KSRO Interview – “Small Mouth Sounds”
My guest on the Thursday, May 28 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Argo Thompson, director of the Left Edge Theatre production of Small Mouth Sounds. Click below to listen: **********
Performing Arts in the North Bay Today – 05/16/20
Four events taking place today (Saturday, May 16) in the North Bay (and viewable around the world!) 1. 4:30 p.m. Dirty Cello Dirty Cello performs love as part of Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol’s new “In The Meantime’ love concert series. It happens on the Hopmonk Tavern Facebook page. Watch the show, send Rebecca Roudman and company…
Main Stage West cancels season, announces change in leadership
Sebastopol’s Main Stage West has announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2019/2020 season. In an email released today, outgoing Artistic Director Elizabeth Craven had this to say: “As our country and community continue to face the COVID-19 crisis, we here at MAIN STAGE WEST are beginning to turn our emergency response efforts into a…
KSRO Interview: Theaters Deal with Closing
My guests on the Thursday, March 19 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Left Edge Theatre Artistic Director Argo Thompson, Main Stage West incoming Producing Artistic Director Keith Baker, and Technology High School English and Drama Teacher Emily Walters to discuss the effect of cancellations and closures on their theatres. Click…
Going Dark – How to support your local theater in a pandemic
Running a theatre company anywhere is never easy but running one in the North Bay has been even more challenging than usual for the past few years. Many companies rely on the ticket sales from one show to finance the next one so the loss of even a single performance can have significant consequences on…
Looking for theatre this weekend? There actually is some.
Pushing back against the tide of cancellation of most North Bay theatre, a handful of companies have opted to move forward with their productions. Despite cancelling classes for the rest of the winter term, the curtain will apparently still go up on the College of Marin‘s well-received production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Closing weekend…
Most North Bay theatre performances canceled or postponed
Announcements of the cancellation or postponement of North Bay theatrical productions continue to be made. The Santa Rosa Junior College production of The Cripple of Inishmaan has had its run cut short. SRJC Theatre Arts & Fashion Department Chair Leslie McCauley made the following announcement via email: “We regret to inform you that this weekend’s…
KSRO Interview – “Mary Page Marlowe”
My guests on the Thursday, March 12 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Clark Lewis, Sheila Licherie, and Giovi Andreassi from the Roustabout Theater production of Mary Page Marlowe. Click below to listen: **********
Review: “The Cripple of Inishmaan” in Santa Rosa
The renovation and remodeling of Santa Rosa Junior College’s 80-year old Burbank Auditorium is now complete. The venerable 600-seat theatre has been reconfigured into two performance venues; a 400-seat proscenium arch space and a 200-seat 3/4 thrust studio theatre. The JC’s Theatre Arts Department, which has had to take their shows “on the road” for…
KSRO Interview – “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
My guests on the Thursday, March 5 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Leslie McCauley, Daniel Dow, Allyson Bray, and Samantha Bohlke-Slater from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of The Cripple of Inishmaan. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay Stage and Screen 