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Photos: First Look at Ensemble Theatre Company's THE LEHMAN TRILOGY


by Blair Ingenthron - April 06, 2024

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has released production photos from the much-anticipated production of Troy Blendell, Chris Butler and Leo Marks starring in The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power and directed by Oánh Nguyễn. Check them out here!...

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Reveals 2024-25 Season


by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2024

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has announced its 2024-2025 season: “Legends and Legacies.” Featuring an electrifying lineup of timeless classics and contemporary masterpieces sure to captivate audiences! ...

Photos: First Look at Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara's THE LEHMAN TRILOGY


by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2024

All new photos have been released from Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara's production of The Lehman Trilogy, starring Troy Blendell, Chris Butler and Leo Marks. Check out the photos here!...

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Performs THE LEHMAN TRILOGY This April


by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2024

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present Troy Blendell, Chris Butler and Leo Marks starring in THE LEHMAN TRILOGY by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power and directed by Oánh Nguyễn. ...

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Joins League of Resident Theatres


by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2024

 Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has been accepted as the 81st member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT)....

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara to Present THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Directed by Hershey Felder


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 03, 2024

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE...

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


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara Awards; THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BOOK OF WILL, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Theater/Dance & 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 Santa Barbara Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards December 5th Standings; THE ADDAMS FAMILY 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 Santa Barbara Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Photos: First Look at Ensemble Theatre Company's RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH


by Blair Ingenthron - December 02, 2023

Check out production photos for Ensemble Theatre Company's RING OF FIRE, The Music of Johnny Cash here!...

Past Shows

The Lehman Trilogy
4/4 - 4/21/2024


ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage presents The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Set in Vienna in 1938 and London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of Willesden ...


A tribute to the legendary Man in Black. Growing up dirt-poor, wrestling with family tragedy, striking out on his own, emerging as a songwriter, finding ...

The Thanksgiving Play
10/5 - 10/22/2023

SEARED
6/8 - 6/25/2023

The Children (Kirkwood)
4/7 - 4/24/2022


Lucy Kirkwood Ensemble Theatre Company...


Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon Ensemble Theatre Company...


The remarkably personal and poignant bio-musical of the legendary song stylist. Featuring a live, on-stage band, the show presents beloved songs, including “Hey There (You ...

American Son
4/9 - 4/26/2020


A gripping new play fresh from Broadway. This nail-biting story takes place in real-time in the waiting room of a police station where, in the ...

Emma The Musical
2/6 - 2/23/2020


A charming and clever musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, from the Tony Award-nominated composer of Daddy Long Legs. A beautiful, witty, and determined ...


adapt: Joe Landry; dir: Brian McDonald....


Jimmy Stewart meets The 39 Steps in this zany and touching adaptation of the beloved classic American holiday story. Set in the fictional town of ...

Measure For Measure
10/3 - 10/20/2019


One of William Shakespeare’s most beguiling plays dramatizes one of Shakespeare’s more infamous bargains: a young woman’s virginity in exchange for her brother’s life. This ...

Cookin' at the Cookery
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
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
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


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
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 ...

Husbands and Wives
10/5 - 10/22/2017


In New York, women's clock also packs faster than elsewhere and in men, the midday demon is equally punctual. Thus, two couples will discover in ...

Syncopation
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 ...

Baby Doll
Baby Doll
4/13 - 4/30/2017


In the spring, ETC will present the seductive black comedy Baby Doll, by Tennessee Williams, based on the 1956 Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winning film ...

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess


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 ...

Chapter Two
Chapter Two
12/1 - 12/18/2016


For the holiday season, ETC presents Neil Simon’s heartfelt comedy, Chapter Two. Set in New York during Christmas in the 1970s, this charming and poignant ...

Macbeth
9/29 - 10/16/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Jonathan Fox....

Macbeth
9/29 - 10/16/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Jonathan Fox....

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
6/9 - 6/26/2016


With their passionless husbands away playing golf, a mutual long-ago lover announces his intention to pay Julia and Jane an impromptu visit. All in a ...

Bad Jews
Bad Jews
4/14 - 5/1/2016


Daphna Feygenbaum swears she is the most devout Jew in her family. When her less observant cousin arrives to claim a treasured family heirloom and ...

Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
2/9 - 2/26/2016


The season continues with a bold jazz interpretation of the great American musical Porgy and Bess, composed by George Gershwin, with a libretto by DuBose ...

I Am My Own Wife
I Am My Own Wife
2/4 - 2/21/2016


Not long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, playwright Doug Wright began a conversation with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an elegant and eccentric 65-year-old German ...

Women in Jeopardy!
12/3 - 12/20/2015


Thelma and Louise meets The First Wives Club in this fun and flirtatious new comedy by Rochester-born playwright Wendy MacLeod. Divorcees Mary and Jo are ...

Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
10/8 - 10/25/2015


Sondheim returns to ETC with a soaring musical masterpiece that tells the tale of a barber seeking justice for the corrupt London judge who exiled ...

Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur
6/11 - 6/28/2015


A sexy, smart and funny adaptation of the 1870 erotic novel Venus in Furs by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, which inspired the term "masochism." ...

Woyzeck
Woyzeck
4/16 - 5/3/2015


A rarely performed musical adaptation by Tom Waits of one of the most influential plays ever written, Georg Büchner’s classic Woyzeck. When a soldier returns ...

Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel
2/5 - 2/22/2015


Set in New York in 1905, this story of an African-American woman who sews “intimate apparel” for clients ranging from wealthy white ladies to prostitutes ...

The Best Brothers
The Best Brothers
12/4 - 12/21/2014


The U.S. premiere of a new comedy. Kyle Best has been estranged from his brother, Hamilton, until their mother dies in a freak accident at ...

Amadeus
Amadeus
10/9 - 10/26/2014


Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Play, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1985, Amadeus brims with gorgeous music and ...

Looped
Looped
7/10 - 7/27/2014


A touching and delectable comedy about the saucy and inimitable Tallulah Bankhead, who once said of herself: “I’m as pure as the driven slush.” Based ...

Red
Red
5/15 - 6/1/2014


In 1958, when the renowned painter Mark Rothko is commissioned to create a series of paintings for a new and exclusive Four Seasons restaurant. But ...

Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
3/27 - 4/13/2014


Ancient stories and characters — King Midas, Orpheus and Eurydice, and others — are brought to stunning life in a unique theatrical experience. Winner of ...

Good People
Good People
2/6 - 2/23/2014


Does where we grow up inexorably imprint itself on our destiny? Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, this comic drama about social class ...

A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music
12/5 - 12/22/2013


Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles of a Summer Night", Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s beloved musical is a warmly humorous and, at times, ...


- Terrence McNally; dir: Saundra McClain....


- Joan Didion; dir: Jenny Sullivan....

Black Peal Sings!
Black Peal Sings!
6/14 - 7/1/2012


A song collector for the Library of Congress travels the country seeking little-known melodies. When she encounters Pearl in a Texas prison, she discovers dozens ...

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 ...

Creditors
Creditors
3/29 - 4/15/2012


At a seaside resort, Adolph, a young artist, is frustrated by his marriage to the older, domineering Tekla and begins to doubt her love for ...

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
2/2 - 2/19/2012


Richard Hannay, a debonair gentleman, is at a London theatre, when a fight breaks out and shots are fired. In the ensuing panic, he finds ...

The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
12/1 - 12/18/2011


In the year 1183, King Henry II is planning to choose his successor. But he must first run a gauntlet of conniving by his wife, ...

Underneath the Lintel
Underneath the Lintel
10/13 - 10/30/2011


A by-the-book (no pun intended) librarian sets out to find the culprit who returns a book 113 years overdue. A clue scribbled in the margin ...

Videos


Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony in Santa Barbara Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony
The Granada Theatre (5/18 - 5/18)
Come From Away in Santa Barbara Come From Away
Performing Arts Center (5/2 - 5/2)
Camerata Pacifica Baroque: The French Dispatch in Santa Barbara Camerata Pacifica Baroque: The French Dispatch
Hahn Hall, Music Academy (4/26 - 4/26)
9 to 5 - The Musical in Santa Barbara 9 to 5 - The Musical
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (6/7 - 6/30)
Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony in Santa Barbara Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony
The Granada Theatre (5/19 - 5/19)
The Thanksgiving Play in Santa Barbara The Thanksgiving Play
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (5/3 - 5/19)
Blacknote in Santa Barbara Blacknote
Black Note Natural Tobacco Eliquids with Real Tobacco Taste (11/11 - 11/11)
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