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One Billion Rising Rising to end violence against women & children
Comedy
Feb 7 ~ Laugh Your Bingo Off ~ Stand-up comedy and bingo unite for a night of all- out fun! Laugh Hard. WIN Big! $20, 7p-8:30p, 2777 4th St, Santa Rosa, 707-318-3845, crushersofcomedy.com, info@thelaughcellar.com
Feb 15 ~ Comedian Peter Sers ~ Looking for laughs on Valentine’s Day weekend? Comedian Peter Sers will have you rolling! $20, 7p-8:30p, 2777 4th St, Santa Rosa, 707-318-3845, crushersofcomedy.com, info@thelaughcellar.com
Feb 21 ~ The Natural Disasters: Improv ~ Take You Out! (After Valentine’s). Doors & Wine/Beer Bar open @ 7p $15 online, $20 @ door, 7p 6th Street Playhouse, Monroe Stage, 52 W. 6th St, Santa Rosa, 707-523-4185, 6thstreetplayhouse.com
One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) in human history.
Feb6-Mar12~TeenImprovClass~ With Matlock Zumsteg: 4-5:30p, 6th Street Playhouse School of Drama, 52 W 6th St, Santa Rosa, 6thstreetplayhouse. vbotickets.com
Feb 6 - 9 ~ Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story ~ Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame. Thu, Fri & Sat 7:30p, Sat & Sun 2p, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. 6th St, Santa Rosa, 707-523-4185, 6thstreetplayhouse. vbotickets.com
Feb 7 - 9 ~ The Wolves ~ Compelling new play about the dynamics of a girls’ soccer team. $5+ Thu-Sat: 8p, Sun: 2p, 8p Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raventheater.org
Feb 7 - 16 ~ Ripcord ~ Uproarious Comedy Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire Fri & Sat: 7:30p, Sun: 2p, Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma, 707-763-8920, cinnabartheater.com
Feb 7 - 23 ~ A View From the Bridge ~ A play about Italian-American 1950s immigrant life. Thu, Fri & Sat 7:30p, Sat & Sun 2p, 6th Street Playhouse, Monroe Stage, 52 W. 6th St, Santa Rosa, 707-523- 4185, 6thstreetplayhouse.com
Feb 4 - Mar 27 ~ Imaginary Ensemble (ages 7-11) ~ For all kids who have an interest in theater. 4-5:30p. Performance March 27th., The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, theimaginists.org
Feb 6 - 16 ~ Candide ~ Follow along to find out in this classic musical. $10+ includes parking, 7:30p, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, music.sonoma.edu
Feb 7 - 16 ~ Love and Anarchy ~ $15+, Thu, Fri, Sat: 8p, Sun: 5p, Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707-823-0177, mainstagewest.com
Feb 11- 29 ~ Meet Miz Lucretia Borgia, Ma’am ~ Delightful monologue, plantation songs, games, dances, and stories. Free, 2/11 ~ 10a, 401 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 2/13 ~ 4p, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. 2/29 ~ 4p, 9291 Old Redwood Hwy Building 100, Windsor. 707-393-7661, legacyshowcases.com
Feb 15 - 22 ~ Pegasus Theater Company Playwriting Workshops ~ Criteria for the submission of 10-minute plays to our 2020 Tapas New Short Play Festival. Russian River Senior Resource Center, 15010 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-0136, pegasustheater.com
Feb15-22~TheSpiritofUs~Ablack history musical production. Free, 2/15 ~ 12p, 139 Piper St, Healdsburg. 2/22 ~ 2p, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. 707-393- 7661, legacyshowcases.com
Feb19-20~TheLionKing,Jr.~The story of young Prince Simba. $10-$15, 7p, Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg, 707-433-6335, raventheater.org
Feb 21 ~ The Cloverdale High School Improv Group ~ Imagination & talent. Free, $7, 7:30-8:30p, , 209 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707-894-2214, tickets@ cloverdaleperformingarts.com
Feb 26 - Mar 28 ~ Winter 2020 Reader’s Theater ~ Come enjoy three one-act plays. Free: 2/26 7-8:30p, 2/29 2-3:30p, 3/25 7-8:30p, 3/28 2-3:30p, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-865-9517, tuesdaypeter@sbcglobal.net
Feb 29 ~ Broadway Bash 2020 ~ Annual fundraiser show. Cocktails, dinner. Auction. Benefits Cinnabar Theater. $125, 6p, 1 Doubletree, Rohnert Park, 707-763-8920, cinnabartheater.com
Thru - Apr 1 ~ Pegasus Theater Company - Calling all No. Ca. Playwrights. We’ll be selecting 7 plays. Russian River Senior Resource Center, 15010 Armstrong Woods d, Guerneville, 707- 869-0136, pegasustheater.com
Mar 6 - 29 ~ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ~ This deliciously macabre musical has shocked, awed and delighted audiences around the world. $25+, Thu, Fri & Sat 7:30p, Sat & Sun 2p, 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. 6th St, Santa Rosa, 707-523-4185, 6thstreetplayhouse. vbotickets.com
Based on dozens of interviews with women, The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices that addresses women’s sexuality and the social stigma surrounding rape and abuse, creating a new conversation about
Join us and Rise Up to show our local communities and the world what one billion looks like and to shine a light on the injustice that survivors often face. We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable.
and with women. The play is meant to act as a mechanism for moving people to act to end violence.
The Vagina Monologues 7:30-9pm TICKETS: $15-$25
Discounts: Bring your mom or a male for $5 off. $10 max. discount. *100% of all funds raised will support Verity, Sonoma County’s Rape Crisis, Trauma, & Healing Center.
Kaleidoscope Caberet, 927 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma
Free Vision Rising Workshops: 5:-7 pm Design a postcard sized vision board in support of survivors of gender violence. Open discussion, positive, loving images donated to Verity or keep for yourself.
Hone Your Short Playwriting Skills
Pegasus Theater Company once again is offering playwriting workshops fo- cused on criteria for the successful submission of 10-minute plays to our 2020 Tapas New Short Play Festival.
The workshops will take place on February 15 and 22 from 10 a.m. to noon in the main dining room of the Russian River Senior Resource Center at 15010 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville.
Eeserve a workshop seat, telephone Scott Kersnar at 707-869-0136 and leave a call-back number and an email address if you don’t reach him live.
Pegasus Theater welcomes anyone who wants to be part of our company. For more details visit www.pegasustheater.com and sign up. We’ll be in touch!
BENEFIT: February 11, at a Give-Back Tuesday
Beginning at 6:00 p.m., we’ll be serving a delicious and hearty dinner buffet for a mere $5 (or more, if you wish!). There will also be enticing raffle prizes and conviviality inspired by our two presiding masters of ceremony, Nick Charles and John Rowan. At the Rainbow Cattle Company, 16220 Main St., Guerneville, will also be donating a portion of its bar proceeds Tuesday night.
Your support will help keep live theater alive on the lower Russian River!
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