A Night with Janis Joplin
4/1 - 4/26/2026
The whiskey-soaked, soul-shaking voice of a generation comes alive in this electrifying concert experience. Part theatre, part rock-and-roll celebration, this high-energy production dives into the ...
Hershey Felder as MONSIEUR CHOPIN
4/30 - 5/10/2026
Hershey Felder as Monsieur Chopin features the romantic story and music of the Polish pianist-composer Fryderyk Chopin, set in Chopin’s Parisian salon, where he will ...
Every Brilliant Thing
6/3 - 6/21/2026
What makes life worth living? A child starts a list of every brilliant thing in the world, hoping to help their mother through depression. As ...
Photos: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED at The New Vic Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - December 04, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company will present the West Coast premiere of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED as part of its 47th season. See photos of the production....
First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards; CABARET Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025
The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
Ensemble Theatre Company Adds Performance of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 20, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present a special added performance of the West Coast premiere of The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged in honor of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth....
The Foundation for New American Musicals' ShowSearch 2025 Finalists Revealed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2025
The Foundation for New American Musicals has reveaed the finalists for their annual ShowSearch 2025. FNAM will showcase the finalists' original 10-minute musicals as they compete for cash-award scholarships through ShowSearch....
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED is Coming to Ensemble Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 10, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will continue its 47th season 'Truth and Illusion' with the West Coast premiere of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED....
Ensemble Theatre Company to Welcome Six New Members to its Board of Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company has appointed six community and business leaders to its Board of Directors: Adam Berger, Dan Burnham, Dan Cerf, Gary Justice, Ellen Robinson, and Helene Segal....
THE BOOMER LEGACY Staged Reading to be Presented at Arts Garage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2025
Arts Garage's 2025-2026 theatre season will continue next week with the second of five thought-provoking and socially relevant productions from professional, cutting-edge playwrights and performers....
Photos: WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE PANIC BROADCAST Opens Ensemble Theatre Company 47th Season
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara opens its 47th season with War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, a thrilling live reimagining of Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio play. See photos of the production.
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Arts Garage to Launch 2025–26 Theatre Season With THE CAFÉ ON MAIN October 11
by A.A. Cristi - October 03, 2025
Arts Garage will open its 2025–26 theatre season on Saturday, October 11, with The Café on Main by Jeff Perlman. Directed by Marianne Regan, the play will be performed at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Arts Garage (94 NE 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach)....
ENOUGH! PLAYS TO END GUN VIOLENCE Comes To UC Santa Barbara's Hatlen Theater
by Stephi Wild - September 26, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company and UC Santa Barbara's Initiative for New and Reimagined Work will present “ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence,” a nationwide reading of six new ten-minute plays by teenage playwrights....
Past Shows
SEARED
6/8 - 6/25/2023
Cookin' at the Cookery
6/7 - 6/24/2018
A sensation in the 1920s through the 1950s, jazz and blues legend Alberta Hunter set aside her life as an artist during the peak of ...
The Invisible Hand
4/12 - 4/29/2018
Set in Pakistan, American investment banker Nick Bright is kidnapped by an extremist organization and held for a $10 million ransom. When his company refuses ...
The City of Conversation
2/8 - 2/25/2018
It’s 1979, and Washington, D.C. socialite Hester Ferris is notorious for her posh dinner parties that can change the course of politics. But when her ...
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
11/30 - 12/17/2017
Spend the holiday season with your favorite “Pride and Prejudice” characters as they gather at Pemberley, the stately home of Mr. and Mrs. Darcy. In ...
Husbands & Wives
10/5 - 10/22/2017
A world-premiere adaptation of Woody Allen’s 1992 groundbreaking film, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay. A witty and urbane comic-drama, Husbands and ...
Syncopation
6/8 - 6/25/2017
From the mind of Little Women playwright Allan Knee comes a magical romance set in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1910’s. Desperate for an ...
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2/9 - 2/26/2017
Ensemble Theatre Company's 2016-17 season continues with a bold jazz interpretation of the great American musical Porgy and Bess, composed by George Gershwin, with a ...
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
6/6 - 6/23/2013
- Terrence McNally; dir: Saundra McClain....
The Year of Magical Thinking
4/4 - 4/21/2013
- Joan Didion; dir: Jenny Sullivan....
BLACK PEARL SINGS!
6/14 - 7/1/2012
In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...
Videos
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PILOBOLUS
The Granada Theatre (3/18 - 3/19) | |
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Second Sunday Open Mic and Karaoke
The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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Million Dollar Quartet
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (1/30 - 3/8) | |
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A Christmas Story
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (11/21 - 12/21) | |
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (3/27 - 4/12) | |
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Clue
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (1/9 - 1/18) | |
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Ubu's Other Shoe Staged Reading: Wife of a Salesman
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (3/13 - 3/14) | |
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