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Theatre offers a captivating experience for audience members. Unlike a movie, a theatre performance is never the same show twice; it’s a vibrant experience that is unique to that particular audience. So get out and see a show!
June 27- July 13: School of Rock – Raven Performing Arts Theater
Book: Julian Fellowes., lyrics: Glen Slater, New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. director: Steven David Martin., music director: Jason Howze, choreographer: Katie Watts-Whitaker.
Based on the hit movie School of Rock – The Musical, the story follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school’s headmistress finding out?
July 11 – 27: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Sonoma Arts Live
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the popular Steve Martin movie of the 1980s, takes us to the French Riviera for high jinks and hilarity. Two con men, a beautiful woman, and the elite meet. What can go wrong? After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn’t big enough for the three of them.
Directed by Carl Jordan (Sylvia) DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International
July 12 – 27: The Sugar Bean Sisters at Cloverdale Performing Arts Center
By Nathan Sanders; Directed by Robert Zelenka
Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the Nettles sisters sit eating sandwiches. They are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they’re not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way. This is the night they will make contact! In a wonderfully weird and wacky world that combines Tennessee Williams with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Sugar Bean Sisters is an offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction.
Sponsored by David McChesney
July 31 – Aug. 16: Two Gentlemen of Verona at The Raven
Shakespeare in the Piazza at Bacchus Landing!
By William Shakespeare
Directors: Steven David Martin and Jenna Dolcini
Two best friends, Proteus and Valentine, travel to Milan where they both fall in love with Silvia. Silvia loves Valentine, but Proteus pursues her despite having a girlfriend at home. How rude! Friendships are put to the test, a servant is dissed by his own dog, and, yes, a woman disguises herself as a man in true Shakespeare comedy fashion! Our production is set in 1950s Italy, featuring period music, fashion, and red-hot Italian passion!
Presented by Raven Performing Arts Center.