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BIG IDEA THEATRE

1616 Del Paso Blvd. #1
Sacramento , CA 95815

Pocatello
Pocatello
4/26 - 5/18/2024


Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello – a small, unexceptional American city that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises. ...


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Review: THE BOOK OF WILL at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - March 24, 2024

John Heminges and Henry Condell aren’t names that are immediately recognizable, but they should be. Without them, some of our favorite titles would be lost to history. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet wouldn’t exist today. No one would know the name William Shakespear...

Sacramento Premiere of AMERICAN FAST Begins January 24 At Capital Stage


by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024

AMERICAN FAST by Kareem Fahmy at Capital Stage is coming to Sacramento. Don't miss this exciting premiere starting on January 24, 2024....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Sacramento Awards; LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL, THE GHOST OF WOODLAND OPERA HOUSE, Legacy Stage & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards December 5th Standings; JERSEY BOYS Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards; EMILIA Leads Best Play!


by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Sacramento Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Review: See the Explosive AFTER THE BLAST at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - November 13, 2023

It wasn’t that long ago that novels like Cormac McCarthy’s The Road would have been considered farfetched.  A post-apocalyptic wasteland, previously only imaginable, now seems not only plausible but eventually probable. Zoe Kazan takes it a bit further with her stark rendering of the future of Ameri...

MOTHER GOOSE: THE BRITISH PANTO Comes to City Theatre


by Stephi Wild - November 02, 2023

Sacramento City College's City Theatre brings a new British panto to the stage: Mother Goose. The comedy-filled production opens Friday, November 17, and plays through Sunday, December 10. ...

Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY Plays at Big Idea Theatre


by Courtney Symes - September 22, 2023

One thing that stands out about Sacramento is its prolific and varied arts community. There is truly something for everyone and, if you’re eclectically inclined, Big Idea Theatre is the place for you. Their performance selections vary, but each is unique, quirky, and thought-provoking. The current o...

EURYDICE Comes to City Theatre Next Month


by Stephi Wild - August 28, 2023

City Theatre at Sacramento City College brings acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, a reimagined take on the classical myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, to the stage. ...

Past Shows

The Book of Will
The Book of Will
3/8 - 3/30/2024


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 ...

After the Blast
After the Blast
11/3 - 11/25/2023


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 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
3/3 - 4/1/2023


Shakespeare's Twelfth Night set in a beach town with two bar owners in competition for the affections of a pair of shipwrecked twins....

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
11/18 - 12/17/2016


Richard Hannay decided to take in a show to alleviate his constant boredom, only to become implicated in the murder of a woman he’d just ...

Trevor
Trevor
9/30 - 10/29/2016


Trevor was once a minor celebrity, performing on television opposite the likes of Morgan Fairchild, but lately the spotlight has eluded him. At home he ...

Anthony & Cleopatra
Anthony & Cleopatra
8/5 - 9/3/2016


Following the action of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, now one of the triumvirs of the Roman Republic, neglects his duty to rule the eastern provinces ...

A Bright New Boise
A Bright New Boise
6/18 - 7/17/2016


After escaping his rural hometown, Will, a new recruit at an Idaho outlet of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, seeks answers and connection to ...

The Rover
The Rover
4/29 - 5/28/2016


Two sisters, Florinda, betrothed to a rich merchant she doesn’t love, and Hellena, bound for life in the convent are determined to experience life and ...

7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England


On a northeastern college campus, controversy is brewing over the closing of a neglected natural history museum, and Dean Wreen, a fiery college professor turned ...

2 Gentle Men of Verona
2 Gentle Men of Verona
11/13 - 12/12/2015


In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s proto-bromance, we meet best friends Proteus and Valentine. When a search for adventure takes them to Las Vegas, they both ...

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
10/2 - 10/31/2015


In this thrilling interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, man’s dual nature is examined in all its staggering complexity. In Victorian-era London, Dr. Henry ...

Three days of rain
Three days of rain
8/14 - 9/12/2015


Perpetual drifter Walker Janeway reappears after a year’s absence to join his sister at the reading of their father Ned’s will, expecting to inherit the ...

No Exit
No Exit
6/26 - 7/25/2015


Ushered in by an amused, lidless valet, three people take up residence in a windowless Second Empire drawing room. As they await their impending agony, ...

Coriolanus
Coriolanus
5/1 - 5/30/2015


In a time of great public strife, the exalted war hero Coriolanus returns to his homeland and, at the behest of his manipulative, controlling mother, ...

The Night of The Iguanr
The Night of The Iguanr
11/7 - 12/6/2014


De-frocked priest T. Lawrence Shannon attempts to hide from his personal demons in a dilapidated hotel on the coast of Mexico and instead finds himself ...

The Exit Interview
The Exit Interview
9/12 - 10/11/2014


Dick Fig has been fired. On his last day at his university Dick’s excruciating exit interview with Eunice, a humorless HR representative, is interrupted by ...

The Language Archive
The Language Archive
7/25 - 8/23/2014


George has spent his life documenting languages, but words fail him when Mary, his wife, tells George that she is leaving him. That same day, ...

The Submission
The Submission
6/6 - 7/5/2014


Danny’s complex new drama about an African-American family struggling to leave the projects has just been selected for the nation's preeminent play festival. But Danny, ...

Inventing Van Gogh
Inventing Van Gogh
4/18 - 5/17/2014


“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” —Oscar Wilde. In September 2013, the art world reeled when a painting, which had languished for ...

The Merry Wives
The Merry Wives
2/28 - 3/29/2014


Step back in time to the wild, wild West, where anything goes. It's the Gold Rush, and tens of thousands of immigrants from around the ...

When The Rain Stops Falling
When The Rain Stops Falling
1/10 - 2/8/2014


It's raining. Gabriel York is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the son he abandoned decades ago. "I know what he wants. He wants what all ...

Outrage
11/15 - 12/14/2013


“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
9/27 - 10/26/2013


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
8/2 - 8/31/2013


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 ...


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
4/26 - 5/25/2013


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
3/1 - 3/30/2013


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. ...

The Ogre
The Ogre
10/5 - 10/27/2012


Enter Brede Place, the sinister mansion inhabited by famed American author, Stephen Crane, during the final days of his life. Surrounded by a cast of ...

Red Herring
Red Herring
8/24 - 9/15/2012


Combine a film-noir thriller, a murder mystery, and three love stories, and what do you get? One biting and witty play and a blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed ...

The Life and Undead of Henry V


Join for Shakespeare with a twist: England is slowly descending into chaos as a horrifying epidemic turns its citizens into an angry horde of zombies! ...

Arcadia
Arcadia
1/13 - 2/4/2012


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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Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr in Sacramento Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr
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Airness in Sacramento Airness
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