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Sonoma County
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Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse, Lee Adams – Cinnabar Theater – A joyful, high-energy musical comedy packed with unforgettable songs, humor, and heart. It’s a celebration of youth, fame, and the delightful chaos that happens when pop culture collides with small-town life.
with Noah Evans, Laura Odette Sandoval, Noah Vondralee Sternhill, Mia Wade, David Yen, Molly Larsen-Shine, Max Williams, Jill Wagoner, Olivia Manz, Miriam Valencia, Dex Haley, Jordan Bedell, Addison Mason, Jake McFadden, Corwin James Wilson, Hudson Miles, Gabe Adelman, Jennifer Doll, Rachel Aquilina,Angie Faith Palce, Troy Evans, Ron Lam
Directed by Zachary Hasbany
Rohnert Park * September 18 – October 4
Tickets $23 – $72
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Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Banj Pasek & Justin Paul – Spreckels Theatre Company – Seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life. But when a tragedy shocks his community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.
with Julianne Bradbury, Addison Brown, Nathaniel Howe, Nick Kealy, Jacqueline Lee, Neil Northrop, Michelle Pagano, Aliya Webb
Directed by Kim Bromley
Rohnert Park * September 25 – October 11
Tickets $20 – $54
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Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts – a passionate, feminist reimagining of the life of 17th-century poet and musician Emilia Bassano. The play, performed by an all-female cast, delves into her journey from a privileged childhood, to becoming a trailblazing poet, and a woman fighting for her say in a male-dominated world.
Directed by Emily Hansen
Santa Rosa * October 2 – October 11
Tickets $15 – $30
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Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw – 6th Street Playhouse – One of George Bernard Shaw’s most spirited and surprising comedies. Set in the drawing room of a prosperous English family on a seemingly ordinary afternoon, the tranquility is shattered when an airplane literally crashes into their greenhouse, introducing a bold, unconventional aviatrix into the midst of polite society. As suitors circle, secrets surface, and romantic expectations unravel, Shaw turns the traditional courtship comedy on its head with sharp wit and deliciously tangled misunderstandings.
with Mike Pavone, Laura Downing-Lee, Evvy Carlstrom-March, Sam Coughlin, Jayce Kaldunski, John Craven, David A. Bradbury, Karen Miles, Phi Tran
Directed by Drew Bolander
Santa Rosa * October 2 – October 25
Tickets $28 – $49
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Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim – Raven Players – Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber who returns to London, seeks vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires an ingredient into her meat pies…and the carnage has only just begun!
with Garet Waterhouse, Katie Watts-Whitaker, Sean Cooper, Clarice Perez, Matthew Witthaus, Declan Hackett, Anthony Martin, William Young, Kelly Devoto
Directed by Steven David Martin
Healdsburg * October 23 – November 8
Tickets $10 – $44
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The Black Rider by Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs – Mercury Theater – Wilhelm, a file clerk, falls in love with a huntsman’s daughter. In order to marry, Wilhelm must prove his worth as a hunter and gain her father’s approval, but, as “a man of pen and ink,” his shot is lousy and his hopes of marriage worsen. He is offered magic bullets by the devil, Pegleg,who assures him that his bullets will always have a sure shot. However, Pegleg stipulates that, while most of the bullets will hit anything Wilhelm pleases, one of the bullets is under Pegleg’s control. Foolish, naive, and overrun with desperate hope, Wilhelm accepts the Faustian pact. On the day of Wilhelm’s wedding, the final bullet strikes his beloved dead. He then goes mad, and joins the previous victims of Satan’s cunning in the Devil’s carnival.
with Molly Larsen-Shine, Sergio Diaz, Rhian Moon, AJ Correia, Dwayne Stincelli, Lisa Flato, Joshua Norwitt, Sierra Reed
Directed by Doyle Ott
Petaluma * October 30 – November 15
Tickets $20 – $35
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Marin County
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn – Novato Theater Company – An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box.
with Daniela Innocenti-Beem, Pat Barr / John Griffin, Nicholas Augusta, Nicole Stanley, Dominic Marco Canty, Carly Harrington, Emily Rutledge, Marlee Ostrom, Paul Hogarth, Daphne Pappas
Directed by Larry Williams
Novato * September 18 – October 11
Tickets $27- $39
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – Ross Valley Players – Set in late 1940s Brooklyn and told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist traveling salesman Willy Loman who is despondent with his life and appears to be slipping into senility. Several tragic, soul-searching revelations – concerning his wife, his sons and his business associates – underscore how his quest for the “American Dream” kept him blind to the people who truly loved him.
with Charles Queary, Mary Ann Rodgers, Brennan Pickman-Thoon, Evan Held, Steve Price, Christopher Jensen , Mark Robinson, William Brosnahan, Ilana Niernberger, Diego Hardy, Rachel Kai’ulani Kennealy, Isadora Zucker
Directed by Adrian Elfenbaum
Novato * September 24 – October 25
Tickets $30 – $45
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Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson – College of Marin Drama – Defying Gravity artfully interweaves the past with the present and the lives of participants and bystanders. It draws parallels among painter Claude Monet’s artistic quest, the zest of the first civilian teacher-astronaut selected, the perspectives of her grieving daughter, and the aspirations of retired tourists who dream of space travel. It’s a clever, uplifting fantasy about art, religion, and the outer limits of human possibility.
Directed by Lisa Morse
Kentfield * October 2 – October 18
Tickets $30 – $45
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Betrayal by Harold Pinter – Marin Theatre – Moving backwards and forwards, Betrayal illuminates a seven-year affair between Emma and Jerry, her husband Robert’s closest friend. As the story unravels, the tension between memory and reality is sharpened, revealing shifting perspectives, hidden motives, unspoken power dynamics, and titillating pleasure behind the deception. Laced with Pinter’s signature wit, this piercing drama is a masterclass in what is said — and unsaid — between lovers and friends. Words and silences punctuate the irreversible consequences of long-concealed truths and betrayals which reverberate far beyond a single act.
with Tasso Feldman, Liz Sklar, Charlie Semine, Nic Moore
Directed by Carey Perloff
Mill Valley * October 22 – November 15
Tickets $15 – $90
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Napa County
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Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams – Valley Players – The imperious Mrs. Bramson who, when she hears her young maid Dora is pregnant, questions the child’s presumed father Dan, only to find him charming, but mysterious. As the atmosphere turns uneasy, everyone begins to see him, and each other, in a different light.
with Courtney Harris, Nancy Heine, Alex Ivey, Mellene Miller, Cameron Oyen, Richard Pallaziol, Tara Rokstad, Jessica Romero
Directed by Rhonda Bowen
Yountville * October 9 – October 25
Tickets $27 – $30
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Revenge of the Rebobs! by Barry Martin and Rob Broadhurst – Lucky Penny – The musical returns and takes us back again to Halloween, 1982, and something’s brewing in the hills at the top of Partrick Road. When a skeptic comes to Napa Valley to find out the truth about the legendary Rebobs, he’s drawn into the local mystery – and when bodies start piling up it seems like the Rebobs are out for revenge. Meet the nature girl, a weird trio, a wise yet creepy old man, and a guy who definitely peaked in high school. Who is the villain here? Are the Rebobs out for blood? Or are they being framed?
Directed by Barry Martin
Napa * October 16 – November 8
Tickets $30 – $49
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Solano County
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