Effective immediately, the Spreckels Theatre Company in Rohnert Park has reduced ticket prices for young people 18 and under to $10 plus a $2 handling charge. This new pricing policy applies to all shows, including musicals, whether the ticket is purchased in advance or at the door. “We have made this change because Spreckels is…
According to representatives of Marin Theatre Company, it is expected that the PG&E electricity shutdowns announced for portions of Mill Valley will NOT include the theater where Mary Katherine Nagle’s play “Sovereignty” opened last week. The same is not the case with the nearby Mill Valley Film Festival, which (after announcing earlier in the evening…
“Harriet,” “Knives Out” and other highly anticipated films at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival moved to Larkspur on Wednesday due to the expected electricity shutdown in various parts of Marin County. Thursday’s screenings, however, will return to Mill Valley. Here’s the latest from their website: PG&E POWER OUTAGE UPDATE – BACK TO MILL VALLEY…
The SRJC Theatre Arts Department has announced the cancellation of both their scheduled Wednesday, October 9 and Thursday, October 10 performances of The Good Doctor due to the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff. All SRJC campuses will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday. A decision on the performances scheduled through the weekend will be made…
San Rafael-based AlterTheater has named its first-ever Producing Artistic Director, to help position and lead the company in its next 15 years of success and community involvement. Following a national search, San Francisco State graduate and experienced Bay Area theater professional Alicia Coombes has been chosen to fill the position. “I’m so excited to be…
“Music is about passion and emotion and joy, it’s about your heart and your soul,” exclaims Nick Petty, of the surf-punk band The Happys. “Music is about the effort you put into it and the life you live because of it. Music isn’t about drugs and alcohol. At least, it doesn’t have to be. That’s…
Theatre Bay Area has announced the nominees for their 6th Annual TBA Awards and North Bay artists and companies have snagged 52 nominations. The awards will be presented on Monday, November 4th at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. The TBA Awards are designed to honor excellence in professionally oriented theatre through a peer-based, Bay Area-wide…
Healdsburg’s Raven Players, located in the heart of the Northern California wine country, have announced they are accepting submissions for their inaugural Short Play Festival to run February 28 – March 1, 2020 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg. The competitive festival is themed “Love Bites” and will feature plays of 10 to…
The Marquee Theater Journalists Association has released the list of nominees for its 4th Annual MTJA Awards. The Association recognized the exemplary work of Sonoma County theater artists with nominations in eighteen categories that were culled from the sixty-eight productions attended by MTJA members. Recipients will be announced at the 2019 MTJA Awards – A Celebration…
Jonathan Spector, the award-winning, Oakland-based playwright of ‘Eureka Day,’ playing through September 22 at Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Performing Arts Center, will be attending this Saturday evening’s performance of his award-winning comedy-drama. Spector has recently returned from New York City, where ‘Eureka Day’ – which premiered last year at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre – had its East…
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