Berkeley Rep School of Theatre

The Summer Intensive program seems great! 4 weeks of school, from 9 – 4. This is great for kids during the summer. You learn the basics of theatre through classes such as «Combat fighting», «Improv», «Shakespeare», among many others.
We watched the «Summer Final Showcase», and everybody did wonderful. The staff and faculty did a great job with the kids, and the actors/​actresses put on a terrific performance. Everything was amazing, and the kids seemed to have a blast.
We asked one of the students what his favorite class was, which he delightfully told us with a smile, «Combat class, I learned how to stage-​kick people in the balls». Now that’s something I’m definitely interested in learning. Sign me up!

Full disclosure: I teach here. But let me be perfectly clear that I wouldn’t be writing this if I didn’t think the program was 100% AWESOME.
I teach in the High School Summer Intensive. I’m constantly amazed and impressed by the top-​shelf badasses that teach there, and it’s a straight-​up honor to be teaching alongside them. The kids who go through this program love it and learn an enormous amount in only four weeks. It’s a very intensive program that is quite challenging and yet non-​competitive and supportive. I’m proud to say that I teach here.
If you are a middle school or high school student who’s interested in theatre, what the FUCK are you doing reading my Unilocal reviews? These reviews have been rated NC-​17 by the International Review Advisory Board of America. So piss off.
If you KNOW a middle school or high school student who’s interested in theatre, send them to the BRSOT. It’s a fantastic program.