Starting tomorrow, Berkeley Rep is presenting the ambitious, unprecedented collective work called The Great Game: Afghanistan. Originally premiered in London, the cycle is presented in three parts, comprising a total of 12 short plays, and covering the period of Afghanistan's history from 1842, during the first Anglo-Afghan war, and coming up to the present day. The entire cast is British, and the plays were written by some of the country's top playwrights including Richard Bean, David Edgar, Amit Gupta, and Joy Wilkinson.

On Saturdays and Sundays starting this weekend, all three parts will be presented consecutively, for a full day marathon of EXTREME theater. But you don't have to see all three parts in order for each to make sense. Individual parts can be seen on weeknights through November 7. See the full schedule here.

Part 1 is called "Invasions & Independence (1842-1929)"; Part 2: "Communism, the Mujahideen and the Taliban (1980-1996)"; Part 3: "Enduring Freedom (1996-2009)".