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Big Idea Theatre

1616 Del Paso Blvd. #1
Sacramento , CA 95815

Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Brings Life to Broadway At Music Circus

Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Brings Life to Broadway At Music Circus

by Courtney Symes · July 13, 2026

What’s seven feet tall, green, and a triple threat? You’ll have to come to Broadway at Music Circus to find out and witness the spectacle of the summer. Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is tapping its way into the hearts of Sacramentans as fast as you can say, “It’s alive!” The film version …

Review: THE TWO KIDS THAT BLOW SHIT UP at Capital Stage

Review: THE TWO KIDS THAT BLOW SHIT UP at Capital Stage

by Courtney Symes · July 7, 2026

Capital Stage is closing out its 21st season and taking us through July with Carla Ching's explosive hit, The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up. While it may seem aptly-titled for a month dedicated to fireworks, celebrations, and independence, it actually contains very few literal explosions. Instead, it e…

Review: WORKING FOR CRUMBS at B St. Theatre

Review: WORKING FOR CRUMBS at B St. Theatre

by Courtney Symes · June 27, 2026

What do you get when you cross Weekend at Bernie’s with Horrible Bosses? The winner of the 2025 B St. Theatre New Comedies Festival, Working for Crumbs. Playwright Kate Danley’s latest success brings together a hilarious troupe of office stereotypes, creating a fast-paced comedy filled with witt…

Review: FROZEN at Broadway At Music Circus

Review: FROZEN at Broadway At Music Circus

by Courtney Symes · June 24, 2026

Arendelle has once again transformed Sacramento into a wintry wonderland, this time in the round at Broadway at Music Circus. Frozen the Broadway Musical is a dazzling stage adaptation of Disney's beloved 2013 animated film. It opened on Broadway in 2018 with additional songs by Kristen Anderson-Lop…

Review: COMPANY at Rise Up Theatre Company

Review: COMPANY at Rise Up Theatre Company

by Courtney Symes · June 16, 2026

Coming off a successful run of The Drowsy Chaperone at Cosumnes River College, Rise Up Theatre Company is tackling another fan favorite. Stephen Sondheim's Company has long been regarded as an insightful and groundbreaking comedy. In this latest production, director Courtney Conklin impressively ris…

Review: HURRICANE DIANE at Big Idea Theatre

Review: HURRICANE DIANE at Big Idea Theatre

by Courtney Symes · June 13, 2026

Big Idea Theatre is a lot like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, in the best way. You never know what you’re going to get. The intention that goes into each season ensures the audience is always enjoying a variety of unique and entertaining experiences. Director Leah Daugherty is kicking off sum…

Review: ESPEJOS: CLEAN at Capital Stage

Review: ESPEJOS: CLEAN at Capital Stage

by Courtney Symes · May 31, 2026

Capital Stage once again demonstrates its dedication to producing works that illuminate the intricacies of human relationships. Christine Quintana’s Espejos: Clean is a powerful production that explores assumptions and identity through storytelling in both English and Spanish. Director Dena Martin…

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE at Broadway Sacramento

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE at Broadway Sacramento

by Courtney Symes · May 17, 2026

Great Scott! Our 1985 memories have zoomed into town on the back of the much-anticipated tour of Back to the Future: The Musical. Based on the hit motion picture, the bones are the same: small-town dreamer Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown, whe…

Past Shows

Hurricane Diane

Hurricane Diane

Jun 5 – Jun 27, 2026

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the...

Macbeth

Macbeth

Nov 21 – Dec 13, 2025

Shakespeare's famous Scottish tragedy, fueled by ambition and prophecy, is transported to modern-day Silicon Valley....

Dorothea Puente Tells All!

Dorothea Puente Tells All!

Oct 10 – Nov 1, 2025

Dorothea Puente was a lifelong con-artist. Her abuse of the welfare system led directly to new federal legislation. She was loved as a pillar of...

Men on Boats

Men on Boats

Aug 29 – Sep 20, 2025

Ten explorers. Four Boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew...

The Grown-Ups

The Grown-Ups

Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2025

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions...

The River Bride

The River Bride

Apr 25 – May 17, 2025

Three days before a wedding, a handsome and mysterious man is fished from the Amazon River. Set once upon a time in a small Brazilian...

The Book of Will

The Book of Will

Mar 8 – Mar 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 of Shakespeare’s...

After the Blast

After the Blast

Nov 3 – Nov 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...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Mar 3 – Apr 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....

Outrage

Nov 15 – Dec 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

Sep 27 – Oct 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

Aug 2 – Aug 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...

Private Eyes

Apr 26 – May 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

Mar 1 – Mar 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....

Arcadia

Arcadia

Jan 13 – Feb 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...

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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters in Sacramento C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
Harris Center (7/25-7/26)
In a Nutshell: Best in Show in Sacramento In a Nutshell: Best in Show
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