The People's Temple from Berkeley Rep
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704)
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The last date listed for The People's Temple was Sunday June 5, 2005 / 2:00pm.
1 Goldstar Member Review
Anonymous
Much like the Laramie Project, an insight to the families. I shed the tears, of course. How can you not? I was reminded of a lot of the facts I had forgotten.Written on Apr 20 2005
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Description
Written by Leigh Fondakowski with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh and Margo Hall
Directed by Leigh Fondakowski
As head writer for Laramie, Fondakowski led her collaborators in sculpting interviews with Wyoming residents into a stirring portrait of the effects of hatred on a small town. Her newest work explores the unique mix of radical politics, racial integration and Pentecostal fervor that attracted thousands of followers to Peoples Temple and its leader, Jim Jones.
A tale of faith, community and survival, the show spans 25 years of Temple history--which culminated in 1978 with 914 deaths at the jungle settlement known as Jonestown, the assassination of Congressman Leo J. Ryan and the murders of three journalists. The play weaves together gospel music from the Temple, archival materials and interviews with survivors to create a conversation between the living and the dead. After decades enshrouded in secrecy, the stories of Jonestown survivors are now being told, many for the first time. In its quest to make sense of the inexplicable--and perhaps to find healing in the process--The People's Temple explores this historic event with a candor only hindsight can provide.
Produced in association with Z Space Studio.
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.