Interview – “Perfect Arrangement” at SSU

My guests on the 02/27/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were director Ely Sonny Orquiza and dramaturg Estrella Gonzalez from the Sonoma State University School of Performing Arts production of Perfect Arrangement. We chatted about the show and the impact of the budget issues at SSU on the students and the program.…

Review: “The Shape of Things” in Healdsburg

“You stepped over the line.” is both the first line of Neil Labute’s The Shape of Things and also a criticism leveled at LaBute for a lot of his writing. Sometimes labeled a misanthrope and other times labeled a misogynist, Labute’s plays and films like In the Company of Men often feature terrible people doing…

Interview – “Steel Magnolias” at Cinnabar

My guests on the 02/13/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Sarah Dunnavant and Miriam Ani from the Cinnabar Theater production of Steel Magnolias. The show runs at Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park through February 23. Click below to listen: ********** Click…

Review: “The Motherf**ker with the Hat” in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre continues to push the boundaries for North Bay theatre audiences with another provocative production, this time with a show whose title is usually redacted in print. Steven Adly Guirgis’s The Motherf**ker with the Hat runs at The California though February 22.    Guirgis, who won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama…