OCTET
Music, lyrics, & book by Dave Malloy
November 20-December 20, 2026
Live Oak Theater, 1501 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Wednesdays/Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Fridays/Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Inspired by internet comment boards, scientific debates, religious texts, and Sufi poetry, Octet explores addiction and nihilism in the messy context of 21st-century technology. In a church basement, eight internet addicts lock their phones in a box and have a support meeting. Their confessions and attempts at connection reveal the often mundane, sometimes profound, and always overwhelming ways that contemporary technology has shaped our existence – set against the haunting, analog sound of eight voices in harmony.
Content advisory: Octet contains profanity and discussions of self-harm, mental illness, and pornography.
CAST
KEVIN SINGER
TOBY
ERNST WANG
HENRY
KAHLIL LENEUS
MARVIN
WILLIAM LEWIS
ED
SHELBY STEWART
JESSICA
ELLIE RAMOS
VELMA
TANAKA DUNBAR NGWARA
KARLY
CAITLIN COBB-VIALET
PAULA
UNDERSTUDIES
HUDSON EADE-DUESBERG
TOBY
BORNA MAHDAVI
HENRY
LANDERS MARKWICK
MARVIN / ED
KATERINA RODIONOV
JESSICA
LILY NORMANLY
VELMA
SOPHIA PARTAIN
KARLY / PAULA
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