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106-year-old, award winning, professionally oriented, fully volunteer community theater company

08/29/2026

MEET THE CAST OF NTC’S 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

Nicole Stanley plays Olive Ostrovsky, a young newcomer to competitive spelling. Olive’s mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late, as usual, but he is trying to come sometime during the bee—she loves her dictionary! Nicole is excited to make her NTC debut in one of her favorite musicals! After getting her BFA in Musical Theatre at Chico State in 2022, Nicole is now outreach coordinator for Art and Soul School, a youth music director at Cinnabar Theater, and a private vocal coach. Recent credits include Little Red in Into the Woods & Mayzie LaBird in Suessical (Spreckels), Alice in LIZZIE & Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance (6th Street Playhouse), Brenda in Catch Me If You Can (Masquers), and Martha in The Secret Garden (Cinnabar). She would like to dedicate her performance career to her late father.

Directed by Larry Williams & choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with Musical Direction by Christopher Hewitt, Spelling Bee runs September 17-October 11, 2026.

Information and tickets at https://www.novatotheatercompany.org/2026-spelling-bee

08/26/2026

MEET THE CAST OF NTC’S 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

Pat Barr plays Vice Principal Douglas Panch who is the word pronouncer as well as being quite infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti who does not return his affections. Pat is glad to be back with friends on stage in Novato. Most recent productions include Kinky Boots at Throckmorton Theater and What Women Want at Masquers Playhouse. Past roles include Fagin in Oliver! and Harold Hill in Music Man with Stapleton Theater. He has been seen at NTC as Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof, as Amos, "Mr. Cellophane," in Chicago, Fester in Addams Family, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda The Musical! and most recently as Franklin Hart in 9 to 5!

Directed by Larry Williams & choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with Musical Direction by Christopher Hewitt, Spelling Bee runs September 17-October 11, 2026.

Information and tickets at https://www.novatotheatercompany.org/2026-spelling-bee

08/24/2026

MEET THE CAST OF 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

Daniela Innocenti Beem, who plays Rona Lisa Peretti, is pleased as P U N C H to be back at NTC. You may have seen her here as boarding house owner Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret (SFBATCC Winner) or as the soggy tart, the Lady of The Lake in Spamalot or perhaps bending and snapping as Paulette in Legally Blonde (TBA Winner) or as everyone’s favorite mother hen Mama Morton in Chicago or maybe as the quintessential stage mother, Rose in Gypsy. Other favorites: Desiree’ in A Little Night Music, Dolly in Hello Dolly, Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, The Witch in Into the Woods (TBA Winner), Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha.) In Bocca Al Lupo.

Directed by Larry Williams & choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with Musical Direction by Christopher Hewitt, Spelling Bee runs September 17-October 11, 2026.

Information and tickets at www.novatotheatercompany.org.

08/22/2026

Rehearsals are going strong for NTC’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!
Get your tickets soon and be prepared for a very fun evening!

25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School, some students being from various elementary schools. These six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups.

Photos: Dani Innocenti Beem Rona Lisa Marie Peretti & Nicole Stanley as Olive Ostrovsky.
Marlee Ostrom as Leaf Coneybear
Photo by Jere Torkelsen

Directed by Larry Williams & choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with Musical Direction by Christopher Hewitt, Spelling Bee runs September 17-October 11, 2026.

Information and tickets at www.novatotheatercompany.org.

08/06/2026

Announcing Auditions for
Novato Theater Company’s Production of.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG!
By Heather Sayer, Henry Lewis Henry Shields
Directed by Carl Jordan

All genders and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.

Please prepare a monologue preferably comedic. Please include headshot and resumé.
This is a no pay and non AEA production.

Please submit form, headshot & resumé to:
[email protected]

Audition form available at:
www.novatotheatercompany.org

Auditions
August 8, 2-5pm & August 9, 3-6pm, 2026
at the Novato Theater Company
5420 Nave Drive, Novato, 94949

Callbacks by invitation on August 22, 3-6pm & August 23, 3-6pm at the Novato Theater Company
5420 Nave Drive, Novato, 94949

Performances: January 22-February 13, 2027
Rehearsals Begin November 4, 2024
For more info and character breakdown please go to:
www.novatotheatercompany.org

Don’t miss this opportunity to audition for this amazing show!

07/27/2026

NOVATO THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THEIR 2026-2027 SEASON!

07/18/2026

AUDITIONS AT NTC COMING UP!!! JOIN US!

07/13/2026

NTC announces the cast of 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE!
Directed by Larry Williams, Choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with Music Direction by Christopher Hewitt.

Mark your calendars! September 17-October 11, 2026

Information and tickets at www.novatotheatercompany.org.

Rona Lisa Peretti-Dani Innocenti Beem
Vice Principal Douglas Panch-Pat Barr (John Griffin in 3 performances)
Mitch Mahoney-Nicholas Augusta
Olive Ostrovsky-Nicole Stanley
William Morris Barfée-Dominic Marco Canty
Logainne “Schwartzy” SchwartzandGrubenierre-Carly Leahy
Marcy Park-Emily Wong
Leaf Coneybear-Marlee Ostrom
Charlito “Chip” Tolentino-Paul Hogarth

25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School, some students being from various elementary schools. These six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups.

06/29/2026

Stage Manager Needed for The Play That Goes Wrong

Are you ready to keep the most intentional chaos on track? Novato Theatre Company in Marin County seeks a detail-oriented, proactive stage manager to orchestrate our production of this uproarious comedy. You’ll be the linchpin ensuring every “mistake” is perfectly timed, every prop is “misplaced” just right, and every gag lands. Rehearsals begin mid-November 2026, with performances running January 22 to February 13, 2027. If you’re up for a rewarding challenge and love making the impossible look effortless, we want you!

novatotheatercompany.org

05/24/2026

Haven't seen MAMMA MIA yet? Well, you left it too long! Remember, though, that we will have a Wait List started at the Box Office one hour before every remaining performance, in case of no-shows, of which there have been a small handful every time so far. Arrive early and put your name(s) down and cross your fingers!

Address

5420 Nave Drive (Suite C)
Novato, CA
94949

Telephone

+14158834498

Website

http://www.novatotheatercompany.org/

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