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BIG IDEA THEATRE

1616 Del Paso Blvd. #1
Sacramento , CA 95815

Upcoming 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...



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


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...

Review: SUNSET BLVD. at Women's Theatre Collective


by Courtney Symes - May 12, 2026

Old Hollywood continues to captivate us, and few shows evoke the magic like Sunset Blvd. It transports audiences back to a forgotten time filled with silent films, sweeping glamour, and gilded opulence. In Women’s Theatre Collective’s (WTC) latest production, co-directors Alison Gilbreath and Je...

Review: FRANKLINLAND Holds the Key to Entertainment at B St. Theatre


by Courtney Symes - May 08, 2026

Forty years celebrating the iconic B St. Theatre continues with Franklinland, an engaging exploration of power, legacy, and the bonds between father and son. Lloyd Suh’s play about the complexities of Benjamin Franklin has an emotional core that centers on the volatile relationship between the fou...

Review: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Lincoln Theatre Company


by Courtney Symes - May 08, 2026

Lincoln Theatre Company continues its successful season with a staple: Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs. This production is an impressive reminder of how powerful local theatre can be when every piece comes together, and this company always delivers. Director Yolla Ryder has ensured that this s...

Review: HEDDA GABLER at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - May 03, 2026

Big Idea Theatre continues its exciting 2026 season with a classic -- Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 work, Hedda Gabler. The show remains an unsettling study of human psychology, and director Sasha Kostyrko offers a look into what happens when naivete meets cunning, and societal expectations don’t go as an...

Review: CINDERELLA at Dixon Community Theater


by Courtney Symes - April 29, 2026

Audiences can never get enough of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, as evidenced by its continuing popularity since its 1957 premiere. It’s always a feel-good choice, and Dixon Community Theater leans fully into the show’s warmth, humor, and heartfelt message of kindness. From the opening ...

Review: GODSPELL at Falcon's Eye Theatre


by Courtney Symes - April 21, 2026

The Gospel of Matthew is alive and well on stage at Folsom Lake College, as Falcon’s Eye Theatre presents Godspell. In 1971, composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and writer John-Michael Tebelak introduced their show that reimagines the Gospel through a series of parables, songs, and storytelling. Th...

Review: MJ is a Thriller at Broadway Sacramento


by Courtney Symes - April 12, 2026

It’s time to “Jam” at Broadway Sacramento, with the four-time Tony Award winning MJ the Musical. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, this National tour is a high-energy visual spectacle that checks all the boxes for pure, unadulterated en...

Review: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at Women's Theatre Collective


by Courtney Symes - April 08, 2026

In its latest celebration of women, Women’s Theatre Collective (WTC) is staging Brian Friel’s hauntingly beautiful memory play, Dancing at Lughnasa. Set in Ballybeg, Ireland, in 1936, it follows a summer in the lives of the five Mundy sisters as told by the narrator, Michael....

Past Shows

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...

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
Sep 15 – Oct 7, 2023

A foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian and a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer-stricken mothers become roommates in the...

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...

A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage
Jun 14 – Jul 13, 2013

It’s the late 1950s. It is a time of innocence and overly-helpful public service announcements; where all a young woman needs to be blissfully happy...

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...

Videos


SGMC Presents: Rhinestone Cowboy in Sacramento SGMC Presents: Rhinestone Cowboy
The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre (6/19-6/21) VIDEOS
WORKING FOR CRUMBS By Kate Danley in Sacramento WORKING FOR CRUMBS By Kate Danley
B Street Theatre (6/17-7/12)
WHEN MARTHA MET KRIS: THE SANTA CLAUS LOVE STORY in Sacramento WHEN MARTHA MET KRIS: THE SANTA CLAUS LOVE STORY
B Street Theatre (12/02-12/27)
Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 (18+) in Sacramento Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 (18+)
Channel 24 (10/08-10/08)
Great Balls of Fire in Sacramento Great Balls of Fire
The East Sonora Theatre (7/24-8/09)
MrBallen: Lights out Live in Sacramento MrBallen: Lights out Live
SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center (6/25-6/25)
The Thanksgiving Play in Sacramento The Thanksgiving Play
The East Sonora Theatre (10/09-11/01)
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters in Sacramento C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
Harris Center (7/25-7/26)
Takes All Kinds: Stories of American Democracy in Sacramento Takes All Kinds: Stories of American Democracy
Capital Stage Theatre (6/28-6/28)
RENT in Sacramento RENT
Davis Musical Theatre Company (6/26-7/19)