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BIG IDEA THEATRE

1616 Del Paso Blvd. #1
Sacramento , CA 95815


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Review: POTUS Gets My Vote at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - October 28, 2024

When a show opens with what is widely considered one of the most offensive words in the English language, I’m hooked. Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive does just that. This Tony Award-nominated work is a genius feminist farce brought to...

Cast Set For MACBETH at Placer Rep


by Stephi Wild - September 24, 2024

The fruits of a region-wide talent search, Placer Repertory Theater has cast four very talented actors (Thomas Van Briggle, Stacey Winn, Matthew Rivera and Liam Roberts) to star in Placer Rep’s MacBeth, a slightly truncated version of Shakespeare's play, adapted to be performed by four actors and in...

Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE is the Hit of the Season at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - September 18, 2024

What can I say? Big Idea Theatre has some of the best picks in town. Constantly evolving and pushing through what feels comfortable and even sane, they’ve upped the ante with their latest offering. The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a deliciously dark and suspenseful tale by Martin McDonagh....

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - June 14, 2024

‘Tis the season for Shakespeare! Big Idea Theatre is now showing their gender-bending version of Much Ado About Nothing, just in time to celebrate Pride. This modernized take is playing through June 29th....

Review: THE BOOK OF WILL at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - March 24, 2024

John Heminges and Henry Condell aren’t names that are immediately recognizable, but they should be. Without them, some of our favorite titles would be lost to history. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet wouldn’t exist today. No one would know the name William Shakespear...

Sacramento Premiere of AMERICAN FAST Begins January 24 At Capital Stage


by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024

AMERICAN FAST by Kareem Fahmy at Capital Stage is coming to Sacramento. Don't miss this exciting premiere starting on January 24, 2024....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL, THE GHOST OF WOODLAND OPERA HOUSE, Legacy Stage & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards December 5th Standings; JERSEY BOYS Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards; EMILIA Leads Best Play!


by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Past Shows

Pocatello
Pocatello
4/26 - 5/18/2024


Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello – a small, unexceptional American city that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises. ...

The Book of Will
The Book of Will
3/8 - 3/30/2024


Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like  Romeo and Juliet . But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half ...

After the Blast
After the Blast
11/3 - 11/25/2023


Generations ago, humans retreated deep underground after an environmental disaster ruined the world above. Nature is now simulated through brain-implanted chips, and fertility is regulated ...

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City


A foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian and a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer-stricken mothers become roommates in the ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
3/3 - 4/1/2023


Shakespeare's Twelfth Night set in a beach town with two bar owners in competition for the affections of a pair of shipwrecked twins....

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
11/18 - 12/17/2016


Richard Hannay decided to take in a show to alleviate his constant boredom, only to become implicated in the murder of a woman he’d just ...

Trevor
Trevor
9/30 - 10/29/2016


Trevor was once a minor celebrity, performing on television opposite the likes of Morgan Fairchild, but lately the spotlight has eluded him. At home he ...

Anthony & Cleopatra
Anthony & Cleopatra
8/5 - 9/3/2016


Following the action of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, now one of the triumvirs of the Roman Republic, neglects his duty to rule the eastern provinces ...

A Bright New Boise
A Bright New Boise
6/18 - 7/17/2016


After escaping his rural hometown, Will, a new recruit at an Idaho outlet of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, seeks answers and connection to ...

The Rover
The Rover
4/29 - 5/28/2016


Two sisters, Florinda, betrothed to a rich merchant she doesn’t love, and Hellena, bound for life in the convent are determined to experience life and ...

7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England


On a northeastern college campus, controversy is brewing over the closing of a neglected natural history museum, and Dean Wreen, a fiery college professor turned ...

2 Gentle Men of Verona
2 Gentle Men of Verona
11/13 - 12/12/2015


In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s proto-bromance, we meet best friends Proteus and Valentine. When a search for adventure takes them to Las Vegas, they both ...

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
10/2 - 10/31/2015


In this thrilling interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, man’s dual nature is examined in all its staggering complexity. In Victorian-era London, Dr. Henry ...

Three days of rain
Three days of rain
8/14 - 9/12/2015


Perpetual drifter Walker Janeway reappears after a year’s absence to join his sister at the reading of their father Ned’s will, expecting to inherit the ...

No Exit
No Exit
6/26 - 7/25/2015


Ushered in by an amused, lidless valet, three people take up residence in a windowless Second Empire drawing room. As they await their impending agony, ...

