It’s been a while since I’ve attended a film festival, so an invitation to attend the Healdsburg International Short Film Festival after a radio interview with Festival co-founder Patricia Demorest got me back in the film fest mood. The Festival began in 2011 as the Bodega International Short Film Festival, then moved to the now…
My guests on the 09/26/24 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Elly Lichenstein and Jared Emerson-Johnson, founding members of the newly formed Mercury Theater of Petaluma. Their opening presentation is called Welcome Home and happens on Saturday, October 5 at the (former) Cinnabar Theater building. Welcome Home “will be one part variety…
My guest on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/19/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 was David R. Gordon from the Transcendence Theatre Company production of The Gala: A Sentimental Journey, the fourth and final summer production in Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show is running on the Field of…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/19/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were actors Julianne Bretan (via phone), Drew Bolander, and Keith Baker from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The show runs at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park from…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/12/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Cinnabar Theater Artistic Director Nathan Cummings and Director/Actor Zachary Hasbany from the Cinnabar Theater production of Oklahoma! The show is running at Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/12/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were actors Michael Bauer and Joanna Lynn Bert from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Young Frankenstein. The show runs on the Rotary Stage at the Sonoma Community Center through September 22. Click below to listen:…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/05/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Lukas Raphael and Michael Girts from the Jacobethan Theatre Workshop “Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot)” productions of Macbeth and As You Like It. The shows run in rep in the parking lot of the Arlene…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/05/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were playwright Francine Schwartz and director Steve David Martin from the Raven Players production of The Germans Upstairs. The show runs at the Raven Performing Arts Theater through September 15. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 08/29/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Amanda Claiborne and Ashley Kennedy from the Curtain Call Theatre production of God of Carnage. The show opens September 6 and runs through September 28. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 08/29/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Brady Voss and Chase Thompson from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The show opens August 30 and runs through September 15. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE…
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