Oakland Voices Features California Revels

AUGUST 5, 2026

Oakland Voices reporter Bella Liu published an article titled “California Revels keeps folk theater alive in Oakland”. Reporter Liu met with Artistic Director Jeri Reed, Assistant Music Director Anne Goess, and Board President Chris Bryden at our Oakland office to learn more about the origins and magic of the Revels, and specifically about California Revels’s 40-year tenure in the Oakland community. The article includes reflections about Revels past, and a preview of this year’s 40th Anniversary show, Midwinter Revels: American Crossroads.

Oakland Voices is a journalism training program led by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education that trains Oakland residents to tell the stories of their neighborhoods. Oakland Voices correspondents are trained in digital media storytelling — writing blogs and online pieces, taking photos, shooting video, and using social media to discuss issues that matter most in their communities.