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Theater Born Yesterday Ex-show girl and mistress Billie Dawn gets a new lesson on life and love when her corrupt and uncouth junk czar boyfriend hires a newspaper reporter to tutor her in current events, grammar and gentility for mixing with political elite in Washington, D.C. Various dates and times. May 25-Jun 10. $15$25. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.763.8920.
God of Carnage Following an altercation between their 11-year-old sons in Cobble Hill Park, Annette and Alan Raleigh agree to meet Veronica and Michael Novak to discuss the situation civilly, but the veneer of polite society soon falls away. Various dates and times. May 24-Jun 17. $34$55. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.5208.
The Night of the Iguana Cris Cassell of San Francisco directs Tennessee Williams piece. Various dates and times. Through Jun 17. $17-$25. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.456.9555.
Noises Off Play within a play explores what really goes on behind the curtain. Various dates and times. May 25-Jun 17. $20-$22. Novato Theater Company, 484 Ignacio Blvd, Novato.
Norman, Is That You? Comedy by Ron Clark and Sam Brobrick, with John Rowan as director, presented by Pegasus Theater Company. Various dates and times. Through Jun 10. $15. Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.
Souvenir Stephen Temperley presents play on eccentric-yettalentless diva Florence Foster Jenkins. Various dates and times. Through May 27, 6pm. $30. Sixth Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.
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Lens Journey Central Valley desolation focus of new photo project For their latest project, Valley of Shadows and Dreams, documentary photographers Ken and Melanie Light have captured the beauty and dismay in the Central Valley. Fascinated by the development boom in the central part of California, they began exploring the issues affecting the valley—land and water use, economic disparity and population growth—through stark, lovely black-and-white photos. From farmers displaced by ill-conceived housing developments to the large numbers of children born with birth defects in Kettleman City, the stories and injustices in the book may surprise even born-andbred Californians who thought they knew everything about the Golden State. In an interview with California Watch, Ken Light said he and his wife wanted to explore the people “who are the spine of the valley, the lifeblood of the valley, who have been hidden in the shadows.” The Lights have done this before, to great success, with Coal Hollow, a collection of photographs and oral histories about the legacy of coal mining in West Virginia. After a five-year photographic journey through California’s heartland, they’ve produced a second book with as much power and grace as the first. The Lights appear on Wednesday, May 30, at the Venture Greenhouse. 30 Castro Ave., San Rafael. 7pm. Free. 415.721.0636.—Leilani Clark
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