My guests on the September 22 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Elizabeth Dale and Miriam Valencia from the SRJC Theatre Arts production of Stand and Deliver. Miriam’s dad Carlos joined in the conversation to tell of his experience meeting Jaime Escalante. Click below to listen:…
Sonoma County theatre is taking a beating at the hands of the continuing COVID pandemic. The Cloverdale Performing Arts Center/Raven Players presentation of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) was cancelled before it opened and the Left Edge Theatre run of Fun Home was cut short. Both had cast members come down with COVID.…
We did a special “Theatre Thursday”segment on the Friday, September 15 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO with Michael Ross, director of the Spreckels Theatre Company production of The Music Man. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
My guests on the September 15 “Theatre Thursday” segment of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Erin Solorio and Michael Strelo-Smith for a conversation about the 6th Street Playhouse production of Cabaret. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
My guests on the September 8 Theatre Thursday segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were director Zachary Hasbany and cast member Tina Traboulsi from the Cinnabar Theater production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
My guests on the September 1 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Aja Gianola-Norris and Selena Elize from the upcoming Sonoma Arts Live production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Contrary to what I say at the opening of the interview, the show opens on September 9. Click below…
My guests on the August 25 Theatre Thursday segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were Left Edge Theatre’s Argo Thompson and Emily Jansen-Adan from their season-opening production of Fun Home, which will also be the inaugural production at The California, downtown Santa Rosa’s newest entertainment venue. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
Fall is usually marked by the local theatre community with a series of ambitious announcements heralding the shows each company plans to produce for their new season. COVID continues to be a factor as companies optimistically make plans while struggling to fill casts and schedule rehearsals. Some companies have reacted to the continued uncertainty surrounding…
A fun interview on today’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO with Blake McIver and Emerson Collins about their show I Dreamed a Dreamgirl, running this weekend at Sonoma Arts Live. Click below to listen: Click the graphic below for more information:
For many people, when they drive past a homeless encampment or encounter a hungry person asking for spare cash, they quickly choose from a very short list of actions: looking the other way, offering help, writing letters to public officials or making a mental note to “do something” in the future. When Petaluma writer Nathaniel…
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