BWW Previews: THE LOST VIRGINITY TOUR at the Alcazar Theater
by Maggie Yates - June 10, 2019
It's a mad world this summer for the ladies of the Happy Trails baking club, who venture beyond the gates of their retirement community and hit the road. This cross-country expedition is an exploration of the past that brings the four friends closer to together as they visit the place where each lost their virginity.
by Maggie Yates - June 10, 2019
It's a mad world this summer for the ladies of the Happy Trails baking club, who venture beyond the gates of their retirement community and hit the road. This cross-country expedition is an exploration of the past that brings the four friends closer to together as they visit the place where each lost their virginity.
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awarded $60,000 In Grants By NEA And CAC
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2019
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced today that has received four generous grants in support of the festival and its affiliate educational programs. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded SBIFF $20,000 to put towards the 2019 edition of the festival, as well as $15,000 to be applied towards Film Camp, an annual summer film program for underserved youth that is now in its fourth year and scheduled to take place in June 16th through 21st. Additionally, the California Arts Council (CAC) granted SBIFF two awards totaling $26,440 -- $14,400 of which is to go towards the festival's year-round educational screening program Mike's Field Trip to the Movies and $12,040 of which is to be applied towards Film Camp.
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2019
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced today that has received four generous grants in support of the festival and its affiliate educational programs. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded SBIFF $20,000 to put towards the 2019 edition of the festival, as well as $15,000 to be applied towards Film Camp, an annual summer film program for underserved youth that is now in its fourth year and scheduled to take place in June 16th through 21st. Additionally, the California Arts Council (CAC) granted SBIFF two awards totaling $26,440 -- $14,400 of which is to go towards the festival's year-round educational screening program Mike's Field Trip to the Movies and $12,040 of which is to be applied towards Film Camp.
BWW Review: INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH at UCSB Department Of Theatre
by Maggie Yates - June 03, 2019
An upbeat piece, 'Into the Beautiful North' brushes against self-awareness without being preachy by providing likable characters in stylized peril and a timely expression of another side of the "border crisis." The cast hits the comedic notes while sustains the eagerness that fuels the journey.
by Maggie Yates - June 03, 2019
An upbeat piece, 'Into the Beautiful North' brushes against self-awareness without being preachy by providing likable characters in stylized peril and a timely expression of another side of the "border crisis." The cast hits the comedic notes while sustains the eagerness that fuels the journey.
PCPA Announces 55th Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2019
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is the knock-'m-dead, uproarious hit that will play in the Solvang Festival Theater from June 13 through June 30.
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2019
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is the knock-'m-dead, uproarious hit that will play in the Solvang Festival Theater from June 13 through June 30.
BWW Announcement: STATERA Mentorship Accepting Applications Now
by Anna Jensen - May 30, 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged that women dominate theater audiences, yet lack a proportionate power in theater administration, acting roles, production jobs, as designers and as produced playwrights.
by Anna Jensen - May 30, 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged that women dominate theater audiences, yet lack a proportionate power in theater administration, acting roles, production jobs, as designers and as produced playwrights.
PCPA Announces 56th Season
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2019
Play readings, musicals, comedies, and dramas are set to delight and stir the senses for PCPA's 2019 - 2020 season - presented in three venues on the California Central Coast.
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2019
Play readings, musicals, comedies, and dramas are set to delight and stir the senses for PCPA's 2019 - 2020 season - presented in three venues on the California Central Coast.
THE ALEXANDER PROJECT: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF HAMILTON to Play at Lobero Theatre June 22
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2019
We'll tell the story of June 22 as Emporium presents The Alexander Project: A Tribute to the Music of Hamilton at the Lobero Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2019
We'll tell the story of June 22 as Emporium presents The Alexander Project: A Tribute to the Music of Hamilton at the Lobero Theatre.
Colburn School Announces Salonen Fellows
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2019
Sel Kardan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colburn School, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn School faculty, are pleased to announce the inaugural class of Salonen Fellows in the Conservatory's new Negaunee Conducting Program. British conductor and pianist Angus Webster and Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins were selected from more than 115 applicants from throughout the world.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2019
Sel Kardan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colburn School, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn School faculty, are pleased to announce the inaugural class of Salonen Fellows in the Conservatory's new Negaunee Conducting Program. British conductor and pianist Angus Webster and Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins were selected from more than 115 applicants from throughout the world.
