Berkeley Rep Adds Performances of Popular Snicket Show Through 1/16

The Composer lives on! Berkeley Repertory Theatre's irreverent holiday show - Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead - has proven so popular that the Tony Award-winning nonprofit has added performances in January. Now this deliciously silly new show will continue entertaining local audiences through January 16. Families in particular have embraced The Composer, so Berkeley Rep has added matinees on the final weekend: tickets are now on sale for 2 PM performances on January 15 and 16.

The new schedule is as follows:
Tue 12/21 @ 8 PM
Wed 12/22 @ 7 PM
Thu 12/23 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Fri 12/24 @ 4 PM
Sun 12/26 @ 2 PM & 7 PM
Tue 12/28 @ 8 PM
Wed 12/29 @ 7 PM
Thu 12/30 @ 8 PM
Fri 12/31 @ 8 PM
Sat 1/1 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Sun 1/2 @ 2 PM & 7 PM
Tue 1/4 @ 8 PM
Wed 1/5 @ 7 PM
Thu 1/6 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Sat 1/8 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Sun 1/9 @ 2 PM & 7 PM
Sat 1/15 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Sun 1/16 @ 2 PM

The show must go on? But the actor is mute, the director is crying, the dancer is lazy - and the composer is dead! This holiday season, Berkeley Rep presents a world premiere from beloved Bay Area artists. Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead features text by bestselling author Lemony Snicket and a score by (living) composer Nathaniel Stookey. It's a new theatrical adaptation of this wildly popular piece. Tony Taccone's raucous production unleashes laughs through classic clowning and plenty of uppity puppets from the pioneering Phantom Limb Company (Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko, co-artistic directors). When Geoff Hoyle pops up as an outlandish inspector bent on solving a murderous riddle, the show crescendos into comic absurdity. To the delight of children and adults alike, The Composer is Dead comes alive on stage.

Tickets start at $34 - and kids come for half price! Berkeley Rep is located at 2015 Addison Street, near bus lines, bike routes, and parking lots, and only half a block from BART. To purchase seats, call (510) 647-2949 or (888) 4-BRT-Tix (toll-free) - or just click berkeleyrep.org.

ABOUT BERKELEY REP
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has grown from a storefront stage to a national leader in innovative theatre. Known for its core values of imagination and excellence, as well as its educated and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. The Theatre welcomes an annual audience of 180,000, serves 20,000 students, and hosts dozens of community groups, thanks to 1,000 volunteers and more than 400 artists, artisans, and administrators. With two stages, a school, and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep is proud to premiere exhilarating new plays. In the last five years alone, the company has helped send five shows to Broadway: American Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Passing Strange, and Wishful Drinking. Come see tomorrow's plays today at Berkeley Rep.

LEMONY SNICKET'S THE COMPOSER IS DEAD
FACT SHEET

WHO: Written by Lemony Snicket

Music by Nathaniel Stookey

Conceived for the stage by Lemony Snicket, Phantom Limb (Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko, co-artistic directors), Tony Taccone, and Geoff Hoyle

Directed by Tony Taccone

WHAT: Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead, a deliciously silly world premiere for the holidays

WHERE: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison Street @ Shattuck, Berkeley, CA 94704

WHEN: Now playing through January 16, 2011
· Tuesdays and Fridays @ 8:00 PM

· Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM

· Thursdays @ 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM

· Saturdays @ 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM

· Sundays @ 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

· Special 4 PM matinee on Christmas Eve

· No matinees during previews or on 12/2, 12/11, 12/16 & 12/30

· No performances on 12/25, 1/7, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, or 1/14

Special Events:

Pre-show docent talks: Tuesdays 12/21, 12/28 & 1/4 and Thursdays 12/23, 12/30 & 1/6 @ 7:00 PM

Post-play discussion: Tuesday 12/21 @ 8:00 PM

Free tastings: Saturday 1/8 (Semifreddi's) @ 7:00 PM and Sunday 1/9 (Almare Gelato) @ 6:00 PM

HOW MUCH: $17 - $73

Section B Section A Premium

.................... Tue 8 PM / Wed 7 PM / Thu 2 PM / Sat 2 PM ... $34 $46 $54

.................... Thu 8 PM / Sun 2 PM / Sun 7 PM..................... $39 $53 $59

.................... Friday @ 4 PM & 8 PM.................................... $47 $59 $65

.................... Saturday @ 8 PM............................................ $54 $65 $73

Discounts:
• Half-price tickets available for anyone under 30 years of age

• $10 discount for students and seniors one hour before curtain

• Groups of 10 or more, contact (510) 647-2918 or groups@berkeleyrep.org

TIX & INFO: (510) 647-2949 - berkeleyrep.org - (888) 4-BRT-Tix (toll-free)

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