North Bay Stage
For the Week of February 9-15, 2006

Stage Central | Comedy | Dance | Theater
North Bay | Metroactive

Comedy

Marin County Lighten Up John! Instant Theater Improv troupe joins forces and funny bones with Actors Without Lines, College of Marin's resident improv ensemble, to create compelling theater benefitting COM's Theatre Arts Department. Fri at 8. $5-$25. Studio Theatre, College of Marin, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9555. Tuesday Evening Comedy Mark Pitta hosts ongoing evenings with established comics and up-and-comers. Tues at 8. $15; $48, four-night package. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. Napa County Chicago City Limits Comedy improv based on audience suggestion. Feb 11 at 7:30. $25-$30. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.

Dance

Sonoma County Ailey II Exceptional talent plus emerging choreographers equals amazing dance. Feb 14 at 8. $15-$35. Luther Burbank Center, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600. Marin County Azafran Flamenco Bay Area music and dance ensemble brings passionate Spanish flamenco to life. Call for reservations. Feb 11 at 7:30 and 9:15. Avance Restaurant, 200 Merrydale Rd, San Rafael. 415.472.7101. Dances from a Tribal Life American Indian Dance Theatre celebrates ancient and modern with traditional and contemporary dances. Feb 11 at 8. $18-$40. Marin Center's Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Theater

Sonoma County All My Sons Pacific Alliance Stage Company presents Arthur Miller's award-winning portrait of post-World War II American Dream. Thurs at 7:30; Fri-Sat at 8; Sun at 2:30. $15-$20. Nellie Codding Theater, Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400. Bus Stop William Inge's comedy about acceptance and love found by travelers trapped in a snowstorm. Through Feb 26; Thurs-Sat at 8; Feb 26 at 2. $15-$20; Thurs, pay what you can. Sonoma County Repertory Theater, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol. 707.823.0177. Live Radio Theater KSVY community radio performs weekly onstage family performances complete with costumes. Every Thurs at 6:20. Free. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756. Loaded Associations SCC Performing Arts Series presents five one-act plays: Harold Pinter's "Night," AR Gurney's "The Guest Lecturer," Cathy Celesia's "Anything for You" and John Augustin'es "Siobhan" and "Window of Opportunity." Through Feb 18; Fri-Sat at 7:30; also Feb 12 and 18 at 3. Call for price. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. 707.938.4626, ext 4. Love Letters Raven Players presents correspondence-based history of childhood friends' relationship. Feb 9-11, 17-18 and 24-25 at 8. $10-$16. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.6335. The Underpants Louise's drooping drawers attract infatuated tenants . . . Actors Theatre presents Steve Martin's farcical adaptation of Carl Sternheim's satire. Not for kids under 13. Thurs-Sat at 8; Sun at 2; also Feb 4 and 11 at 2. $19-$23. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185. ...Wish I Were in Love Again Cabaret singers Craig Jessup and Barry Lloyd use music of Rodgers and Hart, Noel Coward, the Gershwins and more to explore that mushy emotion. Feb 10-26; Fri-Sat at 8; Sun at 2:30. $17-$20. Nellie Codding Theater, Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 707.588.3400. Marin County Killer Joe Tracy Letts' adults-only dark comedy. Poor family, seedy trailer park, bad drug deals, assassin-for-hire police officer . . . Ending Feb 11; Sun at 7; Tues and Thurs-Sat at 8; Wed at 7:30; also Feb 11 at 2. $19-$47; Tues, pay what you can. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208. Sly Fox Ross Valley Players presents Larry Gelbart's adaptation of Ben Jonson's "Volpone." Once placed in 17th-century Venice, wicked comedy now portrays San Franciso Gold Rush con men and opportunists. Through Feb 19; Fri-Sat at 8; also Feb 9 and 16 at 7:30; Feb 12 and 19 at 2. $15-$19. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555. Napa County On Golden Pond Dreamweavers Theatre presents Earnest Thompson's portrait of aging couple and their family. Through Mar 4; Fri-Sat at 8; Sun at 2. $18-$25. Dreamweavers Theatre, 1637 W Imola Ave, Napa. 707.255.5483.

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