See a Play - Sacramento region theatre

Camelot
by Lerner & Loewe

Woodland Opera House
340 2nd Street, Woodland, Ca 95695
Take I-5 to Woodland. Take the Main Street exit - left. The theatre is on the corner of Main and 2nd. Main
530-666-9617
operahouse@afes.com
woodlandoperahouse.org

Performances:
September 17 - October 10, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
With and additional matinee on Saturday, October 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets:
General: $20
Matinee: $10 Balc
Students: $18
Seniors: $18
Children: $10
Groups: discount

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available
hearing assistance available

Director: Rodger McDonald
Musical Director: James Hernandez
Choreographer: Eva Sarry

The classic tale of King Arthur and his famed Round Table, and the love triangle with his young Queen Quenevere, and the dashing knight, Lancelot, with the beautiful Lerner & Loewe score including, "Camelot","If Ever I Would Leave You", "What Do the Simple Folks Do", and "How To Handle a Woman".

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams

Actor's Theatre of Sacramento
Wilkerson Theater, 1723 25th St, Sacramento
In the California Stage complex, corner of 25th and R Sts.
916-501-6104
ed@actinsac.com
actinsac.com

Performances:
September 10 - October 10
Friday, 8pm
Saturday, 8pm
Sunday, 2pm

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $13
Seniors: $13

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Mark Heckman

Tennessee William's now classic story of a troubled Southern family. Two brother's and their wives vie for their dying father's fortune at his 65th birthday in a steamy Mississippi plantation. The play focuses on the turbulent relationship between younger brother Brick and his wife Maggie "The Cat", and between Brick and his father "Big Daddy". Featuring Ed Claudio as Big Daddy, Sean Morneau as Brick, and Anna Shah as Maggie.

Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henley

Civic Theatre West (Main Stage / Tower Theater)
Tower Theater - 421 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678
I-80 to Atlantic/Eureka exit. Take Atlantic Street toward historic downtown Roseville. Theater is on the left side of the street. Park in back.
(916) 782-1777
brent@civicwest.org
www.civicwest.org

Performances:
September 24 - October 23, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Thursday, September 30 at 7:00pm

Tickets:
General: $25
Students: $15
Seniors: $23
Children: $12

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available
hearing assistance available

Director: Dean Shellenberger

Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future-but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.

Dear Edwina Junior
Book/Lyrics by Marcy Heisler and Music by Zina Goldrich

Rocklin Community Theatre
4090 Rocklin Road, Rocklin, CA 95677 (Finnish Temperance Hall)
Take Rocklin Rd exit off I-80
916 740-6229
RocklinCommunityTheatre@yahoo.com
RocklinCT.com

Performances:
Friday, September 24, 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 25, 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday, Sepetember 26, 2:00 PM
Friday, October 1, 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 2, 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 3, 2:00 PM

Tickets:
General: $10
Students: $8
Seniors: $8
Children: $8
Groups: Call
SARTA: $10
League: $10

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Jill Page
Musical Director: Meredith Hawkins

Edwina Spoonapple would do just about anything to be a part of the Kalamazoo Advice-a-Palooza Festival. While her siblings all have proof "up on the fridge" of their accomplishments, poor Edwina has nothing. When a talent scout from the Festival visits her hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan, she trots out her musical advice in a show live from the family garage in hopes of finding her place in the spotlight. She is assisted by her older siblings and a host of quirky friends and neighbors, including Kelli, the cool, sophisticated ballerina; Annie, the girl-scout cookie-selling champion; Billy, one-third of the Vanderploonk triplets; Bobby, the befuddled new kid on the block; and Scott, who is helplessly and hopelessly in love with Edwina. Together they set out to tackle the world's problems, in number after hysterical number about everything from birthday party etiquette to the proper way to set a table. Sweet, smart and tuneful, it appeals to audiences of all ages, as Edwina doles out advice, and finally learns to listen to some of it herself.

