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Welcome to the debut edition of our Metro newsletter! We plan to send this out monthly, and if you wish to not receive this, please hit reply AND PUT "REMOVE" IN THE SUBJECT LINE. This will make it much easier to sort and delete your address from our list. Note: If you would prefer a text-only version, please hit reply and PUT "TEXT ONLY" in the subject line.

This will be a place to let you know about upcoming events, and news about the Metro, Oakland Opera Theater and other frequent Metro performers.

Master Harold & the Boys
Oakland Public Theater in conjunction with Second Wind Productions, has just completed a great run of this award winning production set in 1950's apartheid South Africa. We loved working with OPT and SWP and look forward to having them back at the Metro in the future.		  


 

 

  

About the Metro

The Oakland Metro is a black box theater and opera house, located at 201 Broadway just one block from Jack London Square in Oakland's thriving downtown entertainment district. The venue opened on December 1, 2001 with the Oakland Opera Theater's production of Gertrude Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts. It is a non-profit performance venue, and a program of Oakland Opera Theater - a 501(c)(3) organization. Formerly a blues club, a Greek tavern, and a cabaret, the building stood vacant for three years before interior renovations where completed just in time for the opening of the opera. The space has a variety of possible seating configurations depending on the specific requirements of individual performances. It is equipped with a full theatrical lighting system, state of the art sound reinforcement and a beer and wine bar. The venue is a 3000 square foot converted warehouse with 22 foot ceilings and 16 foot windows on three full sides, making it a dramatic location for intimately-sized events. For booking information call 510-763-1146.

  

 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

East Bay Pride Festival

September 11 - 27

Festival Schedule

Tuesday, September 23

Microcinema & Oakland Opera Theater present:

Independent Exposure - a new monthly film festival of new independent film shorts by local & international filmakers


The fourteen works included in the SIZZLING SUMMER EDITION are:
Famous Crimes of Passion by Chris Spears (Berkeley); Whizeewig by Chihcheng Peng (Berkeley); Still Lover by Amir Motlagh (Irvine, CA); Earthquake! By James Brett (UK); Dreams California by Niels Post (The Netherlands); Fireplace Redux by Jeffrey Hands (Toronto); My TV Hates Me by Thomas Muller (Germany); Deep Dye Red by Patricia Pinsker (U.K.); Insatiable by Irina Goundortseva (Australia); Always Sergej by Stefan Weinert (Germany); Feuerhaus by Barbel Neubauer (Germany); The Summer House by Joel Sadilek (Los Angeles); Blender: Rotation Test 1-3 by Rob Tyler (Portland); and Mr. Slow Burn in: Drinking Problem by Colin Graham (Toronto).


The fifteen works included in the AUTUMNAL EDITION are:
"Convolute" by Peter Suchecki (Oakland, CA); "Dreaming Awake" by John R. Killacky (San Francisco); "Ephemera" by Tyler Kay (San Francisco); "Winged Devices" by Damian Gregg (Emeryville, CA); "Suffocation “Confessions of a Piggly Wiggly Cashier”" by Skye Thorstenson (San Francisco); "Piñata" by Shane Ryan (Lompoc, CA); "Inside FX: Otto Beingesser" by Nyeland Newel (Chico, CA); "Girls Shoots 2 Boys Brawling" by Potter-Belmar Labs (Ann Arbor, MI); "C-12 Redux" by Rich Del Ross (NYC); "Image of a Family" by Jordan Lindblad (Savannah, GA); "Pentimento" by Pyun Sungman (Providence, RI); "Current" by Brian Doyle (USA); "Child Became a Father" by Juhani Koivumäki (Finland); "Apophany" by Jennifer Leggett (Australia), and, "Chorus of Breath" by Zarin Gul (Pakistan).

Doors: 7:30pm

Show: 8:00pm

Tickets: $5

October 3 - 19

The Trial of God

a theater production of Magical Arts Ritual Theater - co-produced by Oakland Opera Theater

Friday & Saturday showtimes - 8pm Sunday matineé - 2pm

For more ticket information:

510/653-6737

[email protected]

October 23

RAWA Benefit

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan - co-produced by Oakland Opera Theater

Show - 9pm

Doors - 8:30pm

Note to our wonderful patrons: The Oakland Metro has obtained our ABC license! We will offer wine and beer at selected performances in August and thereafter. Thank you for your continued support!

 

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