North Bay artists and productions recognized by the SFBATCC North Bay theatre artists and companies received significant recognition at the 49th San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Excellence in Theatre Awards Gala. Hundreds of theatre artists from throughout the Bay Area attended the event which was held on Monday, March 30, 2026 at the…
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.…
by Harry Duke * Two hapless, small-time crooks hit the roads of South Carolina in search of their next “big” score in T-Bone n Weasel. The John Klein comedy is the latest theatrical presentation at The 222 in Healdsburg and concludes its short run with three performances through April 5. Pals T-Bone (Aldo Billingslea) and…
My guests on the 03/26/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Sharon Griffith and Sheri Lee Miller to discuss the upcoming presentation of Juke Joint Jukebox. The historical cabaret is being performed at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park from April 10 – April 12. Click below to listen: **********…
by Cari Lynn Pace * If you expect this rock music show to be loud and in-your-face, you are correct. What you may not expect is how Alanis Morissette’s emotional songs resonate in today’s angry world. Drug use? Sexual predators? Political privilege? Color bias? Lover infidelity? They’re all here, exploding from the intimate Novato Theater…
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 Harry Duke * After a couple of rabble-rousing, politically-bent productions, Petaluma’s Mercury Theater shifts to British comedy with their production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. The Michael Fontaine-directed production runs through Mar. 21. The play, written in 1930, has served as a vehicle for some of the top performers of the past century, including…
by Cari Lynn Pace * If you are a fan of Stephen Sondheim, you will be delighted with this Throckmorton Theatre production of Company. If you don’t care for Sondheim’s repetitive musical style, you will still be delighted with this production. It’s a show filled with non-stop energy. Company focuses on bachelor Bobby’s 35th birthday…
by Harry Duke * For centuries France has produced such famous playwrights as Molière, Beaumarchais, Rostand, Sartre, and Ionesco and such plays as Tartuffe, The Marriage of Figaro, Cyrano de Bergerac, No Exit, and Rhinoceros. And yet, according to the Guinness World Record organization, the most performed French play in the world is a 1960s…
