‘Berta, ‘Berta by Angelica Cheri
July 16 • 8:00 pm - August 25 • 8:00 pm
Echo Theater Company presents the World Premiere of
‘Berta, ‘Berta
By Angelica Cheri
Directed by Andi Chapman
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After committing an unforgivable crime, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long-lost lover, Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape their impending fate.
Angelica Cheri is a playwright, bookwriter & lyricist, screenwriter and poet. Her plays include The Seeds of Abraham (Billie Holiday Theatre), The Sting of White Roses (National Black Theatre Festival), Crowndation (National Black Theatre), Berta, Berta (Contemporary American Theatre Festival; Everyman Theatre), and The Wiring & the Switches (Geffen Writers Group). Angelica and collaborator Ross Baum received the Richard Rodgers Award for their musical Gun & Powder (Signature Theatre). Angelica is co-writer of the Highway to Heaven series reboot on the Lifetime Network and story producer for Season 2 of Dear… on Apple TV+. Angelica received her BA in Theatre from UCLA, MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University, and MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU.