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 MacbethJuly 7 - 25 Sebastopol Shakepeare Festival Haunted by witches and urged by his wife, Macbeth takes destiny by the hand to become King. But as one dirty deed leads to another, he learns that his choices have enormous, unexpected personal, political, and cosmic consequences.Don’t miss your chance to see this epic, karmic tale of cause and effect. |
The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montagues and Capulets who are sworn enemies. The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter, but Capulet is wary of the request becauseis only thirteen. Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris' courtship. |
 RentJuly 9th Opening Night The Raven Players, Healdsburg Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème. It tells a story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. |
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"With the help of Mr. Durang, the fine art of parody has returned to theater in a production you can sink teeth and mind into, while also laughing like an idiot. Parody of this comic verve is as much fun as the sort of marvelous party Noel Coward once sang about. I couldn't have enjoyed it more." —NY Times |
Tony-nominated musical comedy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Based on the popular 1988 film, this is the story of two very different con men who try to out-con each other. They soon find out that the small French town they live in isn’t big enough to support two filthy, shameless, lying, cheating, dirty rotten scoundrels so they set up a challenge: the first person to successfully “clean out” a naive American heiress can stay in town... and the loser must leave. |
Think you know what goes on in the minds of children? Guess again. Think Harvey, think Alice Through the Looking Glass. Four-year-old Lucy (played by an adult actor) has a hyperactive imagination in which she has created Mr. Marmalade, an over-scheduled Type A who arrives late (again) for her tea party, torments his personal assistant, Bradley, and carries weird and quirky accessories in his briefcase. |
Novato Theater Company, Novato In 1930s Depression America, Arthur Parker, a sheet-music salesman, is having a hard time, both in his business and at home with his wife Joan. His business is failing and Joan is not amorous enough for Arthur and refuses to give him money to start his own business. His dream is to live in a world that is like the songs he tries to sell. In his travels, Arthur meets a shy, beautiful but plain school teacher, Eileen. |
Set in the trophy room of a men’s club from World War II through the late 1970s, this brilliant social comedy illustrates the conflict between longstanding traditions and the need for change. |
