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Dan Taylor on the fine arts scene.

Mary Gannon Graham returns as ‘Shirley Valentine’ in Sebastopol

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Mary Gannon Graham’s reprise of the one-woman show, “Shirley Valentine,” about a middle-aged English housewife searching for freedom, gets another turn onstage this month. Main Stage West, 104 N. Main St., Sebastopol, will run the show from Jan. 25 through Feb. 17. Admission: $10-$25. Information: 823-0177, mainstagewest.com. Graham previously starred in sold-out runs of the show during 2008 at the old Sonoma County Repertory Theater (now the home of Main Stage West) in Sebastopol, and in 2011 at the Cinnabar… Read More »

‘Shirley Valentine’ opens May 27 at Cinnabar

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Director John Shillington is known locally for staging big, flashy productions like his recent run of “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Santa Rosa Junior College. But “Shirley Valentine” is something different. It’s a one-woman show starring longtime local favorite Mary Gannon Graham as a British middle-aged, working-class housewife who dreams of freedom. Shillington and Graham previously collaborated on a sold-out run of “Shirley Valentine” in 2008 at the Sonoma County Repertory Theater in Sebastopol. The show was scheduled to return… Read More »

‘Shirley Valentine’ finds a home in Petaluma

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Last week, the financially struggling Sonoma County Repertory Theater announced that it would close its Sebastopol theater after its final performance of “Cyrano” on Feb. 20. That means, of course, that the half-dozen shows scheduled there for the rest of the year are left without a home. Except for one. Mary Gannon Graham’s reprise of the one-woman show, “Shirley Valentine,” about a middle-aged English housewife searching for freedom, was scheduled to open in Sebastopol this spring. Instead, “Shirley Valentine” will… Read More »