"What happens when you discover at a very young age a passion for writing and language but discover not soon after that the world often has other plans? That's kind of what Jacob Ming-Trent addresses in his new solo show, "How Shakespeare Saved My Life," getting its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. As Ming-Trent, who is Black, puts it, "America tried to take my life, and somehow a five-hundred-year-old white dude saved it.""
"Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was a pioneering conceptual artist and writer born in South Korea, who became well-known in the avant-garde circles of 1970s-'80s San Francisco and New York. For the first time in 25 years Cha's work is getting a just-opened major retrospective, which runs until April 19 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, where she once worked (back when it was the University Art Museum) as an art handler and film usher."
Bay Area cultural offerings include a new solo play and a major art retrospective. Jacob Ming-Trent's How Shakespeare Saved My Life premieres at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where he recounts an eventful, occasionally tragic childhood, credits Shakespeare and contemporary wordsmiths like Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. for shaping his love of language, and performs a 95-minute one-act directed by Tony Taccone. The play runs through March 1 at Berkeley Rep's Peet's Theatre with tickets $25–$135. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's pioneering conceptual work is the subject of a major retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive through April 19; Cha once worked there as an art handler and film usher.
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