North Bay Stage and Screen is an information hub and blog created by journalist David Templeton, a longtime Bay Area writer, theater and film reviewer, columnist, playwright, producer and performer.
Administrator Harry Duke is an actor, director, teacher, and theatre critic who is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, former member of the American Theatre Critics Association, and co-founder of the Marquee Theater Journalists Association. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Sonoma State University where he graduated magna cum laude.
He is an active member of the North Bay theatre community and has appeared regularly on Sonoma County stages for the past twenty years. He co-hosted The Drive with Steve Jaxon from 2021 – 2023 on KSRO and continues to host a weekly segment covering local theatre on The Drive’s current home on 95.5 FM KRSH.
He is the lead theatre critic for Metro Publishing’s Northern Californian alternative weeklies – the North Bay Bohemian covers Sonoma and Napa Counties , the Pacific Sun – now the nation’s oldest continuously published weekly – covers Marin County, and the Healdsburg Tribune covers the Wine Country community of Healdsburg.
Contact Harry at: mrhjduke@gmail.com
David Templeton is community editor of the Petaluma Argus-Courier, and, as a reporter, covers lifestyles, the arts, entertainment and food. He also served as co-host and writer of the Press Democrat podcast “You Don’t Know Peanuts: The Untold Stories.” Before joining the Argus in 2017, he was on the staff of the Sonoma Index-Tribune. For 16 years he was the primary theater reviewer for the North Bay Bohemian, wrote the popular “Talking Pictures” column for a number of alternative weeklies, and has freelanced for over 100 publications including Strings Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Magazine and FilmThreat. His is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been performed on both coasts.
Contact David at: talkpix@earthlink.net
Contributors
Cari Lynn Pace is a long-time Bay Area theatre critic whose reviews were regularly featured in the Marinscope Community Newspapers and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and Marquee Theater Journalists Association.
Contact Cari at: pacereports100@gmail.com
Barry Willis is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association, the Marquee Theater Journalists Association, and past president of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle. His reviews regularly appear in the Marin Independent Journal.
Contact Barry at: barry.m.willis@gmail.com
Woody Weingarten has crafted and played with words for 60 years. He’s worked for dailies and weeklies on both coasts, including the Marinscope Community Newspapers. He currently contributes to the Bay City News Local News Matters website. He’s a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.
Contact Woody at: voodee@sbcglobal.net
