Berkeley Playhouse Conservatory

Our Mission and History

Our mission is to create theater and programs that engage, ignite, and celebrate diverse Bay Area audiences through thriving educational programming, a Main Stage season, community outreach, and a commitment to the development of new family musicals. In support of our mission, we maintain and enhance the historic Julia Morgan Theater. A commitment to community, diversity, inclusion, and empowerment is at the heart of our work.

About Berkeley Playhouse

Founded in 2007, Berkeley Playhouse produces theater that is “intelligent, relevant, and soul-stirring.” We bring together performers and audience members of all ages. We strive to provide experiences that fully engage performers and audiences.

Berkeley Playhouse also offers educational programs. We provide classes, camps and performance training in acting, singing, dancing, and technical theater. Children in our programs receive training from the best Bay Area teaching artists – many of them directors or performers in our Main Stage Season shows.

Julia Morgan Theater is the home to Berkeley Playhouse. The Julia Morgan Theater was built in 1910, and is a community treasure. The 328-seat theater provides an intimate space for patrons of our shows that feels like “home.”

Our Two Divisions

Main Stage Season

• Five high-quality productions each season, most running for six weekends
• New Works program that infuses new life into the family music theater repertory
• Outreach programs to schools and community organizations

Theater Arts Education

• Camps & Classes
• Beginning, Intermediate and skills-based classes in acting, singing, dancing and technical theater
• Youth Productions
• Full-length productions performed on our main stage