The Marquee Theater Journalists Association has announced the nominees for their 2026 MTJA Norbay Theater Awards. The Association was originally formed by a group of Sonoma County-based theater journalists in 2015 with the intent of developing a critically-based awards program to acknowledge outstanding work done by the local theater community. It held Awards ceremonies from…
My guests on the 09/17/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were cast members Noah Evans and Molly Larsen-Shine from the Cinnabar Theater production of Bye Bye Birdie. The classic musical runs in the Warren Theater on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park through October 4. Click below to…
My guest on the 09/10/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM was director Michael Tabib from the Curtain Call Theatre production of Ronald Harwood’s Quartet. The comedy about a group of bickering retired opera singers reuniting for one last performance runs through September 26 at the Russian River Hall in Monte Rio.…
Beulah Vega guest hosted the 09/03/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM and interviewed cast member Mercedes Murphy and director Leontyne Mbele-Mbong from the Mercury Theater production of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel. The intimate drama runs in the little red schoolhouse on the hill in Petaluma through September 13. Click HERE for…
My guests on the 08/27/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were cast members Jeff Coté and Jereme Anglin from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of Equivocation. The political thriller set in Shakespeare’s time runs in the Condiotti Black Box Experimental Theater in the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park through…
My guests on the second of two 08/20/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were director/choreographer Malia Abayon and assistant director/choreographer HarriettePearl Fugitt from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. The show runs on the GK Hardt stage at 6th Street Playhouse through September 20. Click HERE…
My guests on the first of two 08/20/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Jeff Coté and playwright Joseph Rodota for a discussion about 6th Street Playhouse’s Live Reading Series presentation of Chessman. Jeff filled us in on the Live Reading Series while Joe talked about his dramatization of the circumstances…
My guests on the 08/14/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Nathan Cummings and Daphne Cummings from the Cinnabar Theater for Young Audiences production of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The show runs in the Cinnabar Theater Studio Space located at the Petaluma Premium Outlet Mall, 2200 Petaluma Blvd.,…
by Harry Duke * With summer drawing to close, local theatre companies are prepping their houses for a robust 2026/27 season. Live theatre productions in Northern Sonoma County will include the usual mixture of the tried and true along with a sprinkling of newer works to keep things interesting for the frequent theatre-goer. Healdsburg’s Raven…
by Harry Duke * With summer drawing to close, local theatre companies are prepping their houses for a robust 2026/27 season. Live theatre productions in Marin will include the usual mixture of the tried and true along with a sprinkling of North Bay premieres to keep things interesting for the frequent theatre-goer. Mill Valley’s Marin…
North Bay Stage and Screen 