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  • WELCOME
  • NEWS/EVENTS
  • CLASSES +
  • PERFORMANCES
  • ORGANIZATION
  • DAOR Scholarship
  • IN REMEMBRANCE
  • PHOTOS
    • DAOR Members Out & About
    • 2025 Grand Horizons
    • 2025 Quartet
    • 2025 Flamingo Court
    • 2025 Island of Beyond
    • 2025 Gathering
    • 2024 Holiday Party
    • 2024 The Clean House
    • 2024 Annual Mtg
    • 2024 Music Man
    • 2024 The Skin of Our Teeth
    • 2024 Homecare
    • 2024 Social Security
    • 2024 Your 2 Cents: “Friends and Mothers"
    • 2024 Gathering of the Company
    • 2023 Holiday Party
    • 2023 Your 2 Cents: “The Haggle"
    • 2023 Sylvia
    • 2023 Annual Mtg
    • 2023 Interview with an Icon
    • 2023 Voice Class
    • 2023 Act II Improv
    • 2023 Singin' in the Rain
    • 2023 Silent Sky
    • 2023 Spring Into Poetry
    • 2023 Scholarship Award
    • 2023 I'll Eat You Last
    • 2023 An Inspector Calls
    • 2023 Your 2 Cents: “Triple Play”
    • 2023 Gathering of the Company
    • 2022 Holiday Party
    • 2022 Tiny House
    • 2022 Annual Mtg
    • 2022 Fifty Years of British Comedy
    • 2022 Singalong -Annie Get Your Gun
    • 2022 Proof
    • 2022 Sweet Delilah Swim Club
    • 2022 Friends with Disabilities
    • 2021 Fall for Poetry
    • 2021 Shakespeare Comes to DAOR
    • 2021 On With The Show
    • Photos 2020
    • Photos 2019
    • A Doll's House, Part 2
    • Oklahoma singalong
    • Broadway Bound
    • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
    • 2018 Our Town
    • Photos 2017 - 2018
  • PERFORMANCES 2025
  • PERFORMANCES 2024
Berkeley Rep Docent Talk
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Friday, November 7
10:30
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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"Grand Horizons”
by Bess Wohl

Director: Gary Green

Friday, Saturday and Sunday
October 17, 18 and 19
​2:00 PM
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
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DAOR Annual Meeting

Monday, October 6
1:00 p.m. 
Creekside Club Room

Free
Members will elect three Directors to serve on the Board of Directors.
Proposed revisions to the Bylaws will be put to a vote by the members.
​Refreshments will be served.
 


Curtain Up!

Actors in Action: "Gin Anyone?" by Edward Kimak
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Friday, September 19, 2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
​Free
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Basics of Writing Sketch Comedy 

Instructor:  Stephanie Singer
8 Mondays, beginning September 22
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside

Class limited to 12 participants
Fee: $ 50, $ 70 for non-members
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Respect for Acting 

Instructor:  John Tranchitella
8 Tuesdays, July 15 to Sept. 2
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside

Class limited to 14 students
Class Full
Curtain Up!

Lafayette Town Hall Theatre Preview by Richard Perez
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Friday, August 15, 2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
​Free
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Improv Workshop

​Class Full - Waiting List

Instructor: Shulie Cowen
Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Fee: $ 20, $ 40 for non-members

Class limited to 20 students

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Auditions

"Grand Horizons” by Bess Wohl
Director: Gary Green
​Tuesday, July 29
Noon to 2:30 p.m.

Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
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Othello Lectures 
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Lecturer:  Julian Lopez-Morillas
4 Mondays, July 14 to August 4
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
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Mamma Mia Sing-Along
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Friday, July 18
5:30 p.m.
Diablo Room, Hillside
Free
Reservations Required by July 16
Reservations Closed
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Online Tickets $ 12.50
Day of show (if available) $ 15.00

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Curtain Up!

"Based on a True Story ... three short plays" by Rod McFadden
Friday, May 16, 2:00 p.m.

Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
​Free
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Workshop

Auditioning for DAOR Productions,
Tips and Practice


Instructor: Linda Kelp
Monday, January 6
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free


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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Actors

Instructor:  Rod McFadden
8 Tuesdays,  March 18 to May 6 
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside

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DAOR - Jean Wilcox Scholarship
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Award Ceremony
Saturday, May 10 at ​2:00 p.m.
Stanley Dollar Clubhouse
Free
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Auditions
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"Quartet" by Ronald Harwood
directed by Stephanie Singer
Tuesday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. 
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
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DAOR Announces
Naked Stage
Eighth Season
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2025 Productions


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Berkeley Rep Docent Talk
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Wednesday, April 9
10:30
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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There are no tickets available.



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Elements of Successful Playwriting

Instructor:  Rod McFadden
8 Mondays,  March 17 to May 5 
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Fee: $ 50 for members, $ 70 for non-members
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Acting Class
​How to Build a Character
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Informal Performance of Seven Short Scenes
Instructor:  Cynthia Wilson
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At 1:00 P.M., March 11 in the Performing Arts Studio at the Hillside.
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All friends and family of the actors are welcome to attend.


The students have been introduced to the precepts of Method Acting and have attempted to create characters that are believable and authentic. Please come be witnesses to their efforts. You will see scenes from The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Clean House, Buried Child, Grand Horizons, August: Osage County, and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. The focus of this class is not the performance, but for the actor to gain tools to know how to become someone else with inner and outer honesty. Please come see how they have harvested the truth and they will present it to you at their level of learning and watch their beginning of mastery.
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Online Tickets $ 12.50
Day of show (if available) $ 15.00

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Berkeley Rep Docent Talk
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Wednesday, February 26
10:30
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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​Your2Cents
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"The Island of Beyond" by Michael McGarty
Friday, January 17
2 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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Auditions
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"Flamingo Court" by Luigi Creatore, directed by Michael McGarty
Tuesday, January 14 and Friday, January 17
9:30 am - noon
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside 
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Gathering of the Company
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Preview of 2025 Programs
Monday, January 13
2:00 p.m.
Fireside Room, Gateway
Free
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King Lear Lectures

Lecturer:  Julian Lopez-Morillas
3 Mondays,  beginning November25

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside



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So You Want to Be an Actor 

Instructor:  John Tranchitella
8 Tuesdays, beginning October 22
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Class limited to 12 students
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Annual Holiday Dinner
Tuesday, December 3
5:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Fireside Room, Gateway
$ 45.00 per person
Paid Reservations Required by November 27
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Curtain Up!

"My Will and My Life"
Friday, November 15
​Saturday, November 16
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
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Berkeley Rep Docent Talk
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Wednesday, November 20
10:30
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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The Clean House


​by Sarah Ruhl,
directed by Cynthia Wilson
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
October 18, 19, 20
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
$ 10.00

Although "The Clean House" is now "Sold Out," there is still hope if you do not already have a reservation. A waiting list will be maintained for each performance on the day of the show. Simply show up after 1:00 p.m. and give your name to the reservations staff. Existing reservations that are not claimed by 1:45 will be sold to those on the waiting list on a first come/first served basis. Please note that we cannot guarantee that a seat will become available. Thank you for your understanding.
Improv Workshop

Instructor: Shulie Cowen
Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Fee: $ 20, $ 30 for non-members

Class limited to 20 students

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DAOR Annual Meeting

Monday, October 7
1:00 p.m. 
Creekside Club Room

Free
DAOR Annual Meeting

Monday, October 7
1:00 p.m. 
Creekside Club Room

Free
Members will elect four Directors to serve on the DAOR Board of Directors.  Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded. Entertainment will be the comedy sketch, “A Walk in the Park”, featuring Roanne Butier, Jon Rasmussen and Gail Wetherbee, directed by Gary Green.

