Upcoming Youth Shows
Students in our Youth Performance Programs audition to participate in a season of full-scale productions of the highest-quality with some of the best directors, choreographers, and designers in the region to receive intensive training in acting, singing and dancing. The result is a fun family experience for all ages. Bring your friends and come support these young performers at the next show!
TICKETS Only $15 Child/$20 Adults. Group rates available – please contact 510-845-8542 X 397 or boxoffice@berkeleyplayhouse.org
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WINTER SHOWS 2012
Disney’s “My Son Pinocchio”
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, January 14-16, 2012
Directed by Elizabeth McKoy/ Devon Labelle / Laura Marlin. Music Direction by Jonathan Fadner. Performed by students in Grades 3-5.
Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters as master woodcarver, Geppetto, becomes a real live father when his curious puppet, Pinocchio, changes from an awkward wooden marionette to a real, live boy, foibles and all! Master melodist Stephen Schwartz adds a compelling score of original songs to the beloved classics “I’ve Got No Strings” and “When You Wish Upon a Star” to create a fresh, heartwarming musical that all ages will enjoy. There are three different casts performing under three different directors. See link to cast-lists below.
Book by David I. Stern.Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz – “When You Wish Upon a Star” and ”I’ve Got No Strings” Music by Leigh Harline, Lyrics by Ned Washington from the Walt Disney Motion Picture PINOCCHIO
Orange Cast directed by Elizabeth McKoy performs Sat 10am, Sun 7pm, Monday 2pm Green Cast directed by Devon LaBelle performs Sat 2pm, Sun 10am, Monday 7pm Blue Cast directed by Laura Marlin Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm, Monday 10amClick here to View the Orange, Green and Blue Cast Lists
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Grease
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, January 27-29, 2012
Directed by Kimberly Dooley and Marissa Wolf. Music Direction by Nicholas Adams. Performed by students in Grades 7-12.
Join us in a gum-snapping, hip-shaking, hot-rockin’ musical about love and friendship in the 50’s! School’s back from summer and the senior class is gathering for their final year at Rydell High. As head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski relive the romance of their “Summer Nights” it becomes clear that both need to change their perspective! Sassy, funny – evocative and provocative, this infectious musical showcases all 
that was fantastic about the fifties: rock n’ roll numbers that recall the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley – plus hot-roddin, ducktailed ‘burger palace boys” and bobby-soxed, pink-jacket ladies!
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey / Directed by Kimberly Dooley & Marissa Wolf / Music Direction by Nicholas Adams. Choreography by Kimberly Dooley.
SHOW TIMES: Fri, Jan 27 @ 7pm / Sat, Jan 28, 2pm and 7pm / and Sun, Jan 29 @ 2pm
PARENTAL ADVISORY: Mature content. This production is as raunchy as you remember it.
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2011 SUMMER CONSERVATORY FESTIVAL
Featuring Four Sparkling Productions by over 70 Talented Young Performers in our Summer Performance Programs!
Our summer productions are the culminations of a five-week, full-day camp directed by professional director and teacher training artists. Pick up a Festival Pass and save 20% on two shows of your choice!
Disney’s The Jungle Book
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, July 28, 29, 30, 2011
Directed by Elizabeth McKoy. Performed by students in Grades 3-5.
The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz is this exciting Disney classic, also including some of Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So Stories” in Act One! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan. Specially adapted from the beloved film, this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes, like “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” This production takes place on the jungle set of Seussical, the Musical which is playing on our main stage. JUNGLE BOOK SHOW-TIMES: July 28 @ 7pm, July 29 at 3:15pm and 7pm, July 30 @ 10am. The show is double cast – click here to view each cast and their show-times.
Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ashby Stage, August 5,6,7, 2011
By Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Jon Tracy. Performed by Teens.
A chilling, suspenseful, and believe it or not quite fun masterpiece of murderous barber-ism that tells the tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London to seek revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The Barber’s thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe! SHOW-TIMES: August 5, at 6pm , August 6 @ 1pm, 6pm & August 7 @ 1pm and 6pm. Click here to view Cast List.
“13″ A Grown Up Story about Growing Up!
Ashby Stage, August 12-14, 2011
By Jason Robert Brown. Directed by Nick Oliveira. Performed by Students in Grades 6-9
When his parents get divorced and he’s forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done…. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, 13 is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it. SHOW-TIMES: August 12 @ 4pm and 8pm, August 13 @ 1pm and 6pm, August 14 @ 1pm and 6pm. Click here to view the cast list
Disney’s The Jungle Book
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, August 19 -21, 2011
Directed by Dane Paul Andres. Performed by students in Grades 3-5.
The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz is this exciting Disney classic, also including some of Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So Stories” in Act One! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan. Specially adapted from the beloved film, this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes, like “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.” SHOW-TIMES: August 19 @ 7pm, August 20 @ 1pm and 6pm, August 21 @ 1pm.
PAST SHOWS
Spring 2011 Youth Shows
Fall 2010 and Winter 2011 Youth Shows
Conservatory: KidStage
Disney’s The Aristocats
Performances January 15, 16, 17, 2011
Directed by Jerry R. Foust
Madame’s jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. Luckily, Thomas O’Malley and his rag-tag bunch of Alley Cats come to their rescue! This feline adventure is sure to have your tapping your feet to its hep, jazzy beat, which includes the Disney favorites “Scales and Arpeggios” and “Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat.” Click here to purchase tickets, which go on-sale in September.
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Conservatory: YouthStage
Bravado – A Middle School Musical
Performances January 29 & 30, 2011
Directed by Elizabeth McKoy
A group of talented middle school friends are vying to get into a prestigious Performing Arts school but as the audition process reveals, it’s not only a test of your skills but a test of all the relationships around you. What if you get in and your best friend doesn’t? What if it’s your mother that wants you to get in, but you really don’t? What about all those people who deserve to get in but have not had the same privileges in schooling and experience? Bravado was Berkeley Playhouse’s first commissioned original work showcasing the writing talents of musical team Phil Gorman and Lila Tschappat and book writer, Laura Marlin. Click here to purchase tickets, which go on-sale in September.
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Teen Company / Our Top Youth Ensemble
Little Shop of Horrors
Performances February 12 & 13, 2011
Seymour is a poor young man working at a flower shop on skid row when he encounters an alien plant after a total eclipse of the sun. The plant will bring him fame, fortune, and love – as long as he keeps it alive – but unfortunately its liquid of choice is human blood! Poignant and hilarious, this sqewered tale, packed with skid row’s finest characters also features jazzy, catchy music, dance and song. Rehearsals start mid-December.
Auditions for “Little Shop of Horrors” are now complete. Enrollment in our Teen Company program is by audition/invite only.
To Enroll and/or Make A Payment for Little Shop of Horrors, CLICK HERE.
Questions? Email alexis@berkeleyplayhouse.org
