My guests on the 05/07/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Emily Lynn Cornelius and Libby Oberlin from the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Lifespan of a Fact. 6th Street Executive Artistic Director Cornelius takes to the 6th Street stage for the first time under Oberlin’s direction in this fast-paced, blistering…
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…
by Harry Duke * There is no more quintessential Broadway musical than Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly! Theatre companies large and small have been producing it regularly since its debut more than 50 years ago including productions over the last decade by the Raven Players, Sonoma Arts Live, and the Mountain Play. Santa Rosa Junior College…
My guests on the second of two 04/16/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Laura Downing-Lee and Matthew Quezada-Cortes from the SRJC Theatre Arts production of Hello, Dolly! The show has eight performances from April 17 through April 26 on the Burbank Auditorium Main Stage on the campus of Santa Rosa…
by Cari Lynn Pace * Conceived by Jeff Whitty and based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse tackles the jukebox musical Head Over Heels with gusto. The Go-Go’s, the all-girl band whose music is featured, give us quite a music collection to enjoy. This mash-up of Shakespearean patois with…
My guests on the 04/09/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Malia Abayon and HarriettePearl Fugitt from the upcoming 6th Street Playhouse production of Head Over Heels. The jukebox musical featuring music from the Go-Go’s runs in the GK Hardt Theatre at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa from April 10 –…
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 * 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…
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