Blue Door, a Play with Original Songs, at Berkeley Rep
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704)
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- $45.00 - $55.00
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- FREE - $27.50*
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The last date listed for Blue Door was Friday May 18, 2007 / 8:00pm.
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Come see where the theater pros go to play on their night off. Now in its 18th season, PlayGround identifies a select group of the Bay Area's best emerging professional playwrights and asks them to submit original ten-page plays -- all on a pre-determined single topic. From those submissions, six short works are chosen for staged readings to be performed by leading local directors and actors each month. Pre-show discussions provide further insight into the chosen topic, the writers' processes and more. Learn More
Goldstar Member Reviews
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excellent and real its a must see thats all I can say.Written on May 22 2007
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Barbara S.
Seats and play were wonderful. If you have a chance to see it, do just that. It was an evening well spent.Written on May 21 2007
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Fabulous play! We both loved it. Incredible acting and a very compelling and evocative exploration of compelling themes--racism, identity, lineage...Written on May 21 2007
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More Information About Blue Door
Quotes & Highlights
- "A masterful job." --Contra Costa Times
- "An impressive local debut." --San Francisco Chronicle
- "The play surges with passion, courage and lyrical beauty." --Oakland Tribune
Description
Written by Tanya Barfield
Directed by Delroy Lindo
When he refuses to attend the Million Man March, an African-American professor finds his personal and professional lives thrown into turmoil. Unable to sleep in the bed abandoned by his wife, Lewis is visited by his ancestors—men who fought to be free, to vote, to obtain justice. Two exceptional actors embody three generations in this powerful new play from a promising young writer. Blue Door is a searing examination of family and identity that will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to live with—or escape—the past.
Oakland’s own Delroy Lindo came to prominence with Broadway performances in Master Harold and the Boys and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. He reinforced his reputation with major roles in films such as The Cider House Rules, Get Shorty and Malcolm X. Now Lindo turns his hand to directing on Berkeley Rep’s intimate Thrust Stage.
Tanya Barfield studied in the exclusive playwriting program at Juilliard under Christopher Durang and Marsha Norman. She won the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, and Ms. Magazine recently named her “One of the 21 Young Women to Watch in the 21st Century.” Although her work has been seen at the legendary Humana Festival, the Guthrie Theater Lab and London’s Royal Court Theatre, this is her first script to receive a major production.
About the Ticket Supplier: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Known for its amazing and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a home for emerging and established artists since 1968. With two stages and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep premieres exhilarating new plays and reimagined classics. In the last five years alone, the company has helped send five shows to Broadway: Green Day's American Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Passing Strange and Wishful Drinking. Come see tomorrow's plays today at Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep operates two performance spaces: the Roda Theatre, a state-of-the-art 600-seat proscenium theatre, and the intimate, 400-seat Thrust Stage. The Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Berkeley's arts district, just a half block from the Berkeley BART station, near lots of restaurants, cafe, pubs, and cool retailers.