A WARM WELCOME TO 42ND STREET MOON FANS!

Experience the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera in a way you’ve never seen before  – as a rock opera with a touch of post-atomic punk! Director Jon Tracy casts the Victorian elements askew to give us a Pirate King who is female, a Major General who is the poster child for the 1%, and willful punk-strong women who woo duck-tailed teddy-boy pirates. It’s a post atomic world that is bolder, fiercer, and dare we  say, more funny. “American Idiot” meets “Glee” as rock riffs punctuate the famous lyrics and melodies. Parkour and pole acrobatics punch up the fight scenes. Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for lampooning Victorian society’s norms and values and director, Jon Tracy, continues the tradition with fresh and inventive focus – tossing many a scabbard and dagger (actually, chainsaw and wrench) at the scoundrels, we mean leaders, in politics today!

Berkeley Playhouse is thrilled to offer  Moon fans 20% off tickets for any Friday or Saturday night with the code MOON. Offer ends midnight February 24. Simply go Purchase Tickets under the box-office on the menu, select your preferred Friday or Saturday 7pm performance for Pirates, purchase your seats, and enter the code MOON on the final purchase page. Or CLICK HERE.

February 25- April 1/JULIA MORGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS / 2640 College Ave. Show-times:  Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at 12pm and 5pm. Tix: Adult $35/ Senior $33/ Youth $25/ Tot $17

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I know that many of you have given generously to us throughout the year, and like me, you are deluged with numerous requests for heartfelt funding appeals. So you might be asking why does Berkeley Playhouse, a company who handsomely produces spectacular shows and education programs, need your limited donor funds? It may be surprising to learn that only 30% of what the Playhouse needs to survive comes from ticket sales and fees. And only a portion of tuition pays for our educational programs.

Without funding from donors like you, we would struggle to keep our doors and classes open! Think of what it would mean to this revitalized and thriving family theatre community if Berkeley no longer had its Playhouse!

We need you help this year, now more than ever. Our scholarship program, key to our mission, was hit hard this year with an unprecedented amount of financial aid requests. We don’t want to turn a single child away! Your donation at this time can make a difference in the lives of these children and their families.

We are committed to attracting the finest directors, actors, designers and teachers we can afford so that we can offer students a top-notch education in the art of musical theatre and provide our audiences with the best family theatre experience in the Bay Area. Without funding from donors like you, we could not maintain our current shows and expand our educational programs.

I visualize a future Berkeley Playhouse as one of the finest theatres companies in the region and a model for meaningful family musical theatre and new musical play development that is intelligent, relevant and soul stirring. Your support will help keep our momentum pushing toward this dream! Your contribution means you share in our success in achieving this dream!

Please, won’t you consider a donation to this worthwhile organization at this time?  Public funding is key to our longevity. Not only do you help us pay our bills, our incredible staff and teaching artists, the magic-producing directors and artistic crew, financial aid for our future performers and theatre-goers, but you’ll help us afford  many other things you’ve asked for. For example:

•    A donation of $25.00 will fund one free ticket for a child to see a school matinee and take this program out of hiatus.
•    A donation of $100.00 will help us give a child 50% financial aid for a class or help us to purchase a five-pack of booster seats!
•    A donation of $500.00 will fund two full scholarships for music theatre classes or one scholarship for summer music theatre camp.
•    A donation of $1,000 will help us help many more families in need or help us fund our drives for lighting and sound improvements, wheelchair seating and access, assisted hearing devices, bathroom repairs, and lobby and outdoor patron improvements.

I hope you will join us in supporting Berkeley Playhouse this year.

We wish you and yours a magical and loving holiday season and a fabulous, festive New Year!

ELIZABETH MCKOY

Artistic Director, Berkeley Playhouse

PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO BERKELEY PLAYHOUSE TODAY

As the new Managing Director of Berkeley Playhouse, I must tell you I’m so happy to be here!  Before I took this position,  I had been concerned, along with many other theatre managers, about the ‘graying’ of our audiences.  How do we get young audiences into our institutions, and how do we educate young theatre goers to become life-long patrons? This question was answered the moment I saw a Berkeley Playhouse production and was introduced to its blossoming Conservatory!

Right here at Berkeley Playhouse is where tomorrow’s audiences are being introduced to musical theatre! 

Berkeley Playhouse’s mission is to enrich the lives of Bay Area families through live musical theatre and theatre education. Children and adults in the Conservatory receive training from the best Bay Area teaching artists – many of them directors or performers in our unique professional season. This season is like no other I’ve seen where audiences regularly enjoy non-traditional, multicultural and multi-generational casting, fresh interpretations of familiar classics, as well insightful, exciting new works.  All of this in the 102 year old, 328-seat Julia Morgan designed theatre  – a beautiful, contemplative space where patrons can feel relaxed and at home.

