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The '''Cinnabar Theater''', located in [[Petaluma, CA]], is a professional non-profit theater producing [[opera]] and [[musical theater]], [[drama]] and a [[chamber music]] series in a 120-seat venue, under the auspices of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation. The venue is also home to the Young Repertory Theater, which was founded in 1983, and is the longest running and largest youth performing arts program in [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/articles/Cinnabar-Theater.html#ixzz3HTBgNS4y |title=Cinnabar Theater |publisher=City-Data.com |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref> The company's Executive Director, Terence Keane, joined the organization in 2013, after serving as Director of PR and Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Cinnabar-Theater-Welcomes-Berkeley-Reps-Terence-Keane-as-Executive-Director-20130408?%3E# |title=Cinnabar Theater Welcomes Berkeley Rep's Terence Keane as Executive Director |publisher=Broadway World|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
The '''Cinnabar Theater''', located in [[Petaluma, California]], is a professional non-profit theater producing [[opera]] and [[musical theatre]], [[drama]] and a [[chamber music]] series in a 120-seat venue, under the auspices of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation. The venue is also home to the Young Repertory Theater, which was founded in 1983, and is the longest running and largest youth performing arts program in [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/articles/Cinnabar-Theater.html#ixzz3HTBgNS4y |title=Cinnabar Theater |publisher=City-Data.com |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref> The company's Executive Director, Terence Keane, joined the organization in 2013, after serving as Director of PR and Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Cinnabar-Theater-Welcomes-Berkeley-Reps-Terence-Keane-as-Executive-Director-20130408?%3E# |title=Cinnabar Theater Welcomes Berkeley Rep's Terence Keane as Executive Director |publisher=Broadway World|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The theater, a 1908 schoolhouse, was purchased by Marvin Klebe (1935-1999) in 1970. Klebe converted it into a theater, which opened in 1972 as a venue to produce opera and musical theater.<ref>Brousse, Charles (07 March 2006) [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_3577842 "Cinnabar returns to its operatic roots"]''San Jose Mercury News''</ref> Klebe was an operatic baritone who appeared in three roles with the [[San Francisco Opera| San Francisco Opera's]] Spring Opera Theater during the 1963 and 1967 seasons and in the U.S. premiere of [[Gunther Schuller| Gunther Schuller's]] ''The Visitation'' in 1967 at the [[War Memorial Opera House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3webcastlist.asp?psearch=Klebe&Submit=GO&psearchtype=&pageno=&dpr=&pageno= |title=San Francisco Opera Performance Archive |publisher= San Francisco Opera |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
The theater, a 1908 schoolhouse, was purchased by Marvin Klebe (1935–1999) in 1970. Klebe converted it into a theater, which opened in 1972 as a venue to produce opera and musical theater.<ref>Brousse, Charles (07 March 2006) [http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_3577842 "Cinnabar returns to its operatic roots"]''San Jose Mercury News''</ref> Klebe was an operatic baritone who appeared in three roles with the [[San Francisco Opera| San Francisco Opera's]] Spring Opera Theater during the 1963 and 1967 seasons and in the U.S. premiere of [[Gunther Schuller| Gunther Schuller's]] ''The Visitation'' in 1967 at the [[War Memorial Opera House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3webcastlist.asp?psearch=Klebe&Submit=GO&psearchtype=&pageno=&dpr=&pageno= |title=San Francisco Opera Performance Archive |publisher= San Francisco Opera |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


In 1986, Nina Shuman (1954-2010) joined the company as Music Director and Conductor. The daughter of [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] trombone professor Davis Shuman (who commissioned and premiered works by [[Ernest Bloch]], [[Vincent Persichetti]], [[Darius Milhaud]], [[Tibor Serly]], and [[Henry Cowell]] in addition to playing principal trombone with the [[American Symphony Orchestra]]),<ref>Babbitt, Mark (2005) [https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/11325 "Davis Shuman: a biography"]''University of Washington''</ref> Shuman had studied conducting with [[Murry Sidlin]] at the [[Aspen Music Festival]]. She led the '''Cinnabar Opera Theater''' in over thirty-five opera productions, including the 2010 West Coast premiere of [[Tobias Picker|Tobias Picker's]] ''[[Emmeline (opera)|Emmeline]]'' in addition to conducting productions for [[Lamplighters Music Theatre]], Boise Opera and as Music Director of the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop at the [[University of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressdemocrat/obituary.aspx?n=nina-e-shuman&pid=147118092 |title=Nina E. Shuman Obituary |publisher=''The Press Democrat'' - www.legacy.com |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
In 1986, Nina Shuman (1954–2010) joined the company as Music Director and Conductor. The daughter of [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] trombone professor Davis Shuman (who commissioned and premiered works by [[Ernest Bloch]], [[Vincent Persichetti]], [[Darius Milhaud]], [[Tibor Serly]], and [[Henry Cowell]] in addition to playing principal trombone with the [[American Symphony Orchestra]]),<ref>Babbitt, Mark (2005) [https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/11325 "Davis Shuman: a biography"]''University of Washington''</ref> Shuman had studied conducting with [[Murry Sidlin]] at the [[Aspen Music Festival]]. She led the Cinnabar Opera Theater in over thirty-five opera productions, including the 2010 West Coast premiere of [[Tobias Picker|Tobias Picker's]] ''[[Emmeline (opera)|Emmeline]]'' in addition to conducting productions for [[Lamplighters Music Theatre]], Boise Opera and as Music Director of the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop at the [[University of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressdemocrat/obituary.aspx?n=nina-e-shuman&pid=147118092 |title=Nina E. Shuman Obituary |publisher=''The Press Democrat'' – www.legacy.com |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


