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Carole Klyce’s true story of abandonment, foster care hell and escape unfolds in “Flight Risk,” performing at The Marsh Berkeley from Friday through June 20. (Photo by Matt Klyce)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Berkeley: A harrowing, true story comes to life with Carole Klyce\u2019s \u201cFlight Risk\u201d performing at The Marsh Berkeley on 2120 Allston Way from May 30 through June 20 on Saturdays at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Abandoned by her father at the age of 12, Klyce found herself expelled from the foster care system and managed to escape detention as she made her way through New Jersey and Pennsylvania working odd jobs. Along the way, an ex-con chef and Vegas showgirl became family figures.<\/p>\n
Now, a martial arts educator, artist and mother, Klyce shares her story of survival.<\/p>\n
For tickets, call 415-282-3055 or go to themarsh.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oakland: On a more somber note, Oakland Theater Project presents Chay Yew\u2019s adaptation of \u201cThe House of Bernarda Alba\u201d beginning Friday through June 7. Yew\u2019s adaptation features a large ensemble and a dance-theater aesthetic to produce a fresh and electric version of Federico Garcia Lorca\u2019s tragic tale.<\/p>\n Given how I struggled through the Spanish-language version of Lorca\u2019s novel in my fourth-year language class, this new adaptation sounds wonderful!<\/p>\n The tale follows Bernarda Alba\u2019s iron grip on her family as she, following the death of her husband, imposes an eight-year mourning period on all five of her daughters.<\/p>\n OTP Executive Artistic Director Michael Socrates Moran directs with OTP Co-Artistic Director Lisa Ramirez as Bernarda Alba.<\/p>\n \u201cLorca wrote this play just before the breakout of the Spanish Civil War,\u201d said Moran. \u201cThis production sets the story in a contemporary world where female oppression and repression continue in the name of theocracy. As democracy continues its downward spiral across the world, Lorca\u2019s work reveals a future we are heading toward if we do not change course. At the same time, the depth of the work and the form of the tragedy itself also point toward a humanism that can lead us out.\u201d<\/p>\n The show will be presented at the newly renovated, historic 4,000 square foot ballroom at Omni Commons on 4799 Shattuck Ave. in Oakland.<\/p>\n For tickets, call 510-646-1126 or go to oaklandtheaterproject.org\/house<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also in Berkeley: With our planet heating up and many species endangered or already extinct, climate change is no longer a future possibility but rather something that needs to be dealt with now.<\/p>\n Playwright Bess Wohl attacks the problem with her fast-paced climate change comedy \u201cContinuity,\u201d running Saturday through June 27 at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage on 1901 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley.<\/p>\n Wohl sets her satiric commentary on the set of a major motion picture where the chaotic soundstage mimics the real-world climate crisis. Egos clash, secrets spill and hard truths are faced as the crew attempts to fix the climate crisis with movie magic.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Continuity\u2019 is zany, ambitious, and full-throated,\u201d says Director Emilie Whelan. \u201cBess Wohl understands that the climate crisis is a human crisis and that humans standing in front of the climate crisis are actually like clowns. It is so big, and we are slack-jawed before it.\u201d<\/p>\n The cast includes Rezan Asfaw, Regina Morones, Nicholas Ren\u00e9 Rodriguez, Ije Success, Beno\u00eet Monin, Malcolm Rodgers, Matt Standley and Adam Mendez Jr.<\/p>\n For tickets, go to shotgunplayers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Walnut Creek: Center Rep announces its 59th season entitled \u201cDreamers and Daredevils.\u201d It begins with Tennessee Williams\u2019 \u201cThe Glass Menagerie\u201d (Sept. 6-27) followed by \u201cDracula: A Comedy of Terrors\u201d (Oct. 25 through Nov. 15). The new year features \u201cYou Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World\u201d (Feb. 14 through March 7). with \u201cBatboy: The Musical\u201d (June 6 through July 4) concluding the season.<\/p>\n \u201cCenter Rep\u2019s 59th season is full of characters demonstrating the kind of radical bravery I think we can all use a bit of right now,\u201d said Artistic Director Matt M. Morrow.<\/p>\n For complete information, go to centerrep.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reach Sally Hogarty at sallyhogarty@gmail.com<\/a>, and read more of her reviews online at eastbaytimes.com\/author\/sally-hogarty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a word you don\u2019t often hear \u2013 free. 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