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