Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse has announced a major restructuring in staff and leadership. Managing Director Anne Clark and Artistic Director Jared Sakren will leave their positions at the end of May. Clark has been Managing Director of the Playhouse since 2020 but recently made the decison to join the team at Mill Valley’s 142…
Conversations overheard during the intermission of a show often provide fascinating insights into an audience’s immediate reaction to what they’re experiencing. Topics can range from the temperature in the theater (“too cold”) to the running time of the first act (“too long”) to the volume level of the actors when delivering dialogue (“too low.”). All…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the May 18 broadcast of The Drive on KSRO were stage manager John Ruzika and cast member Keene Hudson from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Smart People. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
When it comes to jukebox musicals, Always… Patsy Cline may be North Bay theatergoers’ favorite. That’s evidenced by the number of productions put on in the area in recent years. Sonoma Arts Live reprised their 2018 production late last year, and now Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse has mounted a Jared Sakren-directed production that runs…
My guests on the April 13 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Laura Downing-Lee, Michael Coury Murdock, Austin Aquino-Harrison, and Gwenevieve Nelson from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of The Addams Family Musical. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for…
My guests on the March 30 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on KSRO were Shannon Rider and Liz Jahren from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Always… Patsy Cline. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
Fans of corporate dramas like Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and Jerry Sterner’s Other People’s Money might do well to check out the last couple of performances of Dry Powder. The California in Santa Rosa is hosting the Left Edge Theatre production of the Sara Burgess drama through March 26. It’s set in the offices of…
A lot of “firsts” were achieved when Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959. It was the first time Broadway produced a play written by a Black woman and the first Broadway show helmed by a Black director. The show was a critical and commercial success and spawned a film…
My guest on the second of two Theatre Thursday segments on the March 2 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke was Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, director of the 6th Street Playhouse production of “A Raisin in the Sun”. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
Our guests on the first of two Theatre Thursday segments on the March 2 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Leslie McCauley, Trevor Braskamp, and Nate Musser from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Gloria. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for…
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