Review: “Aztlán” in San Francisco

by Beulah F. Vega San Francisco’s Magic Theatre is just a quick hop over the Golden Gate and should be on the radar of every North Bay theatre lover. Their current production of Luis Alfaro’s Aztlán, which they commissioned, has had its run extended through July 20. Kinan Valdez directs the story which flits between…

2nd Review: “Hamlet” in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse has conspired with the Jacobethan Theatre Workshop to drag Shakespeare out of the parking lot and back into the comfy confines of a black box theater with their co-production of Hamlet. Their truncated version of what no less an authority than Laurence Olivier called “the tragedy of a man who…

Interview – “Hamlet” in Santa Rosa

My guests on the 06/12/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Lukas Raphael and Chris Schloemp from the 6th Street Playhouse/Jacobethan Theatre Workshop co-production of Hamlet. The show runs on the Monroe Stage of the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa through June 21. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for…

Review: “Hamlet” in Santa Rosa

by Beulah F. Vega 6th Street Playhouse, in collaboration with the Jacobethan Theater Workshop, is presenting a ‘stripped down’ version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet on their Monroe Stage through Saturday, June 21. For those unfamiliar with the Jacobethan Theater Workshop, it’s the company that for the last few years has produced “Shakespeare in the Parking…

Interview – “Bright Star” at Cinnabar

My guests on the 06/05/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Megan Bartlett and David Bradbury from the Cinnabar Theater production of Bright Star. The musical runs at Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park through June 29. Click below to listen: ********** Click…

Review: “The Sound Inside” in Santa Rosa

Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is an odd play. It’s about people who may or may not exist and things that may or may not have happened. It’s a story being told about a story being told about a story being told. Confused? Maybe, maybe not. After a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway in 2019,…