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 latest work at Santa…
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…
by Harry Duke * After a series of lightweight comedies and Broadway musicals, Cinnabar Theater gets serious with a production of Lucas Hnath’s The Christians. The theological drama runs in the Warren Theater on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park through April 26. Folks walking into the usually sterile Warren Theater may…
My guests on the 04/02/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Jared N. Wright and Andrew Patton from the upcoming Cinnabar Theater production of The Christians. The provocative drama runs in the Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park from April 10 – 26.…
My guest on the 03/19/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Michael Tabib, Artistic Director of Curtain Call Theatre of Monte Rio, and director of their current production of The Glass Menagerie. The show is being performed at the Russian River Hall in Monte Rio through March 29. Click below to listen:…
My guests on the 03/12/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Mary Samson and David Yen from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Marjorie Prime. The show runs on 6th Street’s Monroe Stage in Santa Rosa through March 29. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
by Barry Willis * A week has passed since the press opener of Berkeley Rep’s revamp of Arthur Miller’s enduring family drama All My Sons. Presumably some of the hysteria around this production has faded a bit, but during opening week there was plenty of it among the critical community. “Transcendent,” “revelatory,” and “a magnum…
My guests on the 02/19/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Isiah Carter and Lexus Fletcher from the Left Edge Theatre production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915. The…
by Cari Lynn Pace * Ten contestants vie for a shiny red pickup, a publicity gimmick by a car dealership in Longview, Texas. Whoever can keep a hand on the truck the longest wins the keys to drive off with it. Hands on a Hardbody keeps you guessing how long the contestants will last and…
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