Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Men of Worth
Men of Worth
Monday March 16 at 6:30pm
A night of celtic folk music with Men of Worth.
In 1986, Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher came together to perform Irish and Scottish folk music, combining traditional and contemporary styles.
The name "Men of Worth" was chosen from the title of a folk song written by the Scottish singer/songwriter Archie Fisher.
Together Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. They have a very simple approach to their presentation, and in keeping with tradition, remain true to the music and story. Their show is a unique combination of humour, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads.
Men of Worth are an international act, and have earned much respect and success in over thirty years of touring together. Performing concerts and festivals, with twelve albums to their credit; Men of Worth continue the very tradition from which they've evolved.
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Private Lives
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
March 6-21
In Noël Coward's sparkling and sophisticated comedy of manners, Private Lives, a divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unexpectedly honeymooning at the same hotel with their new spouses. Their shared past ignites a firestorm of passion, leading them to abandon their new partners and escape together to Paris. This witty and chaotic escape reignites a turbulent romance filled with both adoration and dramatic clashes, as their spurned spouses, Victor and Sibyl, give chase.
Discover this sharp, hilarious battle of the sexes, a timeless exploration of love, lust, and the scandalous, intoxicating nature of human relationships.
Michael Fontaine, Stage Director
Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin
with Suzy Thompson and Matthew Berlin
Saturday February 14 at 7:30pm
A night of folk music with Jim Kweskin, featuring Suzy Thompson on fiddle & Matt Berlin on bass.
Kweskin is the founder of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman and Bruno Wolfe. During the five years they were together, they successfully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a springboard for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a New York jug band that became the Lovin' Spoonful. No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise, tight musicianship, loose camaraderie, and infectious swing.
These days Jim is best known as a singer and bandleader, but he also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting the ragtime-blues fingerpicking of artists like Mississippi John Hurt and Pink Anderson to the more complex chords of pop and jazz. He has maintained a remarkably consistent musical vision since his jug band days, continuing to explore traditional folk and blues with the sophisticated sensibility of a jazz musician, and jazz with the communal simplicity of a folk artist. He has recorded many solo ventures, as a member of the U and I band, with band-mate Geoff Muldaur, with Samoa Wilson, with The Texas Sheiks as well as performing and recording with a wide variety of well-known musicians such as Maria Muldaur, John Sebastian, David Grisman, Cindy Cashdollar, Happy Traum, Meredith Axelrod, Juli Crockett and Samoa Wilson, to name a few.
Muriel & Anita Libretto Reading
Muriel & Anita
Libretto Reading
Wednesday February 11 at 7pm
Internationally acclaimed composer Carla Lucero has approached Mercury Theater, Mary Chun, and Elly Lichenstein to help her develop a brand new opera, and we could not be more honored! We begin with a “workshop” reading of the libretto (no music yet) on Wednesday, February 11, at 7 pm, and we'd be delighted if you'd join us at the historic Cinnabar School House(3333 Petaluma Boulevard N., Petaluma, CA 94952).
Muriel and Anita is a true crime opera set in Napa, California, in 1974. At the core of this story is the undying love between two sisters, leading to the discovery of a serial killer in this once sleepy town.
The evening will include a reading by board members and friends of the theater, and will feature Mary Gannon Graham as Muriel and Mercedes Murphy as Anita. We’ll also have some delicious light food and champagne on hand. Plus, we want your feedback, so there will be a Q&A after the reading. Both Carla and Mary will be on hand to meet you and take your questions, and Elly will be there too.
Please RSVP by emailing admin@mercurytheater.org with the number in your party so we can buy enough champagne!
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
Songs and Writings by Woody Guthrie
Conceived and Adapted by Peter Glazer
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Jeff Waxman
January 9-25
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Elizabeth Craven, Stage Director
Tom Martin, Music Director
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Created and Performed by Petaluma Readers Theatre
Friday December 19 at 7pm
Saturday November 20 at 7pm
Sunday December 21 at 2pm
Before "A Christmas Carol", there was a Christmas dinner.
Christmas Eve 1841. As Charles Dickens gathers inspiration for A Christmas Carol, his wife Kate grapples with an elaborate dinner menu, an ever-expanding guest list, and Charles's troublemaking father--all while secretly writing a cookbook. When Charles fails to appreciate Kate's holiday labor, she goes on strike, leaving her clueless husband to face holiday chaos without her.
