Transcendence Theatre Company — Local services in Sonoma

We saw Dancin’ Feet last night and I have mixed feelings. It is a lovely experience to be under the stars on a balmy August evening. However, the performance left me a bit disappointed. Many of the songs and were written in last decade by pop artists- some were maybe a bit older than that. The title of the show “Dancin’ Feet” led me to expect a more traditional jazz, swing, Broadway musical style. Instead most of the music was really unfamiliar to me and just seemed loud. While the dancing was good, I just didn’t love the music and considering that most of the audience was at least in their sixties, I thought the musical choices odd. It would be helpful if the Transcendence theater website would provide a better description of the type of music each show will be presenting. It was a high energy performance, which at times seemed to be shrieking loud. One female vocalist in particular was hitting high notes off key in a range past her natural range, resulting in an ear splitting scream. There is enthusiasm and high energy and then there is just plain loud. Chairs are really uncomfortable and it’s hard to see the stage if you’re more than about 5 rows back, so difficult to even enjoy...

The talent may have been good but it was NOT worth it because the seating was abusively uncomfortable, packed in like sardines, hard little plastic folding chairs with no back support, all attached together (no separation no arm rests), extremely close to the rows in front and in back, zero land elevation or slant so that all you could see were the heads in front of you. We were literally straining our necks from side to side to catch a slither of a few bodies on stage! Why couldn't the stage have been built a few feet higher!! In the event of a panic, there would've been pandemonium with hundreds of people struggling to push others out of the way, only 2 narrow exits at front and back. We left at the intermission to get out of there. No amount of talent was worth that torture. As grandparents, we were happy to pay a high price to take grandchildren to see what sounded like a lovely venue but neither my short grandchildren nor my 6'3" husband could see. We might as well have been...

Went to see let’s dance last night. We thank you for the new padded chair they were very comfortable. I have to small conserves, not every one has a 15 inch tush. Seats should be spaced a little apart. Our neighbors sitting next to us never came back after intermission. And the other is I took two seniors with me and the two gentlemen in front us us wore big brim hats. Very hard to for them to see. Anything you can do about this would be...