Rivka is playing Mrs. Shin, the conniving and funny neighbor, in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Good Person of Setzuan’, directed by Domenique Lozano. The play is part of American Conservatory Theater’s M.F.A. Acting season. Plays at the Strand Theater May 10-13.
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OPHELIA in ‘HAMLET’ workshop @ A.C.T. opposite John Douglas Thompson, dir. by Carey Perloff
Rivka worked opposite John Douglas Thompson again as Ophelia in American Conservatory Theater’s workshop of Hamlet, directed by A.C.T.’s artistic director, Carey Perloff.
Juliet in ‘ROMEO & JULIET’ @ A.C.T.
Rivka played Juliet and Benvolio in an abridged version of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ as part of A.C.T.’s ‘Will on Wheels’ tour, which brings Shakespeare to middle and high schools in the Bay Area from March 4-17. The production was directed by Giles Havergal CBE, of Glasgow’s Citizen Theatre.
‘Chains of Dew’ @ A.C.T.’s Strand Theater, directed by Carey Perloff
Rivka will play Edith in Susan Glaspell’s CHAINS OF DEW on Sunday, April 2, at American Conservatory Theater’s Strand Theater, directed by Artistic Director, Carey Perloff.
Sister James in ‘Doubt’ @ A.C.T.
Rivka played Sister James in DOUBT, directed by the brilliant Nancy Benjamin from the Stratford Festival, as part of the American Conservatory Theater’s M.F.A. Acting Program’s Skyfestival, January 17-20.
‘The Wolves’ Reading @ A.C.T.
Rivka read #8, the innocent and nosy team member, in Sarah DeLappe’s brilliant play The Wolves, which had a reading at the American Conservatory Theater on December 2nd.
‘Every 28 Hours’ @ A.C.T. and Berkeley Rep
Rivka performs a stirring new piece by Neil LaBute, as part of Every 28 Hours, a series of one-minute plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The One-Day Festivals will be held at The Rueff at The American Conservatory Theatre‘s Strand Theater on October 18th @7pm & at Berkeley Rep‘s Osher Studio on October 19th… Read more »
‘Don Carlos’ reading @ A.C.T. with John Douglas Thompson, directed by Carey Perloff
Rivka performs in an in-house reading of an A.C.T. commissioned adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’, translated by Domenique Lozano and directed by A.C.T.’s artistic director, Carey Perloff. Rivka plays the Princess of Eboli, opposite John Douglas Thompson’s King Philip II of Spain. Together, the two of them are having a secret affair while political warfare rages outside… Read more »
LOVE AND A BOTTLE at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater
Rivka is starring in her first restoration comedy and taking on her first Irish character! Rivka plays Trudge, an Irish woman of the night who walks to London to reunite with the father of her new-born baby. But along the way, things don’t necessarily go as planned. Directed by Nancy Benjamin from the Stratford Festival,… Read more »
Cardenio at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater
Rivka will be playing Louisa in Charles Mee’s Cardenio at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater. The play is a zany farcical rollercoaster of laughs. Come!