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Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
12/5 - 12/8/2024


Need a break from reality? Take a trip out of this world with Lights Up! as they kick start their seventh season with two smash-hit, ...


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


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara Awards; THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BOOK OF WILL, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Theater/Dance & 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 Santa Barbara Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards December 5th Standings; THE ADDAMS FAMILY 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 Santa Barbara Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Lights Up! Theatre Company to Presents THE TEMPEST in December


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2023

Lights Up! Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's beloved play, The Tempest. Join Prospera and Miranda on a magical journey of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. ...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards; NIGHT NIGHT, ROGER ROGER 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 Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara Awards; THE ADDAMS FAMILY Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - November 20, 2023

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Out of the Box Theatre Company to Present ONCE: THE MUSICAL This Month


by Blair Ingenthron - April 02, 2023

Out of the Box Theatre Company, a non-profit theatre company dedicated to bringing lesser known and less frequently produced contemporary musical theatre to the Santa Barbara stage, will be bringing Once to Center Stage Theater....

Feature: MISS YOU LIKE HELL at Out Of The Box Theatre At Center Stage


by Anna Jensen - October 25, 2022

Miss You Like Hell plays November 4-13, 2022 (Friday - Sunday) at Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara, CA....

Past Shows

The Father by Florian Zeller


"The Father," a gripping and emotionally intense play by Florian Zeller, delves into the complexities of dementia from the perspective of an elderly man named Andréi.  ...

The Father by Florian Zeller


"The Father," a gripping and emotionally intense play by Florian Zeller, delves into the complexities of dementia from the perspective of an elderly man named Andréi.  ...

Sound and Smoke
Sound and Smoke
1/12 - 1/14/2024


Selah Dance Collective presents a dance concert at Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara. Artistic Director Meredith Ventura’s work Sound and Smoke is an interdisciplinary ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
5/11 - 5/13/2023


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Miss You Like Hell
Miss You Like Hell
11/4 - 11/13/2022


When a whip-smart, deeply imaginative teenager agrees to take a road trip with her free-spirited Latina mother, neither can imagine where it will take them. ...

Puffs
Puffs
5/13 - 5/15/2022


For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the ...

Tick, Tick... BOOM!
Tick, Tick... BOOM!
4/29 - 5/1/2022


Out of the Box Theatre Company presents Tick, Tick... BOOM! Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick... Boom!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer ...

MTI'S All Together Now
MTI'S All Together Now
11/13 - 11/14/2021


Created by Musical Theatre International as a fundraiser for theatre organizations across the country, MTIs ALL TOGETHER NOW! is a musical revue featuring songs from ...

Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase


Don't miss the Chrisman Studio Artist Spring ShowcaseLive at Center Stage Theater!Only two performances - Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 at 2:30PMLimited Capacity ...

Lifelines + Re:Forming
"Lifelines + Re:Forming"
12/4 - 12/31/2020


Lifeline + Re:FormingA live streamed collaborative performance, plus Lifelines film premiere broadcast from Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbaracreated bybrooke smiley, Sam Bourgault, Mark Hirsch ...

Pirates of Penzance
5/15 - 5/16/2020


Toss your worries overboard and join some playful pirates, dewey-eyed damsels, bumbling bobbies, and one very stuffy modern Major-General for this zany adaptation of the ...

The Electric Baby
3/19 - 3/22/2020


A folktale for adults, The Electric Baby combines magic, myth, and humor to explore devastating loss and hopeful healing....

These Complicated Women


These Complicated Women considers the deeply conflicted, passionate, and fascinating lives of some famous and talented women from the last century: Hallie about Hallie Flanagan, ...

American Psycho
American Psycho
11/15 - 11/24/2019


Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with ...

Love
Love
10/5 - 10/6/2019


UCSB Initiative for New & Imagined Works & Center Stage Theater present Love by Kate Cortesi a staged reading Directed by Maggie Mixsell Starring Joe ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
4/5 - 4/14/2019


Out of the Box Theatre Company presents Fun Home, the blazingly honest memoir of Alison, a graphic novelist exploring her youth in a loving, dysfunctional ...

Amélie
Amélie
11/9 - 11/18/2018


One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in Amélie, a fanciful modern-day fairy tale. Embark on ...

Green Day's American Idiot
Green Day's American Idiot
4/6 - 4/15/2018


Lost and disconnected in modern-day America, Johnny, Tunny, and Will struggle to find meaning in their lives. The three twenty-somethings flee the constraints of their ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
4/5 - 4/14/2018


The winner of five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical, FUN HOME is based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir. This groundbreaking production introduces us ...

