The Sound Inside
1/28 - 3/1/2026
A brilliant Ivy League writing professor. A talented yet mysterious student. An unthinkable favor. Everyone has a story – the question is how it ends.
Playwrights' Revolution
7/1 - 7/31/2026
Playwrights' Revolution is a new play festival hosted by Capital Stage, showcasing staged readings of diverse works from emerging playwrights. After opening submissions for just ...
Capital Stage Accepting Script Submissions For 2026 Playwrights’ Revolution
by A.A. Cristi - January 06, 2026
Capital Stage will accept script submissions for its annual new play festival, PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION, from January 6 through March 6, 2026, or until the 350-submission limit is reached. ...
Capital Stage Opens 2026 PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION Script Submissions
by A.A. Cristi - December 22, 2025
Capital Stage is accepting submissions for its annual Playwrights’ Revolution new play festival, which supports the development of new full-length works through staged readings. ...
Review: I AND YOU Connects Us All at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - December 18, 2025
At a time when many are feeling a fractured sense of community, Capital Stage has brought Lauren Gunderson’s story about human connection to the stage. Under Imani Mitchell’s direction, I AND YOU becomes an anthem for friendship, trust, and embracing vulnerability....
Lauren Gunderson's I AND YOU to be Presented at Capital Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 19, 2025
Capital Stage presents a Special Limited Production and the Sacramento premiere of I AND YOU by Bay Area native, and nationally renowned playwright, Lauren Gunderson....
Capital Stage Introduces American Sign Language–Interpreted Performances
by A.A. Cristi - November 11, 2025
Capital Stage in Sacramento is expanding accessibility with ASL-interpreted performances for every mainstage production of its 2025–26 season. The initiative begins with EUREKA DAY on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 8 p.m.....
Capital Stage to Present the Sacramento Premiere of I AND YOU by Lauren Gunderson
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2025
Capital Stage presents the Sacramento premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s I and You, directed by Imani Mitchell, December 3–28, 2025. The production stars McKenna Sennet and Braeden Harris at Capital Stage in Midtown Sacramento....
Review: Laughter is the Best Medicine: EUREKA DAY at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - October 28, 2025
Tackling controversial subjects is nothing new to theatre, and Capital Stage does it with grace in this timely and thought-provoking piece by Jonathan Spector. The Tony Award-winning Eureka Day was commissioned for Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley in 2018, and it has not stopped delighting audienc...
EUREKA DAY To Have Sacramento Premiere at Capital Stage
by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2025
Capital Stage will present the Sacramento premiere of Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day, winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Directed by Amy Resnick, the production runs October 15–November 16, 2025....
EUREKA DAY Comes to Capital Stage in Sacramento
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2025
Capital Stage will present the Sacramento premiere of Eureka Day by Bay Area playwright Jonathan Spector, running October 15 through November 16, 2025. Directed by Amy Resnick, the production arrives fresh from its 2025 Tony Award win for Best Revival of a Play and recognition as a New York Times Cr...
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Pays Dividends at Capital Stage
by Courtney Symes - September 09, 2025
Capital Stage’s twenty-first season has begun with a mesmerizing work from playwright Stefano Massini. The Lehman Trilogy is the 2022 Tony Award winner for Best Play, capturing the public’s admiration with its unique structure and storytelling style. Director Michael Stevenson tackles this ambitious...
Past Shows
I And You
12/3 - 12/28/2025
I And You by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Imani Mitchell December 3 – 28, 2025 Special Limited Production Not Included in Subscription Plans One afternoon, ...
I AND YOU
12/3 - 12/28/2025
I AND YOU, a play by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Imani Mitchell, will be featured at Capital Stage in December 2025. The story unfolds ...
EUREKA DAY
10/15 - 11/16/2025
Eureka Day is a sharp comedy by Jonathan Spector, directed by Amy Resnick, making its Sacramento premiere at Capital Stage. The play humorously explores the ...
Unseen
5/7 - 6/8/2025
Unseen by Mona Mansour May 7 – June 8, 2025 Sacramento Premiere Conflict photographer Mia wakes up in the Istanbul apartment of her on-again, off-again ...
