Berkeley Rep Debuts 'The Waves in Quarantine,' a Musical Film Adaptation of a Virginia Woolf Classic
Among the innovative things that local theater companies have come up with as stay-at-home entertainments, most have been radio plays or stage works recorded on video. But on Thursday night Berkeley Rep is premiering an original film piece shot in performers' own homes, featuring some serious Broadway talent.
The Waves in Quarantine is a new spin on a musical adaptation of Virginia Woolf's
The Waves, which originally premiered decades ago but was performed in a revised version in New York in 2018. The original adaptation was a collaboration of director Lisa Peterson and composer David Bucknam, and Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer has had her eye on it since working on the developmental production of it three years ago at New York Stage and Film. That version brought in Broadway star and four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza.