviews Daniel Ostling at Teen Night for The White Snake.
Oh, Muse
Read a Teen Council member’s blog post about Teen Night for An Iliad.
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major sponsors
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation / The Mosse Foundation for Education and the Arts / The Woodlawn Foundation
