by Cari Lynn Pace Who should control – and profit from – a cure for all diseases in the world? Does the creation of such potential benefit belong in the hands of a joint venture firm who developed it? Who can be trusted to test its effectiveness, and if it works, who would distribute such…
My guests on the first of two 08/20/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Jeff Coté and playwright Joseph Rodota for a discussion about 6th Street Playhouse’s Live Reading Series presentation of Chessman. Jeff filled us in on the Live Reading Series while Joe talked about his dramatization of the circumstances…
by Harry Duke * Fans of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi thriller Total Recall (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) or, for the real cinephile, John Frankenheimer’s underrated 1966 sci-fi thriller Seconds (starring Rock Hudson, of all people) looking for something in the same vein would do well to seek out a production of Bay Area playwright Greg Lam’s…
by Harry Duke * Dysfunctional family dramas have been around since the beginning of theatre (Oedipus Rex, anyone?) Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman are prime examples of American playwrights’ takes on the genre. Leave it to a British playwright to steer…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 06/11/26 were director Clark Lewis and cast member Jared Wright from the Roustabout Theater Professional Ensemble production of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming. The dark comedy runs through June 28 in the Carsten Cabaret of the Luther Burbank Center…
by Barry Willis * Fantasy and reality collide headlong for a married woman in Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling at Sonoma Arts Live through June 21. Ashley Kennedy stars as Judy, half of a contemporary British couple who have transformed their home into a pastiche of 1950s kitsch—aqua-colored refrigerator and TV, starburst clock, martini glasses,…
by Barry Willis * Named “Playwright of the Year” in 2017 by the Wall Street Journal, Kate Hamill is among the new crop of trendy young writers. Her Sherlock Holmes spoof, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B, is currently running at Ross Valley Players in Marin County. Publicity supplied with that show indicates that…
by Harry Duke * Where’s a playwright to go after exploring the bounds of outer space and the confines of a parrot cage? For award-winning playwright (and former Bohemian contributor) David Templeton, the answer is “back to school”. Templeton, whose most recent plays Galatea and Featherbaby were well received on both coasts, is premiering his…
by Harry Duke * Dramatic plays in the sci-fi/horror genre are few and far between. Whether it’s budgetary restraints or the difficulty in getting audiences to suspend their disbelief that much, folks interested in seeing that stripe of show usually have limited opportunities to do so. 6th Street Playhouse’s recent production of Marjorie Prime and…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 04/30/26 were Lizzy Bies and Jaden “Moose” Frank from the Santa Rosa Junior Colllege Theater Student Production Club’s presentation of Alastair McDowall’s X. The sci-fi drama plays in the SRJC’s Frank Chong Studio Theatre in Santa Rosa for…
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