CENTER STAGE THEATER

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, ...

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

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

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A One Act Ballet...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 is an agonized spiritual tribute to redemption and accountability....

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...