Berkeley Reperatory Theatre

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE:  ORIGINAL LOCATION 

1968 

Berkeley Repertory Theatre was founded in 1968 by U.C.  Dramatic Art student Michael Leibert, who wanted to create  an East Bay professional repertory company. Its first pro-  duction, "Woyzek," initially staged at the International  House, soon moved to a commercial space formerly on  this site. The intimate interior housed numerous produc-  tions created by a company of local theatre artists. Ar-  chitect Gene Angell, an Elmwood resident, planned sets  for many of them. In 1980 he designed the new thrust-  stage theatre which evoked the original location's intimacy  in a larger Addison Street location. 

In 2001, under Artistic Director Tony Taccone, the successful  Berkeley Repertory Theatre company added a proscenium  stage, the Roda, and a School of Theatre at the downtown  location. A leader in innovation, the Rep received a Tony  Award for Best Regional Theatre in 1997, and a number  of its premieres have had successful runs on Broadway 

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