2017 Season
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
January 16-February 27, 2017
Entering the aftermath of the horrific World War II only to be faced with a potentially apocalyptic Cold War in full force, Samuel Beckett captured the pervasive existential crisis felt across the globe in the allegory of two bedraggled companions forever waiting for a stranger named Godot.
A Co-Production with
UBUNTU THEATER PROJECT
World Premiere of Jamie Greenblatt’s
Female, Ashkenazi with a Sewing Machine
April 21-May 7, 2017
The diagnosis of ovarian cancer sets a woman on a journey, with her sewing machine, to find her deepest roots, artistic, cultural, and even cellular. Performed by Inferno’s physical ensemble members, Benoît Monin, Melissa Clason, and Crystal Brown with live original violin music by Carol Braves.
Directed and Designed
Music
Performing Artists
Giulio Cesare Perrone
Carol Braves
Benoît Monin
Melissa Clason
Crystal Brown
4th Annual Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival
May 26-28, 2017
This cross-cultural, interdisciplinary festival is a natural outgrowth of Inferno’s mission to link cultures and explore human relationships in space and time. Once again, we are pleased to present artists representing multiple generations.
The works presented in this year’s Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival focus on live ensemble and solo performances, theatre, dance, music, performance art, and poetry. Many of these works are still being developed and are being presented for the first time.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Anton's Well Theater Company
Bay Area Zeta Players
Beatrice e Valentina
Indigo Jackson
Inferno Theatre
Joel Knopf
Molinete
WordDance Productions
Onyinye Ihezukwu
Tobey Kaplan
William Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
July 22-August 13, 2017
Inferno Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream for free in Berkeley's John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre. This production, which is adapted, directed, and designed by Giulio Cesare Perrone, transports the audience to an enchanted forest world using music, movement, magic, and Shakespeare’s language.
Giulio Cesare Perrone
Carol Braves
Carol Braves
Ben Elie
Daniel Friedman
Nick Gallagher
Akaina Ghosh
Michelle Hair
Indigo Jackson
Anna R. Kritikos
Taylor Melville
Jack Nicolaus
Ely Sonny Orquiza
Caitlyn Prather
Sheela Ramesh
Jacob Ritts
Sharon Shao
Alyssa Leanne So
Joshua-Morris Williams
Kira Zabrowski
Adaptor, Director, Designer
Music Director
Performing Artists
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