Berkeley Repertory Theater (Venue Partner)
2025 Addison Street
1 888 4BRT Tix (1 888 427–8849)
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Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West at Berkeley Rep
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- When
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Feb 26, 2010 – Apr 11, 2010
Tuesdays (8pm)
Wednesdays (7pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2 & 8pm)
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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$16.50 - 71.00
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Note:
Tickets are half price if you're under 30.
Mysterious flashes of ancient Japan nestle with sexy snapshots of modern Tokyo in this world premiere. Well before the digital age, the camera selected, filtered and obscured the truth—even as it promised to provide an authentic look at distant lands. Naomi Iizuka explores the intersection of art and authenticity in a haunting play. Taking its title from a treatise on photography translated into Japanese, the play shifts between the present and the 1880s when a weird new technology first seized the world in freeze frame. Cameras capture images of geishas, monks and shrines and send them to the future in a flash—where we continue to seek meaning through lenses of exoticism and xenophobia. The intricate parts of this world premiere nestle together like a delicate puzzle…or erotic glimpses of an enigmatic tattoo. Expose yourself to the mystery of Strange Devices.