BWW Feature: Santa Barbara Summer Theatre Preview
by Maggie Yates - May 08, 2019
In Santa Barbara, Ensemble's end of season production is a rom-com about an odd couple that comes together while learning to dance. SBCAST, an art space yet underutilized by the theatre community, will host Dogstar Theater Company's drink-and-walk exhibit of scenes and short plays. In Carpinteria, catch DramaDog's production of The Lost Virginity Tours, a comedy that takes four women on a road trip of memories as they visit the sights of first love. Up in Isla Vista, UCSB is producing the student one-act plays and a main-stage play about a young woman's heroine's journey over the border. Out in the valley, PCPA presents a raucous contemporary Broadway musical in the outdoor amphitheater in Solvang for theatre under the stars.
by Maggie Yates - May 08, 2019
In Santa Barbara, Ensemble's end of season production is a rom-com about an odd couple that comes together while learning to dance. SBCAST, an art space yet underutilized by the theatre community, will host Dogstar Theater Company's drink-and-walk exhibit of scenes and short plays. In Carpinteria, catch DramaDog's production of The Lost Virginity Tours, a comedy that takes four women on a road trip of memories as they visit the sights of first love. Up in Isla Vista, UCSB is producing the student one-act plays and a main-stage play about a young woman's heroine's journey over the border. Out in the valley, PCPA presents a raucous contemporary Broadway musical in the outdoor amphitheater in Solvang for theatre under the stars.
Colburn School Announces May 2019 Events
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2019
The Colburn School brings its 2018-2019 academic year to a close with an exciting array of free or low-cost performances that bring together today's greatest artists with members of the extraordinary Colburn School faculty and students in programs on campus and throughout the community.
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2019
The Colburn School brings its 2018-2019 academic year to a close with an exciting array of free or low-cost performances that bring together today's greatest artists with members of the extraordinary Colburn School faculty and students in programs on campus and throughout the community.
MUSE/IQUE Presents SWINGING/STARS At CalTech's Millikan Pond
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2019
MUSE/IQUE continues its signature Uncorked series on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at California Institute of Technology's Millikan Pond, with SWINGING/STARS, a dynamic musical journey that will unfold beneath the stars. MUSE/IQUE founder and artistic director Rachael Worby will lead pianist Alan Steinberger, bassist Michael Valerio, percussionist Ted Atkatz, guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber, the ARORA vocal group, vocalist Kenton Chen, and Dr. Michael Watkins, Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in an evening featuring both classical and popular songs about the cosmos
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2019
MUSE/IQUE continues its signature Uncorked series on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at California Institute of Technology's Millikan Pond, with SWINGING/STARS, a dynamic musical journey that will unfold beneath the stars. MUSE/IQUE founder and artistic director Rachael Worby will lead pianist Alan Steinberger, bassist Michael Valerio, percussionist Ted Atkatz, guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber, the ARORA vocal group, vocalist Kenton Chen, and Dr. Michael Watkins, Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in an evening featuring both classical and popular songs about the cosmos
UCSB's New Works Lab Amplifies New Artistic Voices
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents the third annual New Works Lab May 9 19 in the Performing Arts Theater. New Works Lab showcases bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a basic 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. The platform has most notably given Malique Guinn, a fourth-year undergraduate at the time, the opportunity to realize his play Gang Sines which would go onto to win him the 2018 Kennedy Center Hip Hop Theater Creator Award.
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2019
UCSB's Department of Theater and Dance presents the third annual New Works Lab May 9 19 in the Performing Arts Theater. New Works Lab showcases bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a basic 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. The platform has most notably given Malique Guinn, a fourth-year undergraduate at the time, the opportunity to realize his play Gang Sines which would go onto to win him the 2018 Kennedy Center Hip Hop Theater Creator Award.