In 1988, Shuman and Klebe created the '''Petaluma Summer Music Festival''' as part of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation, in addition to developing the Cinnabar Chamber Singers and the Cinnabar Choral Ensemble. The theater has also served as a home for dancer/choreographer Ann Woodhead's Mercury Moving Company and the experimental Quicksilver Theater Company under the leadership of Richard Blake.
In 1988, Shuman and Klebe created the Petaluma Summer Music Festival as part of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation, in addition to developing the Cinnabar Chamber Singers and the Cinnabar Choral Ensemble. The theater has also served as a home for dancer/choreographer Ann Woodhead's Mercury Moving Company and the experimental Quicksilver Theater Company under the leadership of Richard Blake.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinnabartheater.org/2/history.cinnabar.theater.html= |title=Our History|publisher= Cinnabar Theater |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinnabartheater.org/2/history.cinnabar.theater.html= |title=Our History|publisher= Cinnabar Theater |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


The current conductor, Mary Chun, has led performances for [[Hawaii Opera Theater]] and served on the conducting staffs of San Francisco Opera, the [[Los Angeles Music Center Opera]], The [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]], [[Belgium| Belgium's]] [[La Monnaie]], the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in [[Paris]] and the [[Opera de Lyon]], where she was also the Director of Musical Studies for Music Director [[Kent Nagano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earplay.org/index.php/music-makers/mary-chun-conductor-bio/ |title=Mary Chun bio|publisher= earplay new chamber music |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>Bullock, Ken (31 May 2014) [http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-05-23/article/42154?headline=Around-About-Opera-Theater-Cinnabar-s-Marriage-of-Figaro-Fringe-Festival-at-Dominican-University "New: Around & About Opera & Theater: Cinnabar's 'Marriage of Figaro' & Fringe Festival at Dominican University"]''Berkely Daily Planet''</ref> She has conducted Cinnabar productions of ''[[She Loves Me]]'' (2011), ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' (2012), ''[[Carmen]]'' (2013), ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (2014), and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/431112-mary-chun |title=Mary Chun|publisher= ''about the artists'' |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
The current conductor, Mary Chun, has led performances for [[Hawaii Opera Theatre]] and served on the conducting staffs of San Francisco Opera, the [[Los Angeles Music Center Opera]], The [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]], [[Belgium| Belgium's]] [[La Monnaie]], the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris and the [[Opéra de Lyon]], where she was also the Director of Musical Studies for Music Director [[Kent Nagano]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earplay.org/index.php/music-makers/mary-chun-conductor-bio/ |title=Mary Chun bio|publisher= earplay new chamber music |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>Bullock, Ken (31 May 2014) [http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2014-05-23/article/42154?headline=Around-About-Opera-Theater-Cinnabar-s-Marriage-of-Figaro-Fringe-Festival-at-Dominican-University "New: Around & About Opera & Theater: Cinnabar's 'Marriage of Figaro' & Fringe Festival at Dominican University"]''Berkely Daily Planet''</ref> She has conducted Cinnabar productions of ''[[She Loves Me]]'' (2011), ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' (2012), ''[[Carmen]]'' (2013), ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (2014), and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/431112-mary-chun |title=Mary Chun|publisher= ''about the artists'' |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


Notable among the many dramatic works produced at Cinnabar was a 2004 production of [[Tony Kushner|Tony Kushner's]] ''[[The Illusion (play)|The Illusion]]'' (1988) adapted from ''L’Illusion Comique'' by 17th-century French playwright [[Pierre Corneille]].<ref>Brantley, Ben (05 June 2011) [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/theater/reviews/tony-kushners-illusion-from-signature-theater-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Theater Review: The Illusion, Fantastical Adventures of a Missing Son"]''New York Times''</ref> The Cinnabar production featured actor [[Jeffrey Weissman]]. In 2013, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] veteran and film/television actor [[Charles Siebert]] played the role of Gregory Solomon in the Cinnabar production of [[Arthur Miller|Arthur Miller's]] ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]].'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://forallevents.info/reviews/the-price-by-arthur-miller-cinnabar-theater-petaluma-ca/ |title=''The Price'' by Arthur Miller, Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA Reviewed by Suzanne and Greg Angeo|publisher=For All Events |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/03/cinnabar-theaters-compelling-production-of-arthur-millers-the-price-.html |title=Cinnabar Theater's Compelling Production of Arthur Miller's 'The Price' |publisher=''Southern Sonoma Country Life |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
Notable among the many dramatic works produced at Cinnabar was a 2004 production of [[Tony Kushner|Tony Kushner's]] ''[[The Illusion (play)|The Illusion]]'' (1988) adapted from ''L’Illusion Comique'' by 17th-century French playwright [[Pierre Corneille]].<ref>Brantley, Ben (05 June 2011) [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/theater/reviews/tony-kushners-illusion-from-signature-theater-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Theater Review: The Illusion, Fantastical Adventures of a Missing Son"]''New York Times''</ref> The Cinnabar production featured actor [[Jeffrey Weissman]]. In 2013, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] veteran and film/television actor [[Charles Siebert]] played the role of Gregory Solomon in the Cinnabar production of [[Arthur Miller|Arthur Miller's]] ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]].'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://forallevents.info/reviews/the-price-by-arthur-miller-cinnabar-theater-petaluma-ca/ |title=''The Price'' by Arthur Miller, Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA Reviewed by Suzanne and Greg Angeo|publisher=For All Events |accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/03/cinnabar-theaters-compelling-production-of-arthur-millers-the-price-.html|title=Cinnabar Theater's Compelling Production of Arthur Miller's ''The Price''|work=Southern Sonoma Country Life|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


