Past Productions — Photos

Scarecrow (AeJay Mitchell) introduces himself to Dorothy (not pictured), as a crow (r, Betsy Picard) looks on in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

Tin Man (Reggie D. White) contemplates what it would be like if he could feel in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

Lion (Benjamin Pither) tries to scare Dorothy (Taylor Jones) in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

The cast of Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz.

Scarecrow (l, AeJay Mitchell) and Dorothy (r, Taylor Jones) look up in awe at the all-powerful Wiz (c, Vernon Bush), in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

The Wiz (Vernon Bush) demonstrates his powers in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

Wicked witch Evillene (Sarah Mitchell) causes trouble for Dorothy and friends in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

l-r, Lion (Benjamin Pither), Scarecrow (Aejay Mitchell), Dorothy (Taylor Jones), and Tin Man (Reggie D. White) sneak into the Emerald City in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

l-r, Dorothy (Taylor Jones), Tin Man (Reggie D. White), Scarecrow (Aejay Mitchell), and Lion (Benjamin Pither) look at the world through The Wiz’s (front,Vernon Bush) emerald-tinted glasses in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of The Wiz, directed by Kimberly Dooley.

Miss Adelaide (c, Sarah Mitchell) and the Hot Box Girls (l-r, Catherine Duval Petru, Simone Olsen-Varela, Louise Barcellos) perform “A Bushel and a Peck” at the Hot Box Club, in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Miss Adelaide (Sarah Mitchell) discovers that her persistent cold symptoms are psychosomatic, caused by a 14-year engagement, in “Adelaide’s Lament”, in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Nicely Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet (l-r, Josh Castro, Gregory Sottolano) decry what happens when a Guy falls in love with a Dame in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Angie the Ox (front l, Lucas Brandt) is pulled by his girlfriend (front r, Catherine Duval Petru) while the city’s denizens (l-r, Terry Rucker, Tom Curtin, Josh Castro, Matthew McCoy, and Louise Barcellos) look on in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

General Matilda Cartwright (l, Mary Gibbons) tells Sgt. Sarah Brown (r, Angel Burgess) that the Save a Soul Mission – Broadway Branch, will be closing due to its inability to attract sinners to atone in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

In an attempt to woo Sarah Brown (back l, Angel Burgess), Sky Masterson (c, Carmichael J. Blankenship) promises General Matilda Cartwright (r, Mary Gibbons) that he can procure half a dozen sinners for a revival meeting in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Dangerous gambler Big Jule (c, Terry Rucker) lands in town with his lackey, Harry the Horse (r, Matthew McCoy), for Nathan Detroit’s (l, Michael Scott Wells) infamous floating crap game in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

In Havana, Missionary Sarah Brown (front l, Angel Burgess) finally lets loose with Sky Masterson (front r, Carmichael J. Blankenship) after accidentally drinking a milkshake laced with rum, as onlookers (back l-r, Louise Barcellos, Lucas Brandt, Melissa Martinez, Matthew McCoy, and Leslie Waggoner) watch with amused interest in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Sky Masterson (c, Carmichael J. Blankenship) and his guys (front l-r, Gregory Sottolano, Lucas Brandt, and Terry Rucker) perform “Luck Be a Lady” in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Miss Adelaide (Sarah Mitchell) scolds Nathan Detroit (Michael Scott Wells) for not marrying her in Berkeley Playhouse’s Guys and Dolls.

Mother Abbess (l, Hope Briggs) says goodbye to the Von Trapp Family (c. l-r, Sharon Rietkerk, Emma Curtain, Tim Kniffin, Casey Ellis, Niamh Collins, Alex Franklin, Tanaka Ngwara, Jacob Henri-Naffaa), in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.

A nun (l, Hannah Dworkin) hides the Von Trapp family (clockwise from top, Tim Kniffin, Sharon Rietkerk, Emma Curtain, Niamh Collins, Malia Lee, Tanaka Ngwara, Alex Franklin, Jacob Henri-Naffaa, Casey Ellis) from the Nazis in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.

Mother Abbess (r, Hope Briggs) helps Maria (l, Sharon Rietkerk) find her own way with the song “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.

Mother Abbess (r, Hope Briggs) reminds Maria (l, Sharon Rietkerk) to follow God’s will in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.

Maria (c, Sharon Rietkerk) distracts the Von Trapp Children (l – r, Jacob Henri-Naffaa, Alex Franklin, Casey Ellis, Niamh Collins, Tanaka Ngwara) from a thunderstorm with the song “The Lonely Goatheard” in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.

Capt. Georg Von Trapp (r, Tim Kniffin) introduces each of his seven children (l – r, Casey Ellis, Alex Franklin, Niamh Collins, Jacob Henri-Naffaa, Tanaka Ngwara, Malia Lee, Emma Curtain) to Maria (not pictured) in Berkeley Playhouse’s The Sound of Music.