The predominant story in Bay Area theatre for the past year continues to be company closures and the regular announcement of emergency fund raisers to stave off further closures. No theatre company is immune to the financial pressures created by the combination of the increase in costs of doing business and the reduction of income…
The predominant story in Bay Area theatre in the past year continues to be company closures and the regular announcement of emergency fund raisers to stave off further closures. No theatre company is immune to the financial pressures created by the combination of the increase in costs of doing business and the reduction of income…
My guest on the August 15 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Eric Jackson, Conceiver/Director/Choreographer of Transcendence Theatre Company’s third production in their “Broadway in Sonoma” series. Dancing in the Street runs through August 18 at the Field of Dreams in Sonoma. Click below to hear the interview: ********** Click HERE for…
My guests on the August 1 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Danny Bañales and Jackie Rosas from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Our Lady of the Tortilla. The show runs at the Performing Arts Center from August 10 through August 25. Click below to hear the interview: ********** Click…
My guest on the July 25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Velina Brown, director of American Dreams, the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s latest production. The show is playing at various venues throughout Northern California, including at La Plaza Park in Cotati on August 3 and the back lawn of the Mill…
My guest on the July 18 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Tony Gonzalez, Artistic Director at Transcendence Theatre Company. Tony previewed Don’t Stop Us Now, the second production in Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show opens July 25 at the Field of Dreams in Sonoma. Click below to hear the…
My guests on the June 27 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Anthony Martin and Molly Larsen-Shine from the Raven Players production of Company. The show runs at The Playhouse in the Windsor High School Theater Building through July 21. Click below to hear the interview: ********** Click HERE for more information.
The Novato Theater Company closes out their 103rd season with a production of Michael Frayn’s award-winning farce Noises Off. The three-act comedy runs at the Novato Playhouse through July 14. Act I introduces us to stressed-out director Lloyd Dallas (Mike Pavone), who has his hands full at the final rehearsal of a touring production of…
My guest on the June 6 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Tony Gonzalez, Artistic Director at Transcendence Theatre Company. Tony previewed Summertime!, the upcoming opening production of Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show opens June 20 at the Field of Dreams in Sonoma. Click below to hear the interview: **********…
North Bay theaters seem to be in the middle of a Karen Zacarías mini-festival with the Ross Valley Players well-received run of the playwright’s The Book Club Play coming to an end while Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse is in the middle of their run of Native Gardens. Both plays poke fun at suburban life…
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