Excerpt from St. Helena Star ‘Review: “Oklahoma” in St. Helena and “August: Osage County” in Yountville’ by John Henry Martin, October 13, 2023 …And that sense of doom was on […]
Review: A 21st century “Hedda” triumphs in Valley Players’ production
JOHN HENRY MARTIN Oct 12, 2022 You don’t need to read Henrik Ibsen’s famous 1891 play “Hedda Gabler” in order to follow Valley Players’ production of “Resolving Hedda,” but having […]
Hedda takes charge — or tries to — in Valley Players’ new play in Napa County
FOR THE REGISTER Sep 28, 2022; Updated Nov 3, 2022 Valley Players presents “Resolving Hedda” Oct. 7 to Oct. 16 at the Yountville Community Center, and Oct. 20 to Oct. […]
Review: My wife as an escort: Romantic fools and relationships
Napa Valley Register Article by Marty Nemko, Mar 15, 2022 Last night, I watched my wife, Dr. Barbara Nemko, the Napa County Superintendent of Schools, as you’ll never see her […]
Comic vaudeville coming up: Valley Players welcomes spring with ‘Romantic Fools’
Napa Valley Register Preview by Register Staff, Mar 2, 2022 Valley Players, the award-winning local theater group, presents a raucous comedy, “Romantic Fools,” opening March 11 in Yountville. Produced in […]
Preview: Valley Players’ ‘Ladies’ Briefs’ examines women’s experiences in 10 short plays
Napa Valley Register Review by John Henry Martin, Nov 3, 2021 Of all the pandemic casualties, I’m encouraged by the fact that Valley Players has survived. They have emerged with […]
Preview: Lessons for the heart: Valley Players present ‘The Tin Woman’
Napa Valley Register Review by John Henry Martin Feb 26, 2020 If you had an organ transplant, would you want to know the donor? What if the donor had died […]
The Pull
A new play by Lorraine Midanik, author of 2018’s Ordinary Day. We’re sorry to say that because of the Covid-19 reality, we will not be able to perform the staged […]
Review: Valley Players’ ‘Women In Jeopardy’ is an estrogen bomb of hilarity
Napa Valley Register Review by John Henry Martin Oct 9, 2019 Valley Players’ “Women in Jeopardy” is a blast. Wendy MacLeod’s play is an estrogen bomb of hilarity, which combined […]
Preview: Valley Players round out record season with ‘Women in Jeopardy’
Napa Valley Register Review by John Henry Martin Oct 2, 2019 Valley Players will premiere their fourth play this year, a record for them, on Friday. “Women in Jeopardy” is […]