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The Free-Play Festival, which runs from August 1 to 24 at Potrero Stage, showcases 17 productions and 58 performances by artists from across the nation.

"First audition ever," recounts Daaboul, "first audition of the season and I walked off the stage from doing the audition and the director goes, 'Come here, for a second.' And he says, 'Have you ever heard of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard?' And I said, 'No, I haven't.' And he goes, 'Read it. You'd be a shoo-in for May.'"

Martha de Ojeda of the Campbell Union School District emphasized that this funding initiative will provide students with an exceptional opportunity to perform on a professional stage, enhancing their educational experience.

Michelle Collins stated, 'I'm doing my one-woman show at the Edinburgh festival, called Motorhome Marilyn... It's about failure, lost dreams, and feeling like life has passed you by.'

"Asian American is such a complex and layered term, but Hwang offers us a vessel to begin unpacking what that really means."

For Gabriel Byrne, participating in drama is fundamentally transformative: "You can watch all the documentaries you like, but drama is the thing that really connects with other people... It has that power."

"Some people are probably so annoyed by this, but I just kind of love that it's part of the soundtrack. It's fun to be outside and suddenly the whole world is a part of this."

I can watch Breaking Bad, and I imagine that I'm a chemistry teacher, making meth or whatever... your emotional connection to those things is so much stronger.

Join us at Berkeley Rep's Costume Shop Sale for a unique chance to acquire distinct pieces from past theatrical productions. It’s perfect for collectors and enthusiasts.

The new wine has burst the old bottles,” Strindberg claimed, arguing that outdated conventions in theater are detrimental to modern, naturalistic plays that need intimacy to connect with audiences.

"If I want you to walk away from this show with anything, it is a sense of that Queer Joy."