Sunday is theater’s biggest night … the Tony Awards. This year, several performers and works with Bay Area ties are nominated.  One of them - up for Best Revival is the play Eureka Day. It’s about an elite private school in Berkeley and how it deals with an outbreak of mumps.  The play premiered in 2018 at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley … and the playwright is Jonathan Spector of Oakland.  

Sunday is theater&rsquo;s biggest night &hellip; the Tony Awards. This year, several performers and works with Bay Area ties are nominated.&nbsp; One of them - up for Best Revival is the play Eureka Day. It&rsquo;s about an elite private school in Berkeley and how it deals with an outbreak of mumps.&nbsp; The play premiered in 2018 at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley &hellip; and the playwright is Jonathan Spector of Oakland.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Jonathan Spector Reflects on His Tony Nominated Play ‘Eureka Day’ 

KQED newscast for Friday, March 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond, says he’s imploring the Trump administration… to return a 6-year-old deaf boy and his family who were deported to Colombia… so the boy can return to the California School for the Deaf in Fremont. From KQED’s Immigration Desk, Tyche Hendricks reports.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond, says he&rsquo;s imploring the Trump administration&hellip; to return a 6-year-old deaf boy and his family who were deported to Colombia&hellip; so the boy can return to the California School for the Deaf in Fremont. From KQED&rsquo;s Immigration Desk, Tyche Hendricks reports.

Jonathan Spector Reflects on His Tony Nominated Play ‘Eureka Day’

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