Actors Ensemble of Berkeley

Audition for what (we hope) is a number of upcoming events for Actors Ensemble of Berkeley. "Beware the Ides of Adar - A Shakespearean Purim Spiel", Zooming February 21st. Auditions info in the event below. https://fb.me/e/45e0pULHx

"Too Many Crucibles" Workshop - Final Performance - plus news about "Invalid" Swag http://p0.vresp.com/Bev7Sc #vr4smallbiz

Workshop Production of "Too Many Crucibles" This Weekend - plus news about "Invalid" Swag http://p0.vresp.com/cQ9Vkp #vr4smallbiz

What happens when you embark on a witchhunt and find a Witch? Actors Ensemble board member Gabriel Ross is producing a couple of workshop performances of "Too Many Crucibles", based loosely on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and the events of the 2016 election - timely fare - Check it out!

The whole Actors Ensemble of Berkeley family is immensely proud of the success of "The Imaginary Invalid On YOUR Screen" last night. It was a triumph technically, dramatically, and comically. All credit goes to the creative team of Meryn MacDougall (Director/Adapter) and Kaitlin Weinstein (Stage Manager and BRAINS BEHIND IT ALL), for their dogged pursuit and fantastic execution of what turned out to be such a wondrous vision. Bravo!

The family connection is everything. Hopefully things don’t get too mixed up. Find out Sunday night @ 7pm! With AE’s first ever live zoom performance of Imaginary Invalid. Visit www.aeofberkeley.com for free tickets!

Stage managers are important in the "reel" world perhaps even more than in the "real" world. In addition to their normal duties as manager of actors, props, sound, etc., they hold the keys to the screen, as it were, controlling all the aspects of the digital production. And of course they are the "second set of eyes" and more importantly, the BRAINS BEHIND IT ALL!. Thanks, Kaitlin!

Tomorrow! (Sunday) Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" on YOUR Screen! http://p0.vresp.com/Fwf5oI #vr4smallbiz

Let tech week begin!

There's something about notaries, their job is so mysterious - they have a magic pen, a magic stamp, and you give them money to sign things - so medieval! Abraham Karplus plays Mr. de Bonnefoi, a notary with something up his sleeve. Find out on September 13th! #imaginaryinvalidberkeley

Billings, Montana, you would think would be the kind of place only someone from Accounts Payable would love. Alice Highman plays Billing, who would be right at home in Billings, if it WAS filled with folks from Accounts Payable. See her itemize her way into tickling your funny bone on September 13th! #imaginaryinvalidberkeley

Grace Nix plays Insurance, and really plays it, by that I mean she makes you darn well sure that an insurance company is mostly interested in Ensuring the company makes money!

Marge Glicksman 1932- 2020 Marjorie Glicksman died peacefully on July 16th in her Kensington home, following hospitalization for a heart attack. Marge Gunderson Glicksman was from Chetek, Wisconsin, moving to California as a young teen during WW2. Her father got a job painting boats in Vallejo’s shipyard. She attended UC Berkeley at age 17 with a scholarship. Abe Glicksman saw her in a Cal production as Ophelia in "Hamlet". He told his friend Hank Krivetsky he would marry ...that woman. When Abe did in fact marry that woman, Hank said, I give it 2 weeks. Marge and Abe’s 67th wedding anniversary would have been August 2nd. Besides her family and many friends, the focus of Marge’s life was the theater. She helped found 2 theater groups, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley and Aurora Theatre Company (with Barbara Oliver). An excellent actress (notably taking the lead role of Mrs. Smith in Actors Ensemble's production of "The Bald Soprano" in 1961), she switched to doing props and costumes later on. Many of Actors Ensemble's productions in the late 1950's and early 1960's took place in her and Abe's ample basement, and her costume-filled attic was legendary in local theater circles. She was predeceased by her parents Florence and Melvin Gunderson, sister Avis Badami (Nick), husband Abe, son David and nephew Craig Badami. She is survived by her daughter Lisa Glicksman (Dan Auslander), niece Yvonne Bernklau (Tom Foor), grand nephew Yuri Reiter (Tianna Meriage Reiter), grand nephew Nicholas Badami(Alyson) and her dog CiCi. Online remembrances were held for her neighbors and friends on August 16th. Folks wishing to contact the family may write [email protected] and their message will be forwarded. Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is dedicating their next production, an online, Covid-Era adaptation of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid", to her memory.

Artistic types are lucky when they have siblings to keep them from falling off the rails. Jai Jhala plays Beralde, everyone's favorite level-headed brother. See him keep Argan from making a huge mistake in our Covid-Era adaptation of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" on September 13th! #imaginaryinvalidberkeley

Lisa Wang comes back to Actors Ensemble of Berkeley to play the conniving wife of Argan, Beline. Enjoy her delicious performance on September 13th in our Covid-19-approved adaptation of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid"! #imaginaryinvalidberkeley

September 13th: Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" on YOUR Screen! http://p0.vresp.com/c1qYwW #vr4smallbiz