Out of Character - Incredible Play! - Incredible Performance!

OUT   OF   CHARACTER – is simply one of the greatest dramatic – humorous and yet serious – performances I’ve ever seen – especially so – given that it features a single actor, telling his “life story” – so incredibly!

The play deals – with identity, trauma, learning to live within oneself and much more!

The reviews of others – can say much more, much better than I can!

We had a moderated discussion afterwards – which was a wonderful addition!

 

OUT OF CHARACTER

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY ARI’EL STACHEL
DIRECTED BY TONY TACCONE
WORLD PREMIERE
PEET’S THEATRE

JUN 23–JUL 30, 2023
TICKETS NOW ON SALE

Running time: approximately 80 min, no intermission

STAGE EFFECTS AND CONTENT ADVISORY

A tour de force comedy about what it means to belong in America.

Before he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Band’s Visit), Ari’el Stachel grew up in Berkeley, an Israeli American of Yemeni Jewish descent. Then came 9/11. Desperate to avoid taunts and threats at school, Ari hides his Middle Eastern background – setting off a years-long journey of trying on different identities, code switching, and navigating debilitating anxiety. Now a successful stage and screen actor, Ari comes home to Berkeley and joins with former artistic director Tony Taccone to tell his story in his new solo show. Out of Character explores the intersections of race, mental health, and survival in a way that’s raw, authentic, and entertaining.

Out of Character was developed in The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.

 

 

Emotionally raw…the honesty delivered here is refreshing.
Out of Character may be Ari’el Stachel’s personal struggle, but one we can all relate.

BROADWAYWORLD

Ari’el Stachel is everything you want on stage, especially in a solo show. He’s charming, dynamic, kinetic and fabulously entertaining.

CHAD JONES’ THEATER DOGS

Stachel delivers!
It’s a delight to see a sublime performer create his own opportunity and be his full-bore self on stage, in all his shames and triumphs.
Makes a convincing case for the slippery, conditional nature of Americanness (and any identity, really).
Satchel sings a few bars, and his voice is so beautiful. He structures a crescendo with such thoughtfulness, such warmth, such command of his instrument that you hear a whole story in a single note.

 

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/06/13/out-of-character-berkeley-rep?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwISlBhD6ARIsAESAmp4Lm3YKN9u1ulSFOAGcdvEldkhakV A great – review related to this performance/play - __c2byaht3nVZ029UHdhFZkAoaAhdvEALw_wcB

 

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/berkeley-rep-out-of-character-ariel-stachel-review-18173310

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Review-OUT-OF-CHARACTER-at-Berkeley-Repertory-Theatre-20230629

 

 

 

 

 


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