One-Man Show About Steve Jobs Debuts Sunday

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Mike Daisey in "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs"

Master storyteller Mike Daisey takes to the stage in a one-man show about Apple founder Steve Jobs debuting in Berkeley.

Titled “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” the monologue will likely have a new resonance since Jobs announced his medical leave from the Cupertino company January 17.

“It is almost impossible to imagine Apple without him, and there’s a palpable sense of loss and change as the tech industry struggles to know what this will mean for its future,” Daisey wrote on his blog after the announcement.

In addition to being “obsessed” with Apple, Daisey is his known for talking intelligently about tech on stage, from his monologue on Nikola Tesla called “Monopoly!” to recounting his own stint in the customer service trenches at Amazon.com in “21 Dog Years.”

The show launches Sunday, January 23 and runs through February 27 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

We’ll be talking with Daisey and attending the show, so look for that interview and a review in the next few days.

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