BWW Preview: MATILDA: THE MUSICAL -- FOCUS ON DESIGN at Santa Barbara High School
by Maggie Yates - May 06, 2019
This high-school-musical season, I got a sneak peek at Santa Barbara High's 'Matilda: The Musical,' with a tour of the innovative set. It's a found-art, craftsy manifestation of the outlandish imagination of 'Matilda' author Roald Dahl. If you didn't read Matilda as a child, get ready for an underdog story featuring an extraordinary girl who inspires her fellow classmates to rise against the oppression of their terrifying headmistress, 'The Trunchbull'.
by Maggie Yates - May 06, 2019
This high-school-musical season, I got a sneak peek at Santa Barbara High's 'Matilda: The Musical,' with a tour of the innovative set. It's a found-art, craftsy manifestation of the outlandish imagination of 'Matilda' author Roald Dahl. If you didn't read Matilda as a child, get ready for an underdog story featuring an extraordinary girl who inspires her fellow classmates to rise against the oppression of their terrifying headmistress, 'The Trunchbull'.
Camerata Pacifica Welcomes Back The Calder Quartet For WHY BEETHOVEN Project
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2019
Camerata Pacifica concludes its 2018-2019 season, and the first of its two-season "Why Beethoven?" project, with a program built around Beethoven's B-Flat Major String Quartet, Op. 130, the third of the composer's late quartets, performed by The Calder String Quartet.
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2019
Camerata Pacifica concludes its 2018-2019 season, and the first of its two-season "Why Beethoven?" project, with a program built around Beethoven's B-Flat Major String Quartet, Op. 130, the third of the composer's late quartets, performed by The Calder String Quartet.
BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Lobero Theatre
by Maria Nockin - April 28, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara presented a musically dramatic rendition of THE CRUCIBLE. As an opera it struck the emotions with a stronger hammer than the play did with mere words. If you can be in Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon, don't miss the performance at the Lobero Theatre.
by Maria Nockin - April 28, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara presented a musically dramatic rendition of THE CRUCIBLE. As an opera it struck the emotions with a stronger hammer than the play did with mere words. If you can be in Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon, don't miss the performance at the Lobero Theatre.
CAMA Birthday Bash Comes to Sunken Garden
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2019
Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara will celebrate its centennial season with a free community "100th Birthday Bash" at the County Courthouse Sunken Garden from 1 to 4 pm on Sunday, May 19. Sponsored by SAGE Publishing, the Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation, and the City of Santa Barbara, the event will feature musical presentations by Opera Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West's Sing! children's chorus program, the Westmont College Music Department, UC Santa Barbara's Department of Music, and members of the Santa Barbara Symphony.
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2019
Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara will celebrate its centennial season with a free community "100th Birthday Bash" at the County Courthouse Sunken Garden from 1 to 4 pm on Sunday, May 19. Sponsored by SAGE Publishing, the Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation, and the City of Santa Barbara, the event will feature musical presentations by Opera Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West's Sing! children's chorus program, the Westmont College Music Department, UC Santa Barbara's Department of Music, and members of the Santa Barbara Symphony.
Santa Barbara Dance Theater Presents Lobero Season, 2019
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
Santa Barbara Dance Theater, the professional company in residence at UCSB, presents its annual Lobero Season at 8:00pm on May 8 and 9 with performances that celebrate spring's resurgence and the passionate creative energy that artists bring to life. The program includes a premiere by UCSB faculty member Brandon Whited, two works by guest choreographers Andrea Giselle Schermoly and Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, two by artistic director Christopher Pilafian and special guest appearances by cellist/composer Gianna Abondolo; and the UCSB Dance Company.
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
Santa Barbara Dance Theater, the professional company in residence at UCSB, presents its annual Lobero Season at 8:00pm on May 8 and 9 with performances that celebrate spring's resurgence and the passionate creative energy that artists bring to life. The program includes a premiere by UCSB faculty member Brandon Whited, two works by guest choreographers Andrea Giselle Schermoly and Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, two by artistic director Christopher Pilafian and special guest appearances by cellist/composer Gianna Abondolo; and the UCSB Dance Company.
