Stagebridge and Opera Piccola present world premiere of play set in Oakland.  

Stagebridge Senior Theatre Company and Opera Piccola (“Small Works”) recently presented the world premiere of Being Something: Living Young” and Growing “Old” in Oakland at the Oakland Metro theatre. The play was directed by award winning stage director Ellen Sebastian Chang and written by Anne Galjour, Robert Henry Johnson, Erin Blackwell, Tom Swift and Eugenie Chan. The play featured veteran Stagebridge Senior Theater actors, Jay Chee, 58; Isabel Ferguson, 88; and Tim Hannon, 67; and were joined by Opera Piccola youth actors Kenneth Foreman, 13, and La’Sharae Williams, 14, of Carter Middle School; Oakland, and Tia Hicks, 15, graduate of Carter, along with physical theatre artist Jane Chen.

 

 

Being Something
Living “Young” and Growing “Old” in Oakland

“An excellent, thought provoking, mind bending trip across culture, class, race relations and the American experience.”
–M. Montague, Oakland teacher

“I loved your play. I thought no one loved Oakland as much as me (I was) born Oakland in 1923. Thank you.”  -B. Perez

 “Being African-American, I found that this show was important to me and people around me. Thank you for the show!”  -C. Mitchell

“Great work…the whole thing was exquisite! What a gift Stagebridge and Opera Piccola are to Oakland!” 
L. Wetzel, Artistic Director, Lunatique Fantastique

“I didn’t have this during the 1930s, 40s, 50s or 60s. Congrats and keep up the show!”  - C. Chan

“Outstanding! Lots of talent. Interesting to read how it all came together. Some things are just meant to be…the combination of ages – perfect.” -Dattil K.

Read What the Press has to say about
Being Something!

Oakland Tribune 4/26/05

SF Chronicle 4/24/05

Oakland Tribune 4/22/05

Berkeley Daily Planet 4/22/05

East Bay Express 4/20/05

San Mateo County Times 4/15/05

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