Karna's letter to the editor of the North Bay Bohemian

Editor:

Regarding your policy not to review youth theatre productions:

Being an actress myself, I feel strongly that theatre should be explored in every way and by everyone. The stage holds many possibilities, with an emphasis on risk taking. The plays being reviewed do not take those risks, and you, being the alternative newspaper for Sonoma County should review the alternative theatre, be it children or adults.

It’s insulting to be discriminated against based merely on our age rather then our performances. I understand that your standards are high for your editorials but you should not judge something without your own eyes seeing it first. For example, Santa Rosa High’s Art Quest drama program performed Stage Door last December without any mention. Also, the Imagination Foundation’s Teen Ensemble performed their own original adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass last January and Antigone in June of 2005.

As an avid reader of the once respectable Bohemian, I came across your article on pick up lines and thought up one that you might enjoy:
age is just a number baby.

Thank you,

Karna Southall
Member of the I.F.’s Teen Ensemble

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