History
THEATRE BERK works in collaboration with female-identifying talents and those in the LGBTQ+ community, promoting their voices by producing bold new works of live theatre. Working with writers, directors, and actors of underrepresented identities, we pull together whatever resources they need to bring their unique perspectives and artistic vision to the stage. To produce empowering, feminist, sex positive plays and shows, we are committed to creating all-inclusive safe spaces in which collaboration and the exchange of ideas are actively encouraged.
About Will, the Producer
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William Thomas Berk
is a self-taught playwright/producer/director, born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He is an associate member of the Dramatists Guild.
William's credits as a playwright/producer include From the Ruby Lounge, staged as a devised work based on his own original script in August 2019, following a workshop run in February 2018. William later wrote and produced Professor Jekyll and Miss Hyde: A Modern Adaptation in November 2021. In September 2022, William made his debut as a director, with his own production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
William was also the librettist and assistant director for Spider Drive: A B-Side Jukebox Mystery Thriller in 2018, and The Jolly Riot: A Pirate Metal Adventure in 2023, both produced by Torchsong Entertainment. As contributing writer for The Pulp Stage since 2020, William has written many ten-minute plays for their recurring Zoom showcases. William was also featured as a playwright for the inaugural Chapel Theatre Play Fest in 2021, returning as a playwright and a director for the 2023 Play Fest.
He is also active with the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers community drumline, playing with musicians, corporations, and venues all over the west coast.