Santa Barbara Symphony Closes Season with ROMEO AND JULIET and Dvorak Symphony No. 8
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony concludes their 65th Anniversary season this April on a high note, with everyone's favorite immortal tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. Maestro Nir Kabaretti, who recently announced a three-year contract extension with the Symphony, will lead two spectacular performances on Saturday, May 11 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
The Santa Barbara Symphony concludes their 65th Anniversary season this April on a high note, with everyone's favorite immortal tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. Maestro Nir Kabaretti, who recently announced a three-year contract extension with the Symphony, will lead two spectacular performances on Saturday, May 11 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.
Bayrakdarian, Messerlian, and Babson Elected to CAMA Board of Directors
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
Renowned soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, retired internist George Messerlian, and local arts benefactor Marta Babson have been elected to the Board of Directors for Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara. The elections took place December 12, 2018 (for Ms. Bayrakdarian and Dr. Messerlian), and January 24 (for Ms. Babson).
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2019
Renowned soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, retired internist George Messerlian, and local arts benefactor Marta Babson have been elected to the Board of Directors for Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara. The elections took place December 12, 2018 (for Ms. Bayrakdarian and Dr. Messerlian), and January 24 (for Ms. Babson).
Opera Santa Barbara Adds Free Performance Of THE CRUCIBLE For Area Students
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara (OperaSB) will present a free performance of its final 25th Anniversary season offering of The Crucible, 10 am Monday, April 29 at the Lobero Theatre. Underwritten in part by Montecito Bank and Trust and the Musician's Union Fund, 570 students from around the Santa Barbara and Ventura area will experience Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera.
by BWW News Desk - April 22, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara (OperaSB) will present a free performance of its final 25th Anniversary season offering of The Crucible, 10 am Monday, April 29 at the Lobero Theatre. Underwritten in part by Montecito Bank and Trust and the Musician's Union Fund, 570 students from around the Santa Barbara and Ventura area will experience Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera.
BWW Review: EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED at Ensemble Theatre Company
by Maggie Yates - April 22, 2019
Ensemble's production features many of the interesting aspects of this search for identity: a grumpy grandpa with a dark secret; an old Ukrainian woman who's mind has been warped by trauma and isolation; an underdog translator with a tenuous mastery of English; and an emotionally clumsy college kid who mistakes the trauma of his family for personal depth. But the adaptation from novel to stage is clunky, clouding an otherwise dramatic origin story.
by Maggie Yates - April 22, 2019
Ensemble's production features many of the interesting aspects of this search for identity: a grumpy grandpa with a dark secret; an old Ukrainian woman who's mind has been warped by trauma and isolation; an underdog translator with a tenuous mastery of English; and an emotionally clumsy college kid who mistakes the trauma of his family for personal depth. But the adaptation from novel to stage is clunky, clouding an otherwise dramatic origin story.
PASF Competition Finals To Take Place April 28
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2019
Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2019
Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.
PASF Competition Finals To Take Place April 28
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2019
Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2019
Twelve accomplished vocalists and instrumentalists will vie for cash prizes as finalists in the 2019 Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition at Lehmann Hall on Sunday, April 28. Performances will begin at 3 pm. Admission is free.
Photo Flash: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (ETC) presents the fourth show of its 40th Anniversary Season, the Southern California premiere of the stunning and wildly popular novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, adapted by Simon Block and directed by Jonathan Fox. EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED begins previews on Thursday, April 11, opens on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00pm, and runs through Sunday, April 28, 2019 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2019
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (ETC) presents the fourth show of its 40th Anniversary Season, the Southern California premiere of the stunning and wildly popular novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, adapted by Simon Block and directed by Jonathan Fox. EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED begins previews on Thursday, April 11, opens on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00pm, and runs through Sunday, April 28, 2019 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara.
Opera Santa Barbara Closes 25th Anniversary Season With THE CRUCIBLE
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara closes its 25th Anniversary Season with an OSB premiere of Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, The Crucible, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Lobero Theatre. General and Artistic Director Kostis Protopapas to conduct and Stephanie Havey to direct.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2019
Opera Santa Barbara closes its 25th Anniversary Season with an OSB premiere of Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, The Crucible, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Lobero Theatre. General and Artistic Director Kostis Protopapas to conduct and Stephanie Havey to direct.
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