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Actors Ensemble Presents Our Cymbeline Video Performed at the John Hinkel Park Amphitheater |
Actors Ensemble Presents Our Cymbeline Video
Performed at the John Hinkel Park Amphitheater
Actors Ensemble is proud to announce our 2026 Season in John Hinkel Park, an inventive Alice in Wonderland, by Duffield, from the book by Lewis Carroll, directed by Michael Sally, and the evergreen A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare, directed by Michael R. Cohen.
Actors Ensemble is the longest-running theatre organization in Berkeley, founded in 1957. This year we were proud to produce 2 wonderful productions at the John Hinkel Park Amphitheater, Cymbeline and The Taming of the Shrew, and partnered with Nate Presents to produce an innovative No Exit in the cozy confines of LaVal's Subterranean, We want to wish you Happy Holidays and thank you for a wonderful 2025!
Here’s a review of the article “Berkeley’s John Hinkel Park is a ‘dream world, green world’ for theater and nature lovers” by Nathan Dalton, published October 1, 2025, in Berkeleyside.
Nathan Dalton’s Berkeleyside feature captures the layered life of John Hinkel Park, where art, history, and community intersect beneath Berkeley’s redwoods. The 4.2-acre park, gifted to the city in 1919 by banker John Hinkel, remains both “a natural space” and a stage for local creativity. Dalton opens with a vivid tableau: children playing, parents chatting, and a troupe rehearsing The Taming of the Shrew at the stone amphitheater — an image that defines the park’s balance of play and performance.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jay Manley with Jane Goodwin
Saturdays and Sundays August 16 - 31 plus Labor day Sept 1st. , 4PM
John Hinkel Park Amphitheater
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Show dates are Saturdays and Sundays August 16 - 31 plus Labor Day Monday, September 1st, performed in the beautiful outdoor setting of the John Hinkel Park Amphitheater, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley, CA 94707, all at 4 pm.
No Exit
By Jean-Paul Satre
Directed by Karen McMahon
September 5 & 6 at 8PM & the 7th at 2PM
La Val's Subterranean Theater
Reservations | Directions | Photos | Program
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley and NatePresents.com present a mini-production of Jean-Paul Satre's classic of existential drama, NO EXIT, where the characters mutually discover that "Hell is Other People".
The Taming of the Shrew was reviewed by Emily S. Mendel for CultureVulture Website. For a quote from the review and a link to the article click on "continue reading.
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is delighted to acknowledge the Berkeley Civic Arts Program and Civic Arts Commission's support in the form of a grant of $8,000.00 awarded in 2017. Also, a thank you to Theatre Bay Area for a grant of $2,500.00.
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