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Free Danny Hoch Workshop Performance Tonight!
posted by Cheshire on Tue, Mar 13, 2007
in Local Theatre
Berkeley Rep invites Impact fans to see a FREE workshop performance of Danny Hoch's latest work TONIGHT (Tuesday, March 13 8pm). If you've never seen Danny Hoch perform (Berkeley Rep produced his Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop several years back at the Julia Morgan), you've missed out: he's one of the most talented solo performers to hit the stage since Anna Deavere Smith. If you have seen him, you know what I'm talking about.
Now he's back and working on new stuff, and you can see it tonight for free at Berkeley Rep. Email cheshire at berkeleyrep dot org and let me know how many tickets you want. If you don't receive a response, assume the tickets will be there for you -- they'll be held at the door under "Impact Theatre," NOT under your name. I repeat: NOT under your name. You give your name to the box office, they'll give you a blank look and no tickets.
More info after the jump.
This is the official info from Berkeley Rep:
When Berkeley Rep audiences experienced Sarah Jones’ Bridge & Tunnel in workshop, their reactions helped prepare the piece for Broadway -- where she won a Tony Award. This March, you’re invited to become part of the creative process again when Obie Award-winning solo performer Danny Hoch returns to Berkeley Rep to workshop new material before he takes it to New York.Danny Hoch’s breakthrough work -- Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop -- made its world premiere at Berkeley Rep. Danny’s the founder of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, which champions artists like Sarah Jones and Will Power. Jones calls Hoch “one of the best people I’ve seen do this work,” while the New York Times commends him for “an astonishing range and command of accents” and “physical observations so acute that they alone argue that body language is as much a part of the generation as spoken language.”
With virtually no sets, lights or costumes, this workshop will free you to focus on what really matters: Hoch’s innovative storytelling and his witty, wonderfully uncanny cast of characters.
Note: The Danny Hoch Workshop will last 90 minutes, with no intermission. The performance will be on Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison Street (1/2 block from Shattuck Avenue). All seating is general admission.
Remember, email cheshire at berkeleyrep dot org and let me know how many tickets you want. Tickets will be at will call under "Impact Theatre."