Saturday, February 21, 2015
8:00 pm
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison Street
Berkeley, California
94704
Are you ready for some football? American identity and our love of the game meet head-on in this world premiere commissioned by Berkeley Rep and directed by Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. Our singularly American sport is intricately woven into our culture and rituals, yet its traumatic effect on players and their families has us reexamining its place in our country’s story. Playwright and football superfan KJ Sanchez, along with Jenny Mercein, brings us a fascinating and hard-hitting docudrama-based on interviews with players, their families, and their fans-that examines our country’s passion for a sport that is both generous and dangerous, life-giving yet lethal. X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story) is as visceral, emotional, and as highly theatrical as the game itself.
X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story) was originally commissioned by Berkeley Rep and Center Stage, and developed in The Ground Floor, Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.
Audio Description provides accessibility of the visual images of theatre, television, movies, and other art forms for people who are blind, have low vision, or who are otherwise visually impaired. It is a narration service (provided at no additional charge to the patron) that attempts to describe what the sighted person takes for granted. Audio Description guides the listener through the presentation with concise, objective descriptions of new scenes, settings, costumes, body language, and “sight gags,” all slipped in between portions of dialogue or songs.
Users of the service are invited to participate in a brief touch tour of the set prior to the performance. Tour starts at 7:20pm.
To request audio description services, call the box office at 510 647-2949 (open Tuesday-Sunday, noon-7pm) and staff will be happy to help you out. If you’ve already purchased your tickets for this performance online, simply send an email to customerservice@berkeleyrep.org with your order number and the number in your party requesting the service.