Everybody
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Susannah Martin
November 7–10, 2024
Zellerbach Playhouse
This modern and comedic riff on a 15th-century morality play follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life's greatest mystery: the meaning of living.
Everybody was a 2018 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
Fall Choreography Showcase
Directed by Lisa Wymore
December 5–6, 2024
Zellerbach Hall, Room 7
Our annual choreography showcase features student-created solos and duets that draw on a diverse range of dance styles, influences, and ideas.
Lysistrata: A Woman's Translation
By Drue Robinson
Directed by Timmia Hearn DeRoy
March 6–9, 2025
Zellerbach Hall, Room 7
This modern verse translation of Aristophanes' classic comedy blends heightened language and 21st-century sensibilities to explore the power of the sex strike. Now set in a futuristic, drag-influenced, underground bar, this production will address issues of bodily autonomy, sexual and gender agency, and what we are willing to sacrifice in the face of continuous war.
Berkeley Dance Project 2025
Directed by Lisa Wymore
May 1–4, 2025
Zellerbach Playhouse
Celebrating our diverse and vibrant community of movers and makers, this annual dance concert features an exciting array of new pieces by faculty, students, and guest artists.
New Play Reading Series
Directed by Evan Sakuma & Maria Silk
Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
Titles To Be Announced
This unique collaboration brings undergraduate and graduate students together in a repertory company to produce two to three staged readings of contemporary plays each semester.
Student-Directed Workshops
Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
Titles & Directors To Be Announced
As laboratories for new work, workshops provide opportunities for student directors, choreographers, writers, and performers to develop ideas and put them into practice. The process culminates in two evenings of free public performances.