Industry Pro Newsletter: New Artistic Directors, A New Union Contract & A New 3,000-Seat Venue
by Alex Freeman - Apr 27, 2026
On the industry and international fronts, American Dream mall in New Jersey prepares to open a 3,000-seat performing arts center ahead of the FIFA World Cup, UK theater organizations call for ticket resale price cap legislation ahead of the King's Speech, and the Royal Academy of Dance receives a two-year grant to fund bursaries for trainee dance teachers.
PCPA Will Present MEASURE FOR MEASURE This Spring
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2026
PCPA will bring Shakespeare's most provocative and morally complex play, Measure for Measure, to the Severson Theatre February 26 through March 15, 2026. Learn ore here!
Winners Announced For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards
by BWW Awards - Jan 16, 2025
Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Review: CABARET at PCPA: Solvang Festival Theater
by Anna Jensen - Aug 8, 2024
PCPA’s production of “Cabaret” delivers musical and dramatic thrills as two ill-fated couples try to dance around ascending brutality of the rising Nazi party in Berlin.
CABARET Comes to PCPA in July and August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024
PCPA has announced the upcoming production of the classic musical Cabaret. This much-anticipated performance plays at the Marian Theatre from July 18-27, 2024, and at Solvang Festival Theater from August 2-25, 2024.
THE BOOK OF WILL Comes to PCPA This Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 2, 2023
William Shakespeare is dead. Bad Hamlet knock-offs and children’s acting troupes litter the stages of Elizabethan London. And the King’s Men are running out of time. Rooted in real events, The Book of Will is the witty and wonderful battle of how the Bard’s legacy came to be.