Possibilities, Dreams & Actions


The Dance with Harout Performance Company comes back for their third year at Center Stage Theater presenting: Possibilities, Dreams & Actions. Watch these characters live ...

Dear Elizabeth


A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again. This show is a benefit for Center Stage Theater with a reception ...

Anima
Anima
5/31

Mother Goose Tales


Join student Performing Groups from Inspire Dance Santa Barbara for a sweet and heart felt telling of your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes on May ...

Tales From Beatrix Potter
Tales From Beatrix Potter
5/26 - 5/27/2017


A One Act Ballet...

Survivor Stories
Survivor Stories
5/21 - 5/22/2017


Inspirational, funny, poignant and moving stories of overcoming adversity and conquering life’s biggest obstacles. Featuring performances by Emmy award winner Joe Spano, and former Speaking ...

High Fidelity
High Fidelity
4/20 - 4/30/2017


Meet Rob Gordon, a thirty-something, indie record store owner who knows everything there is to know about music but nothing about how to have a ...

Lizzie
Lizzie
11/3 - 11/13/2016


Lizzie is a rock-show retelling of the bloody legend of America's favorite ax-wielding double-murderess and Victorian hometown girl. Lizzie Borden, who has become fodder for ...

Bodies Unbound
Bodies Unbound
10/7 - 10/8/2016


As seen in New York City, Los Angeles and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Bodies Unbound is the triumphant story of a woman who left a ...

A Classical Guitar Celebration


Giacomo Fiore, Andre Feriante and Michael Chapdelaine will present a classical and contemporary repertoire and original pieces including music by Santa Barbara and other California-based ...

The Boondawgle Estate
The Boondawgle Estate
9/15 - 9/18/2016


Served up during the early 1930s at a manor home in upstate New York, the recipe for this comedy folds in a little farce, a ...

Swapped
Swapped
9/10


Swapped, a gender miscast musical review featuring songs from popular musicals....

35mm: A Musical Exhibition
35mm: A Musical Exhibition
3/31 - 4/9/2016


A picture is worth 1,000 word—what about a song? Can a picture inspire a song or fifteen? In 35mm, each photo creates an unique song, ...

Heathers: The Musical
Heathers: The Musical
11/5 - 11/15/2015


Heathers: The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique ...

Zombie Rock
Zombie Rock
10/28 - 10/31/2015


What happens when a group of zombies take over an open mic night? Grunts, groans and bad puns? Pretty much! But there's also a fabulous, ...

The inquisitor
The inquisitor
10/9 - 10/11/2015


The Inquisitor is sure to be a treat for all audiences, a modern dance spin on the search for the answers to life. Told through ...

What Rhymes with America
What Rhymes with America
9/25 - 10/4/2015


A father and his teenage daughter stand on either side of a closed door. Life is unraveling for him, and it is entirely uncertain for ...

Pvt. Wars
Pvt. Wars
8/21 - 9/5/2015


Three G.I.s recovering from Vietnam War injuries while away their time on the terrace of an Army hospital. Gately, a hillbilly, fiddles compulsively with a ...

Spring Showcase
Spring Showcase
5/30 - 5/31/2015


Dance with Harout Performance Company is a unique dance ensemble that integrates dancers of all ages and abilities, from all walks of life. Everyone dances ...

Alice in Wonderland


This brand-new musical version of the timeless classic takes you down the rabbit hole with the ever-curious Alice to a land of zany adventures where ...

Celebration Of Stories
Celebration Of Stories
4/19 - 4/20/2015


An eclectic group of compelling stories, full of charm and a few surprises. Great stories performed by talented actors. Join the performers after the show ...

Collective 2015
Collective 2015
4/17 - 4/18/2015


Local, national, and international choreographers converge for SBCC’s annual spring dance oncert, Collective, under artistic director Tracy R. Kofford. An eccentric evening of works presented ...

154 & Paradise
154 & Paradise
1/23 - 2/1/2015


The Producing Unit proudly presents the world premiere of 154 and Paradise by Gerald DiPego, the celebrated screenwriter, sole credited author of Phenomenon with John ...

Sockhop
Sockhop
1/9 - 1/10/2015


The Performing Arts and Music classes of the Anacapa School come together to entertain you with some of the best loved songs from the 1950’s ...

Manchester Girl
Manchester Girl
6/12 - 6/14/2014


After a Fringe First win in Edinburgh and a successful run off London's west end Manchester Girl on route to New York, stops in Santa ...

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
4/3 - 4/13/2014


At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned folk ...

