The Transcendence Theatre Company has apparently reacted to the outcry following the public resignation of Nikko Kimzin, its former Director of Education and Community Engagement. In a post dated February 10, 2021 on the Medium web site, Kimzin attributed his resignation to “…the Transcendence Executive Team’s ongoing suppression of equity, diversity, and inclusion practices and…
Nikko Kimzin, up until a few hours ago the Transcendence Theatre Company’s Director of Education and Community Engagement, has announced his resignation via a public post on the Medium web site. Kimzin, who first performed with the company in 2017 and joined it full-time in 2018, gives his reasons for his resignation as “…the Transcendence…
My guests on the Thursday, February 11 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Larry Williams and Mark & Julianne Bradbury from the Sonoma Arts Live streaming production of David Templeton’s Pinky. Click below to listen: **********
My guests on the Thursday, January 21 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Nathan Cummings and Mike Pavone from Cinnabar Theater’s The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. Click below to listen: **********
Marin County’s Mountain Play announced the cancellation of their 2021 season via Twitter. The two-part Tweet read as follows: “In support of the health and well-being of our community and staff, the Mountain Play announces the cancellation of our 2021 Season Production of INTO THE WOODS. We will safely return to Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre on…
‘Tis the time for critics of all ilks to release their “end of year” lists. For almost twenty years, this publication has presented a “Top Torn Tickets” list featuring the year’s best North Bay theatrical productions. Those years, however, had the advantage of having an entire calendar year’s worth of shows to consider. With the…
I love short play festivals. You get a bunch of different stories and a bunch of different storytellers and, should there be a lemon in the bunch, welllll… it’s over in a few minutes and you move on to the next one. Left Edge Theatre is presenting their Hindsight 2021 Short Play Festival, featuring twelve…
My phone-in guests on the Thursday, January 7 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Paige Picard and Abbey Lee from Left Edge Theatre’s Hindsight 2021 Short Play Festival. Click below to listen: **********
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major restructuring at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. An email sent out earlier today announced the departure of Artistic Director Yavé Guzmán and Front-of-House Manager Mary Dixon. “Unfortunately, due to the extreme financial toll of the pandemic, we are no longer able to pay any staff and have…
My phone-in guest on the Thursday, December 10 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Michael Gene Sullivan to preview their radio production of A Red Carol. Click below to listen: **********
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