Ali Benjamin’s acclaimed kids book about a girl processing a tragedy gets a new stage adaptation meant to resonate with ...

"The Thing About Jellyfish" is a Tiffany gift box with a beaded Swiftie friendship bracelet inside. While fundamentally ...

Young actor Matilda Lawler is brilliant in a difficult, internalizing role as teen at the center of Ali Benjamin’s story ...

Suzy's theory leads her into an imaginative world of her own, in which she immerses herself in a study of jellyfish with the help of online authorities--and ultimately an avuncular Australian deep-sea ...

Ali Benjamin, whose bestselling novel “The Thing About Jellyfish” has been adapted into a new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, knows it can be easy to misinterpret a young person’s silence. Her ...

The Thing About Jellyfish delves into a young girl’s wonder with a topic she believes will satisfy her need to explain a ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s “Jaja’s “African Hair Braiding” continues through Dec. 15 at Peet’s Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. Tickets are $25 to $151 at berkeleyrep.org.

8pm / preview at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Rep) https://www.sfstation.com/berkeley-repertory-theatre-berkeley-rep-b837 2025 Addison Street ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s world-premiere staging of “The Thing About Jellyfish” is really two kinds of plays fused into one. The first is a touching drama, adapted by Keith Bunin from Ali ...

Derek has designed over 600 productions including work at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland Play House, The Western Stage, ...