"America tried to take my life, and somehow a five-hundred-year-old white dude saved it."
In an autobiographical and music-filled tour-de-force, award-winning performer Jacob Ming-Trent dares to rescue himself from the "slings and arrows" of his past. Born with a gift for poetry but rejected as unfit to play the poet, his search for home yields results both hilarious and tragic. Invoking artistic geniuses like Biggie, Tupac, and Basquiat, he takes us on a propulsive ride that reaffirms the power of language and music. Directed by Tony Taccone, How Shakespeare Saved My Life begins with the Bard but becomes a ritual of communal salvation.
Masks required: Jan 25, Feb 1 (matinee and evening), Feb 3, and Feb 8 (matinee)
Closed captioning: evenings Jan 29 and 30, Feb 1, 3, and 4; and every matinee through Feb 26
Audio description: Feb 28 matinee
Postshow discussions: Feb 6, Feb 12, and Feb 17 -- guided by members of Berkeley Rep's artistic team
Docent-led postshow discussions: after all matinees
Written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent
Directed by Tony Taccone
A co-production with Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater
World premiere
Peet's Theatre
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In an autobiographical and music-filled tour-de-force, award-winning performer Jacob Ming-Trent dares to rescue himself from the "slings and arrows" of his past. Born with a gift for poetry but rejected as unfit to play the poet, his search for home yields results both hilarious and tragic. Invoking artistic geniuses like Biggie, Tupac, and Basquiat, he takes us on a propulsive ride that reaffirms the power of language and music. Directed by Tony Taccone, How Shakespeare Saved My Life begins with the Bard but becomes a ritual of communal salvation.
Masks required: Jan 25, Feb 1 (matinee and evening), Feb 3, and Feb 8 (matinee)
Closed captioning: evenings Jan 29 and 30, Feb 1, 3, and 4; and every matinee through Feb 26
Audio description: Feb 28 matinee
Postshow discussions: Feb 6, Feb 12, and Feb 17 -- guided by members of Berkeley Rep's artistic team
Docent-led postshow discussions: after all matinees
Written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent
Directed by Tony Taccone
A co-production with Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater
World premiere
Peet's Theatre
"America tried to take my life, and somehow a five-hundred-year-old white dude saved it."
In an autobiographical and music-filled tour-de-force, award-winning performer Jacob Ming-Trent dares to rescue himself from the "slings and arrows" of his past. Born with a gift for poetry but rejected as unfit to play the poet, his search for home yields results both hilarious and tragic. Invoking artistic geniuses like Biggie, Tupac, and Basquiat, he takes us on a propulsive ride that reaffirms the power of language and music. Directed by Tony Taccone, How Shakespeare Saved My Life begins with the Bard but becomes a ritual of communal salvation.
Masks required: Jan 25, Feb 1 (matinee and evening), Feb 3, and Feb 8 (matinee)
Closed captioning: evenings Jan 29 and 30, Feb 1, 3, and 4; and every matinee through Feb 26
Audio description: Feb 28 matinee
Postshow discussions: Feb 6, Feb 12, and Feb 17 -- guided by members of Berkeley Rep's artistic team
Docent-led postshow discussions: after all matinees
Written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent
Directed by Tony Taccone
A co-production with Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater
World premiere
Peet's Theatre
read more
In an autobiographical and music-filled tour-de-force, award-winning performer Jacob Ming-Trent dares to rescue himself from the "slings and arrows" of his past. Born with a gift for poetry but rejected as unfit to play the poet, his search for home yields results both hilarious and tragic. Invoking artistic geniuses like Biggie, Tupac, and Basquiat, he takes us on a propulsive ride that reaffirms the power of language and music. Directed by Tony Taccone, How Shakespeare Saved My Life begins with the Bard but becomes a ritual of communal salvation.
Masks required: Jan 25, Feb 1 (matinee and evening), Feb 3, and Feb 8 (matinee)
Closed captioning: evenings Jan 29 and 30, Feb 1, 3, and 4; and every matinee through Feb 26
Audio description: Feb 28 matinee
Postshow discussions: Feb 6, Feb 12, and Feb 17 -- guided by members of Berkeley Rep's artistic team
Docent-led postshow discussions: after all matinees
Written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent
Directed by Tony Taccone
A co-production with Folger Theatre and Red Bull Theater
World premiere
Peet's Theatre
show less
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