Cal Shakes was established in 1974 as part of Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, and it's where Zendaya was first introduced to acting. The historic theater has to raise a total of $350,000 by Thursday to keep afloat. Here's how you can help:
ByBay Area's Cal Shakes theater, established in 1974 and attended by actress Zendaya, faces permanent closure due to financial difficulties., established in 1974 as part of Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, is on the edge of insolvency as they get ready to stage their fall production. They have to raise a total of $350,000 by Thursday to keep afloat.
This month, a summer drama camp took center stage. Next month rehearsals are supposed to start for this years production of "As you Like it," slated for performances starting Sept. 14. But post pandemic ticket sales have not been able to make up for the lack of fundraising. "I taught Shakespeare to fourth and fifth graders in Zendaya's mom's classroom at Fruitvale Elementary school so I got to know Zendaya through that and she started taking classes here at Cal Shakes, and was in our summer conservancy programs like these youngsters down here," Worsley said, 'She and her boyfriend Tom paid me a visit here a few months back and we had a delightful conversation and I told them we're doing weddings up here and I teased them that we're...
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