Review: “The Importance of Being Earnest” in Novato

Directors will often change the setting or time period of an older, well-known play in the hopes of making it more accessible to contemporary audiences. Modernized Shakespeare plays are usually the best examples of this practice. Similarly, the Novato Theater Company has taken Oscar Wilde’s community-theatre staple The Importance of Being Earnest and plopped it…

Review: “Fully Committed” in Healdsburg

“Fully Committed” is the term a pricey New York restaurant demands its reservations clerks use to inform potential guests that there’s no room for them at the table. It also describes what an actor has to be to take on 40 characters in a solo show that centers on the harried life of one of…

Review: “Noises Off” in Rohnert Park

There may be no group more deserving of a laugh right now than the theatre community as pandemic-related closures and cancellations led to a general lack of mirth for folks who enjoy going to theatre and the artists who create it. North Bay companies are aiming to bring the funny back by programming several broad…