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Festive Live Theater at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, (707) 588-3400
thru Dec 1 ~ Shrek the Musical - Everyone’s favorite ogre is back! Based on the Oscar-winning film. Recommended for ages 6 & up. Nov 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30 & Dec 1 @ 7:30p, Nov 17, 18, 24, 25 & Dec 1, 2 @ 1:30p, Maria Carrillo High School Theatre, 6975 Montecito Boulevard, Santa Rosa, theatrearts.santarosa.edu/current- season#two
thru Dec 16 ~ The Tailor of Glouscester. The perfect holiday musical for the entire family! Get your tickets today! $18 - $36, showtimes evenings 7pm & matinees 1pm, Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, 707-588-3400, spreckelsonline. com
thru Dec 15 ~ Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Shaw’s play was banned until 1902 as it dared to speak of the inequality between men & women. Curtain Call Theatre, 20347 CA-116, Monte Rio, 707- 523-8739
thru- Dec 16 ~ The House of Yes. Every family has it’s little secrets. Warning: not for the faint-hearted or children under 18. $15-$30, Performances 8p, Sundays 5p, Main Stage West, 104 N Main Street, Sebastopol, mainstagewest.com/plays/the-house- of-yes/
thru Dec 22 ~ Annie - Join everyone’s favorite orphan on her adventures as she escapes her miserable orphanage. $22-$35, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:30p, Sat & Sun 2p, 6th Street Play House, 52 W. 6th St, G.K. Hardt Theatre, Santa Rosa, 6thstreetplayhouse.com/2018- 19-shows-tickets/gk-hardt-theatre/ annie/
thru Dec 9 ~ Every Brilliant Thing. Humorous and poignant, the story of a young boy who attempts to ease his mother’s depression. $25-$40, Left Edge Theatre, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, leftedgetheatre. com/special-events/every-brilliant- thing
Nov 30 - Jan 26 ~ Spin Off. An average American family navigates the ups- and-downs of a world gone wacky. New episodes each week. Sliding Scale ($5- $20), All showtimes 8p, the Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, 707-528-7554, theimaginists.org, jessica@theimaginists.org
Dec 5 ~ It’s a Grand Time at the GrandSlam. Stories told based on the theme, “Time Flies.” Then the audience votes and a champion is crowned. $22 Advance / $25 @ Door, 7:30p The Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma
Dec6-Dec16~YoHoHo-APirates Christmas - It’s up to a little seven year-old girl named Eve to save Christmas for everyone! What will become of Christmas when Santa Claus and the citizens of the North Pole are kidnapped by a bunch of directionally challenged pirates? Suggested audience 5 years and older. Pay-what-you-can preview on Dec 6 at 7:30p. $12-$25, Dec 6-9, 14-15, 7:30, Dec 9,16, 2p, Cloverdale Performing Art’s Center, 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, cloverdaleperformingarts. com/copy-of-nutcracker-musical- starts-d
Reader’s Theatre Group ~ Read a script adapted from literature, and the audience picturing the action from hearing the script being read aloud. It requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines. Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and some gestures. Regular Reader’s Choice nights: Can be play, poetry, story, essay, your own writing. FREE; 2nd & 4th Tue; 7p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707- 829-2176, occidentalcenterforthearts. org/, joanjustjoan@hotmail.com
Performing Arts - Dance
Dec 5 ~ So You Think You Can Dance - presents its best dancers of 2018.. $55, 8p Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, 707-546-3600, lutherburbankcenter. org/event/so-you-think-you-can- dance/
Dec 7 ~ Pasajera an evening of Flamenco. Flamenco dancer, Savannah Fuentes brings her latest show to the Sonoma Community Center. $20, VIP $34, child $8, student $15, 8 - 9:30p, Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, 206-409-2161, brownpapertickets.com/ event/3899050
Dec 7 ~ Posada Navidena - Traditional processional and Mexican holiday songs from Ballet Folklorico de Sacramento. $10.00 Adults $5.00 Children, 7 p Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, lutherburbankcenter.org/ event/posada-navidena/
Dec 18 ~ Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker - Celebrate this Christmas with the one and only Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker! $34.00, 7p Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, 707-546-3600, lutherburbankcenter. org/event/moscow-ballets-great- russian-nutcracker-2018/
Craig Bainbridge (Tailor), Zane Walters (Simpkin) and Mario Herrera (Gordo). Photo by Jennifer Griego.
Inspired by Beatrix Potter’s classic tale, ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’
is a heartwarming
light operetta with mischievous animals and joyful spirit. “The story has the universal appeal of kindness” music director and composer Janis Dunson Wilson explains. While working on the mayor’s elaborate cherry silk wedding coat, the tailor finds himself overwhelmed by bustling mice who are planning
a marriage of their own, the village children, and the antics of his cat. Wilson assures that the production “is great fun” with “delightful twists” in Marcy Telles’ adaptation.
Loosely set in the Georgian period, with sets and costumes based on Beatrix Potter’s watercolor illustrations, which designer Elizabeth Bazzano calls “beautiful pieces of artwork in their own right” the smaller Spreckels theater has been transformed into the tailor’s workshop. Props are constructed to be proportional to the creature—for example an oversized needle for a mouse to hold. Don’t miss this charming musical by local creators Marcy Telles (book and lyrics) and Janis Dunson Wilson (music).
‘The Tailor of Gloucester’ Spreckels Theatre Company • Bette Condiotti Experimental Theatre through Dec. 16 • Fri/Sat at 7:p, Sun at 1p • Dec. 13 at 7p, Dec. 8 & 15 at 1p. Gen.l $36, Children $18, Senior 62+ $34, Student $30 spreckelsonline.com
From breathtaking music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to magical visions of graceful dancers and falling snow, ‘The Nutcracker’ has reached iconic status as a holiday tradition. Santa Rosa Dance Theater compares it to ‘Swan Lake’ as a truly classical ballet, and ensures that the presentation pays homage to that origin, from elegant tutus “all the way down to how each dancer ties her pointe shoe ribbons.” Guest artist Rupert Edwards of Houston Ballet and Tulsa Ballet will be portraying the courageous Nutcracker prince.
‘The Nutcracker’ Santa Rosa Dance Theater • Nellie W. Codding Theater • Dec. 14 - 16. • Fri at 7p; Sat at 2p and 7p; Sun at 2p. General $30, Children $25, Senior 65+ $28 santarosadancetheater.com
Musicality is a key performance component.
The discipline and commitment required of
classical dancers is considerable. “The body takes
a long time to learn and perfect the movements of ballet” Artistic Director Joshua Trader comments regarding the complex patterns of the Russian Teacakes choreography. “Anything physical is meant to be done slowly and consistently.” The result of Santa Rosa Dance Theater’s patience and careful molding of young talent is a spectacular visual feast in “The Nutcracker” at Spreckels that is entertaining for the whole family.
Photo by Cynthia Glassell
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