Shotgun Players
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| Address | 1901 Ashby Avenue Berkeley, California United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′16.48″N 122°16′15.3″W / 37.8545778°N 122.270917°W |
| Public transit |    Ashby |
| Type | Regional theater |
| Capacity | Ashby Stage: 119 |
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| Opened | 1992 (company) 2004: The Ashby Stage 2015: The Shotgun Studios |
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The Shotgun Players is a California East Bay regional theatre group located in Berkeley, California. It runs 6 to 7 productions per season. Its main stage is the Ashby Stage located in the Lorin District near the Ashby BART station.
The Shotgun Players was founded in 1992 by Artistic Director Patrick Dooley.[1] Dooley and ten other actors formed the company in La Val's Pizza Shop.[2] Before moving to a permanent location at the Ashby Stage in 2004, Shotgun Players performed in 44 different spaces.[3] In December 2007, the Shotgun Players' Ashby Stage performance space in Berkeley's Lorin District became the first live theater venue in the nation to convert fully to solar power.[4] The Ashby Stage hosts all main stage shows and the Champagne Staged Reading Series. With donations from the community, Shotgun Players bought 1201 University Ave, which was previously Serendipity Books, and converted the building into a rehearsal studio and workshop in 2015. In addition to rehearsing Shotgun Players' own productions, the Shotgun Studios is a rehearsal space and creative hub for emerging performing arts groups.[5]