
Rental info
Berkeley Rep opens its doors to organizations and individuals from the community for a wide range of events. Various facilities and spaces are available throughout the year to accommodate events of all sizes and types, and non-profit rates are available for qualifying community organizations.
The state-of-the-art Roda Theatre or intimate Peet’s Theatre are ideal sites for performances, presentations, meetings, or lectures. Berkeley Rep’s lobbies and beautiful outdoor courtyard provide the perfect setting for receptions, parties, or corporate entertaining. There are also a number of rooms suitable for more intimate gatherings such as small parties, meetings, rehearsals, or presentations. If you’re looking for a distinctive venue for your next event, Berkeley Rep has a space for you!
Download a copy of the Facility Use Brochure.
Contact
For rental rates, space availability, or other information about booking a space for your event at Berkeley Rep, please contact Zoey Russo, associate production manager, at zrusso@berkeleyrep.org or call 510 647–2957.
Dates available during 2019–20 season
Under the terms of an agreement governing the relationship between Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the City of Berkeley, Berkeley Rep has agreed to make up to 320 hours of space within its facilities available for rentals to the public.
Berkeley-based organizations and businesses will get first priority in the following order:
- Not-for-profit arts organizations
- For-profit arts organizations
- Other not-for-profit organizations
- Educational or governmental entities
- Non-arts-related, for-profit businesses.
These dates will be held exclusively for public rentals until September 16, 2019. Other dates for rental of these spaces may become available during the season.
Download a copy of the Facility Use Brochure.
For rental rates, space availability, or other information about booking a space for your event at Berkeley Rep, please contact Zoey Russo, associate production manager, at zrusso@berkeleyrep.org or call 510 647–2957.
During the theatre season that begins September 1, 2019 and runs through August 31, 2020, the following spaces will be available for rental on the specified dates:
Roda Theatre · 2015 Addison St
Capacity: 558
Availability in 2019: October 7, December 9
Availability in 2020: February 24
Peet’s Theatre · 2025 Addison St
Capacity: 401
Availability in 2019: October 14, December 23
Availability in 2020: March 2, July 6
Mercer-Golden Family Hall · 999 Harrison St
Room Dimensions: 40’ x 40’
Availability in 2020: January 2–23
Preferred caterers
Berkeley Rep thanks the following drop-off and full-service catering organizations for their generous in-kind support of the Theatre. We hope that you will consider enlisting their exceptional services for your event. Click here for information about our local restaurant partners.
Full service catering companies
Aurora Catering
510 582–9529 (ask for Dawn Deardorf)
auroracateringbayarea.com
We are a local catering company serving fresh seasonal cuisine, using professional and attentive service to make your event a success. We commit to serving you and your guests in a way that reflects our personal ethic of providing an experience you and your guests will always remember. We want everyone to leave your event feeling cared for, catered to, and sated with delicious food. Chef Marty will customize a menu combining your style, taste, and budget. From appetizer to dessert, set up to clean up, allow Aurora Catering to handle your event.
Hugh Groman Catering
510 647–5165
hughgromancatering.com
At Hugh Groman Catering, we’re dedicated to exceptional food. We use the incredible bounty of the San Francisco Bay Area to create a beautiful, delicious, and vibrant menu for your special event. Hugh Groman Catering specializes in a delicate fusion of French, Italian, and Spanish cuisine, with influences from around the world. Each item is carefully designed and prepared with taste, texture, balance, and color in mind. Food can be the source of so much pleasure—enchanting the senses and stimulating the palate. Let us pamper your guests with fresh cuisine of the highest quality.
Other recommended caterers
Ann’s Catering
510 649–0869
anns-catering.com
Ann’s Catering has been preparing great food for 16 years now. Our catering team has created an extensive menu of scrumptious fork and finger foods. We’ve continued to grow over the last few years, but our aim remains simple: to win you as a customer, and have you return to us again and again.
Gather
510 809–0400
gatherrestaurant.com
Since 2009, Gather in Berkeley has showcased truly organic, “head to tail” and “root to shoot” food, craft cocktails, and local wines that reflect the bounty of Northern California. Located in the David Brower Center, the “greenest” building in the East Bay, Gather was inspired by the social and ecological ethos that businesses can positively impact the community and, by extension, the planet. We believe that the way food is produced before it gets to our restaurant is every bit as important as how it is prepared in the kitchen. That means raised naturally, harvested at the right time, delivered with care, and prepared with love. Our goal is to nourish our community on several levels, in a lively, yet relaxed environment which makes use of recycled and repurposed materials in creative ways.
Hugh Groman Group: Phil’s Sliders Catering & Greenleaf Platters
Phil’s Sliders Catering
510 845–5060
philssliders.com
Phil’s Sliders Catering provides decadent sliders and our famous homemade potato tots using fresh, local ingredients and green business practices. Phil’s Sliders caters office lunches and happy hours, birthdays, fundraisers, and any special event. We deliver hot and fresh, or we have a mobile unit we can set up outdoors anywhere to feed your crowd!
Greenleaf Platters
510 647–5165
greenleafplatters.com
Greenleaf Platters provides innovative party platter delivery service with exceptional presentation, the most delicious food, and incredible convenience.
Picante
510 525–3121
picanteberkeley.com
Picante is an expression of love for Mexico. A celebration of real Mexican cuisine, not of those imposters that are poured out of cans. Love is why we grind corn daily for our tortillas, import Mexican herbs, spices, and chiles, and have local artisans craft cheese that replicate the nuances of fresh Mexican cheeses. Love also explains everything from the naturally raised meats we grill, simmer, and stew for some of our dishes, to the Mexican folk art we sleuth out for our walls. Now, the traditional food at Picante may not be coming from a grandmother’s kitchen somewhere in Mexico. But, judging from the reactions we get, it’s pretty close.
Contact
For rental rates, space availability, or other information about booking a space for your event at Berkeley Rep, please contact Zoey Russo, associate production manager, at zrusso@berkeleyrep.org or call 510 647–2957.
At the Theatre
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Peet’s Theatre
Many happy couples have held their wedding receptions at Berkeley Rep.
(Photo by Rick Anderson)