Main Stage Season

Slaughter City

By Naomi Wallace
Directed by Catherine Ming T’ien Duffly
While many have taken up the cause of sustainable and organic food, the story of the people who process and prepare our food often goes untold. Set in a slaughterhouse and steeped in magical realism, Slaughter City gives voice to these forgotten workers, wielding “passion, poetry, and wild strangeness” to protest labor exploitation, as well as grappling with issues of race and gender. Playwright Naomi Wallace weaves a tale of struggle and hope, presenting a deeply human story that addresses the lives and loves of the men and women behind the food we eat.
Zellerbach Playhouse
March 5-14, 2010
Fri. March 5 (8pm), Sat. March 6 (8pm), Sun. March 7 (2pm),
Fri. March 12 (8pm), Sat. March 13 (8pm), Sun. March 14 (2pm)
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Berkeley Dance Project 2010

Directed by Peggy Hackney
BDP 2010 addresses the theme of memories and reconstructions. The diverse choreographers on the program will present work that ranges from historical modern dance to hybrid/contemporary choreography. Choreographer Lisa Wymore will re-create a dance based on constructed memory of early post-modern dance and visual art; Peggy Hackney will re-stage The Shakers, the quintessential work by Doris Humphrey; Katie Faulkner, Artistic Director of Little Seismic Dance Company, will make a new work utilizing the story telling medium of film; and Jasinta Vlach of Liberation Dance Theater will premiere a new work citing dances of South America, the African Diaspora, and beyond.
Zellerbach Playhouse
April 16-25, 2010
Fri. April 16 (8pm), Sat. April 17 (8pm), Sun. April 18 (2pm),
Fri. April 23 (8pm), Sat. April 24 (8pm), Sun. April 25 (2pm)
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