Dinner With Friends
by Donald Margulies

Big Idea Theatre
1616 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815
West off Business 80 take Arden Way Exit, Turn Right. Right on Del Paso Boulevard Theatre is in the same complex as the Supper Club.
916-960-3036
postmaster@bigideatheatre.com
bigideatheatre.com

Performances:
September 24 - October 23, 2010
Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 8 p.m.
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. except first and last Sundays

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $12
Groups: $10
SARTA: $12
League: $12

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Kirk Blackinton

Donald Margulies' Pulitzer-Prize winning comedy-drama picks at the bones of two marriages and four friendships. A deceptively simple story of the disintegration of one marriage and its effect on the couple's closest friends, it evolves into an examination of the true nature of friendship.

The Drowsy Chaperone
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison; Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

Civic Theatre West (Main Stage / Roseville Theater)
Roseville Theater - 241 Vernon Street, Roseville CA 95678
I-80 to Atlantic/Eureka exit. Take Atlantic Street toward historic downtown Roseville. Theater is on the left side of the street. Park in back.
(916) 782-1777
brent@civicwest.org
www.civicwest.org

Performances:
September 10 - October 9, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Thursday, September 16th at 7:00pm

Tickets:
General: $25
Students: $15
Seniors: $23
Children: $12

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available
hearing assistance available

Director: Brent Null
Musical Director: Jennifer Vaughn
Choreographer: Gino Platina

The Drowsy Chaperone pays homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age, examining the effect musicals have on the fans who adore them. The Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of the fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens to this rare recording, he is transported into the musical. The characters appear in his dingy apartment, and it is transformed into a glorious Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops, and over the top costumes.

The plot of the show-within-a-show centers on Janet Vandegraff, a showgirl looking to give up the stage in order to marry an oil tycoon, Robert Martin. However, Janet is the star of "Feldzieg's Follies", and Feldzieg, her producer, is being threatened with bodily harm by two gangsters employed by his chief investor. Disguised as pastry chefs, these two pun-happy thugs threaten Feldzieg to stop the wedding, in order to ensure Janet's participation in the next production of Feldzieg's Follies. In order to save himself, Feldzieg enlists Aldolpho, a bumbling Latin Lothario, to seduce Janet and spoil her relationship with Robert. What follows is a pastiche of every classic, clichéd plot thread ever to grace the stage, including mistaken identities, dream sequences, spit takes involving such stock characters as an unflappable English butler, an absent-minded dowager, a ditzy chorine, a harried best man, and, last but certainly not least, Janet's "Drowsy" (read "Tipsy") Chaperone.

The Golden Harp
Written by Greg Alexander, Music and Lyrics by Greg Alexander & Noah Agruss

Sutter Street Theatre
717 Sutter Street, Historic Folsom 95630
Hwy 50 to Folsom Blvd. into Folsom. Take the Sutter Street exit.
(916) 353-1001
mikonpro@sbcglobal.net
sutterstreettheatre.com

Performances:
August 28 - October 10, 2010
Saturday, 1:00pm
Sunday, 1:00pm

Tickets:
General: $17
Seniors: $15
Children: $13
Groups: Call
SARTA: $15
League: $15

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Allen Schmeltz
Musical Director: Connie Mockenhaupt, Susan Mason
Choreographer: Connie Mockenhaupt

"The Golden Harp" is a clever and genuinely funny musical history lesson on Greek mythology. Tuneful songs with clever arrangements jump out in a variety of pop genres while introducing us to the comic side of Zeus, Haides, and Demeter. With humor and creativity "The Golden Harp" cleverly tells the story of how Persephone becomes Queen of the Underworld AND the Princess of Spring, while making the gods accessibly human. Originally debuted at the B Street Theatre, this production, written by Greg Alexander, promises to bring delight to all ages while teaching them in the process (but don't tell the kids).

