Drama Desk Nominee Joaquina Kalukango Set for Eve Ensler’s Emotional Creature

The cast and creative team have been announced for Berkeley Rep’s previously announced world premiere production of Eve Ensler‘s Emotional Creature, June 14-July 15 in the Roda Theatre. Direction is by Jo Bonney, with musical direction by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder.

Based on Ensler’s novel I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World. Staged., the show will be comprised of original monologues and songs about and for girls.

The cast features Joaquina Kalukango, who is a 2012 Drama Desk nominee for her work in Hurt Village at New York’s Signature Theatre, as well as Ashley Bryant, Molly Carden, Emily S. Grosland, Sade Namei, and Olivia Oguma.

The creative team includes Myung Hee Cho (scenic and costume design), Lap Chi Chu (lighting design), Jake Rodriguez (sound design), and Shawn Sagady (video design). The production’s choreographer is Luam.

For more information and tickets to Emotional Creature, click here.