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Oh, Brothers — an ode to Julia Brothers

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Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Feb 10 - 0 Comments

 
Julia Brothers floors ‘em in Joel Drake Johnson’s The First Grade at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company.
Rebecca Schweitzer is in the background. Photo by David Allen

 
The Bay Area is blessed with an abundance of theatrical talent. Spend any time at all in local theaters, and that becomes clear pretty quickly.

What’s even better is that sometimes we [...]

Aurora announces 18th season

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Posted by Chad Jones on 01 Apr 09 - 1 Comment

Aurora Theatre Company artistic director Tom Ross announced today his Berkeley company’s 18th season, which stems from the theme “Family and Fortune.” In addition to classics and newer works, the season includes a world premiere by Joel Drake Johnson (pictured at right).

The season opens in August with Clifford Odets’ 1935 Awake and Sing, directed by [...]