Marin theatre companies reach back to 1904,1942, and 2018 for shows to draw audiences into their houses in 2026. A classic drama, a Pulitzer Prize-winning allegory, and a modern musical look at the U.S.’s first women soldiers are what’s on tap for the New Year. The Novato Theater Company is first out of the gate…
Now that Ralphie got his BB gun, Scrooge became a better person, and George Bailey decided he really did have a wonderful life, it’s time for North Bay theatre companies to get their 2026 shows on the road. Petaluma’s Mercury Theater is first out of the gate with Woody Guthrie’s American Song. It’s a musical…
by Harry Duke It’s that time of year when critics looks back and attempt to encapsulate an entire year’s worth of productions into one easily read “best of” list. Why? Because it gives them something to do during the slow period between the close of the holiday shows and the onslaught of productions in the…
My guests on the 12/18/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Emily Cornelius and Drew Bolander from the 6th Street Playhouse’s New Year’s Eve Classical Voices Celebration 2025. The show features some of the North Bay’s most talented women (and a few men) who’ll fill New Year’s Eve with beautiful classical numbers…
My guests on the 12/11/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Cinnabar Theater Executive Director Diane Dragone and director Bridget Codoni for a conversation about their upcoming holiday presentation of The Holiday Songbook. The show has four performances in the Warren Auditorium on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park…
My guests on the second of two 12/04/25 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Michael Arbitter and Drew Bolander from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. This unique show runs in the Codding Theatre at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park…
My guest on the first of two 12/04/25 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 was Britta Rae from the Transcendence Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Broadway Holiday 2025. The show will have multiple performances in Santa Rosa at the Sonoma Country Day School on Dec. 13 & 14, and then in Sonoma at…
My guests on the 11/20/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were director Jenny Hollingworth and actor Matt Farrell from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This show runs in the Condiotti Theatre at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park through December…
My guests on the 11/13/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Laura Downing-Lee, Waylon Hessler, and Nora Summers from the 6th Street Playhouse production of A Christmas Story: The Musical. This show runs in 6th Street’s GK Hardt Theatre from November 21 through December 21. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
If there’s one word to describe North Bay theatre companies’ choices for their 2025 holiday productions, it’s “familiar”. One company is repeating their selections from last year while two others bring back chestnuts whose memories still linger from their successful mounting on other local stages. Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Theatre Company is the company with two…
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