My guests on the 11/20/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were director Jenny Hollingworth and actor Matt Farrell from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This show runs in the Condiotti Theatre at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park through December…
Bertolt Brecht’s 1941 parable play/farce about the dangers of complacency and appeasement is, as is said much too frequently today, as timely as ever. It’s a shame eight U.S. Senators haven’t had a chance to see it. It’s the second show in the first full season for Petaluma’s Mercury Theater, the newest theatrical kid on…
My guests on the 11/13/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Laura Downing-Lee, Waylon Hessler, and Nora Summers from the 6th Street Playhouse production of A Christmas Story: The Musical. This show runs in 6th Street’s GK Hardt Theatre from November 21 through December 21. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
If there’s one word to describe North Bay theatre companies’ choices for their 2025 holiday productions, it’s “familiar”. One company is repeating their selections from last year while two others bring back chestnuts whose memories still linger from their successful mounting on other local stages. Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Theatre Company is the company with two…
My guests on the 11/06/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Sarah Wintermeyer and Chase Thompson from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theater Arts production of Ride the Cyclone: The Musical. This rollercoaster of a show runs in the Burbank Auditorium on the SRJC campus from November 14 through November 23.…
My guests on the 10/30/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Keith Baker and Kevin Bordi from the Mercury Theater production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. The parable play about the rise of an American gangster runs at the old Cinnabar Theater building in Petaluma from October 31…
My guests on the 10/23/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Matthew Witthaus and Katie Watts-Whitaker from the Raven Players’ production of Willliam Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The audience is invited to sit on the stage and surround the performers at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg from October 24 through November 9.…
When I see a show late in its run, or the run itself is short, I’ll take some time and provide a short take on the production… Bad Seed – 6th Street Playhouse Pluses: performances, technical work Minuses: dated storyline often plays as camp To truly appreciate just how shocking William March’s The Bad Seed…
My guests on the 10/16/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Ken Urso and Jamie Parnell from the THTR production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. The stage musical upon which the cult classic movie was based will have three performances – October 23, 24 and 25 – at The California…
My guests on the 10/09/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Thomas Gibson and Max Chittister from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Clue. The show based on the popular 1985 movie opens in Cloverdale on October 17 and runs at the CPAC through November 2. Click below to listen: **********…
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