World premiere at Berkeley Rep confronts race and the Bard

World premiere at Berkeley Rep confronts race and the Bard

Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in America to all manner of everyday micro and macro racist transgressions, the world gained a master storyteller. Which means there are multiple bards in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production, “How Shakespeare Saved My Life.” The autobiographical and music-filled solo show is written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent and directed by former …