Berkeley Repertory Theater (Venue Partner)
2025 Addison Street
1 888 4BRT Tix (1 888 427–8849)
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Theatre
American Idiot -- The Stage version of Green Day's explosive Grammy-winning album
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John Gallagher, Jr. in American Idiot at Berkeley Rep. Photo courtesy of kevinbyrne.com
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- When
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Sep 4, 2009 – Nov 15, 2009
Tuesdays (8pm)
Wednesdays (7pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (6 & 10pm)
Sundays (2 & 7pm)
- Where
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Directions: BART to downtown Berkeley station. From San Francisco, take the Bay Bridge, onto I-80 East towards Berkeley. Take the University Ave exit. Go east 2 miles to Shattuck Avenue. Turn right on Shattuck, go one block to Addison.
- Price
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$27 - 71 (1/2 off if you're under 30 for most performances)
Music by Green Day
Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Book by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer
Choreographed by Steven Hoggett
Directed by Michael Mayer
This high-octane show features every track from Green Day's Grammy Award--winning album, plus several new tunes from their latest release, 21st Century Breakdown. With an on-stage band and a cast of 19, American Idiot will take you on an exhilarating journey.
The San Francisco Chronicle raves, American Idiot is “Wildly entertaining…The music of Green Day practically blasts the lid off Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre. The cast and creative crew match the pulsating wall of sound for sheer energy and pump it up with Broadway-quality pipes, stage-rattling, thrashing choreography, flying bodies and walls crammed with pulsating video and projected images. Never has the Roda appeared more expansive yet bursting with images and action…"
The New York Times says, “American Idiot is that rare creature, a true rock opera…directed with polish and precision by Michael Mayer, on a spectacular set by Christine Jones…Green Day’s potent gift for irresistible tunes delivers the emotional contours of the story…their lushly melodic music is played with impressive raw power… American Idiot possesses a stimulating energy and a vision of wasted youth that holds us in its grip."
Come to the theatre early and enjoy Berkeley Rep's cocktail and beer specials. After the show, the party continues on our heated patio.