==External links==
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==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 06:56, 23 December 2014

The Cinnabar Theater, located in Petaluma, California, is a professional non-profit theater producing opera and musical theatre, drama and a chamber music series in a 120-seat venue, under the auspices of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation. The venue is also home to the Young Repertory Theater, which was founded in 1983, and is the longest running and largest youth performing arts program in Sonoma County.[1] The company's Executive Director, Terence Keane, joined the organization in 2013, after serving as Director of PR and Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.[2]

History

The theater, a 1908 schoolhouse, was purchased by Marvin Klebe (1935–1999) in 1970. Klebe converted it into a theater, which opened in 1972 as a venue to produce opera and musical theater.[3] Klebe was an operatic baritone who appeared in three roles with the San Francisco Opera's Spring Opera Theater during the 1963 and 1967 seasons and in the U.S. premiere of Gunther Schuller's The Visitation in 1967 at the War Memorial Opera House.[4]

In 1986, Nina Shuman (1954–2010) joined the company as Music Director and Conductor. The daughter of Juilliard trombone professor Davis Shuman (who commissioned and premiered works by Ernest Bloch, Vincent Persichetti, Darius Milhaud, Tibor Serly, and Henry Cowell in addition to playing principal trombone with the American Symphony Orchestra),[5] Shuman had studied conducting with Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival. She led the Cinnabar Opera Theater in over thirty-five opera productions, including the 2010 West Coast premiere of Tobias Picker's Emmeline in addition to conducting productions for Lamplighters Music Theatre, Boise Opera and as Music Director of the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop at the University of Georgia.[6]

In 1988, Shuman and Klebe created the Petaluma Summer Music Festival as part of the Cinnabar Arts Corporation, in addition to developing the Cinnabar Chamber Singers and the Cinnabar Choral Ensemble. The theater has also served as a home for dancer/choreographer Ann Woodhead's Mercury Moving Company and the experimental Quicksilver Theater Company under the leadership of Richard Blake. [7]

The current conductor, Mary Chun, has led performances for Hawaii Opera Theatre and served on the conducting staffs of San Francisco Opera, the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Belgium's La Monnaie, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and the Opéra de Lyon, where she was also the Director of Musical Studies for Music Director Kent Nagano.[8][9] She has conducted Cinnabar productions of She Loves Me (2011), Don Giovanni (2012), Carmen (2013), The Marriage of Figaro (2014), and others.[10]

Notable among the many dramatic works produced at Cinnabar was a 2004 production of Tony Kushner's The Illusion (1988) adapted from L’Illusion Comique by 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille.[11] The Cinnabar production featured actor Jeffrey Weissman. In 2013, Broadway veteran and film/television actor Charles Siebert played the role of Gregory Solomon in the Cinnabar production of Arthur Miller's The Price. [12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Cinnabar Theater". City-Data.com. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Cinnabar Theater Welcomes Berkeley Rep's Terence Keane as Executive Director". Broadway World. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Brousse, Charles (07 March 2006) "Cinnabar returns to its operatic roots"San Jose Mercury News
  4. ^ "San Francisco Opera Performance Archive". San Francisco Opera. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Babbitt, Mark (2005) "Davis Shuman: a biography"University of Washington
  6. ^ "Nina E. Shuman Obituary". The Press Democrat – www.legacy.com. Retrieved October 28, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Our History". Cinnabar Theater. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  8. ^ "Mary Chun bio". earplay new chamber music. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  9. ^ Bullock, Ken (31 May 2014) "New: Around & About Opera & Theater: Cinnabar's 'Marriage of Figaro' & Fringe Festival at Dominican University"Berkely Daily Planet
  10. ^ "Mary Chun". about the artists. Retrieved October 28, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Brantley, Ben (05 June 2011) "Theater Review: The Illusion, Fantastical Adventures of a Missing Son"New York Times
  12. ^ "The Price by Arthur Miller, Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA Reviewed by Suzanne and Greg Angeo". For All Events. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Cinnabar Theater's Compelling Production of Arthur Miller's The Price". Southern Sonoma Country Life. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
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