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David Mamet’s Oleanna is first production of 2012 for TheatreFIRST

This is the 20th Anniversary of Mr. Mamet’s seminal work about higher education, sexual politics and power in America. Oleanna runs April 21 – May 13, 2012, at the Berkeley City Club Oleanna, a powerful two-character drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, is TheatreFIRST’s initial production of 2012. Following up the success of last [...]

Playwright Julie Marie Myatt to attend Bay Area premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, at TheatreFIRST

The show opens May 27th at The Marion E. Greene Black Box Theatre, 531 19th Street, on the ground floor of The Fox Oakland Building. Oakland, Calif., May 1, 2011 – TheatreFIRST today announced that award-winning playwright Julie Marie Myatt will attend the opening weekend for the Bay Area premiere of her play, Welcome Home, [...]

TheatreFIRST announces director Domenique Lozano for Bay Area premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, by Julie Marie Myatt

The third show of TheatreFIRST’S 10/11 season will open May 27th at The Marion E. Greene Black Box Theatre, 531 19th Street, on the ground floor of The Fox Oakland Building. Oakland, Calif., April 1, 2011 – TheatreFIRST today announced that Domenique Lozano will direct the third and final show of its 10/11 season, the [...]

Actors Michael Barrett Austin, Danielle Levin lead Grapes of Wrath cast that will play multiple roles, provide live music

The second show of TheatreFIRST’s 10/11 season will open January 28 at The Marion E. Greene Black Box Theater, 531 19th Street, on the ground floor of The Fox Oakland Building. Oakland, Calif., December 21, 2010 — Michael Barrett Austin and Danielle Levin lead an ensemble cast of Bay Area actors in TheatreFIRST’s upcoming production [...]

TheatreFIRST announces director Jon Tracy for second show of season, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati

The second show of TheatreFIRST’S 10/11 season will open January 28 at The Marion E. Greene Black Box Theater, 531 19th Street, on the ground floor of The Fox Oakland Building. Oakland, Calif., November 23, 2010 Renowned Bay Area director Jon Tracy will direct TheatreFIRST’s second show of the season — a unique production of [...]

TheaterFIRST announces 2010-2011 season; tickets now available

TheaterFIRST, Oakland’s resident professional theatre company, today announced its 2010-2011 season featuring a contemporary comedy steeped in Russian theatre history, a Tony Award-winning theatrical version of a classic American novel, and the Bay Area premiere of the story of a wounded Marine returning to her home in California. Oakland, Calif., July 15, 2010—TheatreFIRST today announced [...]

TheatreFIRST announces casting for final show of 2009-2010 season, The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey

The Drawer Boy, will feature two of the most prominent Bay Area Actors: Howard Swain and Warren David Keith   Oakland, Calif. – Warren David Keith, an accomplished stage and screen actor with extensive Bay Area theater credits and roles in major motion pictures such as the Coen brothers’ Fargo, The Big Lebowski and A [...]

TheatreFIRST announces director Domenique Lozano for third show of the season, The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey

The third show of TheatreFIRST’S 09/10 season will open June 12th at The Marion E. Greene Black Box Theatre, 531 19th Street, on the ground floor of The Fox Oakland Building. Oakland, Calif., April 6, 2010 – TheatreFIRST today announced that Domenique Lozano will be directing the third show of their 09/10 season, Michael Healey’s [...]

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