The fiendishly clever Austin, Texas-based theater troupe Rude Mechs, known for serving up a genre-defying cocktail of big ideas, cheap laughs, and dizzying spectacle in its acclaimed productions, makes its Cal Performances debut with a playful meditation on modern decadence and human nature.
A phantasmal family comedy on humanity and hypocrisy
These days, if you are a composer looking for an ace violinist to make your new composition sound as thoroughly considered and fully embodied as a centuries-old work from the repertoire, you call Leila Josefowicz. Josefowicz, a MacArthur Fellow before she was 30, has built her stellar career on a deep commitment to living composers, […]
Youssou N’Dour, a superstar across Africa and the French-speaking world and a global ambassador of African pop music for more than 30 years, visits Berkeley with his Super ̩toile, “one of the world’s greatest and most nimble bands” (The New York Times).
Nearly 40 years after it was founded by Pierre Boulez, the revered Ensemble Intercontemporain is still the benchmark for excellence for new music ensembles the world over. Under the artistic direction of composer Matthias Pintscher, the 31-member ensemble lends its “bracing expertise” (The Guardian, London) to two programs of 20th-century gems, from intimate solo and […]
The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse follows four white people as they attempt to stage a politically correct Thanksgiving pageant. Join us for a reading of this new piece, following by a discussion with the playwright. Presented in partnership with the Townsend Center Contemporary Drama Working Group.
At the start of the twentieth century, as Russia rolls toward revolution, widowed Ranevskaya returns home after years abroad to discover that her estate and its cherry orchard are at risk of being sold. In Chekhov