Travel the World
Travel the World
3/20 - 3/22/2014

Audience Favorites
Audience Favorites
3/16 - 3/17/2014


Speaking of Stories continues its 20th Anniversary season with a performance of stories chosen by the audience and subscribers. Their favorite stories and authors. Great ...

Configuration
Configuration
3/8 - 3/15/2014


Join our pre-professional dance companies in a show for the whole family. This year’s show offers new works in contemporary, jazz, and hip hop styles. ...

Modern Buddhism: Transforming Life’s Difficulties into the Spiritual Path


Gen Kelsang Rigpa, National Spiritual Director for the Western U.S., will visit Santa Barbara to give a special talk on how we can transform our ...

Kinesis 2014
Kinesis 2014
2/21 - 2/22/2014


A thought provoking, visually stimulating sumptuous Contemporary Dance feast for the audience, presented by Santa Barbara Dance Alliance. A collaborative collection of premier works with ...

Nothing But Laughs
Nothing But Laughs
1/11 - 1/12/2014


Speaking of Stories begins its season with a performance of hilarious stories. Great stories performed by talented actors. Join the performers after the show for ...

The Saint of F**ked Up Karma


The Saint of F**ked Up Karma is an agonized spiritual tribute to redemption and accountability....

Celebration of Stories
5/19 - 5/20/2013


A literary stew, a blend of great tales including a spicy new story by T.C. Boyle...

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
5/2 - 5/12/2013


Next to Normal is the acclaimed, groundbreaking musical "that pushe[d] Broadway in new directions" (Rolling Stone). With a thrilling contemporary score, this emotional powerhouse of ...


New stories from Ron Carlson, a celebrated American short story writer and from the more recently discovered and lauded Edith Pearlman, winner of the National ...

Bill W. and DR. Bob
4/4 - 4/13/2013


The amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who founded Al ...

Circle Mirror Transformation
3/21 - 3/30/2013


An absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny play which traces the lives of a handful of small-town Vermont residents who gather each week for an acting ...

Configuration
3/9 - 3/16/2013


A fun show for the whole family to enjoy, featuring the pre-professional Student Companies from Dance Arts. Emotional Contemporary, energetic Hip Hop, sassy Broadway, and ...


This is a monthly flamenco performance open to all flamenco dance and music lovers. The cast will change from month to month giving audiances a ...

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
2/14 - 2/24/2013


An audacious mix of historical fact and fiction, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson redefines America's controversial seventh president -- the man who invented the Democratic Party, ...

John & Jen
John & Jen
10/4 - 10/14/2012


Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, this truly original musical takes a look at the complexities of relationships between ...

Re:Vision
Re:Vision
9/28 - 9/30/2012


Re:Vision will feature the choreography of Devyn Duex and Emily Tatomer, in three distinct works united by their use of dance as a medium of ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
9/13 - 9/23/2012


Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof," remains one of the American theater world's most jarring and provocative tragedies ...

Queen Undaunted: Margaret of Anjou


Queen Undaunted: Margaret of Anjou, a one woman show gives us Margaret according to Shakespeare. She is the only person to appear in four of ...

A Night at the Opera in Stories and Music


Murder, suicide, a bullfighter, a princess, disguise balls, women dressed as men—it's just a typical Night at the Opera. A unique and captivating performance blending ...

Shadows: An Original Musical
Shadows: An Original Musical
8/17 - 8/18/2012


When the shroom-addicted Mario finds himself forever lost in a glitch, it is time for his failure of a younger brother to step into his ...

Loveland
Loveland
9/15 - 9/22/2011


Fasten your seatbelts as writer/performer Ann Randolph takes you a cross country flight you will never forget. Hilarious and deeply human, Randolph embodies many characters, ...

Shandy Wilkes
Shandy Wilkes
8/10 - 8/12/2011


Welcome to Shandy Wilkes, a re-imagined, re-written, re-telling of Proximity's 2009 smash hit, The Marvellous Story of Shandy Wilkes! Shandy Wilkes is a dark fairytale ...

Videos


The Seven Deadly Sins in Santa Barbara The Seven Deadly Sins
The Granada Theatre (3/22 - 3/22)
I Hate Hamlet in Santa Barbara I Hate Hamlet
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (5/2 - 5/18)
You're a good Man, Charlie Brown in Santa Barbara You're a good Man, Charlie Brown
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (6/6 - 6/29)
Mean Girls (Non-Equity) in Santa Barbara Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Granada Theatre (1/8 - 1/9)
Brahms' Requiem in Santa Barbara Brahms' Requiem
The Granada Theatre (4/26 - 4/26)
Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity) in Santa Barbara Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity)
Performing Arts Center (2/12 - 2/13)
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