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Closing Aurora Theatre Company's 18th season is the Bay Area Premiere of Stephen Karam's fiercely funny SPEECH & DEBATE. Robin Stanton (Betrayed, The Busy World is Hushed, and Permanent Collection) directs this distinctive new play Entertainment Weekly called 'One of the top ten plays of the year...Even if you're not fluent in IM, you'll LOL at this subversive comedy.' Featuring Jayne Deely, Jason Frank, Maro Guevara, and Holly Hornlien, SPEECH & DEBATE plays June 11 through July 18 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets ($34-55) and information the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Contains mature themes and subject matters.

Aurora Theatre Company will host its third Aurora Script Club meeting of the season - Arthur Miller's All My Sons on Monday, April 19, 7:30pm.

Aurora Theatre Company has rescheduled its third Aurora Script Club meeting of the season - Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Monday, April 19, 7:30pm instead of the previously announced April 26.

Berkeley?s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company proudly announces the lineup for its 19th season. The company opens the season with the Professional Bay Area Premiere of Alice Childress? stunning TROUBLE IN MIND, starring Bay Area favorite Margo Hall, directed by Robin Stanton. Acclaimed solo performer David Cale returns to the Bay Area with the Bay Area Premiere of his new one-man play PALOMINO.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the third Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Aurora Theatre Company Education Director Michael Mansfield hosts this moderated discussion series. The focus for this evening will be the idea of individualism, examining Aurora Theatre Company's production of Henrik Ibsen's family drama John Gabriel Borkman (1896) and its aristocratic version of the 'Industrial Dream' in light of Miller's family drama about the middle-class and the 'American Dream,' penned 50 years later.

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. THE FIRST GRADE, which originated as one of Aurora Theatre Company's Global Age Project winners last season, follows the sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening journey of a woman whose attempts to save her physical therapist from harm leads her into a chaos that includes a class of first graders, her depressed daughter, her Ritalin addicted grandson, and an ex-husband with whom she still shares a home.

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared 'balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you wonder what will happen to them after the final blackout.' Featuring Julia Brothers and Warren David Keith, along with Rebecca Schweitzer, Paul Santiago, Tina Sanchez, and Adrian Anchondo, THE FIRST GRADE plays January 22-February 28 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. THE FIRST GRADE, which originated as one of Aurora Theatre Company's Global Age Project winners last season, follows the sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening journey of a woman whose attempts to save her physical therapist from harm leads her into a chaos that includes a class of first graders, her depressed daughter, her Ritalin addicted grandson, and an ex-husband with whom she still shares a home.

Bee-hive yourself for the holidays. The jingle bells will rock again this holiday season when THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS returns to the Aurora. Featuring three of the Bay Area's finest female vocalists (Darby Gould of Jefferson Starship, Katie Guthorn from A Karen Carpenter Christmas, and Star Search winner Carol Bozzio Littleton) with live musical accompaniment under the direction of Randy Craig, THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS plays for 11 performances only, December 15-27, at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Bee-hive yourself for the holidays. The jingle bells will rock again this holiday season when THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS returns to the Aurora. Featuring three of the Bay Area's finest female vocalists (Darby Gould of Jefferson Starship, Katie Guthorn from A Karen Carpenter Christmas, and Star Search winner Carol Bozzio Littleton) with live musical accompaniment under the direction of Randy Craig, THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS plays for 11 performances only, December 15-27, at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Critics and audiences alike can't get enough of FAT PIG. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add six additional performances of its current production of FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America.

Critics and audiences alike can't get enough of FAT PIG. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add six additional performances of its current production of FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America.

Cow. Slob. Pig. Size does matter. Aurora Theatre Company continues its 18th season with FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America, the second play in a trilogy that began with The Shape of Things (produced by Aurora and directed by Tom Ross in 2003).

Cow. Slob. Pig. Size does matter. Aurora Theatre Company continues its 18th season with FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America, the second play in a trilogy that began with The Shape of Things (produced by Aurora and directed by Tom Ross in 2003).

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared 'balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you wonder what will happen to them after the final blackout.' Featuring Julia Brothers and Warren David Keith, along with Rebecca Schweitzer, Paul Santiago, Tina Sanchez, and Adrian Anchondo, THE FIRST GRADE plays January 22-February 28 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Critics and audiences alike can't get enough of FAT PIG. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add six additional performances of its current production of FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company has announced the four plays chosen as finalists by a committee of local directors for the Global Age Project (GAP), the company's new works initiative that promotes the creation of forward-looking theater: A Guide for the Perplexed by Joel Drake Johnson; The Serving Class by Garret Groenveld; Miss Lily Gets Boned by Bekah Brunstetter; and Collapse by Allison Moore.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the second Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Aurora Theatre Company Education Director Michael Mansfield hosts this moderated discussion series.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the second Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Critics and audiences alike can't get enough of FAT PIG. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add six additional performances of its current production of FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute's exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America.