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CITY THEATRE

3835 Freeport Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95822

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About the Theatre

City Theatre is the performing arts program at Sacramento City College, part of the Los Rios Community College District, in Sacramento, California. Our program offers a variety of classes in acting, technical theatre, film studies and theatre history. The City Theatre season consists of our Mainstage productions, Storytime children's productions, and our touring children's troupe the "Pennywhistle Players". During the summer we move outdoors as the Producers of the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. Our program welcomes all members of the community to audition and participate in our award winning program. Our Mission Statement City Theatre at Sacramento City College aims to bring to the Sacramento community a unified theatre experience, beginning with the best training available for anyone interested, put to the test in fine professional productions from the old to the new, which will, in turn, strive to speak as much as they can to all of Sacramento's diverse communities.


City Theatre Reveals Cast And Creative Team For HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH


by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2025

City Theatre has announced casting and creative team details for its upcoming revival of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, presented in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust....

City Theatre’s Play-Development Showcase THE MOMENTUM FESTIVAL Returns This December


by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2025

City Theatre is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University’s newly established Center for New Work Development to relaunch the festival known as The Momentum Festival, a laboratory for playwrights to workshop new scripts with directors, dramaturgs and actors. ...

RENT 30th Anniversary Production Coming to Orpheum Theater in June 2026


by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2025

Capital City Theatre will bring Jonathan Larson’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT to Madison’s historic Orpheum Theater June 5–7, 2026, in celebration of the show’s 30th Anniversary....

Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN Comes to the City Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2025

City Theatre will present the second production of its 2025/2026 season, the Rolling World Premiere of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Kaja Dunn....

Photos: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Continues City Theatre Austin 20th Anniversary Season


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2025

City Theatre Austin continues its 20th Anniversary Season with To Kill a Mockingbird, running through October 19 at Genesis Creative Collective. See photos of the production. ...

Capital City Theatre Brings IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE – A NEW MUSICAL In Concert To The Orpheum Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2025

Capital City Theatre, Madison’s professional musical theatre company, will return to the historic Orpheum Theatre this fall with a special concert presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life – A New Musical....

City Theatre To Open 51st Season With World Premiere Of ANOTHER KIND OF SILENCE


by A.A. Cristi - August 21, 2025

City Theatre will open its 51st season with the world premiere of Another Kind of Silence by L M Feldman, running September 20–October 12, 2025. The groundbreaking production will be performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, with open captioning integrated into the design....

City Theatre Announces Season Directors and Artistic Department Restructuring


by Nicole Rosky - August 17, 2025

City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh’s home for contemporary plays located on the South Side, is thrilled to announce the directors for its 2025/2026 season as well as changes to the artistic department structure....

WIT by Margaret Edson is Coming to City Theatre of Austin


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 03, 2025

City Theatre Austin will bring to the stage Margaret Edson’s award-winning play WIT. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!...

City Theatre Reveals 2025 Young Playwrights Contest Winners


by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2025

City Theatre in Pittsburgh has announced the five winning plays of the 2025 Young Playwrights Contest, selected from over 320 submissions by students in grades 7–12 across the region. ...

Past Shows

Cinderella
4/12 - 5/4/2025


Cinderella, presented by Storytime Theatre at Sacramento City College, brings the beloved fairy tale to life from April 12 to May 4, 2025. Follow Cinderella ...

Play It Straight
2/20 - 3/16/2025


Play It Straight will be presented at City Theatre from February 27 to March 16, 2025. Written by Richard Winters, Kerri Yund, and Gary Wright, ...

A Christmas Carol, The Rock & Roll Panto


Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim are coming to City Theatre in this year’s holday Panto! See them as never before as they sing

Videos


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Calabash (12/13 - 12/13)
Comedy Oakland at The Elbo Room Fri Dec 19 8:30pm in Sacramento Comedy Oakland at The Elbo Room Fri Dec 19 8:30pm
Elbo Room Jack London (12/19 - 12/19)
Beetlejuice Jr in Sacramento Beetlejuice Jr
Davis Musical Theatre Company (3/14 - 4/5)
A Very DMTC Holiday Cabaret-Main Stage in Sacramento A Very DMTC Holiday Cabaret-Main Stage
Davis Musical Theatre Company (12/19 - 12/21)
Great Balls of Fire in Sacramento Great Balls of Fire
The East Sonora Theatre (7/24 - 8/9)
The Nutcracker Ballet in Sacramento The Nutcracker Ballet
Spreckels Performing Arts Center (12/19 - 12/19)
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
The East Sonora Theatre (10/2 - 10/31)
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