(front row - left) Charisse Loriaux, Rolf Saxon, Teddy Spencer, (back row - left) Lisa Anne Porter, and Elizabeth Carter in Aurora Theatre Company’s Eureka Day. | Courtesy of Aurora Theatre Company
Elizabeth Carter (As You Like It, Director) advocates for Aurora Theatre
Elizabeth Carter and Lisa Anne Porter in Aurora Theatre Company’s Eureka Day. | Courtesy of Aurora Theatre Company
"Aurora is a pillar of theatre in the Bay Area. I have been honored to perform there many times in some of my favorite roles of my career. The Aurora Theatre has long been seen as the actor's theatre. A place where you could stretch and grow. There is no hiding on that stage, you must be present in every moment! This is how it was conceived, an intimate space to wrestle with ideas, language and life."
Elizabeth Carter in Aurora Theatre Company’s Eureka Day. | Courtesy of Aurora Theatre Company | Click The Image to Read the Full Article
"They have supported me as an artist in ways that are tangible and intangible. Eureka Day! taught me what truly listening is. I would not be the artist I am without my time there. The loss of this vital creative space would leave a gaping hole in our community and ecosystem." — Elizabeth Carter, Director
Cal Shakes Resident Dramaturg, Dr. Philippa Kelly, lists the many gifts Aurora Theatre has given to the Bay Area
Dr. Philippa Kelly with Kate Boyd at Aurora Theatre Company's dress rehearsal of Born With Teeth. | Image by Jesse Guzman
"In great theatre we see our human paradoxes – the most misaligned and yet viscerally in-built parts of ourselves – writ large on the stage. We experience the discomforts, the big questions, the ironies, the tragedies, of being human. This is what I’ve always known I’d get at the Aurora Theatre. From Neil La Bute’s Fat Pig and This is How it Goes, to Master Harold and the Boys, to Leni, Eureka Day!, Luna Gale, Born With Teeth (a few of the magnificent productions that roll in off the top of my head), you can drop in at the Jazz Café across the road to get a snack, then settle in at the Aurora just inches away from some of the Bay Area’s great treasures: Aldo Billingslea, Stacy Ross, Leontyne MBele MBong, L. Peter Callender, Adrian Roberts, Joseph O’Malley, Margo Hall, Martha Brigham, William Hodgson, Sam Jackson, Dean Linnard, and Brady Morales-Woolery are just a few of the names that spring to mind in a long list of actors who have inspired me to go away from a night at the theatre thinking about the world just a little bit (or a lot) differently. This is a gift beyond price — we have to save our psyches by saving the Aurora!" — Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg
Events At The Bruns | Cal Shakes 2024
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Cal Shakes 50th Anniversary Season Launch and Community Picnic
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 12 — 4pm PDT
🎟️ Tickets Tickets for this event are Pay What You Can. The suggested minimum donation is $5 per person.
Featuring Performances, Food, Activities, and a sneak peek of As You Like It! Join us for a day of community fun:
Join Us #AtTheBruns this Summer ☀️
Courtesy of Change the Lights
Welcome to the Fire Light Tea Party!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 5:30 — 9:30pm PDT
Come join us at the Bruns Amphitheater for a magical evening filled with tea, treats, and enchanting company. The event will take place at California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda, CA, USA.
The Fire Light Tea Party is an immersive, educational and artistically inspiring event, supporting Bay Area communities to recalibrate our relationship to fire, in actionable, effective and enjoyable ways!
Within the environments we live among and within ourselves, fire has so much to teach us. So as we prepare for more consistent fire seasons we look to practices of the past and opportunities in the future, to steward our partnership with this powerful element. We will pair art and entertainment with usable resources and community connection to bring about an amazing experience for all who attend.
Courtesy of Papermoon Presents
🗓️ Dates: Saturday, June 2, 2024 at 7PM (Doors 5PM) & Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 3PM (Doors 1PM)
The Terrapin Roadshow will feature guitar trio Grahame Lesh, Dan “Lebo” Leibowitz, and Stu Allen, along with ALO bassist Steve Adams, Grateful Shred drummer Alex Koford, and the incredibly talented Jason Crosby (Jackson Browne, Oteil & Friends, Phil Lesh & Friends) on keyboards. Additional special guests will be announced soon!
In anticipation of our 50th Anniversary Season, we want to hear from you! Share some of your cherished memories, beautiful pictures, or words of encouragement to our Cal Shakes artists, creatives, and staff!
Cal Shakes is grateful for the generous support of our Foundation and Government funders:
Dale Family Fund, Dodge & Cox Fund, Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation, Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, and The Tournesol Foundation.
We are also incredibly grateful to our individual donors.