Coriolanus
Coriolanus
5/1 - 5/30/2015


In a time of great public strife, the exalted war hero Coriolanus returns to his homeland and, at the behest of his manipulative, controlling mother, ...

The Night of The Iguanr
The Night of The Iguanr
11/7 - 12/6/2014


De-frocked priest T. Lawrence Shannon attempts to hide from his personal demons in a dilapidated hotel on the coast of Mexico and instead finds himself ...

The Exit Interview
The Exit Interview
9/12 - 10/11/2014


Dick Fig has been fired. On his last day at his university Dick’s excruciating exit interview with Eunice, a humorless HR representative, is interrupted by ...

The Language Archive
The Language Archive
7/25 - 8/23/2014


George has spent his life documenting languages, but words fail him when Mary, his wife, tells George that she is leaving him. That same day, ...

The Submission
The Submission
6/6 - 7/5/2014


Danny’s complex new drama about an African-American family struggling to leave the projects has just been selected for the nation's preeminent play festival. But Danny, ...

Inventing Van Gogh
Inventing Van Gogh
4/18 - 5/17/2014


“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” —Oscar Wilde. In September 2013, the art world reeled when a painting, which had languished for ...

The Merry Wives
The Merry Wives
2/28 - 3/29/2014


Step back in time to the wild, wild West, where anything goes. It's the Gold Rush, and tens of thousands of immigrants from around the ...

When The Rain Stops Falling
When The Rain Stops Falling
1/10 - 2/8/2014


It's raining. Gabriel York is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the son he abandoned decades ago. "I know what he wants. He wants what all ...

Outrage
11/15 - 12/14/2013


“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” A time-bending roller-coaster ride through history, Outrage deftly moves between Ancient Greece, the Inquisition, ...

Lonesome Hollow
9/27 - 10/26/2013


In the not too distant future, a photographer of artistic nudes is sentenced to an open-ended imprisonment in a state run "penal village" for sexual ...

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
8/2 - 8/31/2013


The untimely death of Wee Thomas the cat brings a heartbroken Irish freedom fighter with "anger management issues" home to say farewell. His search for ...


It’s the late 1950s. It is a time of innocence and overly-helpful public service announcements; where all a young woman needs to be blissfully happy ...

Private Eyes
4/26 - 5/25/2013


Who can you trust? Matthew’s wife, Lisa, may be having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of ...

As You Like It
3/1 - 3/30/2013


All the world’s a stage, including Arden Park, where Rosalind flees in a desperate attempt to save her life after a coup deposes her father. ...

The Ogre
The Ogre
10/5 - 10/27/2012


Enter Brede Place, the sinister mansion inhabited by famed American author, Stephen Crane, during the final days of his life. Surrounded by a cast of ...

Red Herring
Red Herring
8/24 - 9/15/2012


Combine a film-noir thriller, a murder mystery, and three love stories, and what do you get? One biting and witty play and a blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed ...

The Life and Undead of Henry V


Join for Shakespeare with a twist: England is slowly descending into chaos as a horrifying epidemic turns its citizens into an angry horde of zombies! ...

Arcadia
Arcadia
1/13 - 2/4/2012


Can we ever truly understand the past? What does the future hold? These two unanswerable questions form the foundation of this beautiful, complex, sexy and ...

Videos


New Works SHOWCASE in Sacramento New Works SHOWCASE
Parkview Event Room, Johnson-Springview Park (11/18 - 11/18) Tracker
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in Sacramento The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
EPIC Bible College and Graduate School (11/1 - 11/17) Tracker
Sister Act in Sacramento Sister Act
Davis Musical Theatre Company (4/25 - 5/18)
My Fair Lady in Sacramento My Fair Lady
Davis Musical Theatre Company (11/1 - 12/8)
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown in Sacramento You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Off Center Stage, The Center for the Arts Grass Valley (11/14 - 11/24)
Everything Beautiful Happens At Night in Sacramento Everything Beautiful Happens At Night
Capital Stage (3/19 - 4/20)
Hadestown (Non-Equity) in Sacramento Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Harris Center (12/12 - 12/15)
Mean Girls JR. in Sacramento Mean Girls JR.
Woodland Opera House (11/14 - 11/17)
42nd Street in Sacramento 42nd Street
Davis Musical Theatre Company (1/3 - 1/26)
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