Sebastopol’s Main Stage West has announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2019/2020 season. In an email released today, outgoing Artistic Director Elizabeth Craven had this to say: “As our country and community continue to face the COVID-19 crisis, we here at MAIN STAGE WEST are beginning to turn our emergency response efforts into a…
My guest on the phoned-in Wednesday, April 1 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Argo Thompson, Artistic Director of Left Edge Theatre. Argo filled us in on how Left Edge is adapting to the current situation. Click below to listen. **********
My guest on the phoned-in Thursday, March 26 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Pat Nims, founder of Zoom Theatre, a new streaming theatre company. I apologize in advance for the audio quality. but if you turn your speakers up, you should be able to hear it. We’re working on a…
My guests on the Thursday, March 19 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Left Edge Theatre Artistic Director Argo Thompson, Main Stage West incoming Producing Artistic Director Keith Baker, and Technology High School English and Drama Teacher Emily Walters to discuss the effect of cancellations and closures on their theatres. Click…
Running a theatre company anywhere is never easy but running one in the North Bay has been even more challenging than usual for the past few years. Many companies rely on the ticket sales from one show to finance the next one so the loss of even a single performance can have significant consequences on…
My guests on the Thursday, March 12 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Clark Lewis, Sheila Licherie, and Giovi Andreassi from the Roustabout Theater production of Mary Page Marlowe. Click below to listen: **********
My guests on the Thursday, March 5 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Leslie McCauley, Daniel Dow, Allyson Bray, and Samantha Bohlke-Slater from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of The Cripple of Inishmaan. Click below to listen: **********
It used to be that when a theater company announced its next season of shows, they did so in a mailer. Sent through the actual, you know, mail. But that was long ago. Eventually, thanks to technological innovations, such announcements went on to be made via the internet, through website updates, email campaigns, and then,…
My guest on the Thursday, February 27 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was producer/director Beulah Vega from the Heroines, Harpies, and Harlots – A Woman Speaks program, part of the Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival being held at 6th Street Playhouse. Click below to listen: **********
My guest on the Thursday, February 20 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was director Michael Ross from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Daddy Long Legs. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay Stage and Screen 