I couldn’t be happier to serve such a fantastic, fun, and important non-profit theatre company.

Last year Berkeley Playhouse booked over 32,000 tickets to youth and professional shows, served over 450 kids and adults in educational programs, developed and produced an important new musical, and made countless improvements to the cosmetic appearance of the beautiful Julia Morgan Theatre.

While public education in the arts is floundering, here at Berkeley Playhouse it’s flourishing! Yet, despite all this terrific news, did you know that only 30% of what the Playhouse needs to survive comes from ticket sales and fees?

As a public charity Berkeley Playhouse relies heavily on donations from friends like you who understand that that the future of theatre and the performing arts lies in the potential of entertaining and educating younger generations, and that professional programming and trademark education programs can only survive with public support.

Please, won’t you consider a donation to this worthwhile organization at this time?  Every size gift counts. For example:

• A donation of $25.00 will fund one free ticket for a child to see a school matinee.
• A donation of $100.00 will fund a five-pack of booster seats.
• A donation of $500.00 will provide two scholarships for music theatre classes or one scholarship for summer music theatre camp.
• A donation of $1,000 will help fund our drives for lighting and sound improvements, wheelchair seating and access, assisted hearing devices, and lobby and outdoor patron improvements.

I  hope you will join me in supporting Berkeley Playhouse this year. I wish you and yours a magical and loving holiday season and a fabulous, festive New Year.

Lauren Hewitt,

MANAGING DIRECTOR

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SWEENEY TODD

Book by Hugh Wheeler / Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Directed by JON TRACY. Music Direction by ANGELA ZULLINGER

A chilling, macabre, yet funny musical thriller that tells the tale of an exiled barber who returns to 19th century London to seek revenge against the judge who framed him. The Barber’s thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate barber-shop customers, while the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs suddenly has a new meat pie recipe that has all of London clamoring!

Sweeney Todd……………………….Sydney Jacobs-Allen
Mrs. Lovett……………………………Sachi Granich
Anthony……………………………….Arianna Cuevas
Johanna………………………………..Aubri  Kahalekulu
Judge Turpin………………………….Kyle Choate
Beadle…………………………………..Emily Abel
Beggar Woman……………………….Emma Choate
Tobias…………………………………..Maddie Pomaro
Pirelli…………………………………….Kenya Granich
Fogg……………………………………..Michelle Huebel
Birdseller……………………………….Amanda Drexler

ENSEMBLE
Nicole Ackerman-Greenberg
Veronica Fletcher
Jeremy Friedman,
Kristin Lew
Anna Polumbo-Levy
Hannah Tobin-Bloch

02 Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!

03 Horton Hears A Who

04 Biggest Blame Fool

05 The Wickershams Depart – Gertrude’s Fifteenth Of

06 Here On Who

07 Meet Jojo

08 How to Raise a Child

09 Thinks Reprise

10 It’s Possible – Part 1

11 It’s Possible – Part 2

12 Alone in the Universe

13 The One Feather Tail – Amazing Mayzie

14 Amazing Gertrude Part 1

15 Amayzing Gertrude Part 2

16 Monkey Around – Chasing the Whos

17 Notice Me, Horton

18 How Lucky You Are

19 Horton Sits on the Egg

20 Egg, Nest and Tree

21 Sold – Mayzie in Palm Beach

22 Mayzie at the Circus

23 Amayzing Horton

24 Alone in the Universe – Reprise

25 Solla Solew

26 Gertrude – Espionage Part 1

27 Gertrude – Espionage Part 2

28 All for You

29 The Whos Return – People vs Horton

30 People vs Horton Part 2

31 Yopp!

32 Alone in the Universe Reprise

33 Oh the thinks you can think – Finale

34 Green Eggs and Ham – Finale Bows

Qualifications:
*Quickbooks experience – Certified by QuickBooks/Intuit is a plus
*Ability to process payroll in-house (Intuit), or recommendation on cost-effective outside option
*Experience working with a complex performing arts organization
*Understanding of GAAP and previous experience with accrual-based accounting
*Daytime/business hours availability at least 3-4 days per week; schedule is flexible
*Ability to handle multiple types of operations and meet deadlines
*Good phone and interpersonal skills, patience, tact
*Excellent professional references from a similar-sized organization

COMPENSATION:
Competitive hourly rate.  Contractor preferred.

TO APPLY:
* We will accept cover letter/resume from qualified applicants at:  jobs@berkeleyplayhouse.org
* Please provide the name, email & phone info for three professional references (we will not contact without receiving permission first)
* Applications accepted until position is filled; Ongoing review of resumes and cover letters begins immediately.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about this position, please contact us at: jobs@berkeleyplayhouse.org / No phone calls, please.  To find out about Berkeley Playhouse, visit:  www.berkeleyplayhouse.org