Article about Actors Ensemble's home at John Hinkel Park
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.
