Shotgun Players

I missed being a part of the making of the theater.

At Shotgun, Liz and I are, can see each other at work.

Like, I can turn and look at Liz, and we can have a conversation about something that's kinda going on, uh, or an artistic decision or a financial decision, and we can, we bounce back and forth each other like that.

But we're, we have a, a staff of seven, you know? And Berkeley Rep has a staff of...

Yeah, yeah.

He came to the theater to say, "Hey, we ha- we're having this idea of trying to put something on the ballot." And I was like, "Okay, I'm in.

You know, what do we have to do to make that happen?" Tom and, and Berkeley Rep and Shotgun and The Freight and UC Theater and the, uh, the, the symphony-

The symphony and Berkeley Playhouse and-

Finally, we're grateful to you, our listeners.

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Now, I welcome you to enjoy my conversation with Jennifer King.

It's how I feel when I go into your theater.

I just feel like, oh, this is home.

I may not know anybody in the audience, but it just feels like we're all familiar because we know Shotgun.

I feel like Barbara Oliver would always walk up and kind of hold my hand like, hi, how are you? And she's got all this stuff going on around her and she's just.