Large scale, family-friendly theatre returns to the North Bay with the Spreckels Theatre Company production of The Wind in the Willows. Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame adapted Kenneth Grahame’s classic 1908 novel in collaboration with composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe (the same team that adapted Mary Poppins for the stage.) The musical…
My guests on the May 2 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Sean O’Brien and Keene Hudson from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of The Wind in the Willows. The show runs at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park through May 19. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for…
by John Henry Martin You’ve probably heard of this new age, hippy dippy thing that many people, overwhelmed with today’s hectic pace of life, are doing: a silent retreat. This is where you go to a retreat center for a few days or even a week, and do not speak to anyone the entire time. …
My guests on the April 25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Logan Witthaus and Jace Hassler from the Santa Rosa Junior College Student Production Club presentation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The show runs in the Frank Chong Studio Theatre on the Santa Rosa campus of the SRJC through…
My guests on the April 18 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Trevor Hoffman and Nathan Cummings from the Cinnabar Theater production of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougement (As Told by Himself). The show runs in Petaluma through April 28. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE…
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 04/11/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Carmen Mitchell and Alexandria Collis for a discussion of Redwood Ice Theatre Company’s upcoming Glitter Games and what the future holds for Redwood Theatre Company. The Glitter Games happen on Saturday, April 13 @ 7:00…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 04/11/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Maeve Smith and Jaime Love from Sonoma Arts Live for a discussion of their upcoming production of The Hello Girls and a preview of next season. The Hello Girls opens April 19 and runs through…
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…
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