If you've ever wondered what the Weather Underground and The Book of Jeremiah could have in common, then check out the innovative new production from Berkeley-based theater company, Just Theater.

We don't claim to know a whole lot about theater (although, yes, we did have a solo line in the Pirates of Penzance in the 7th grade), but we can't stop talking about the plays and readings coming from Just Theater this past year. And while yes, we do personally know some of the Just Theater folk -- we didn’t know they could do such cool stuff. We left I Have Loved Strangers feeling half-inspired/amazed, half-disturbed/ provoked, all-around impressed. Not a bad way to spend 75 minutes.

Before I Have Loved Strangers even started, producer Molly Aaronson-Gelb came out and spoke about the play, explaining that there won’t be any easy-to-follow narrative (a sort of ‘heads up, you might get a little confused’). We appreciated the advance notice, because there were definitely scenes that didn’t always make sense, but we just rode those out (it’s worth it).

I Have Loved Strangers