Best Berkeley Rep Podcasts (2022)

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Review: “Dana H” at Berkeley Rep Roda Theatre 5:58

15d ago5:58

5:58

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Dana H" by Lucas Hnath, directed by Les Waters, at Berkeley Rep [1]'s Roda Theatre through July 10, 2022.[1] https://www.berkeleyrep.org/By Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Hadestown” at BroadwaySF Orpheum Theater 6:06

17d ago6:06

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KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the touring production of "Hadestown," at BroadwaySF [1]'s Orpheum Theater through July 3, 2022.[1] https://broadwaysf.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=hadestown&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=By Bay Area Theater

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Review: “The Sound Inside” at Marin Theatre Company 6:12

26d ago6:12

6:12

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "The Sound Inside" by Adam Rapp, directed by Jasson Minadakis, at Marin Theatre Company [1] through June 19, 2022.[1] https://www.marintheatre.org/By Bay Area Theater

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Review: “The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin” at San Francisco Playhouse 5:53

1M ago5:53

5:53

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin" by Jessica Huang, directed by Jeffrey Lo, at San Francisco Playhouse [1] through June 18, 2022[1] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/By Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Octet,” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater 6:22

2M ago6:22

6:22

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Octet," with music, lyrics, book and choral arrangements by Dave Malloy, directed by Annie Tippe, from Signature Theatre in New York, at Berkeley Rep [1]'s Peets Theater through May 29, 2022.[1] https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/octet/By Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Fefu and Her Friends” at ACT Strand 6:16

3M ago6:16

6:16

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Fefu and her Friends" by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Pam MacKinnon at ACT Strand [1] through May 1, 2022.[1] https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/20202122-season/fefu-and-her-friends/By Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Water by the Spoonful,” at San Francisco Playhouse 5:53

3M ago5:53

5:53

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Water by the Spoonful" by Quiara Alegria Hudes, directed by Denise Blasor, at San Francisco Playhouse [1] through April 23, 2022.[1] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/By Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Interview: Jan Hunter, director, “Intimate Apparel” at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre 1:05:55

3M ago1:05:55

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Jan Hunter, director of "Intimate Apparel" by Lynn Nottage, produced by the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre [1] at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason, April 1 - 16, 2022, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. "Intimate Apparel" tells the story of a young black seamstress and her struggles in 1905 New York, her relationships and the way she deals with adve…

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Passing Strange” at Shotgun Players 6:21

4M ago6:21

6:21

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Passing Strange" at Shotgun Players [1] Ashby Stage extended through April 23, 2022.[1] https://shotgunplayers.org/OnlineBy Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Dot” by Colman Domingo, at New Conservatory Theatre Center 6:21

4M ago6:21

6:21

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Dot" by Colman Domingo, at New Conservatory Theatre Center [1] in San Francisco through April 3, 2022. [1] https://www.nctcsf.org/index.phpBy Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Interview: Bill English, Artistic Director, San Francisco Playhouse, 2022 53:36

5M ago53:36

53:36

Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse [1], in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded via zencastr February 9, 2022. Bill English is the director of SF Playhouse's latest production, Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery, playing through March 5, 2022, as well as the company's Artistic Director. In this interview he …

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at San Francisco Playhouse 6:23

5M ago6:23

6:23

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" by Will Arbery, directed by Bill English, at San Francisco Playhouse [1] through March 5, 2022.[1] https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/By Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater 5:46

5M ago5:46

5:46

KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Swept Away" at Berkeley Rep's Peets Theater through March 6, 2022.By Bay Area Theater

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KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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Review: “Freestyle Love Supreme” at ACT Geary Theater 6:09

5M ago6:09

6:09

KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the national tour company of "Freestyle Love Supreme" at ACT's Geary Theater through February 13, 2022.By Bay Area Theater

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El Progreso

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How Immigration Is Still Under Assault: Conversations with Border Angels, Latinx in Tech and Soltrón 1:51:30

9M ago1:51:30

1:51:30

In this episode of the El Progreso podcast, we discuss the latest news from the US-Mexico border. With undocumented people applying for asylum and crossing the border at record rates, we talk to immigration experts about what the Biden administration has done to move away from the Trump policies and how it has also upheld some of the same harmful l…

