Healdsburg’s The 222 concludes its season of professional drama with The Mountaintop, co-directed by Aldo Billingsley and Rebecca Novick. Playwright Katori Hall’s 2009 imagining of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last night on Earth runs through April 14. It’s late in the evening of April 3, 1968 and Dr. King (Ron Chapman) has returned to…
The impending apocalypse means it’s time to head to the local bar. That’s the premise of Alison Carr’s quirky play The Last Quiz Night On Earth in which the end is nigh, but the liquor still flows. Left Edge Theatre’s latest production runs at The California in Santa Rosa through April 13th. As an asteroid…
My guest on the April 4 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Brad Surosky, Executive Director at Transcendence Theatre Company, for a discussion of the changes in store for the company this year and a preview of their “Broadway in Sonoma” season. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information…
If an asteroid was headed straight for Earth and the total destruction of the planet imminent, would you: a) Head for home and the family b) Head for church and prayer c) Head for a bar and a trivia contest If you answered “c”, then Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre has a show for you.…
My guests on the March 29 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Steven Lasiter and Jennifer Barnaba from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Million Dollar Quartet. The show runs in Santa Rosa through May 4. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
Healdsburg’s Raven Players is one of the few local companies to wear the phrase “community theater” as a badge of honor. Absent a delusion of grandeur and pretenses of ‘Broadway quality’, the Players simply make the commitment to be a place that all are welcome, both on and off the stage. Their casts are frequently…
My guests on the March 22 “Theatre Thursday” (on Friday) segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Craig Peoples and Waylon Hessler from the Raven Players production of The Wizard of Oz. The show runs at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg through April 7. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more…
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced the nominations for their 47th Excellence in Theatre Awards and North Bay theatre companies received 59 nominations over 18 categories. Active since 1976, the Circle rewards excellence in all phases of theatrical production through the Circle’s annual awards. The Circle eliminated gender distinction in their performance…
My guests on the March 14 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Clark Lewis and Jared Wright from the Roustabout Theater production of Uncle Vanya. The show runs at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa through March 31. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information…
My guests on the March 7 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Libby Oberlin and David L. Yen from the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Book of Will. The show runs in Santa Rosa through March 30. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
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