UCB Students, Faculty and Staff

Welcome to the UCB Students, Faculty and Staff corner of the Cal Performances web site. We'll be updating this section periodically with exclusive web-only offers and UCB oriented articles, so be sure to bookmark us and visit often for all the latest information Cal Performances.

Special Buy One, Get One Free New Winter Semester Offer for all UCB Students!
What's the advantage of having a world-class presenter of dance, music, and theater located right here on the UC Berkeley campus?

UC Berkeley students receive a 50% discount on ticket prices to Cal Performances fine arts events — including over 65 events from all disciplines and world cultures each season!

Purchase one ticket at your regular UCB student discount of 50% off to to see celebrated Bolshoi and American Ballet Theatre star dancer Nina Ananiashvili's State Ballet of Georgia perform one of the most beloved ballets of all time, Giselle, Feb 14-17, and we'll treat you to the second one free. That's as little as $8.50 a ticket — less than the price of a movie!

How to order UCB student tickets at the special offer price:

To order your tickets at this special discount rate, please call our Ticket Office directly at 510.642.9988 and ask for your New Semester State Ballet of Georgia Student Email Club discount. Or stop by our Ticket Office in person, located at Zellerbach Hall on Lower Sproul Plaza. Sorry, the discount is not available for on-line ticket purchases or applicable towards prior ticket purchases. Discounted tickets are subject to availability. Limit of 2 discounted tickets per student. And please remember to bring your student I.D. with you the night or day of your performance, as this special discount cannot be honored at the door without it!

And be sure to join Cal Performances' free Email Club to be eligible for additional discount offers like this one throughout the season! Join now.

Please note that this special offer is subject to availability, so don't delay! Discounted tickets are also limited to two per UCB student and the discount is not applicable on prior purchases. To purchase tickets, call our Ticket Office directly at 510.642.9988 or stop by in person at the Zellerbach Hall Ticket Office window located on lower Sproul Plaza and ask for your UCB Student Season Opening discount.

Your discount of 50% off is also good for remaining such 2007/08 Season events as Moiseyev Dance Company, Brazilian Guitar Festival, Angelique Kidjo, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Peking Acrobats, Sonny Rollins, and much more! See our Calendar of Events for a complete schedule.

Come discover some of the most remarkable, inspiring, and significant artists on the stage today, right here at Cal Performances.

Special Offer on Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia for all UC Faculty and Staff!
Cal Performances will once again be offering last minute discounts to performances this season to our own UC Berkeley family, including the following special offer:

Join us for a performance of Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia, and bring a guest for free! When you purchase one ticket at the regular ticket price, we'll treat you to an additional ticket free.

Considered by many to be the most important ballerina of her generation, Nina Ananiashvili is also making international dance headlines for her bold artistic direction of this new world-class ballet company. Accompanied by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble will perform one of the most beloved ballets of all time, Giselle, featuring Ananiashvili herself (Feb 16 only) and a program featuring the American premieres of new ballets by San Francisco Ballet choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov and the Bolshoi's Aleksei Ratmansky. For more information on this event, visit the event page.

How to order UCB faculty and staff tickets online at the special offer price:

• Start here: www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/login.
• If you are a first time visitor to Cal Performances' web site, click on "register" at the top of the page under "Please Log In" and take just a few short minutes to set up your account.
• Then, log in using the promotional code sent out in the special faculty and staff email you received (it's located in the email!)
• If you already have an online account with Cal Performances, simply log in using that same promotion code.
• Click on the buy button located on the Calendar of events under the State Ballet of Georgia Feb 14-17 performance of your choice
• If using Select Your Own Seating, follow further instructions for ticket purchase on the screen.
• If using Best Available Seating, enter in the number of tickets you wish to purchase in the column to the far right of the screen entitled "UCB Fac/Staff Cyber." Then in the Select Quantity section, enter in the number of tickets you wish to purchase in the column to the right and follow further instructions for ticket purchase from there.
• Prices shown are at a 50% off discount, the same as if you bought one at regular price and received one free! Please note that it is not necessary to purchase the second ticket to receive the promotional price of 50% off the ticket price.
• Please note that UCB faculty or staff ID will be required at the window at the time of ticket pickup in order to pick up your tickets.

You can also purchase by calling Cal Performances Ticket Office directly at 510.642.9988 and asking for your faculty and staff State Ballet of Georgia Cyber Discount. Discounted tickets are subject to availability and and discount is not applicable towards prior purchases. All purchases are final.

Isn't it great having a world-class performing arts organization right in your own front yard?
Most of our performances happen right on campus so you never know which international star you might run into strolling across Sproul Plaza. Best of all, you receive a special discount on tickets to some of the Bay Area's hottest performing arts events! UC Berkeley students receive a 50% discount on tickets for all Cal Performances events (1 discounted ticket per student). UC Berkeley faculty and staff as well as UC Berkeley Alumni Association members receive $5 off 07/08 single ticket prices (Special Events excluded.) Single ticket discounts cannot be taken on top of subscription discounts and must be requested at the time of purchase. UCB Faculty, Staff, and Alumni discounts are available on line; the UCB student discount is available exclusively through the Cal Performances Ticket Office.

Why do I have to show my UCB ID at the door when I attend a performance?
It's just that you've most likely purchased a discounted ticket because of your UCB status, and because we do so much of our ticket sales conveniently over the phone, it's the easiest way for us to actually verify your eligibility. If you forget your ID, we will unfortunately have to ask you to visit the Ticket Office window before you take your seat and change your ticket to full price (and pay the extra amount as well!). So please, before you head for the concert hall, remember to tuck your UCB ID in your wallet before you go!

UCB students: get your philanthropic career off the to right start!
Students enjoy the opportunity to join the Friends of Cal Performances at a reduced price and take advantage of a range of benefits designed to enhance their performance experience. With a $25 gift to Cal Performances (regularly $50 for non-students), benefits of Friends membership include invitations to connoisseur events, priority subscription seating, advance notice of new events and early ticket purchase, and a subscription to Backstage Beat, the Cal Performances newsletter. Make a gift now and start enjoying the benefits of student membership today.