Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “continuation” of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, made quite a splash at the Marin Theatre Company in 2016 and since then has become a staple of holiday theatre programs. The Spreckels Theatre Company brings it to Rohnert Park with a production running through Dec. 15.…
‘Tis the season for holiday-themed shows to take center stage at many North Bay theatres. Family-friendly musicals continue to be the go-to choices of a lot of companies, but there are a few offering a break to those who’ve grown weary of the Christmas music thrust upon them since late September. Lauren Gunderson and Margot…
After repeated delays due to the Kincade Fire and PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs, the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center finally held its “Big Reveal” party on Sunday, November 24 and announced its 2020 season. At the event co-sponsored by the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, CPAC Artistic Director Yavé Guzman announced a season of four plays…
My guests on the Thursday, November 21 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Laura Downing-Lee, Michael Coury Murdock, and Ariana LaMark from the SRJC/SSU production of The Sound of Music. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay theatre patrons are well aware of the number of performances cancelled because of the Kincade fire and the PG&E power shutoffs. What they may not know is the impact those factors had on shows in the middle of their rehearsal process. There’s no doubt that loss of critical time can be attributed to…
My guests on the Thursday, November 14 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Evan Held and Zane Walters from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Click below to listen: **********
My guests on the Thursday, November 7 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Patrick Nims, David Yen, and Brittany Law from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Oliver! Click below to listen: **********
Local theatres seem to be in a New York state of mind with two very different shows set in the Big Apple running on North Bay stages. 6th Street Playhouse brings the somewhat ironically titled Wait Until Dark to their Monroe Stage while Left Edge Theatre puts their audiences somewhere Between Riverside and Crazy. Wait…
North Bay theatre was well represented at the 6th Annual TBA Awards held Monday night at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The TBA Awards are designed to honor excellence in professionally oriented theatre through a peer-based, Bay Area-wide adjudication process of artists and productions from companies who are members of Theatre Bay Area and…
With the Kincade fire no longer posing an imminent threat and with PG&E enlisting a full contingent of wheel-running squirrels to power up the area, North Bay theatre companies that were forced to shutter their productions last week are looking forward to resuming their runs this weekend. Here’s the status of all Sonoma and Marin…
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