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El Progreso

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One Year Under Quarantine, Part II: Grubhub Worries, Trans Discrimination, and Creating Music In Peru 46:01

1y ago46:01

46:01

In the second part of the latest episode of the El Progreso podcast (formerly Techqueria), reporter Jose Fermoso continues to speak to Latinx people in tech about how they've handled the last year of the pandemic. Featuring the following guests: Alexia Núñez, a trans Grubhub software engineer who worried about her parents and her own mental and phy…

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El Progreso

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One Year Under Quarantine, Part I: Zoom Weddings, Raising Kids, and Connecting Poor Communities to Health Tech 1:17:13

1y ago1:17:13

1:17:13

In this week's episode of the newly renamed El Progreso podcast (formerly Techqueria), reporter Jose Fermoso speaks to a series of Latinx people in the tech industry about how the last full year of dealing with the pandemic under quarantine has affected their and their loved one's lives. In part 1, Jose speaks to two young mothers who've had to rea…

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 10 - "The Character Actor" by Sarah Ruhl 14:35

1+ y ago14:35

14:35

Directed by Les WatersRead by Charles Shaw RobinsonFrom a perch beyond this life, an actor observes as a group of masked people finally return to the courtyard of Berkeley Rep — to the theatre, the place we made to gather, breathe together, and share the stories that remind us of our humanity.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 9 - "Suicide on Telegraph" by Richard Montoya 21:50

1+ y ago21:50

21:50

It's 1959, and tobacco smoke snakes across the bustling café from its prized corner table, where artists and students debate political treatises, muse on philosophy, and share thrilling new poetry.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 8 - "night fishing" by Philip Kan Gotanda 12:39

1+ y ago12:39

12:39

Read by Steven Anthony Jones and BD WongOn a chilly autumn night, an old fisherman makes his way to the lake in the dark. He casts a line...and reels in the ghost he's been seeking.By Berkeley Rep

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El Progreso

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The Importance of the Census Count and How Trump Tried to Undermine It 1:53:52

1+ y ago1:53:52

1:53:52

In this episode of the Techqueria podcast, Jose Fermoso talks to lawyers and academics about the United States Census, one of the most important civic events in the country. As we prepare to learn about the full results of the 2020 Census, we find out how and why the actions of the Trump administration likely severely and negatively affected the ac…

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 7 - "The Third Sphere" by Kamala Parks, read by Denmo Ibrahim 17:34

1+ y ago17:34

17:34

Straddling the worlds of her divorced parents, Yasmine doesn't feel fully at home in either. Desperate to see her best friend in San Francisco, she embarks on the voyage across the Bay alone, exhilarated at her newfound independence.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 6 - "West Berkeley West Indian" by Aya de León 13:51

1+ y ago13:51

13:51

How do you find your people in middle school — especially when you don't quite fit the mold? A girl experiments, assimilates, adapts, and journeys towards genuine self-love and community.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 5 - "The Black Mass Sonata" by Daniel Handler, read by Lance Gardner 13:27

1+ y ago13:27

13:27

Bored, lost, and lonely, a teenager stumbles into a café. While eating a cup of soup, he hears a wondrously inscrutable sonata, and begins to sense that being lost might not be such a lonesome condition after all.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 4 - "For the Record" by Sean San José 29:28

1+ y ago29:28

29:28

Sometimes music becomes indelibly linked to specific memories, invoking the people with whom we shared them. Songs by Isaac Hayes, Peter Tosh, Stevie Wonder, the Doors, the Knight Brothers, and Patti LaBelle conjure a deep friendship, one that began on a hot night in 1986 outside Leopold's Records.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 3 - "20 Weeks" by Adam Mansbach 12:13

1+ y ago12:13

12:13

Hope, fear, excitement, and a dizzying array of possibilities unspool across an expectant dad’s imagination, as he and his partner navigate medical uncertainties and rediscover each other as almost-parents.By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 2 - "The Fundamental Kiss, With Overtones" by Eisa Davis 20:28

