November 2nd, 2009 09:00am

Reduced Shakespeare aids SRJC

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Reed Martin, above, and Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Co. are coming to the aid of the Santa Rosa Junior College theater department as it copes with statewide education budget cuts. Martin, who grew up in Sonoma and still lives there, and Tichenor, his longtime writing and acting partner from Los Angeles, will perform their new show, “Completely Hollywood (abridged),” Feb. 10 at the college, before going on to open … Read More »
September 9th, 2009 09:30am

“All the Great Books” opens Vol. II in Napa

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Last spring, Jennifer King directed a production of “All the Great Books (Abridged)” at Sebastopol’s Sonoma County Repertory Theater that had audiences howling with laughter. If you missed it, don’t worry. You’re getting a second chance. Long a mainstay at the Rep, King is also artistic director at Napa Valley College, and she’s bringing back the show for a reprise on campus, with the same cast. The premise is a variation on a … Read More »
September 8th, 2009 08:30am

SF Mime Troupe speaks out

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The San Francisco Mime Troupe actually talks — a lot. The radical theater company has been speaking out since 1959, after performing only very briefly in silence at first. The troupe is on its 50th anniversary tour, and the current show is “Too Big to Fail,” a contemporary satire framed as an African fable, to Sebastopol’s Analy High School on Sept. 18, Petaluma’s Walnut Park on Sept. 20 and the Sebastiani Theatre … Read More »