ORINDA, CALIFORNIA – After a too-long wait, performers will once again tread the boards of Cal Shakes’ former theater in Orinda.
The former Cal Shakes amphitheater in the Orinda hills has officially reopened under a new name: Siesta Valley Bowl. The venue, long known as Bruns Amphitheater and remembered by generations of Bay Area theatergoers as the outdoor home of California Shakespeare Theater, is now beginning a new life as an open-air concert and performing arts venue.
For anyone who ever picnicked before a summer show, watched actors perform under the trees, or simply wondered what would happen to the space after Cal Shakes shut down, this is a big local development…