Interview – “Steel Magnolias” at Cinnabar

My guests on the 02/13/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Sarah Dunnavant and Miriam Ani from the Cinnabar Theater production of Steel Magnolias. The show runs at Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park through February 23. Click below to listen: ********** Click…

Preview: Sonoma/Napa Winter Theatre

North Bay theatre companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. Holiday-themed shows now give way to the usual mixture of comedies, dramas, and musicals from classics to contemporary works to a short play festival. Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse gets things going in early…

Preview: Marin Winter Theatre

Marin theatre companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. The New Year in theatre begins with a classic comedy, a musical adaptation of a Sundance Film Festival favorite, and a political drama that was banned for decades in its native England. The Novato Theatre…

2024’s Top Torn Theatre Tix

It’s time for this critic to take an end-of-year look back at local theatre. To start, I’m happy to report that no theatres closed in this area. As a matter of fact, there’s a new company in town with the formation of Petaluma’s Mercury Theater. So, continuing on that positive note, here, in chronological order,…

Interview – “A New Year’s Bash! Starring Snoopy” at Redwood Empire Ice Arena

My guests on the 12/19/24 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Santa Rosa Figure Skating Club President Amy Thomason-Richardson, performer Ruby Rae Richardson, and director/choreographer Karen Kresge from the upcoming Santa Rosa Figure Skating Club production of A New Year’s Bash! Starring Snoopy. There are two shows only on Monday, December 30.…