The Ground Floor

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Funding Received: 2011
Berkeley, CA
$750,000
Funding Period: 1 year and 5 months

The Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre will launch The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work. An R&D facility for artists, this project aims to extend Berkeley Rep’s success at launching new shows while enhancing and expanding the process by which it makes theatre. The Ground Floor is part of an initiative that is transforming vacant buildings in West Berkeley into a vibrant campus where local and international artists from diverse disciplines can collaborate. By championing the spirit of innovation inherent to the Bay Area, Berkeley Rep seeks to strengthen the community by bringing jobs to West Berkeley, attracting energetic new businesses, drawing visitors to the area and increasing neighborhood vitality.

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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project

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Feb 7, 2018
Berkeley Repertory Theatre is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The... Read More
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Mar 9, 2016
Today, The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work announces that it has selected 18 projects for its fifth... Read More
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Nov 23, 2015
Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season with the new emotional family drama AUBERGINE, written by Julia Cho and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director... Read More
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Berkeley Rep is just weeks away from its first annual Summer Residency Lab - the cornerstone of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the... Read More
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In late 2011, Berkeley Rep launched The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work . The Ground Floor is... Read More
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Berkeley Rep has been developing architectural designs that reflect the aspirations of our newly conceived program: The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep . We have... Read More
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During the creation of a new program like The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep , sometimes the questions are more important than the answers. We... Read More
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The creation of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work is not just about developing a new program... Read More
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Get in on The Ground Floor Thirty years ago, Berkeley Rep moved from the Elmwood district on the Oakland border to downtown Berkeley, where we... Read More
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre tackles vacant industrial district to prove once again that art can bring new life to cities. Last year, Berkeley Repertory Theatre realized... Read More