Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
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About this organization
Mission
Berkeley Rep creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and surprising ways.
About
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE PRESENTED 407 PERFORMANCES OF 9 SHOWS FOR AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 150,000 ATTENDEES. THE ECLECTIC AND ADVENTUROUS SEASON ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL PRESS WITH SEVERAL FEATURE STORIES.THE SEASON BEGAN WITH A WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL AIN'T TOO PROUDTHE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. THIS ELECTRIFYING LOOK AT THE GREATEST R&B GROUP OF ALL TIME WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY KENNEDY PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU, OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER SERGIO TRUJILLO, AND TWO-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR DES MCANUFF, BASED ON THE BOOK BY ORIGINAL TEMPTATIONS MEMBER OTIS WILLIAMS, WHO, IN ADDITION TO BEING A REGULAR AUDIENCE MEMBER, ALSO DROPPED IN ON SOME REHEARSALS. OTHER LUMINARIES IN THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED OTIS WILLIAMS' LONGTIME MANAGER SHELLY BERGER AND MOTOWN RECORDS FOUNDER BERRY GORDY. DEMAND FOR TICKETS WAS HIGH FROM THE START, AND AIN'T TOO PROUD EARNED RAVES FROM THE CRITICS, EXTENDED FOUR WEEKS, AND BROKE BOX OFFICE RECORDS, BECOMING THE HIGHEST-GROSSING PRODUCTION IN BERKELEY REP'S NEARLY 50-YEAR HISTORY. AS A THANK-YOU TO AUDIENCES AND TO ALLOW THOSE WHO COULDN'T GET TICKETS TO SEE THE SHOW BERKELEY REP PARTNERED WITH THE UC BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE (BAMPFA) TO PRESENT A LIVE SIMULCAST OF THE FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BAMPFA'S OUTDOOR SCREEN IN DOWNTOWN BERKELEY. NEARLY 1,100 PEOPLE BRAVED THE NOVEMBER WEATHER TO WATCH THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF AIN'T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. WITH 600 PATRONS ATTENDING THE SOLD-OUT FINAL PERFORMANCE AT BERKELEY REP'S RODA THEATRE IN ADDITION TO THE PATRONS ATTENDING THE SIMULCAST, THE 7PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 PERFORMANCE SET THE MARK FOR THE MOST PATRONS TO WATCH A BERKELEY REP SHOW AT THE SAME TIME. ALSO, BERKELEY REP BECAME THE FIRST REGIONAL THEATRE IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE DONE A LIVE SIMULCAST. AIN'T TOO PROUD WENT ON TO SOLD-OUT SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES AND TORONTO, AND MAKES ITS BROADWAY PREMIERE IN FEBRUARY 2019.NEXT UP WAS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DANIEL HANDLER'S IMAGINARY COMFORTS, OR THE STORY OF THE GHOST OF THE DEAD RABBIT, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN THE GROUND FLOOR: BERKELEY REP'S CENTER FOR THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK AND DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TONY TACCONE. OUR SECOND COLLABORATION WITH HANDLER (AKA LEMONY SNICKET), THIS NEW PLAY FOR ADULTS CELEBRATES ORDINARY PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF LIFE IN THE MIDST OF ENDLESS, COMEDIC CHAOS. WE CLOSED OUT THE CALENDAR YEAR WITH A NEW PRODUCTION OF LILLIAN HELLMAN'S 1940 THRILLER, WATCH ON THE RHINE, DIRECTED BY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR LISA PETERSON, WHO HELMED LAST SEASON'S POLITICALLY TIMELY SHOWS ROE AND IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE. THIS TIME, FASCISM REARS ITS HEAD WHEN A NAZI SYMPATHIZER THREATENS AN AMERICAN FAMILY'S SAFETY. BERKELEY REP WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR WITH ANOTHER TIMELY PLAY, JULIA CHO'S OFFICE HOUR, ALSO HELMED BY LISA PETERSON. LOOSELY INFORMED BY THE 2007 SHOOTING AT VIRGINIA TECH, OFFICE HOUR CENTERS ON A TROUBLED COLLEGE STUDENT WHOM PROFESSORS DEEM TO BE THE "NEXT COLLEGE SHOOTER." WHILE AN EXPLORATION OF OTHERNESS AND PARANOIA, OFFICE HOUR IS ULTIMATELY A DEEPLY PERSONAL STORY OF EMPATHY AND REDEMPTION. ROUGHLY A WEEK BEFORE OFFICE HOUR BEGAN PERFORMANCES, A GUNMAN KILLED 17 STUDENTS AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA. BERKELEY REP PARTNERED WITH THREE LOCALLY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO WORK TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: BERKELEY MEDIA STUDIES GROUP, HOPE AND HEAL FUND, AND THE OAKLAND/ALAMEDA COUNTY BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE CHAPTER. FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY BERKELEY REP PRESENTED A REVIVAL OF TONY KUSHNER'S MASTERPIECE, ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES, WITH PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES AND PART TWO: PERESTROIKA RUNNING IN REP AS WELL AS TOGETHER ON SPECIAL MARATHON DAYS. THIS EPIC PLAY WAS DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TONY TACCONE, WHO ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED ANGELS IN AMERICA IN THE 1990S WHILE HE WAS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF EUREKA THEATRE AND CO-DIRECTED ITS PREMIERE IN LOS ANGELES. STEPHEN SPINELLA, WHO PLAYED THE LEAD PRIOR WALTER IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION AND WON TWO TONY AWARDS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE CAME