By William Shakespeare
A staged Reading
Directed by Eileen Tull
Tuesday - May 1st, 2012 8 p.m.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
The Comedy of Errors is considered one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, possibly his first comedy and certainly his shortest play. The primary source of the play is the Menaechmi of Plautus, but Shakespeare also borrowed from Plautus's Amphitruo.
By Norah Foster
A staged Reading
Directed by Alan Barkan & Jerome Solberg
Sunday - August 12, 2012 7 p.m.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Actors Ensemble launches a new series featuring heretofore unproduced works with the goofy comedy MADAM GUFAYS LOVELUTIONARIES, written by new playwright Norah Foster. Mdme. Gufay's hilarious antics on behalf of free speech in the academic machine of UC Berkeley befuddles the higher-ups and her innocent eroticism wins over their hearts.
By Tom Stoppard
A Staged Reading
Directed by Mathew Surrence
Tuesday - February 7, 2012 at 8 p.m.
ONE NIGHT ONLY - $5 - $10 sliding scale (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982. Stoppard's ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", "Shakespeare in Love", and our current main stage production "Arcadia") THE REAL THING examines the nature of honesty, and its use of a play within a play is one of many levels on which the author teases the audience with the difference between semblance and reality.
By Michael Frayn
A staged Reading
Directed by Vicki Siegel & Anna Andersen
Tuesday - July 31, 2012 8 p.m.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
THE TWO OF US (1970),each featuring two actors. Our production is co-directed by the playwright Vicki Siegel (A Hot Day in Ephesus) and the veteran director Anna Andersen (Pseudolus.)
Improvised Theater
One Night Only
Sunday - October 28, 2012 7PM
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley presents a night of improvisational theatre featuring THREE VETERAN IMPROV groups, including one group which specializes in Shakespearean improvisation. $10.00 Click here for online: TICKETS
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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