1+ y ago20:28

20:28

A young oboist kisses a pianist on a street corner. At long last! But the kiss unlocks pressures, expectations, dreams, and fears. Can we learn to live with uncertainty? To ask for what we need?By Berkeley Rep

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Place/Settings: Berkeley: 1 - "The Slide" by Itamar Moses 12:41

1+ y ago12:41

12:41

A neighborhood park — its playground, sloping hillside, and basketball court; its tunnel to a rose garden and many paths — bears witness to a boy, growing up and growing old.By Berkeley Rep

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El Progreso

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Growing Up Afro Latinx In New York: A Battle To Get Educated and Stay Healthy In the Face of Racism 1:45:46

1+ y ago1:45:46

1:45:46

In this week's episode of the Techqueria podcast, our host Jose Fermoso speaks to Matthew Zayas, a young father who has spent a lot of his adult life reconciling with the racism he experienced as an Afro Latino child in New York's Staten Island. From fights in the back of the school bus in his teens to his work in psychology with new businesses, Ma…

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El Progreso

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The 2020 Election Jumbo-sized Pod with U.S. Rep. Escobar, Berkeley Dean Garcia Bedolla and More 1:50:38

1+ y ago1:50:38

1:50:38

In this mega-episode of the Techqueria podcast, our host Jose Fermoso speaks to experts on the Latinx vote, tech workers volunteering for political campaigns, a reporter digging deep into the gig industry and how it might affect the future of jobs, as well as the Latina U.S. representative who followed her friend Beto O’Rourke into Congress. The or…

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El Progreso

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A Miami Local Builds Killer Apps for Financial Freedom and an AV Pro Levels Up to Coding Via Bootcamp 1:22:51

2y ago1:22:51

1:22:51

In the second episode of the Techqueria podcast, Jose Fermoso speaks to two software engineers still new to the profession. First, Jose speaks to Gabriel Lujan, a Bay Area native who worked on the electronic media side of tech as an A/V pro until his interest in programming led him to the San Francisco bootcamp App Academy to boost his skills. Then…

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El Progreso

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Episode 1, Part 2: A Latina CEO Builds Green Tech for The Pentagon and a Cumbia Memelord Climbs the Charts 1:23:03

2y ago1:23:03

1:23:03

In Part II of the first episode of Techqueria, reporter Jose Fermoso continues his conversations with Latinx people dealing with the pandemic. Dr. Nyah Zarate, a green power tech standout with multiple U.S. Department of Defense awards, explains how her workers are staying positive, how getting into the Purdue Ph.D. program changed her life, and wh…

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El Progreso

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Episode 1, Part 1: A Young Latinx Emergency Room Doctor Fights the Coronavirus Pandemic 1:01:00

2y ago1:01:00

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In the first episode of Techqueria, reporter Jose Fermoso speaks to three people who find themselves in widely different circumstances as they face the coronavirus pandemic. In part 1, Jose speaks to Dr. Luis Rubio, a graduate of the top medical school in the United States, The University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Rubio finds himself in t…

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El Progreso

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Trailer — Introducing Techqueria 2:36

2y ago2:36

2:36

The Techqueria podcast is coming soon! In this trailer, tech and culture reporter Jose Fermoso introduces the types of stories featured on the show. Look for conversations and news context on socioeconomic displacement, immigration policies and multigenerational tech and business startups, as well as the latest on the effect of the coronavirus pand…

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S19-20, Repisode 17: The Core - "a paradigm for intentional healing" 43:22

2y ago43:22

43:22

This is the last Repisode in the 19/20 season! This is Part Two of our special two-part Core series on SCHOOL GIRLS. In this series, Berkeley Rep directing fellow Nailah Harper-Malveaux, who also worked as the assistant director on the show, speaks with two local artists about recent exhibits that connect to the work onstage. In this conversation, …

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S19-20, Repisode 16: The Core - “How to Find the Beauty in the Stillness" 58:00

2y ago58:00

58:00

In a grand finale to our prematurely closed play, we are launching a special two-part CORE series around SCHOOL GIRSLS: OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY. In this series, Berkeley Rep directing fellow Nailah Harper-Malveaux, who also worked as the assistant director on the show, will speak with two local artists about recent exhibits that connect to …