​Berkeley Rep Docent Talk

​
Wednesday, October 30
10:30
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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So You Want to Be an Actor 

Instructor:  John Tranchitella
8 Tuesdays, beginning October 22
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside​

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Elements of Successful Plays

Lecturer:  Rod McFadden
Mondays,  June 3 - June 24 

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside

Working with a Director: Comedy Scenes

Lecturer:  Julian Lopez-Morillas
8 Mondays,  beginning September23

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside


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Scenes for Comedy Acting 

Instructor: Jean Wilcox
Mondays
September23 - October 28

10:00 a.m. to 12:00
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Fee: $ 45
Intermediate and Advanced Scene Study for Actors

Lecturer:  Julian Lopez-Morillas
Mondays,  July 8 - August 12 

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside

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Your 2 Cents

"Shotgun Parade"
​by Cynthia Wilson

Friday, September 20
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free

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Play Reading Group

Third Monday of each month
10:00 - 12:00 
Gateway, MPR 1

Free
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Curtain Up!

Act II Improv
Friday, August 16
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
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Curtain Up!

​Act II Improv
Friday, May 17

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CANCELLED
Curtain Up!

"My Will and My Life"
Friday, November 15
​Saturday, November 16
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
Free
DAOR - Jean Wilcox Scholarship
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Award Ceremony
Saturday, May 18
2:00 p.m.
Stanley Dollar Clubhouse
Free
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Music Man Sing-Along
​

Friday, July 19
5:30 p.m.
Diablo Room, Hillside
Free
Reservations Required by July 17
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Auditions
​

"The Clean House" by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Cynthia Wilson
Friday, July 26
9:00 am - noon
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside 
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The Clean House

​by Sarah Ruhl,
directed by Cynthia Wilson
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
October 18, 19, 20
2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio, Hillside
$ 10.00
Click for more information and reservations

Although "Social Security" is now "Sold Out," there is still hope if you do not already have a reservation. A waiting list will be maintained for each performance on the day of the show. Simply show up after 1:00 p.m. and give your name to the reservations staff. Existing reservations that are not claimed by 1:45 will be sold to those on the waiting list on a first come/first served basis. Please note that we cannot guarantee that a seat will become available. Thank you for your understanding.

Although "The Clean House" is now "Sold Out," there is still hope if you do not already have a reservation. A waiting list will be maintained for each performance on the day of the show. Simply show up after 1:00 p.m. and give your name to the reservations staff. Existing reservations that are not claimed by 1:45 will be sold to those on the waiting list on a first come/first served basis. Please note that we cannot guarantee that a seat will become available. Thank you for your understanding.
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  • WELCOME
  • NEWS/EVENTS
  • CLASSES +
  • PERFORMANCES
  • ORGANIZATION
  • DAOR Scholarship
  • IN REMEMBRANCE
  • PHOTOS
    • DAOR Members Out & About
    • 2025 Grand Horizons
    • 2025 Quartet
    • 2025 Flamingo Court
    • 2025 Island of Beyond
    • 2025 Gathering
    • 2024 Holiday Party
    • 2024 The Clean House
    • 2024 Annual Mtg
    • 2024 Music Man
    • 2024 The Skin of Our Teeth
    • 2024 Homecare
    • 2024 Social Security
    • 2024 Your 2 Cents: “Friends and Mothers"
    • 2024 Gathering of the Company
    • 2023 Holiday Party
    • 2023 Your 2 Cents: “The Haggle"
    • 2023 Sylvia
    • 2023 Annual Mtg
    • 2023 Interview with an Icon
    • 2023 Voice Class
    • 2023 Act II Improv
    • 2023 Singin' in the Rain
    • 2023 Silent Sky
    • 2023 Spring Into Poetry
    • 2023 Scholarship Award
    • 2023 I'll Eat You Last
    • 2023 An Inspector Calls
    • 2023 Your 2 Cents: “Triple Play”
    • 2023 Gathering of the Company
    • 2022 Holiday Party
    • 2022 Tiny House
    • 2022 Annual Mtg
    • 2022 Fifty Years of British Comedy
    • 2022 Singalong -Annie Get Your Gun
    • 2022 Proof
    • 2022 Sweet Delilah Swim Club
    • 2022 Friends with Disabilities
    • 2021 Fall for Poetry
    • 2021 Shakespeare Comes to DAOR
    • 2021 On With The Show
    • Photos 2020
    • Photos 2019
    • A Doll's House, Part 2
    • Oklahoma singalong
    • Broadway Bound
    • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
    • 2018 Our Town
    • Photos 2017 - 2018
  • PERFORMANCES 2025
  • PERFORMANCES 2024