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AROUND AND ABOUT THEATER: Inferno Theatre's 'Adoration of the Magi' at South Berkeley Community Church
Inferno Theatre, founded by Giulio Perrone—maybe best-known in the theater community as set designer for local professional theaters and once director at Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater in Blue Lake near Eureka—has produced some of the most interesting original work around here in the past few years: 'Galileo's Daughters' and 'The Iliad,' both at the Berkeley City Club.
This holiday season, they've come up with a treat: Perrone's original version of 'The Adoration of the Magi,' in which the three kings journey through other times and cultures on their way to the Epiphany, seeing the sights, hearing the music and sounds and witnessing the rituals of each culture.
The production features a cast including adept company members Simone Bloch and Valentina Emeri, as well as others—and also Inferno's Youth Drama Program students from Manzanita Seed Elementary School in Oakland's San Antonio and Fruitvale districts.
'Adoration of the Magi' plays at historic South Berkeley Community Church, 1802 Fairview (west of Adeline): Thursday December 8, 15, 22 at 8 p. m.; Friday the 9th and 16th at 9; Friday December 23 at 8; Saturday the 10th and 17th at 8; Saturday December 24 at 3; and Sunday the 11th and 18th at 5. $12-$25, sliding scale. 355-2279 or email infernotheatrecompany@gmail.com ( infernotheatre.org )
