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Let the Holiday Season Begin...
Three musicals launch the season
The show will take place on:
• Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 29 and 30, and Dec. 6 and 7
• At the Blue Door Gallery, 16259 Main St., in Guerneville
• Admission for all performances is pay-what-you-can.
• Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30.
Watch and listen as the town of Bedford Falls, New York stands behind its beloved citizen George Bailey during his darkest hour.
While most theaters open their holiday shows in December, a few get
the jump and open this month, so you can begin your ho-ho-ho-ing a little earlier. They’re all big, heart-warming musicals guaranteed to set your spirits
relatives, and an
early example
of a decorated
Christmas tree. Penned by award-winning Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, it’s a charming addition to the list of holiday favorites.
Seafarer, sure to give you chills and delights in equal measure. In a village outside Dublin on Christmas Eve, newly sober Sharky returns to his family home to care for brother Richard who recently lost his sight in an accident.
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glowing and fill you with anticipation for the season’s celebrations.
Sweet orphan
Pegasus Theater Company to Preform It’s a Wonderful Life
They say it takes a village, and nothing proves that more entertainingly than Frank Capra’s delightful old film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
So, as a gift to our own little villages, Pegasus Theater Company will be performing a staged radio version of the movie, along with tunes from the ’30s and ‘40s sung by some of our finest local vocalists.
Oliver play by: Left, Cecilia Brenner. Right, Gus Jordan.
Runs Nov. 15 - Dec. 15
6th Street Playhouse
G.K. Hardt Theatre
52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa (707) 523-4185 www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
The comic sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley presented by Spreckels Theatre Company captures the festive ambiance of a Regency-era Christmas at
the home of Fitzwilliam Darcy and his relatively new wife, Elizabeth Bennet Darcy. There’s amusing matchmaking, quirky
a little love. Signature songs include “Where is Love?” “As Long as He Needs Me,” and “Food, Glorious Food.” Great for the whole family.
Burbank Auditorium is still undergoing remodel, so this is
a co-production with Sonoma State U. and Santa Rosa J.C., performed at the Evert B. Person Theatre on SSU’s campus. This timely and timeless musical is suitable for older children and any adult with a heart.
Runs Nov. 22 - Dec. 8
Santa Rosa Junior College & Sonoma State University
Evert B. Person Theatre,
1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park (707) 527-4307 theatrearts.santarosa.edu
Oliver! makes his perennial request for “More, Sir” at 6th Street Playhouse and lands on the rough streets of London searching for
Come experience what it was like to be a live audience for the broadcast of a play during radio’s heyday.
Ariana LaMark as Maria (left), with Michael Coury Murdock as Captain von Trapp and Madigan Traversi as his daughter Liesl. Photo by Thomas Chown.
Karina Pugh plays young Mary Bennet, precocious and pedantic.
And now for something completely different...
Main Stage West presents Conor McPherson’s bit of Irish devilry, The
Runs Nov. 22 - Dec. 15 Spreckels Theatre Company Spreckels Performing Arts Center 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park (707) 588-3400 www.spreckelsonline.com
What could be better for an alternative holiday show than the much-loved Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, The Sound of Music? Let Maria and
the Von Trapp children melt your heart once
again with “Do Re Mi,” “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” and “Climb Every Mountain.” The
Old shipmates arrive to commiserate and party, and bring a stranger, “Mr. Lockhart,” to make a good table for poker. But we soon learn of the real relationship between Sharky and the sinister stranger, and the poker game becomes high stakes indeed.
Part comedy and part terror, the tension as the game unfolds makes for a wonderful, magical tale as only McPherson can tell it.
Main Stage West has a penchant for McPherson’s plays and his brand of Irish lyricism, and this play may rejuvenate your love of life itself. Don’t miss this unusual offering for your holiday enjoyment.
Zane Walters plays Mary Bennet’s potential love interest, intellectual
Runs Nov. 29 - Dec. 21
Main Stage West
104 N. Main St., Sebastopol 95472 (707) 823-0177 www.mainstagewest.com
Arthur DeBourgh.
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