Year of the Rooster

Impact Theatre at La Val's Subterranean 1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

Odysseus Rex is having quite a year. Quite a part of a year, anyway - Odie’s only eight months old. But even at his young age, he’s mad as hell and wants to fight his way to the top. Did we mention Odie’s a rooster? Odie’s trainer, fast-food cashier Gil, has been raising Odie in a bid to return to the horrific world of cockfighting, his only chance to win at something in life. To get there, though, Gil and Odie have to survive Dickie the cockfight promoter, Gil’s mom, and Philipa, Gil’s young McDonald’s manager who’s got big dreams of her very own. A gut-busting yet poignant portrait of the price of ambition, this is the must-see show of the fall.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The Flight Deck 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

The Aluminous Collective presents The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Michael French

Music, Magic, and Life – The Annual Shirathon

Hillside Church 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA, United States

Shira Kammen, the Bay Area’s unique medievalist, traditionalist, and inventor of kinds of music we didn’t know existed, returns to Barefoot with another fabulous pre-season extravaganza. This year, she has teamed up with another unique Bay Arean, magician Kim Silverman. She tells stories with her strings and bow; he tells stories with his magic. Together they share some classic tales with music, bringing the narrative to life with their unique partnership.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The Flight Deck 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

The Aluminous Collective presents The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Michael French