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Previous Performances (most recent first)

Nov. 3 - 4, 2024 David Brower Center - Berkeley

First staged reading of musical Pickpocket by Sandy Kasten and Billy Wolfe

Sept. 21, 2024 - Berkeley Public Library

Free reading of full length play Upstairs by Robert Fields

Oct. 29 & 30, 2023 - Freight & Salvage - Berkeley

Musical Cafe Fall Showcase - Excerpts from four musicals

The Very Last One and Only Highly Endangered Mountain Lion in Pennsylvania by Greg Beattie and Jon Kull

Jewish Boys: The Musical by Joshua Gilstein

Mirabai, the Barefoot Princess by Leah Sirkin

Legend of the Werewolf by Ray Christensen

 

 

April 15, 2023 -  Berkeley Public Library

Free readings of short works by Play Cafe Members:

The Stepmother and the Witch, Play by Annette Roman

The Colonoscopy and Its Many Teachings, Play by Greg Beattie

Touched, Play by Alison Luterman

Advance Class, Screenplay by Robert Fields

January 15, 2023 - Youtube

Fundraiser featured songs introduced at Musical Cafe's Song Salon and monologues by Play Cafe members

December 11, 2021 - Youtube

Fundraiser featured songs introduced at Musical Cafe's Song Salon and monologues by Play Cafe members

June 1 & 2, 2019 - Osher Studio at Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley

 

The Paper Raincoat  by Devon Copley, Amber Rubarth & Alex Wong

 

 

February 3, 2019 - The Back Room, Berkeley

Musical Cafe’s Cabaret fundraiser, included excepts from multiple Musical Cafe musicals

June 1, 2 & 3, 2018 - Osher Studio at Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley

Infinite, Book by Julia Grace Scanlon and Louis Lagalante, Music and Lyrics by and Louis Lagalante

 

The Last Ibex, Book, Lyrics and Music by Joel Weber Knopf

 

Finding Medusa, Book and Lyrics by Madeline Puccioni, Music and Lyrics by Jeff Dunn

 

The Oregon Trail Papers, Book, Lyrics and Music by Jen Coogan

 

 

October 26, 27 & 28, 2017 PianoFight, San Francisco

Love the Struggle, Book by Stacy Kray, Music and Lyrics by Stacy Kray and Yair Evnine

 

Loving Tree, Book, Lyrics and Music by Peter Master

 

Nia, Book, Lyrics and Music by Reginald Clay

 

Pickpocket, Book and Lyrics by Sandy Kasten, Music by Billy Wolfe 

May 20, 22 & 23, 2017 The Ashby Stage, Berkeley

 

Adulting for Beginners, Book, Lyrics and Music by Jennifer Hinkel

 

Backslide, Book, Lyrics and Music by Richard Jennings

 

The Chain, Book and Lyrics by Alison Luterman, Music by Loren Linnard

 

Pygmalion, Book and Lyrics by Katie Tandy, Music by Katie Tandy, Geoff Cotter and Jeff Larson

November 12, 13 & 14, 2016 PianoFight, San Francisco

Call Me Tania: The Unauthorized Occupation of Patty Hearst, Book, Lyrics and Music by Leonard Dolivio

 

Regliomania, Book and Lyrics by Debra Ryll, Michelle Rundgren and Music by Joel Plimmer

 

Science Fair: The Musical, Book and Lyrics by Tracy Held Potter, Lyrics and Music by Phil Surtees

 

Who’s Got Me?, Book, Lyrics and Music by Jeffrey Scharf

June 5 & 6, 2016, Flight Deck Theatre, Oakland

The Many Women of Troy, Book and Lyrics by Michael John Boynton, Music by Brian Allan Hobbs

The Quest for Christmas, Book, Lyrics and Music by Miranda Ferris Jones

 

The Theory of Everything, Book, Lyrics and Music by Alan Coyne

 

Young David Copperfield, Book, Lyrics and Music by Jeffrey Scharf

January 25 & 30, 2016, PianoFight, San Francisco

Castle Happy, Book and Lyrics by John Freed, Music and Lyrics by Jeff Dunn

 

Lefty and Leila Get it Right, Book, Lyrics and Music by Catherine McSharry

 

Nitwits!, Book and Lyrics by Pamela Winfrey, Music by Richard Jennings

 

The Right Note, Book and Lyrics by Jerome Joseph Gentes, Music by Rice Majors

September 27 & 28, 2015, Flight Deck Theatre, Oakland

The Audit, Book and Lyrics by Sandy Kasten, Music by Andrew Klein

 

Ladykillers, Book and Lyrics by Patricia Cotter, Music by Lori Scarlett

 

Law School Musical, Book by Isaac Durand, Lyrics and Music by Joel Weber Knopf

 

Madcap May! A Scandalous Life in MUSICAL REVUE, Book, Lyrics and Music by Ron Lytle

May 3, 2015, Stagewerx, San Francisco

 

The Breakout: A Rock Opera, Book, Lyrics and Music by Chris Edgar

 

Lord Arthur’s Crime, Book by Sandy Kasten, Lyrics by Paul James Frantz, Jerome Gentes and Sandy Kasten, Music by Paul James Frantz and Richard Jennings

 

The Paper Raincoat, Book, Lyrics and Music by Devon Copley, Amber Rubarth, and Alex Wong

 

Pocket Pride and Prejudice: The Musical, Book by Josie Brown, Music & Lyrics by Rita Abrams

 

January 25, 2015, Musically Minded Academy, Oakland

The Cricket on the Hearth, Book & Lyrics by Pamela Winfrey, Music by Richard Jennings

 

The Four Immigrants: An American Manga, Book, Lyrics and Music by Min Kahng

 

The Max Factor Factor, Book by Adrian Bewley, Lyrics by Chana Wise, Music by Joe Blodgett

 

Shrődinger’s Christmas: A Ten-Minute Opera, Libretto by Jerome Joseph Gentes, Music by Jon Rosen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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