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Mercury Theater carries forward the vision of Marvin Klebe, who founded a theater at 3333 Petaluma Boulevard North over 50 years ago. His legacy of bold, accessible "Blue Jeans Opera" and of grassroots theater lives on.
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🎻 One Night. Six Masterpieces.

🎟 Don’t Miss Out! Get Your Tickets Today: mercurytheater.org/special-events

Experience the timeless wonder of Bach’s Cello Suites live in one moving evening with acclaimed cellist Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes.

🗓 Oct 26 • 7PM

📍 Mercury Theater
It was a ton of fun to gab about Opera in Sonoma County and why it's for *everybody*!
Misner & Smith
one night only, this Friday
June 20, 7:30pm

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Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein (with Service Provider) opens Saturday night at Mercury Theater in Petaluma.

Have you secured your tickets?
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Production photos by Mike Thompson
Excited for Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein at Mercury Theater this weekend?

Here's a lovely interview with the maestro himself, way back in 1955, just a few years after the premiere of Trouble in Tahiti.

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Person to Person, hosted by Edward Murrow - Leonard & Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1955)
YouTube video by Leonard Bernstein
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"Together with long-time collaborator Mary Chun, [Elly] Lichenstein is at work directing a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble In Tahiti,” which will open on June 14, and run Saturdays and Sundays for two weekends."
Opera is back in Petaluma!

Thanks to David Templeton and the Petaluma Argus-Courier/ Petaluma360 for this excellent preview of what we've got cooking at Mercury Theater this month.

www.petaluma360.com/article/ente...

Come see Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein—tickets on sale now.
Opera returns to Petaluma with ‘mini-masterpiece’ by Leonard Bernstein
“Trouble in Tahiti” is a one-act opera presented in seven scenes, with an all-English libretto written by Bernstein.
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"Featuring music, puppets, shadow-play, movement and mind-bending visuals—a fever dream of a show that showcases Curchack’s limitless imagination and virtuosic performance chops—the must-see show continues this weekend and is a fundraiser for Mercury Theater (more at mercurytheater.org )"
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"Friday saw the premiere of Mercury Theater’s The Resurrection of Freddy Chickan, a wild retrospective of nine unforgettable works by performance legend Fred Curchack."
"Resurrection of Freddy Chickan" opens tonight!

Have you got your tickets?

(Photos by Mike Thompson)
🔥 A musical written by actual garment workers that became a surprise Broadway smash? Yes please.

We are casting Pins & Needles—a satirical, pro-labor musical revue from 1937 that hits just as hard in 2025.

🎭 Auditions: May 24 | 10 AM–3 PM |
💸 Stipend | All levels welcome
Pins and Needles Auditions at Mercury Theater
Auditions for Pins and Needles are from 10 to 3, Saturday, May 24 at Mercury Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952. Please be prepared to sing a song, and please bring sheet music for...
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