Indigenous Performing Arts Residency Program
Drew Woodson
Playwright-in-Residence
April 14 – 18, 2025
Location/map to the Arts Research Center here
Co-presented by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, in partnership with Alternative Theater Ensemble, and with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, the Native American Studies Program, the Puffin Foundation, and the California Arts Council
SCHEDULE
Script Development Workshops for From Above
Playwright, Director, Dramaturg & Actors
Monday April 14 through Friday April 18, 2025
Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23, UC Berkeley
Workshops Open for UC Berkeley Student Observation:
Tues April 15th from 4:30 - 8pm
Wed April 16th from 4:30 - 8pm
No RSVP necessary. Drop in hours, students are welcome to stay for as long or as little as they'd like.
*closed to the general public
Class Visit: Playwriting
with Professor Philip Kan Gotanda
Tuesday April 15, 2025 at 2pm
Dept of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, UC Berkeley
Zellerbach 170
Artist Talk with Drew Woodson
in conversation with Patrick Russell
Thursday April 17, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23, UC Berkeley
*free & open to the public, seating 1st come 1st served
Public Reading: From Above
followed by Talk Back with Drew Woodson
Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6pm
Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23, UC Berkeley
Production by: Alternative Theater Ensemble
Playwright: Drew Woodson
Director & Producer: R. Réal Vargas Alanis
Producers: Leah Sanginiti and Zoë Aiko Sonnenberg
Dramaturg: Zoë Aiko Sonnenberg
Stage Manager: Clara den Dulk
Actors: Tasi Alabastro, Raymond Álvarez, Linda Amayo-Hassan, W. Fran Astorga, Katherine Bahena-Benitez, Patrick Russell, Leah Sanginiti