“Cymbeline” Free Shakespeare in the Park in Berkeley (July 4-20)
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William Shakespeare’s epic romance, CYMBELINE, adapted and directed by Glenn Havlan and Gaby Schneider, presented by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley free-of-charge in the beautiful John Hinkel Park Amphitheater at 4 pm beginning Friday July 4th, through July 20th on subsequent Saturdays and Sundays.
Cymbeline is a dark fairy tale of love and loss, loyalty and betrayal, grief and survival, with multiple interwoven story lines that all converge in a final scene of forgiveness, reconciliation, and hope. It is a strange loop—a Mobius Strip on which two separated lovers travel at different speeds until they meet again, always moving forward yet returning to where they began.
Cymbeline
Friday July 4, Saturdays and Sundays July 5 – 20, 2025 | 4p
John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre, 41 Somerset Pl., Berkeley, CA
FREE (Donations encouraged)Reservations not required, but accepted especially for those with limited mobility and/or wheelchair users and their companions.
The amphitheater consists of a series of stone terraces. The performance is open to the public and free. We make available the ability to reserve locations (at no charge) in the first two rows (one/two steps above ground level) specifically for folks with limited mobility or hearing issues, and spots at ground level for wheelchair users and their companions.
About Cymbeline – The beautiful Imogen, daughter of the torn Celtic British King Cymbeline and in love with Posthumus, now banished to Italy, must survive the plots of the treacherous Queen and her dastardly son Cloten, along with court intrigue and the interference of the meddling Romans, in order to save her love and the kingdom.
By William Shakespeare, Directed by Glenn Havlan and Gaby Schneider
As one of Shakespeare’s lesser known works, this play will feel totally fresh even to many long-time Shakespeare fans, while still being easy for newer audience members to follow. The characters are largely archetypal, with personalities and motives that are immediately clear, yet they reveal greater depth and complexity as they develop over the course of the story.
Actors Ensemble is the longest-running theatrical organization in Berkeley.
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