The only thing predictable about a Culture Clash show is that nothing is predictable.

The famed Chicano comedy troupe featuring Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza will not be trapped in a box. Their comedy can be rude, crude, witty, refined, pointed and highbrow, often within the same sketch. Their shows are driven with broad strokes of sweeping yet topical satire penetrating their targets every moment they take the stage.

“We’ve stayed relevant because we report back on what’s happening now,” Siguenza says. “We’re not talking about the king of Norway 400 years ago — we’re talking about Americans today.”

The group and its special blend of comedy and satire has returned to the region where it all started, with one of its signature pieces, “Culture Clash (Still) in America,” running at Berkeley Repertory Theatre through April 5th. The show is directed by a longtime Culture Clash collaborator, and the Rep’s former associate director, Lisa Peterson.

The troupe was founded in San Francisco’s Mission District by René Yañez, curator of the famed Latin arts collective and performance/display venue gallery Galeria de la Raza. On Cinco de Mayo of 1984 the six-person comedy group made its debut in the Mission. After three members decided to pursue other projects later in the decade, Montoya, Salinas and Siguenza stayed together for the long haul (Yañez died in 2018).

“(Still) in America” is a collection of skits drawn from interviews with people across the country, including Washington, D.C., Miami and the Mission. The show was first brought to Berkeley in 2002, when then Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone helmed the world premiere. This update includes searing looks at the country’s current political turbulence.

The troupe’s comedy chops have been built from many stage traditions, from Italian Commedia dell’arte to classic comic works from Greek playwright Aristophanes. Closer to home, each of the members maintain a high reverence for influences such as the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Luis Valdez’ El Teatro Campesino.

The three have resided in Los Angeles for the past 30 years, but returning to Berkeley seems like the perfect way to showcase this updated revival.

“We can track our history right here and take a deeper look at our East Bay roots,” Montoya says, referring to some of their earliest days performing at Berkeley’s La Peña Cultural Center. “Losing Yañez and seeing our elders getting up there, it’s kind of a good time for the prodigal sons to return, to come back to the East Bay and plant our flag. We feel it deep in our soul to be back.”

Each of the artists have spent time pursuing individual shows and projects over the years, but they’ve always kept the trio as their home base.

“It feels fresh when we get back together, but we do learn a lot when we work with others,” Siguenza says. “We are stimulated in other ways, but there’s nothing like a good Culture Clash show — the audience response is something else.”

With Culture Clash entering the fifth decade of its unique artistry and marking its fifth production at Berkeley Rep, the three performers are still thrilled by the good fortune of performing in some of the nation’s most visible regional theaters.

“I love it when I hear audiences leave after having watched three Latinos on a major repertory stage,” Salinas says. “We are these blue-collar actors out there, guys who have written and produced, just sweating and doing our work.”

What audiences will also hopefully take away is how much reverence the troupe has for the Latinx people who have come before them and blazed a trail.

“This show is about the shoulders of the heroes we stand on,” Siguenza says. “Progress isn’t easy, but those heroes we admire have gotten us ahead — we want people to leave knowing that.”

David John Chávez writes for Bayareaplays.com and serves on the executive committee for the American Theatre Critics Association. Twitter: @davidjchavez.

‘CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICA’

Written and performed by Culture Clash, presented by Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Through: April 5th

Where: Berkeley Rep’s Peet’s Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley

Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission

Tickets: $30-$97; 510-647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org