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Created and Performed by Petaluma Readers Theatre
Friday December 19 at 7pm
Saturday November 20 at 7pm
Sunday December 21 at 2pm
Before "A Christmas Carol", there was a Christmas dinner.
Christmas Eve 1841. As Charles Dickens gathers inspiration for A Christmas Carol, his wife Kate grapples with an elaborate dinner menu, an ever-expanding guest list, and Charles's troublemaking father--all while secretly writing a cookbook. When Charles fails to appreciate Kate's holiday labor, she goes on strike, leaving her clueless husband to face holiday chaos without her.
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner
Created and Performed by Petaluma Readers Theatre
Friday December 19 at 7pm
Saturday November 20 at 7pm
Sunday December 21 at 2pm
Before "A Christmas Carol", there was a Christmas dinner.
Christmas Eve 1841. As Charles Dickens gathers inspiration for A Christmas Carol, his wife Kate grapples with an elaborate dinner menu, an ever-expanding guest list, and Charles's troublemaking father--all while secretly writing a cookbook. When Charles fails to appreciate Kate's holiday labor, she goes on strike, leaving her clueless husband to face holiday chaos without her.
Zola Cola & the Beast of More
Zola Cola & the Beast of More is an Original Play
Created by Brian Glen Bryson
Performed by Young Theatre Artists (Ages 7-15)
Friday November 21 at 6:30pm
Saturday November 22 at 2pm
When the small town of Barnswallow is overwhelmed with addiction, propaganda, and mob mentality… Zola must choose between selling the toxic drink that destroyed her family, or risk her parents being sacrificed in a fiery cauldron to the Beast of More.
What will she do?
Come find out in this brand spanking new DARK COMEDY from BROKEN THEATRE in their premier production of Zola~Cola and the BEAST of More a comedy so dark parents will weep openly, and their children will laugh themselves wild.
She brought her tiny neighborhood to its feet & a multi-national company to its knees...
Zola Cola & the Beast of More
Zola Cola & the Beast of More is an Original Play
Created by Brian Glen Bryson
Performed by Young Theatre Artists (Ages 7-15)
Friday November 21 at 6:30pm
Saturday November 22 at 2pm
When the small town of Barnswallow is overwhelmed with addiction, propaganda, and mob mentality… Zola must choose between selling the toxic drink that destroyed her family, or risk her parents being sacrificed in a fiery cauldron to the Beast of More.
What will she do?
Come find out in this brand spanking new DARK COMEDY from BROKEN THEATRE in their premier production of Zola~Cola and the BEAST of More a comedy so dark parents will weep openly, and their children will laugh themselves wild.
She brought her tiny neighborhood to its feet & a multi-national company to its knees...
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Sunday Nov 16
TICKETS
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical parable play that uses a gangster-ruled Chicago in the 1930s to allegorically depict Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Set during an economic slump, the play follows the small-time gangster Arturo Ui as he takes over the city's vegetable trade through corruption, bribery, and violence. Each event and character in the play has a parallel to real-life events in Nazi Germany, serving as a cautionary tale to audiences that people's complicity and lack of resistance allow demagogues to take control.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Saturday Nov 15
TICKETS
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical parable play that uses a gangster-ruled Chicago in the 1930s to allegorically depict Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Set during an economic slump, the play follows the small-time gangster Arturo Ui as he takes over the city's vegetable trade through corruption, bribery, and violence. Each event and character in the play has a parallel to real-life events in Nazi Germany, serving as a cautionary tale to audiences that people's complicity and lack of resistance allow demagogues to take control.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Friday Nov 14
TICKETS
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical parable play that uses a gangster-ruled Chicago in the 1930s to allegorically depict Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Set during an economic slump, the play follows the small-time gangster Arturo Ui as he takes over the city's vegetable trade through corruption, bribery, and violence. Each event and character in the play has a parallel to real-life events in Nazi Germany, serving as a cautionary tale to audiences that people's complicity and lack of resistance allow demagogues to take control.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Sunday Nov 9
TICKETS
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical parable play that uses a gangster-ruled Chicago in the 1930s to allegorically depict Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Set during an economic slump, the play follows the small-time gangster Arturo Ui as he takes over the city's vegetable trade through corruption, bribery, and violence. Each event and character in the play has a parallel to real-life events in Nazi Germany, serving as a cautionary tale to audiences that people's complicity and lack of resistance allow demagogues to take control.