Review: “Light Sensitive” in Monte Rio

Just aside the Bohemian Highway on the outskirts of the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hamlet of Monte Rio sits the Russian River Hall. For fifteen years, it’s hosted the productions of Curtain Call Theatre, a company comprised of a dedicated group of local volunteers who bring live theatre of all sorts to the West County. The productions usually…

Review: “A Christmas Carol” in Santa Rosa

A cranky member of the 1% spends years exploiting the labor of his employee by paying a sub-standard wage and forcing him to work unregulated hours in an unsafe work environment. Spectral social activists attempt to persuade the capitalist exploiter to see the error of his ways, but it takes the threat of death for…

North Bay Holiday Show Preview

If the displays in Costco are any indication, the holiday season apparently began in mid-September. How odd then that theatre companies seem to wait until mid-November to unveil their holiday-themed productions. This season, North Bay audiences in search of holiday entertainment will have a variety of shows from which to choose from the traditional to…