Grease-the school version
By Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs

Davis Musical Theatre Company
607 Pena Drive, Davis, Ca 95618
dmtc.org/directions.html
(530) 756-3682
info@dmtc.org
dmtc.org

Performances:
Saturday, September 18, 2010-2:15pm
Sunday, September 19, 2010-7:00pm
Saturday, September 25, 2010-2:15pm
Saturday, October 2, 2010-2:15pm
Saturday, October 9, 2010-2:15pm
Saturday, October 9, 2010-7:15pm
Sunday, October 10, 2010-2:15pm

Tickets:
General: $7
Students: $7
Seniors: $7
Children: $7
Groups: $7
SARTA: $7
League: $7

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Mary Jo Seminoff & Emily Jo Seminoff
Musical Director: Kay Hight
Choreographer: Emily Jo Seminoff

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "It's Raining on Prom Night", "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An 8-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

(This is a Youth Production)

Museum
by Tina Howe

Actor's Theatre of Sacramento
WIlkerson Theatre, 1723 25th St., Sacramento
In the California Stage complex, 25th and R Sts., in mid-town Sacramento
(916) 501-6104
ed@actinsac.com
actinsac.com

Performances:
August 6 - September 5
Friday, 8pm
Saturday, 8pm
Sunday 7pm

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $13
Seniors: $13

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Edward Claudio

Set in a modern art museum, "Museum" explores the effect that art can have on its audience, revealing as much about human nature as about the art itself. The script features over 40 characters: patrons, curators, art lovers, janitors, photographers, security guards, an artist, and many others who come through the gallery. Most actors play multiple roles.

Old Love
by Norm Foster

B Street Theatre (Mainstage)
2711 B Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
916.443.5300
tickets@bstreettheatre.org
bstreettheatre.org

Performances:
Previews - $12:
July 31 @ 5pm
Aug 1 @ 2pm

Showtimes:
Aug. 1 - Sept. 12
Tue @ 6:30pm
Wed @ 2pm & 6:30pm
Thu & Fri @ 8pm
Sat @ 5pm & 9pm
Sun @ 2pm

Tickets:
General: $22 - $30

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

A delightfully funny tale about romance, marriage, and friendship.

Bud: "Would you like to have dinner with me sometime?"
Molly: "I just buried my husband."
Bud: "Well, that's why I figured you'd be free for dinner."

Rent
by Jonathan Larson

Runaway Stage Productions (Broadway Stage)
24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, 95818
on 24th Street between Castro Way and 4th Avenue, a few blocks of Broadway
(916) 207-1226
baxterb@runawaystage.com
runawaystage.com

Performances:
September 3-26, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm

Tickets:
General: $20
Students: $18
Seniors: $18
Children: $15
Groups: $16
SARTA: $15
League: $15

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Bob Baxter
Musical Director: tba
Choreographer: Darryl Strohl

*Sacramento Community Premiere* Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent tells the story of a group of friends struggling with love, drugs and AIDS. Among the group are the narrator - nerdy filmmaker Mark; his former lover, Maureen; Maureen's public interest lawyer lesbian lover Joanne; Mark's roommate HIV+ former drug addict, Roger; Roger's lover the HIV+ drug addicted exotic dancer, Mimi; their former roommate HIV+ computer genius Tom Collins; Collins' HIV+ drag queen street musician lover Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III a former member of the group who, after marrying a wealthy woman, has since become their landlord and the opposite of the group's Bohemian values. The second act is filled with tragedy as Angel dies and couples break up. But at the very end, when Mimi is about to die, Roger is able to sing one song that brings her back to life and leaves the audience with a sense of hope.

Recommended for theatregoers 14 and over

Room Service
by John Murray and Allen Boretz

Chautauqua Playhouse
5325 Engle Road, Carmichael 95608
In the La Sierra Community Center, between Garfield and Walnut Avenues
916 489-7529
tickets@cplayhouse.org
cplayhouse.org

Performances:
August 13-September 19
Fri and Sat 8 pm
Sundays 2 pm

Tickets:
General: $18
Students: $16
Seniors: $16
Children: $16
Groups: $15
SARTA: $16

reserved seating
wheelchair access available

Director: J C Moon

In this classic screwball comedy, an unscrupulous Broadway producer struggles to find a backer for his new show. Holed up in a Times Square hotel with 19 hungry actors and a ballooning room service bill, he tries to forestall eviction with an outlandish plan. Can their new play open on Broadway, or will they be evicted for their outrageous bill? This beloved, zany comedy about the lengths some people will go for their art is sure to have audiences laughing from beginning to end.

