The women’s ritual theater collective known as Anima, Theater of the Feminine Underground, returns to Center Stage Theatre on October 9-10 with a brand-new set of performance pieces drawn from the participants’ real-life stories, dreams, yearnings, and most meaningful moments. The artists dive deep into not only their creative process, but also their psyches and […]
If all 30-plus shows that make up Ventura LIVE ‘25 at the Rubicon Theatre sold out the venue’s 110 seats, the total audience wouldn’t even reach the capacity of a single concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. But the breadth and depth of talent coming to the intimate theater in downtown Ventura from August 20 […]
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Longtime Montecito resident and four-time Emmy Award winner (Cheers) and Tony nominee (Sister Act the Musical) Cheri Steinkellner thought she had seen the last of Hello! My Baby, her original musical set in the apex of the Tin Pan Alley/Gangs of New York era. The song-filled musical is about “King of the Song-Pluggers” Mickey McKee […]
Santa Barbara-based MORE Theatre’s Moby Dick-inspired series continues with Ahab’s Tale, the latest original site-specific theater piece based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Written by Catt Filippov and directed by Ford Sachsenmaier, Ahab’s Tale stars Stanley Hoffman as the infamous character during his last days with his nemesis, the white whale. MORE creates original plays […]
Eight years ago, Elaine Gale was the center of adoration in the wake of her provocative and daringly self-revealing one-woman autobiographical play One Good Egg. The moving and riotous meditation on fertility and frustrating relationships had enjoyed a sold-out run at Center Stage Theatre. The show drew the attention of a producer in Los Angeles, […]
Something Rotten! imagine the birth of the musical as brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom’s bid to foil William Shakespeare’s reign as the Renaissance rockstar playwright. The idea arrives via a local soothsayer determined to assuage Nick Bottom’s agony of defeat, foretelling thus that the future of theater will simultaneously stitch together acting, singing, and dancing. […]
In a world where most families gather around the dinner table to discuss school, sports, or weekend plans, the Arthurs family of Santa Barbara takes a different stage – literally. At the heart of their world is Stage Left Productions, a thriving local theater company they founded 25 years ago to share their passion for […]
Play It Forward is the annual benefit for Ensemble Theatre’s Education and Outreach programs, uniting award-winning theater pros and Broadway performers with talented young actors and community artists. This year’s benefit performance features a new concert version of All of Me, the comedy-musical formerly known as Hello! My Baby, written by longtime Montecito resident Cheri […]
Ensemble Theatre winds up its 2024-25 season with one final weekend (through June 22) of Justice, a nearly new three-character musical that explores the first women appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court (Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor) early in their lives and careers up through the height of their judicial power. […]
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Ensemble Theatre Company ended its 46th season at the New Vic with the southern California premiere of Justice by Lauren Gunderson, a visceral exploration of courage, legacy, friendship, and the enduring influence of three extraordinary women – Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor – and their impact on the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
What theatrical subject could be more suited to serious investigation than the first three female justices of the U.S. Supreme Court; the ladies who broke through a more than 200 year-old glass ceiling to reach the highest court in the land? Not to mention that Sandra Day O’Connor, the groundbreaker, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and […]
If a musical about Supreme Court justices seems far afield, how about a zombie apocalypse comedy horror musical spoof? The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, which performs at Center Stage Theatre in a school-friendly version this weekend, tells the story of what happens when a meteor crashes in a town called Hatchetfield, bearing an extraterrestrial […]
Yulya Dukhovny, Westmont artist in residence, won a Santa Barbara Indy Award for Stage Artistry for her work on The Wind in the Willows on May 20 at Soho Restaurant & Club. Dukhovny first joined Westmont in 2018 when she performed her unique style of visual theater, featuring paper animation in a vertical 2D scenic […]
Topanga Canyon-based Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum returns to Elings Park atop the Mesa with their outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, transforming the gorgeous Godric Grove Amphitheater into an enchanted forest for the holiday weekend May 24-25. The professional troupe sold out its single performance of Dream last year, when the actors incorporated […]
