North Bay Theatre Companies Snag 59 SFBATCC Award Nominations

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…

Review: “Orlando” in Santa Rosa

Gender fluidity flows like the Russian River after a torrential rain in the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts Department production of Orlando. Laura Downing-Lee directs the Sarah Ruhl-penned adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel. The show runs in the Frank Chong Studio Theatre in the Burbank Auditorium on the SRJC Santa Rosa campus through…

Interview – “Orlando” at SRJC

My guests on the February 29 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Colin Cameron and Lizzy Bies from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Orlando. The show opens on the SRJC Santa Rosa campus on March 1 and runs through March 10. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE…

Review: “Dream Hou$e” in Petaluma

Cinnabar Theater hosted one of five productions that opened in the North Bay last weekend.  Dream Hou$e, by Eliana Pipes, may be the least well-known among those five, but it is a show that should be seen. The production runs in Petaluma through February 25.  Sisters Julia and Patricia have agreed to sell their mother’s…

Interview – “Everybody” at Left Edge

My guests on the second of two February 8 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 were Skylar Evans and Dana Hunt from the Left Edge Theatre production of Everybody. The show runs at the California in Santa Rosa through February 24. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the…