The Servant of Two Masters
Carlo Goldoni translated by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi

Main Street Theatre Works
Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, No. Main Street, Jackson 95642
From Sacramento: Hwy 50 East to Sunrise Blvd. South to Jackson Road (Highway 16) East to Hwy 49 South to Jackson Gate Rd turns into No. Main
(209) 304-6690
info@mstw.org
mstw.org

Performances:
August 6 - September 4
Friday 8pm gates open at 6:30 for picnics
Saturday 8pm gates open at 6:30 for picnics

Tickets:
General: $17.50
Students: $12
Groups: $15 (20+ call 209-304-6690)

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Susan McCandless

A cross between traditional Italian commedia and postmodern vaudeville, this new version of Goldoni's classic pits the madcap servant Truffaldino against masters, mistresses, lovers, lawyers and twenty-seven plates of meatballs. Imagine a Bob Hope or Woody Allen comedy written by Monty Python and performed with the physical bravura of Chaplin or Keaton-with places in the script for ad-libs and audience participation.

Bring Chairs and Jackets.

Seussical
Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Co-Conceived by Eric Idle, Based on the works of Dr. Seuss

Sutter Street Theatre
717 Sutter Street, Historic Folsom 95630
Hwy 50 to Folsom Blvd. into Folsom. Take the Sutter Street exit.
(916) 353-1001
mikonpro@sbcglobal.net
sutterstreettheatre.com

Performances:
August 20 - September 26, 2010
Friday, 8:00pm
Saturday, 8:00pm
Sunday, 4:00pm

Tickets:
General: $23
Seniors: $21
Children: $18
Groups: Call
SARTA: $21
League: $21

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Connie Mockenhaupt
Musical Director: Susan Mason
Choreographer: Connie Mockenhaupt

A fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Ragtime", "Once On This Island") have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters.

The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge - not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes "his kind and powerful heart". Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant; in a story that makes you laugh and cry.

Shear Madness

California Musical Theatre (The Cosmopolitan Cabaret)
1000 K Street, Sacramento, Ca 95814
916-557-1999
cmt@calmt.com
cosmopolitancabaret.com

Performances:
May 25-Sept. 5, 2010

Tickets:
General: $33-$43

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Discover for yourself why over nine million people around the world have seen "Shear Madness," the uproarious whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A mixture of improvisation and up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. The play is delightfully different every time you see it.

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Singin' in the Rain
By Comden & Green

Davis Musical Theatre Company
607 Pena Drive, Davis, Ca 95618
dmtc.org/directions.html
(530) 756-3682
info@dmtc.org
dmtc.org

Performances:
Sep 10-Oct 3, 2010
Fri & Sat 8:15pm; Sun 2:15pm

Tickets:
General: $18
Students: $16
Seniors: $16
Children: $16
Groups: $14
SARTA: $9
League: $9

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Paul Fearn
Musical Director: Chris Congdon & Adam Sartain
Choreographer: Ron Cisneros

Originally released by MGM in 1952, the film version of Singin' in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Conner, won numerous honors including several Academy Awards. In 2006, it was named by the American Film Institute as the number one movie musical of all time. Singin' in the Rain is a hysterically funny "backstage" musical set in 1927 Hollywood during the difficult transition from silent films to talking pictures. In the story, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen and the biggest stars at Monumental Pictures. But with the advent of "talkies", the public demands musicals and the screechy-voiced Lina can't sing or dance. With help from Don and his new girl friend, the golden-throated up-and-coming starlet Kathy Seldon, the studio cooks up a scheme to have Kathy sing and provide the on-screen voice for Lina. But when Lina learns the studio's secret, its heart-break and hi-jinks for Don and Kathy.

