Dan Essman & Theresa Whitehill
Poetry at the Playhouse

NOTE: This reading has been postponed and will be rescheduled for sometime this summer or fall.

Local poets Daniel Essman and Theresa Whitehill are featured readers at Starlight Lounge, a bi-monthly poetry series at the Willits Community Theatre.

Daniel Essman is a Willits poet who for several decades co-hosted the Car Lords Poetry Series in Willits along with his wife, Robin Rule. He also has gained a following as the film reviewer for the Noyo Theatre as well as for his signature statement, “He likes his reality attenuated by the wisdom of the imagination.”

Theresa Whitehill is well known to poetry audiences in Mendocino County, and was Poet Laureate of the City of Ukiah in 2009 and 2010. In addition to writing poetry, Whitehill is a graphic designer and creator of letterpress broadsides, many of which are held in the collections of libraries and universities across the United States.

An open reading will be held after the featured readers have read. Entry into the reading is by donation and no one will be turned away from lack of funds. Audience members must show proof of vaccination upon entry and the wearing of facial coverings by the audience is recommended.