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Review: "The Cook" Opens Berkeley Rep's 59th Season with a Cuban Saga

Eduardo Machado's "The Cook" premieres at Berkeley Rep, following houseworker Gladys through 40 years of Cuban revolutionary change. Her enduring love for food provides solace amidst the social, economic, and political shifts since 1959.

·Sep 10, 2026·via BroadwayWorld
Review: "The Cook" Opens Berkeley Rep's 59th Season with a Cuban Saga

A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season.  In Tanya Orellana’s superbly appointed and functional kitchen set, Yesenia Iglesias in the titular role will make a vow of loyalty that will split her family apart.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Review-THE-COOK-at-Berkeley-Rep-20260910)._

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