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Barefoot In The Park

By Neil Simon
Directed by Alan Barkan

January 18 through February 16, 2008

Precariously poised atop the highs of JFK's Camelot, Neil Simon's comic gem debuted on Broadway a month before Lee Harvey Oswald splashed cold water in this country's face.

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Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov
Adapted and directed by Stanley Spenger

April 18 through May 17, 2008

A sour old professor. His beautiful young wife. A doctor fooling himself that he loves the young wife. A caretaker who loves (surprise) the young wife. A daughter who loves the doctor. Mix in a pistol, the Russian countryside and you have a play that is Chekhovian - and if you are asking "What is Chekhovian," then you need to see "Uncle Vanya."

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Doctor Faustus

By Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Jeremy Cole

October 24 through November 22, 2008

A man sells his soul to the devil - a tale that's been around so long that even in his day Cotton Mather would call it creaky (and then he'd still denounce it - loudly - as blasphemous).

In the right hands though, that plot has the power to shake modern audiences to their core.

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Thank You

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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