TO BERKELEY REP TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF ROY COHN. BERKELEY REP HELD MANY PUBLIC EVENTS DURING THE RUN OF ANGELS. WE PARTNERED WITH THE BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL FOR THE IMPACT OF ANGELS IN AMERICA ON LGBTQ LITERATURE, WHERE LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSED HOW THE PLAY IMPACTED LGBTQ LITERATURE. WE PRESENTED A FREE PAGE TO STAGE EVENT FEATURING THE BOOK LAUNCH OF THE WORLD ONLY SPINS FORWARD: THE ASCENT OF ANGELS IN AMERICA; WRITERS ISAAC BUTLER AND DAN KOIS JOINED DIRECTOR TONY TACCONE AND STEPHEN SPINELLA TO DISCUSS THE MAKING OF THE PLAY. ANGELOLOGY: A LIVE PANEL ON MILLENARIANISM FEATURED RELIGIOUS EXPERTS DANIEL MATT, NAOMI SEIDMAN, KATHRYN PRITCHETT, AND MJ PRITCHETT, AND THE CONVERSATION WAS MODERATED BY BOB REES, DIRECTOR OF MORMON STUDIES AT THE GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION. THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE: LIVE PANEL ON AIDS ACTIVISM THEN AND NOW FEATURED ACTIVISTS KEN JONES, MIKE SHRIVER, AND MATTHEW COLES, AND WAS MODERATED BY KATE KENDELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS. BERKELEY REP ALSO FORMED AN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND PARTNERED WITH 12 LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND AMPLIFIED THEIR MISSIONS THROUGH OUR SHOW PROGRAM, LOBBY DISPLAY, AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AND WORKED WITH THEM AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE THOUSANDS OF FREE AND DEEPLY DISCOUNTED ANGELS IN AMERICA TICKETS TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THE 12 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WERE: AGUILAS, BAY AREA AMERICAN INDIAN TWO SPIRITS (BAAITS), COMMUNITY UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE (CUAV), GAY ASIAN PACIFIC ALLIANCE, LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES, PFLAG OAKLAND/EAST BAY, OAKLAND LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, OASIS LEGAL SERVICES/ASYLUM FOR LGBTQIA+ IMMIGRANTS, PACIFIC CENTER FOR HUMAN GROWTH, QUEER ALLIANCE AND RESOURCE CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION, AND SPECTRUM QUEER MEDIA. THANKS TO THE NAMES PROJECT FOUNDATION, BERKELEY REP WAS HONORED TO DISPLAY TWO PANELS OF THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT IN THE LOBBY OF THE THEATRE DURING THE RUN OF ANGELS IN AMERICA, AND WE PRODUCED A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THE PANELS AND THE PROJECT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH A NEW PODCAST SERIES, REPISODES: THE BERKELEY REP PODCAST, WHICH TOPICS INSPIRED BY ANGELS IN AMERICA THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS, EXPERTS, AND ACTIVISTS. REPISODES INCLUDED NO COUNTRY FOR THE INFIRM - THE AIDS EPIDEMIC AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL, A SORT OF BLUE STREAK OF RECOGNITION - NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE THEATRE, MORE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IMPERILED - EARTHQUAKES + BOB THE DRAG QUEEN, ANGELOLOGY - LIVE PANEL ON ANGELS IN ANGELS IN AMERICA, JUSTICE IS THE HUB - LGBTQ ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW + SPECIAL GUEST HEIDI SCHRECK, THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE - LIVE PANEL ON AIDS ACTIVISM, AND GREAT VOYAGES - ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION.ROUNDING OUT OUR REGULAR SEASON WAS THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF HEIDI SCHRECK'S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. WHEN THE AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER, AND ACTOR WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY GIVING SPEECHES AND PARTICIPATING IN DEBATES ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ULTIMATELY EARNING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. IN CONSTITUTION, SHE SHIFTS BETWEEN PERSONAL HISTORY, STORIES ABOUT HER WOMEN ANCESTORS, AND SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND ARGUMENTS, ENDING WITH A DEBATE WITH A YOUNG, LOCAL DEBATER (IN BERKELEY REP'S PRODUCTION, WISDOM KUNITZ AND ANAYA MATTHEWS ALTERNATED PERFORMANCES). THE SHOW EARNED CRITICAL ACCLAIM BEFORE RETURNING TO NEW YORK, WHERE IT WAS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS OF 2018 BY JESSE GREEN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES. FOR OUR PRODUCTION, WE PARTNERED WITH THE ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHO PROVIDED POCKET-SIZE COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION TO DISTRIBUTE TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “The theatre produces premiers of new work and major productions from an international repertoire.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is CA.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2019 is 999 HARRISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA, 94710.
- The non-profit has reported 512 employees on their form for the year 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $244,992.
- The organization has 28 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1968.
- The organization pays $11,217,402 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,060,729 in fundraising expenses.
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