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    • Fall Full-Length 2014: A Streetcar Named Peanuts
    • Fall One-Acts 2014: You're a Hairy Wizard
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2014: That's Somewhat Raven
    • Spring One-Acts 2014: Save Blockbuster
    • Fall Full-Length 2013: Pretty Weird/Pretty Wise: A 2003 Metaphysical Odyssey
    • Fall One-Acts 2013: Involuntary Man'sLaughter
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2013: I've Made a Huge Mistake
    • Spring One-Acts 2013: Pitch Please!
    • Spring 2013 10 Year Anniversary Showcase
    • Fall Full-Length 2012: The Party?
    • Fall One-Acts 2012: Holidazed
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2012: Whiskey Business
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Spring 2019

one acts - Best buddies

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Best Buddies Colleges pairs people with intellectual disabilities in one-to-one friendships with college students. In the past, individuals with intellectual disabilities have not had the opportunity to have friends outside of their own environment. By becoming a College Buddy, volunteers offer a Peer Buddy the chance to explore a new way of life. College chapters have grown from one single chapter at Georgetown to active chapters on more than 425 campuses worldwide. Send us an email at berkeleybestbuddies@gmail.com to get involved!

improv - quinan street project

The Quinan Street Project provides theatre education programming to students in Contra Costa County, and to the public elementary schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Our curriculum is crafted to balance the needs of the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards as well as the need for equity and social justice in a diverse community. Students are given the opportunity to learn how to use their individual voice to its fullest, and to see the world from myriad perspectives through the performing arts.
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33s - east bay sanctuary

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The East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) provides sanctuary–support, protection, and advocacy–to low-income and indigent refugees and immigrants. EBSC’s work primarily consists of two programs: the Refugee Rights Program and the Community Development and Education program.

Fall 2018

​One Acts - Ruby's place

Ruby’s Place is a non-profit agency in Hayward, California that has provided shelter and supportive services since 1972 for families and individuals experiencing domestic violence and human trafficking. Ruby’s Place was the first incorporated Domestic Violence shelter in the state of California and we have the only adult men’s human trafficking shelter in the United States.

The Mission of Ruby’s Place:  To provide prevention and supportive services to the community and people impacted by domestic violence and human trafficking.

The Vision of Ruby’s Place:  Safe and stable families, one person at a time.
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improv - Camp Kesem

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Camp Kesem Berkeley is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides a free, week-long summer camp for children who have/had a parent with cancer. Camp Kesem Berkeley was founded in 2006 to provide a safe, supportive, and fun summer camp experience to local children whose parents have died from cancer, are in treatment for cancer, or are in remission from cancer.

Full length - Berkeley Student FOod collective

​The Food Collective works to provide healthy, sustainable, and affordable food for the East Bay community. Through our volunteer-run grocery collective, we operate as a local hub for both leadership development and food-related education for our members.
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SPRING 2018

One Acts -Colleges against cancer

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Colleges Against Cancer is a branch of the American Cancer Society dedicated to getting college students involved in their community while having fun and making a difference in the lives of people dealing with cancer.

Colleges Against Cancer, also known as CAC, gives students as well as staff, faculty and community members, the to chance fight cancer together, from campus all over the nation.

improv - Healthy habits

Healthy Habits is a group of students at UC Berkeley united in their passion for science their belief that science literacy can help promote healthy behaviors in our community and in communities around the world.  One of the main projects includes producing educational materials and water sanitation packages that serve the dual purpose of advancing science education and public health in rural Peru. Their educational materials combine practical information about proper water sanitation with science principles. These materials are combined with water sanitation packages in order to maximally influence household decision-making.

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33's - solar spring break

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GRID Alternatives’ Solar Spring Break provides college students the opportunity to spend their spring break installing solar panels on qualifying homes in underrepresented communities. These clean energy systems provide needed financial savings for residents, while lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Fall 2017

One Acts - Camp Kesem

Camp Kesem Berkeley is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides a free, week-long summer camp for children who have/had a parent with cancer. Camp Kesem Berkeley was founded in 2006 to provide a safe, supportive, and fun summer camp experience to local children whose parents have died from cancer, are in treatment for cancer, or are in remission from cancer.
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Improv - Hispanic Federation: Unidos Fund

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The goal of the UNIDOS Program is clear: to serve the immediate and long-term needs of families and communities in Puerto Rico. To do so, the Federation has taken unprecedented action, helping to coordinate hundreds of donation drives in the U.S. mainland, distributing millions of pounds of food, water and essentials to those most affected by the storm, delivering emergency relief aid to over 30 hard-hit municipalities, and seeding an additional three million dollars to support emergency relief and recovery projects throughout Puerto Rico.

Full Length - Active For Alzheimer's

Active for Alzheimer’s at Berkeley engages UC Berkeley and the greater Bay Area through three initiatives — volunteering, granting research, and fundraising for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Through these three initiatives, they hope to consequently raise awareness of the disease and implore others to take action.
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Spring 2017

One Acts - Best Buddies

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Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Improv - Spectrum: Autism at Cal

Spectrum: Autism at Cal's mission is to foster understanding and create a welcoming and safe community for all those affected by Autism. They raise awareness throughout the Berkeley community, offer a variety of volunteer opportunities, and hold fundraising events.
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33's - Global Brigades

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Global Brigades is the largest international student-led, nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower volunteers and under-resourced communities to resolve global health and economic disparities. Since 2004, they have expanded to over 500 university chapters, recruiting both students and professionals through nine skills-based programs to implement their unique holistic model within our partner countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Ghana to meet a community’s health and economic goals. 

Fall 2016

One-Acts - A Safe Place

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A Safe Place is shelter in Oakland which provides housing and support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Our mission at A Safe Place is to end domestic violence by providing battered victims and their children with safe shelter and resources and the break the cycle of violence through outreach and education to at risk populations and diverse communities.

FULL-LENGTH - CAMP KESEM BERKELEY

Camp Kesem Berkeley is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides a free, week-long summer camp for children who have been affected by a parent’s cancer. In 2012 alone, Camp Kesem Berkeley empowered over 80 campers and over 50 student volunteers in leadership positions. During the school year, students plan the camp schedule, train to be camp counselors, work with eligible families in the community, and raise funds to ensure camp is free for all involved.
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Get Involved
    • Writing Resources
    • Contact Us
  • Our Charities
  • Videos
    • Fall Full-Length 2014: A Streetcar Named Peanuts
    • Fall One-Acts 2014: You're a Hairy Wizard
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2014: That's Somewhat Raven
    • Spring One-Acts 2014: Save Blockbuster
    • Fall Full-Length 2013: Pretty Weird/Pretty Wise: A 2003 Metaphysical Odyssey
    • Fall One-Acts 2013: Involuntary Man'sLaughter
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2013: I've Made a Huge Mistake
    • Spring One-Acts 2013: Pitch Please!
    • Spring 2013 10 Year Anniversary Showcase
    • Fall Full-Length 2012: The Party?
    • Fall One-Acts 2012: Holidazed
    • Spring 3-Minute Plays 2012: Whiskey Business
  • Pictures