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  • Close up profile photo of an African-American man talking on his phone and looking anxious on the top of the poster with a close up profile photo of a white woman with pink hair on the bottom of the poster. The images have the Healdsburg International Short Film Festival 2026 logo superimposed over them with the Raven Performing Arts Theater logo and the dates of the festival.

    The official trailer for the Healdsburg International Short Film Festival has dropped!

    Set in the heart of California wine country, the highly anticipated Healdsburg International Short Film Festival (HISFF) returns this September…
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  • Brothers Gabriel and John Fraire, authors of Who Will Dance with Pancho Villa? stand in front of the Raven Theater marquee on opening night of the play. (Photo by Ed Fraire)

    Read The Healdsburg Tribune’s profile of the Fraire brothers and Who Will Dance with Pancho Villa?

    Brothers John and Gabriel Fraire have written two plays so far, including the one opening this weekend at the Raven, Who…
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  • A man in a tan suit is smiling as he dances with a woman in traditional Folklórico dress. Her back is to us and she has a large sombrero hanging down her back

    The Press Democrat: ‘Who Will Dance with Pancho Villa?’ returns to Healdsburg with timely story of identity and belonging

    In January, not long after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out immigration raids in Minneapolis, the Raven Players…
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  • Black and white photo collage of Bill Frisell, Petra Haden, Hank Roberts, Luke Bergman, Tim Angulo

    Tickets on sale now for Bill Frisell’s Harmony Five

    The guitarist and composer Bill Frisell — a “mild-mannered maverick [who] has made a colossal impact,” per The New Yorker — likes to remember…
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  • One man sits on the floor hugging a man sitting in front of him, trying to console him.

    The Healdsburg Tribune covers Angels in America:

    “One of the country’s most important plays is being presented at the Raven Theater this month in the way it’s…
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  • Graphic representation of blue ocean at the bottom and yellow hills above, with the Press Democrats Best of Sonoma County logo in foreground and "Vote for us!"

    Nominated for a Readers’ Choice Award!

    The Raven Performing Arts Theater and its resident theater company, the Raven Players, have been nominated for Best Live Theater…
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  • The blues chairs that will be installed into the Raven Performing Arts Center, with a name plaque below.

    Announcing a new Fund-a-Need project at the Raven

    SingleThread Farms has taken over the lease on the Raven Film Center and they have graciously donated the auditorium seats…
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  • Photograph of Irish comedian David Nihill against a light blue background.

    Irish comic David Nihill featured in The Press Democrat

    When Irish comedian David Nihill returns to the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg on March 22, audiences can expect…
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  • Cast members Matt Farrell, Kit Flanagan and Sydnie Crumrine-Thomsen in A Good Deal

    Local playwright Ron Nash profiled in The Healdsburg Tribune

    By Christian Kallen: The Raven Players’ ScripTease program is its unusual way to gather original plays for production, based on…
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  • Blue and pink poster for St John School production of Alice in Wonderland at the Raven

    St. John School’s Alice in Wonderland at the Raven

    St. John School’s spring musical, Alice in Wonderland, opens at the Raven on March 20th. The Raven Players’ artistic director,…
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