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S19-20, Repisode 15: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Audio Program 8:56

2+ y ago8:56

8:56

For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple formats. It's like we are reading you a short series of stories.For the SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY Program, we hear Charli…

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S19-20, Repisode 14: The Core - “exposing inequalities that already existed” 40:16

2+ y ago40:16

40:16

As many of you know, we very sadly had to close our show CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICA early. But we still had two conversations with our cultural partners outstanding and ready to roll...so the art continues!This Core episode, where we connect the play to the real world, is entirely in English (the last one was in Spanish). We talk with Anna Fl…

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S19-20, Repisode 13: In Conversation with Jocelyn Bioh 35:18

2+ y ago35:18

35:18

Yes, performances for Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY were cancelled. Which makes us incredibly sad. but if you are a Berkeley Rep subscriber or already bought an e-ticket, you received a link to a video of the one and only performance the play had on our stages. Here, we feature an interview writer Jocelyn Bioh did wit…

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S19-20, Repisode 12: The Core - "No hay obras pero el arte sigue" 20:37

2+ y ago20:37

20:37

As many of you know, the theaters are all closed. We very sadly had to close our show CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICA early. But we still had two conversations with our cultural partners outstanding and ready to roll...so the art continues!This Core episode, where we connect the play to the real world, is entirely in Spanish. Sí, el Repisode está …

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S19-20, Repisode 11: Culture Clash (Still) in America Audio Program 15:36

2+ y ago15:36

15:36

By Berkeley Rep

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S19-20, Repisode 10: In Conversation with Culture Clash 29:02

2+ y ago29:02

29:02

By Berkeley Rep

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S19-20, Repisode 9: The Core - "Ritual Reminds Us What Matters" 28:47

2+ y ago28:47

28:47

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S19-20, Repisode 8: In Conversation with Sarah Ruhl 19:08

2+ y ago19:08

19:08

By Berkeley Rep

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S19-20, Repisode 7: Becky Nurse of Salem Audio Program 20:22

2+ y ago20:22

20:22

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S19-20, Repisode 6: The Core - "Do I have a choice?" 32:52

2+ y ago32:52

32:52

For this edition of The Core for WHITE NOISE we highlighted selections from our Wednesday Night Speaker Series, in which we interviewed some of the Bay Area's leading thinkers on what they saw in the play. How does Brandi Wilkens Catanese, a professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at UC Berkeley, look at playwright Suzan-Lori …

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S19-20, Repisode 5: In Conversation with Suzan-Lori Parks 16:39

2+ y ago16:39

16:39

In this Repisode we talk with Suzan-Lori Parks, the playwright of WHITE NOISE, about play’s four contrasting perspectives, and how it anchors difficult topics in love and laughter.Suzan-Lori Parks was named one of time magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” and is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama f…

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S19-20, Repisode 4: White Noise Audio Program 10:02

3y ago10:02

10:02

For the Audio Program portion of Repisodes, we read out loud from the dramaturgy material from the show’s program in an effort to make the information around our shows accessible to all audiences, in multiple formats. For the WHITE NOISE Program, we will read two essays, one about Suzan-Lori Parks' writing style and one about the contemporary lands…

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S19-20, Repisode 3: The Core - "Yes, the North Korean Spy Program was (is?) Real" 34:56

3y ago34:56

34:56

Yes, the events of THE GREAT WAVE really happened. In this Repisode, lead actress Jo Mei (who plays Hanako) talks with Robert S. Boynton, who wrote the authoritative book about the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens, The Invitation-Only Zone. THE GREAT WAVE runs September 12–October 27 and tickets are available at berkeleyrep.org.You’re l…

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S19-20, Repisode 2: In Conversation with Mark Wing-Davey 23:14

3y ago23:14

23:14

In this Repisode we talk with Mark Wing-Davey, the director of THE GREAT WAVE. We sat down with him in our in-house studio during a break from rehearsals, right before we went into tech, so you'll be catching him mid-process in this conversation. THE GREAT WAVE runs September 12–October 27 and tickets are available at berkeleyrep.org.Mark Wing-Dave…

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