Everything Beautiful Happens At Night
3/19 - 4/20/2025
Everything Beautiful Happens At Night by Ted Malawer WORLD PREMIER March 19 – April 20, 2025 Ezra is a successful children’s book writer. Nancy is ...
English
1/29 - 3/2/2025
English by Sanaz Toossi January 29 – March 2, 2025 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama 2023 Obie Award Winner for Best New American Play ...
Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
12/4 - 12/29/2024
Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon Directed by Janis Stevens Georgiana Darcy is an accomplished pianist but wary of ...
The Heart Sellers
10/16 - 11/17/2024
Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and find they have much in common.
The Heart Sellers
10/16 - 11/17/2024
The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh October 16 – November 17, 2024 Northern California Premiere Co-Production with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley & Aurora Theatre Company Jane ...
Fairview
8/28 - 9/29/2024
Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury August 28 – September 29, 2024 Sacramento Premiere 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama At the Frasier household, preparations for ...
King James
6/25 - 7/27/2024
King James by Rajiv Joseph June 25 – July 27, 2025 Sacramento Premiere “King” LeBron James’s years playing in Cleveland bring promise, prosperity, and renewal ...
Fade
3/13 - 4/14/2024
FADE by Tanya Saracho Directed by Dena Martinez Sacramento Premiere March 13 – April 14, 2024 When Lucia, a Mexican-born novelist, gets her first TV ...
American Fast
1/24 - 2/25/2024
American Fast by Kareem Fahmy Directed by Benjamin T. Ismail Sacramento Premiere January 24 – February 25, 2024 Twenty-one-year-old college basketball sensation Khady Salama makes ...
Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
11/29 - 12/23/2023
Georgiana Darcy is an accomplished pianist but wary of romance. Kitty Bennet is a bright-eyed optimist and a perfect best friend. These two younger sisters ...
Archduke
10/11 - 11/12/2023
Three hapless and hungry young men fumble their way through history as they take on a mission of martyrdom, for a sandwich.
Clyde's
8/23 - 9/24/2023
In this stirring new play from Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at ...
Predictor
6/21 - 7/23/2023
Predictor by Jennifer Blackmer Directed by Imani Mitchell West Coast Premiere 2019 O’Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist June 21 – July 23, 2023 Based on true ...
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
3/15 - 4/16/2023
Heroes Of The Fourth Turning by Will Arbery Directed by Michael Stevenson Sacramento Premiere 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Obie, New York Drama Critics Circle, Lucille ...
The Chinese Lady
1/25 - 2/26/2023
Captial Stage Presents | Sacramento Premiere The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh Directed by Michelle Talgarow Sacramento Premiere 2020 Horton Foote Prize Winner Live Theatre ...
Gloria
10/12 - 11/13/2022
Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Michael Stevenson Sacramento Premiere 2016 Pulitzer Finalist Obie, Outer Critics Circle & Lucille Lortel Awards Winner October 12 – ...
The Royale
8/24 - 9/25/2022
The Royale by Marco Ramirez. Directed by Anthony DJuan. Sacramento Premiere, Obie, Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk Awards Winner. Playing August 24 - September ...
The Great Leap - A Virtual Performance
10/19 - 10/25/2020
THE GREAT LEAP - A Virtual Performance By Lauren Yee Directed by Jeffrey Lo 2017 Kesselring Prize Winner Video On Demand Available October 19-25, 2020 ...
How I Learned To Drive
7/18 - 8/12/2012
This winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize is a surprisingly funny and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship ...
Videos
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Gypsy Dreams - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Winters Opera House home of Winters Live (3/14 - 3/14) | |
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Comedy Oakland at The Elbo Room Fri Jan 23 8:30pm
Elbo Room Jack London (1/23 - 1/23) | |
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Great Balls of Fire
The East Sonora Theatre (7/24 - 8/9) | |
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Legally Blonde
Davis Musical Theatre Company (1/9 - 2/1) | |
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Storytellers Theater: PINOCCHIO
Auburn Carnegie Library (2/21 - 2/21) | |
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WORKING FOR CRUMBS By Kate Danley
B Street Theatre (6/17 - 7/12) | |
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HARRIET TUBMAN & THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD By Jerry Montoya
B Street Theatre (2/8 - 3/8) | |
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