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Center Stage Theater

651 Paseo Nuevo Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara, CA 93101


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Past Shows

A Delicate Ship

A Delicate Ship

Jun 12 – Jun 14, 2026

HappySad Theatre Company is thrilled to announce their second production of their first season, A Delicate Ship by Anna Ziegler.A Delicate Ship is running June...

Assassins the Musical

Assassins the Musical

Apr 10 – Apr 19, 2026

A journey through the dark side of the American dream, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony-winning musical Assassins explores the lives of nine men and...

Disney's High School Musical

FeaturedDisney's High School Musical

Mar 20 – Mar 22, 2026

Youthclusive presentsDISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALDirected by Chloe VoigtChoreographed by Caitlin WeberMusic Directed by Alma LiAssistant Choreographer & Music Direction by Amelia LeonardiMarch 20 - March...

The Effect

The Effect

Jan 16 – Jan 17, 2026

HappySad Theatre Company is thrilled to announce their inaugural performance of The Effect by Lucy Prebble.The Effect is running January 16th and 17th at 7:00pm...

Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill

Nov 14 – Nov 23, 2025

Inspired by the themes and emotions laid bare in Alanis Morissette’s award-winning album, Jagged Little Pill is an original story about pain, healing, and empowerment....

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Dec 5 – Dec 8, 2024

Need a break from reality? Take a trip out of this world with Lights Up! as they kick start their seventh season with two smash-hit,...

Miss You Like Hell

Miss You Like Hell

Nov 4 – Nov 13, 2022

When a whip-smart, deeply imaginative teenager agrees to take a road trip with her free-spirited Latina mother, neither can imagine where it will take them....

Puffs

Puffs

May 13 – May 15, 2022

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the...

Tick, Tick... BOOM!

Tick, Tick... BOOM!

Apr 29 – May 1, 2022

Out of the Box Theatre Company presents Tick, Tick... BOOM! Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick... Boom!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer...

MTI'S All Together Now

MTI'S All Together Now

Nov 13 – Nov 14, 2021

Created by Musical Theatre International as a fundraiser for theatre organizations across the country, MTIs ALL TOGETHER NOW! is a musical revue featuring songs from...

Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase

Opera SB Chrisman Studio Artist Spring Showcase

Jun 5 – Jun 6, 2021

Don't miss the Chrisman Studio Artist Spring ShowcaseLive at Center Stage Theater!Only two performances - Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 at 2:30PMLimited Capacity...

Lifelines + Re:Forming

"Lifelines + Re:Forming"

Dec 4 – Dec 31, 2020

Lifeline + Re:FormingA live streamed collaborative performance, plus Lifelines film premiere broadcast from Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbaracreated bybrooke smiley, Sam Bourgault, Mark Hirsch...

American Psycho

American Psycho

Nov 15 – Nov 24, 2019

Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with...

Love

FeaturedLove

Oct 5 – Oct 6, 2019

UCSB Initiative for New & Imagined Works & Center Stage Theater present Love by Kate Cortesi a staged reading Directed by Maggie Mixsell Starring Joe...

Fun Home

Fun Home

Apr 5 – Apr 14, 2019

Out of the Box Theatre Company presents Fun Home, the blazingly honest memoir of Alison, a graphic novelist exploring her youth in a loving, dysfunctional...

Amélie

Amélie

Nov 9 – Nov 18, 2018

One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in Amélie, a fanciful modern-day fairy tale. Embark on...

Green Day's American Idiot

Green Day's American Idiot

Apr 6 – Apr 15, 2018

Lost and disconnected in modern-day America, Johnny, Tunny, and Will struggle to find meaning in their lives. The three twenty-somethings flee the constraints of their...

Possibilities, Dreams & Actions

Possibilities, Dreams & Actions

Jun 10 – Jun 16, 2017

The Dance with Harout Performance Company comes back for their third year at Center Stage Theater presenting: Possibilities, Dreams & Actions. Watch these characters live...

Dear Elizabeth

Dear Elizabeth

Jun 6

A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again. This show is a benefit for Center Stage Theater with a reception...

Mother Goose Tales

Mother Goose Tales

May 28

Join student Performing Groups from Inspire Dance Santa Barbara for a sweet and heart felt telling of your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes on May...

Survivor Stories

Survivor Stories

May 21 – May 22, 2017

Inspirational, funny, poignant and moving stories of overcoming adversity and conquering life’s biggest obstacles. Featuring performances by Emmy award winner Joe Spano, and former Speaking...

High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Apr 20 – Apr 30, 2017

Meet Rob Gordon, a thirty-something, indie record store owner who knows everything there is to know about music but nothing about how to have a...

Celebration of Stories

May 19 – May 20, 2013

A literary stew, a blend of great tales including a spicy new story by T.C. Boyle...

Next to Normal

Next to Normal

May 2 – May 12, 2013

Next to Normal is the acclaimed, groundbreaking musical "that pushe[d] Broadway in new directions" (Rolling Stone). With a thrilling contemporary score, this emotional powerhouse of...

Stories by Edith Pearlman & Ron Carlson

Apr 14 – Apr 15, 2013

New stories from Ron Carlson, a celebrated American short story writer and from the more recently discovered and lauded Edith Pearlman, winner of the National...

Bill W. and DR. Bob

Apr 4 – Apr 13, 2013

The amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who founded Al...

Circle Mirror Transformation

Mar 21 – Mar 30, 2013

An absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny play which traces the lives of a handful of small-town Vermont residents who gather each week for an acting...

Configuration

Mar 9 – Mar 16, 2013

A fun show for the whole family to enjoy, featuring the pre-professional Student Companies from Dance Arts. Emotional Contemporary, energetic Hip Hop, sassy Broadway, and...

Noche de Flamenco

Mar 1

This is a monthly flamenco performance open to all flamenco dance and music lovers. The cast will change from month to month giving audiances a...

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Feb 14 – Feb 24, 2013

An audacious mix of historical fact and fiction, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson redefines America's controversial seventh president -- the man who invented the Democratic Party,...

John & Jen

John & Jen

Oct 4 – Oct 14, 2012

Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, this truly original musical takes a look at the complexities of relationships between...

Re:Vision

Re:Vision

Sep 28 – Sep 30, 2012

Re:Vision will feature the choreography of Devyn Duex and Emily Tatomer, in three distinct works united by their use of dance as a medium of...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Sep 13 – Sep 23, 2012

Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof," remains one of the American theater world's most jarring and provocative tragedies...

Queen Undaunted: Margaret of Anjou

Queen Undaunted: Margaret of Anjou

Sep 6 – Sep 9, 2012

Queen Undaunted: Margaret of Anjou, a one woman show gives us Margaret according to Shakespeare. She is the only person to appear in four of...

A Night at the Opera in Stories and Music

A Night at the Opera in Stories and Music

Aug 25 – Aug 26, 2012

Murder, suicide, a bullfighter, a princess, disguise balls, women dressed as men—it's just a typical Night at the Opera. A unique and captivating performance blending...

Shadows: An Original Musical

Shadows: An Original Musical

Aug 17 – Aug 18, 2012

When the shroom-addicted Mario finds himself forever lost in a glitch, it is time for his failure of a younger brother to step into his...

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