Snow White
by Lillian Baxter

Runaway Stage Productions (Storybook Children's Theater)
24th Street Theater, 2791 24th Street (At Sierra 2) Sacramento
24th Street between Castro Way and 4th Avenue, free parking in lot on Castro Way and on Street
916.207.1226
baxterL@runawaystage.com
runawaystage.com

Performances:
September 11, 18 and 25, 2010
Saturday performances at 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm

Tickets:
General: $5

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Lillian Baxter

With lips of ruby red, hair as black as pitch, and skin as white as snow, Princess Snow White is the most beautiful in the land. This is as much a curse as a blessing, and earns her the murderous jealousy of her stepmother, the Queen. Fortunately for Snow White, she has the loyalty of Dwarf brothers, who tke her in, but ultimately cannot protect her from the Queen's scheme. Can the love of a handsome Prince save our innocent Snow White or will the evil Queen get her way? Another fractured fairy tale to please young and old alike.

Suds

California Musical Theatre (The Cosmopolitan Cabaret)
1000 K Street, Sacramento, Ca 95814
916-557-1999
cmt@calmt.com
cosmopolitancabaret.com

Performances:
September 21, 2010-January 9, 2011

Tickets:
General: $33-$43

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

"Suds" is the delightful story of a young teenage girl and the four guardian angels who come to teach her about finding true love. The hilarious action takes place in a laundromat during the sensational 60's, and "Suds" is loaded with good clean fun and bubbling energy.

Over 50 favorites from the '60s including "Where the Boys Are," "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," "Respect," "I Feel Good" and "Do You Want to Know a Secret."

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The Underpants
By Carl Sternheim and Adapted By Steve Martin

Big Idea Theatre
1616 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815
West off Business 80 take Arden Way Exit, Turn Right. Right on Del Paso Boulevard Theatre is in the same complex as The Supper Club.
(916) 960-3036
postmaster@bigideatheatre.com
bigideatheatre.com

Performances:
Aug 14 - Sept 11, 2010
Fri and Sat, 8pm
Sun, 2:30pm (Aug 22, 29 & Sept 5 Only)

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $12
Seniors: $12
Children: $12
Groups: $10 for 10+
SARTA: $12
League: $12

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Benjamin T. Ismail

The sex. The lies. The lingerie. And the jealous Jewish barber. No, it's not the next reality TV show, but it could be. Adapted for modern audiences by Steve Martin, it is an outrageous, over-the-top, and utterly believable look at feminism, politics, sexism, and sex in general.

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on the comic strip 'Peanuts" by Charles M. Schultz

American River College, Theatre Arts Department
7991 California Avenue, Fair Oaks Village, Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre
take Hwy. 50 to Sunrise north or Madison to Sunrise south. Turn east on Fair Oak Blvd. into the Village. Right on California Ave. (by Slocum House).
(916) 966-3683
fairoakstheatrefestival.com

Performances:
August 13 - September 12
Fridays, 7:30pm
Saturdays, 7:30pm
Sundays, 7:30pm

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $13
Seniors: $13
Children: $8
Groups: $8 - $12
SARTA: $13
League: $13

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Bob Irvin
Musical Director: Lucy D'Mot
Choreographer: Sunny Smith

Jim Carnes of the Sacramento Bee writes: "Fair Oaks Festival's 'Charlie Brown' is all good and no grief" (2006) This fun, lighthearted and fast-paced musical comedy celebrates a day in the life of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally & Snoopy. The musical numbers run the gamut from the whimsical to the hilarious and include "My Blanket and Me," "The Kite," "The Baseball Game," "Suppertime," and "Happiness." Bring the entire family to the theatre under the stars!

Opening Night Ice Cream Social begins at 6:30 with free ice cream included with admission to the show.