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- Sep 28, 2026
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Catch a Clue at SBCC (opens the original)
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Director Amy Love, who helms Santa Barbara youth theater initiative Lights Up, joins the SBCC Theatre Group’s stable of directors for the company’s upcoming production of Sandy Rustin’s Clue. “I love farce so much, so it was a match made in heaven,” says Love. “The show is heavily based on the Tim Curry film, so it’s a nice way to pay homage to him.” Created in the classic farcical style, audiences can expect hijinks and shenanigans, comedic disposal of unexpected corpses, and lots of slamming d
An Adventure in Barbra-land Lands in Santa Barbara (opens the original)
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Brian McDonald and Jamie Torcellini team up for Ensemble Theatre Company’s season-opening production, Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar. Torcellini directs this quirky comedy and McDonald reprises his role as Alex, a failing actor who becomes the entire staff of Barbara Streisand’s private, underground mall of collectables and keepsakes. McDonald received rave reviews for his performance in the same role at the Rubicon Theatre in 2018. Even in revisiting a one-man show, says McDonald, there’s alwa
Naked Shakes Takes ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to the Park (opens the original)
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After summer productions of last year’s The Tempest in Venice and Prague, Naked Shakes returns to UCSB with a new production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by program runner Irwin Appel, the R+J ran several opening performances in UCSB’s Theatre and Dance courtyard. Naked Shakes will take the production to Elings Park September 10–12 to provide shoulder-season Santa Barbara with its very own Shakespeare in the park. Naked Shakes brings the work of The Bard to the stage with a style that mostly ab
Ghosts, Romance, and Humor from Hollywood’s Heyday Come to Carpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre (opens the original)
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Carpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre presents Gloria’s Old Haunt, by Mark J. Heller, the playwright behind last summer’s popular production of Social Insecurity. Co-director Leslie V. AnnRenee describes the play as a romantic comedy with a supernatural twist, full of “old-world charm and present-day cynicism.” The story follows Doug, a struggling writer trying to rediscover his artistic and literary voice while working on a screenplay in a Palm Springs hotel. His epiphany comes in the form of three spi
The Magic of Musicals at Westmont College in Montecito (opens the original)
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This fall, Samantha Eve — the artistic director of Out of the Box Theatre, a local production company specializing in contemporary musicals — is bringing her expertise in musical theater to Westmont College. Eve will direct Westmont’s Momentum! A Musical Revue, featuring students performing a curated list of Broadway songs about facing life in a fast-moving world. Some selections may be familiar to audiences, such as “Something’s Coming” from the popular musical West Side Story, while other song
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