Berkeley Repertory Theatre

It's Election Day! If you haven't already voted, you can vote in person or drop off your mail-in ballot at your polling place or in a secure drop box. If you aren't yet registered to vote or need to update your registration, California offers SAME DAY voter registration. Find your assigned polling place at the link below, bring a photo ID, and let the poll workers know that you need a conditional voter registration. Go Vote! https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place/

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to text bank and phone bank to get out the vote! At the center of IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE is a small-town newspaper editor (played by David Strathairn) who journeys from complacency into action. Listen to our free audio drama, available through November 8. http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

On Halloween, a day all about dressing up, we thought it would be fun to look back at this interview with Michael Krass about the costume design for HADESTOWN. HADESTOWN was workshopped at Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab before going on to Broadway. We miss being in a room with all of these incredible artists and are thinking of our designers and technicians especially. Maybe you'll be inspired by all the different sources this designer drew from! Let us know if you're dressing up this year, and have a safe and happy Halloween!

While we don't have live theatre in our buildings right now, we're thrilled to welcome a different kind of art into our space! We've partnered with the Haight Street Art Center to display poster art from two of their latest exhibitions. Just in time for Election Day next Tuesday, these posters wrestle with the history (and present) of voting rights and voter suppression in America. Stop by our campus on Addison Street to see the posters displayed, or check out the exhibits online: https://haightstreetart.org/

Join the 20,000 people who have tuned in to our new audio drama IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE featuring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn. It’s free to listen to, and available for a limited time! --> http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist Then, go vote!

Hershey Felder is back! See HERSHEY FELDER as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY livestreaming on November 22 at 5pm PT. Get access: https://bit.ly/3oAxfdD

Learn to hone your craft by the top masters in their class! Take Berkeley Rep's Deep Dive workshop w/Hadestown Tony Award-winning scenic designer Rachel Hauck and It Can't Happen Here Director Lisa Peterson navigating the director/designer relationship. One time only online class OCT 31, 1PM $115 --> bit.ly/37NOjXC

"This production works beautifully as theater for the ears, with meticulous sound design (by Paul James Prendergast) and a cast of 16... The mix of narration and dialogue makes for clear, efficient storytelling, conjuring mind-sets and conveying forward motion." The New York Times on IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE Don't miss this "enduringly tempting cautionary tale"! http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

Berkeley Rep School of Theatre has a great set of online classes that start in November! Check out all the offerings at https://berkeleyrep.org/school/training.asp You can also sign up for our email list to be the first to hear about new classes and workshops. bit.ly/BerkeleyRepEmails

In honor of Lighting Designer Howell Binkley's life and work, many of his friends and associates have put together a tribute video for him. The memorial video will air tomorrow, October 25 at 5pm PT (8pm ET) at howellbinkley.com. We hope you'll watch if you are able.

Listeners are loving our FREE radio play version of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE! Don't miss it available now through November 8! http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

Join Roundabout Theatre Company this Sunday at 11am or 2pm PST (2pm and 5pm EST) for a Community Conversation about IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE! Roundabout is one of our partners on the show, and we're honored that they've made it the focus of one of their conversations! The hour-long conversations are free, take place over Zoom, and are open to anyone who's experienced the show! Register for a time to receive the Zoom link.

Have you listened to IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE yet? If so, check out this discussion by the creative team as they talk modern parallels, the enduring message of Sinclair Lewis’ novel, creating new kinds of theatre and theatre processes, and more. This talkback was recorded live on October 13, after the show first dropped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD_-ZHWW0eE If you haven’t listened to the show yet, hear it for free on our YouTube channel now through November 8! bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

Have you ever wondered what goes into writing the lyrics for a hit Broadway show? Ever wanted to try your hand at it? Join Broadway lyricist Nathan Tysen (AMELIE, PARADISE SQUARE) THIS Saturday, 1-4pm, for an immersion into musical theatre lyric writing. https://tickets.berkeleyrep.org/15680/15685 Photo of Nathan Tysen by Cecilia Traff