AUDIO – GREAT SHOW –
Aug. 22, 2025 – Josh is at rock bottom: dropped out of college, kicked out of his halfway house, unsure how he got to the park where he just woke up and ignorant of where the deep, bleeding gash on his arm came from.
In Jake Brasch’s “The Reservoir,” now in a Berkeley Repertory Theatre production, Josh (Ben Hirschhorn) has been an alcoholic for so long that he missed his grandmother Irene’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease. Seeing her now, he sees his own weakened mind reflected back at him; maybe if he helps her, he can help himself.In the heartwarming, whimsical tale, directed by Mike Donahue, Josh’s reconnection with all four of his grandparents reminds him of the precocious, voracious reader he was before his addiction. His other grandmother, Beverly (Pamela Reed), remembers “a little boy trapped in the mind of a 40-year-old gay man who’s always on the verge of either bursting into tears or a full-fledged musical number.”
