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Eureka Day
by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Benjamin Burdick
October 1-18, 2025
~100 mins PLUS ~10 MIN INTERMISSION, Drama
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. In weekly meetings, Eureka Day’s five board members develop and update policy to preserve this culture of inclusivity, reaching decisions only by consensus. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka community, facts become subjective and every solution divisive, leaving the school’s leadership to confront the central question of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on truth?
Cast:
Joe Conley Golden* (Don)
Matthew Melton (Eli)
Marissa Price (Suzanne)
Hanna-Lee Sakakibara* (Meiko)
Shana Tavares (Winter)
Alexis Ward (Carina)
Production and Design Team:
Benjamin Burdick* (Director)
Jacob McGaughey (Assistant Director)
Elena Maddy (Stage Manager)
John Wicks (Assistant Stage Manager)
Nicholas Jules Hewitt (Scenic Designer/Technical Director)
Hayden Pedersen (Props Designer)
Cassandra McCarty (Costume Designer)
Julien V. Elstob (Lighting Designer)
Drew Dalzell (Sound Designer)
Amandalynn Lovewell (Scenic Charge)
Matthew Wagner (Master Electrician)
Brayden Buckley (Sound Engineer/Sound Board Operator)
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Reviews:
“I was left wondering, strangely for a critic: If everyone’s point of view is valid, is anyone’s?” -Jesse Green, The New York Times
“Reaches a peak of hilarity that would make Oscar Wilde envious. It’s that good. There wasn’t a soul in the theatre not convulsed with laughter… it is a shockingly beautiful piece of writing.” Lloyd Evans, The Spectator
“Never has a work so successfully integrated the effect of social media, in real time, on our un-virtual lives, as Jonathan Spector’s play.” – SF Weekly
“Talented playwright Jonathan Spector has achieved the almost impossible. He’s created an exceptional play that is laugh-out-loud funny, yet with an intelligent and introspective perspective… inventive, humorous and heartbreaking.” – Berkeleyside
“This is the play that would have kept us sane during lockdown” Clive Davis, The Times of London (****)
“Brilliantly funny and cleverly thought-provoking” Marianka Swain, London Theater (****)
About the Playwright
Jonathan Spector is a Tony Award-winning playwright based in Oakland, California, whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally and internationally. His plays include Eureka Day (2025 Best Revival: Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award & Dorian Award), This Much I Know (Edgerton Award, Glickman Award, BATCC Award); Birthright; Best Available; Siesta Key; and Good. Better Best. Bested. Jonathan’s work has been produced with Manhattan Theatre Club, the Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Pasadena Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, Miami New Drama, Colt Coeur, Theater J, Syracuse Stage, Asolo Rep, Aurora Theatre, Marin Theatre, and Mosaic Theater, among others. He has been a MacDowell Fellow, Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright, TheatreWorks Core Writer, Playwrights’ Center Core Writer, SPACE on Ryder Farm Resident, and PlayPenn Haas Fellow. Jonathan is currently under commission with Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, and La Jolla Playhouse.
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Oct. 1, 2, and 3, 2025
Wednesday, Oct. 1 & 15, 2025
5:30-6:30 pm, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
Stay to talk with the actors & designers after the Saturday, Oct. 11 matinee & the Friday, Oct. 17 show!
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
Show Times
ALL EVENING PERFORMANCES NOW START AT 7:00 PM
Wed, Thur, Fri, & Sat – 7:00 pm
Saturday Matinee – 2:00 pm
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