John Conklin: Master of What If?
As tireless as he was eccentric, this great designer pushed himself and his colleagues to dazzling heights, and his work was never done.
All Stories About California Shakespeare Theater
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Bidding Farewell to Cutting Ball and Cal Shakes
We’ll look back on these 2 Bay Area companies for the imaginations they unleashed and the lives they touched.
Cal Shakes’s Revels Now Are Ended
The venerable East Bay theatre, which offered classics outdoors for 50 years, is another casualty of the punishing economics of theatre since the end of the Covid lockdown.
Eric Ting, Caleb Hammons Join Soho Rep Leadership
Working alongside Cynthia Flowers, they will succeed Sarah Benson and Meropi Peponides as co-directors, continuing the theatre’s shared leadership model.
Eric Ting to Step Down as Cal Shakes Artistic Director
After 7 years leading the Bay Area theatre, he will relocate to New York to rejoin his family full-time.
The Theatre Industry’s Internship Problem
A movement to end unpaid and low-paid internships gains momentum, collecting testimony from more than 1,600 current and former interns.
Cal Shakes Announces Shared 47th Season
Cal Shakes will invite other Bay Area organizations to use its outdoor amphitheater.
COVID-19 Forces Cal Shakes to Cancel 2020 Summer Season
The announcement comes with news of the company furloughing more than half of its year-round employees.
Cal Shakes Will Present Bilingual ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The classics theatre will premiere a Spanish-influenced Shakespeare adaptation by Karen Zacarías.
Cal Shakes Hires Sarah Williams as Managing Director
A former associate managing director of Berkeley Rep, she joins the team at the Bay Area’s outdoor classical theatre.
