Browsing All Posts By Katie Berlin
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In Pursuit of Perspective
At a time before planes, trains and automobiles even existed, Saint Augustine once said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a …
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TDPS’s “A Murder of Crows” Confuses and Enlightens
Yellow ooze drips from the stage. When I first took my seat in Durham Studio Theater, I took the gooey disaster, combined with the halved trees and murky …
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Poignancy Takes Center Stage in TDPS’s “The Cherry Orchard”
The audience buzzed anxiously as an intense energy emanated from the dimly-lit stage, void of humanity except for a bookcase, trunk, rocking horse, and chair. Silently, the actors …
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BareStage’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” Makes Audiences Laugh and Cry
What do you get when you take the intellectual wit and literary genius of Oscar Wilde and combine it with the quirkiness and progressiveness of Berkeley? BareStage’s rendition …
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Forget the Razor, Embrace the Paisley: BareStage’s “Hair”
All types of hair, short, long, wavy and straight, wound their way out from behind the fences of the set. The actors to whom the hair belonged were dazed, …
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Everything Else 0
Wearing the Red Cape
When we were little, we defined heroes as Prince Charming saving the damsel in distress or Superman fighting crime in his red cape. As we matured, the posters …
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Lifestyle 0
Target Isn’t a Store; It’s a Lifestyle
The fluorescent halogen lights flicker. The gum on the old, worn tile grasps to the soles of my sneakers. The aroma of stale popcorn wafts through the aisles …
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A Theory on Originality
The other night I went to an informational meeting for a prospective job opportunity. I sat amongst the other fidgety freshman, overeager for the chance to feel independent and …
