Brighton Beach Memoirs
by Neil Simon

Sacramento Theatre Company, Main Stage
1419 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

Performances:
March 2 - 27, 2011

For Tickets:
888.4.STC.TIX
916-443-6722
www.sactheatre.org

"Neil Simon's award-winning play of a boy's rocky journey to adulthood, and all of the rocks live under the same roof!"

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Come Hell & High Water
by Dominique Serrand

UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance
Wright Hall One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616
Main Stage in Wright Hall, Southeast of UCD campus.
(530) 752-0888
salopez@ucdavis.edu
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu

Performances:
March 3-March 13, 2011
Thursday March 3-Saturday March 5, 8:00pm
Sunday Mar 6, 2:00pm
Friday March 11– Saturday March 12, 8:00pm
Sunday Mar 13, 2:00pm

Tickets:
General: $15/$17
Students/Seniors/Children: $11/$13

tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Dominic Serrand
Taking the structure of an oratorio built from song, dance, story, and character, this devised work explores the epic forces of a flood. Just as Faulkner’s novella Old Man  used the Mississippi flood of 1927 as the backdrop for his story, here the key elements of Faulkner’s story form the point of departure:  two convicts set free by the rising of the river, a young pregnant woman marooned in a tree, a riverboat full of refugees, a deer swimming for its life, the birth of a child, the bursting of the levees, and the reconciliation of the river meeting the sea.

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The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson

Woodcreek High School
2551 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd., Roseville, CA 95747
West Roseville, Woodcreek Oaks Blvd. is off of Baseline, which is off Foothills, which is off Cirby
916-771-6565 x4228
tfearon@rjuhsd.us
facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Woodcreek-HS-Theatre-Arts/134974373200622

Performances:
March 3, 4, 5, 11 at 7:00 and March 12 at 2:00 and 7:00

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7:00 p.m.

Tickets:
General: $10
Students: $6
Seniors: $6
SARTA: $6
League: $6

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Tom Fearon

Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker  dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water".

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The Murder Room
by Jack Sharkey

Arden Playhouse
5640 Roseville Road, Suite D, Sacramento 95842
I-80 to madison Ave., west to Roseville Road,north to Palm Ave.
916 332-2582
arden@ardenplayhouse.com
ardenplayhouse.com

Performances:
March 4 - April 16, 2011
Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday 8 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m. March 13 and 27 only

Tickets:
General: $18

Reserved seating
Tickets available at the door
Wheelchair access available
Hearing assistance available

Director: Candi Pickering

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Wealthy Edgar Hollister marries Mavis Templeton who, after a few hours of blissful marriage, apparently tries various ways to kill him. The Murder Room is a comedy described as Abbot and Costello meet Agatha Christie with some Monty Python thrown in. It is a wild send up of every murder mystery ever written.

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Urinetown
by Mark Hollman

Runaway Stage Productions (Broadway Stage)
2791 24th Street, Sacramento, 95818
24th Street Theatre, between 2nd and 4th Avenue. Parking on street and small lot behind theatre on Castro Way.
(916) 207-1226
theboxoffice@runawaystage.com
www.runawaystage.com

Performances:
March 4-27, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm

Tickets:
General: $22
Students: $18
Seniors: $20
Children: $15
Groups: $18
SARTA/League: $18
Reserved seating
Tickets available at the door
Wheelchair access available
Director: Bob Baxter
MusicalDirector: Christopher Cook
Choregrapher: Darryl Strohl
A hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold!

In grim Gotham-like city of the future, a 20-year drought has occurred. As a result, the government has banned private toiletries and the citizens must use pay-to-pee toilets regulated by a monopolistic company, the Urine Good Company, which charges exorbitant prices. Bobby Strong, the assistant custodian at the poorest urinal in town, decides enough is enough. With the help of the daughter of the CEO of the Urine Good Company, Hope Cladwell, Bobby ends up leading a rebellion which frees the citizens.

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Stuart Little - Young Performers' Theatre
Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Music by Ronna Frank. Lyrics by Joseph Robinette and Ronna Frank. Based on the book by EB White

Davis Musical Theatre Company
607 Pena Drive #10, Davis CA 95618
http://www.dmtc.org/directions.html
530 756-3682
info@dmtc.org
http://www.dmtc.org

Performances:
March 5 - 27, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011-2:15pm
Saturday, March 12, 2011-11:15am & 2:15pm
Saturday, March 19, 2011-2:15pm
Saturday, March 26, 2011-2:15pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, March 27, 2011-2:15pm

Tickets:
General: $7
Online Ticketing:
http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=DAVIS
reserved seating
tickets available at door
wheelchair access available

Director: Karen Mo
Musical Director: Eimi Tarmina
Dance Choregrapher: Christina Rae

Stuart Little was born, his parents knew right away that he wasn't like other baby boys. That's because he was a mouse! Instead of being horrified, the Littles' accepted their unusual twist of fate. They loved their son from the start and accommodated his every special need, such as making him a bed from a matchbox and a special suit (because Stuart was very sophisticated from the time he was little) instead of baby clothes. Stuart grew (but not very much!) through the years to be a happy and pleasant mouse who liked his New York City life. Even though he was very small, he did a lot for a mouse. He helped out around the house, rode busses around the city, and sailboats through
Central Park. He even was a substitute teacher for a day!

Everyone around Stuart liked him very much -- except for Snowbell the cat.
Aside from the usual things a mouse would dislike about New York City, Snowbell was at the top of Stuart's list. Because it was Snowbell who

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Master Class
By Terrence McNally

Capital Stage
Aboard the Delta King, 1000 Front St, Sacramento,95814
First deck of the Delta King
916-995-5464
boxoffice@capstage.org
www.capstage.org

Performances:
March 11 - April 10, 2011 (previews March 11-17)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Thursday, 8:00 pm
Friday, 8:00 pm
Saturday, 7:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm

Tickets:
General: $26-30
Students: $24
Seniors: $22
Groups: $22
SARTA/League: $24

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Tickets available at the door
Wheelchair access available

Director: Jonathan Williams
Musical Director: Michael Wiles

Glamorous, larger than life, and drop-dead funny, opera diva Maria Callas is here to teach a master class. As she leads three aspiring voice students, Callas offers an intimate look into her life: her tumultuous affairs, her ugly duckling start, her fierce hatred of rivals, and the unforgiving press. The results are often hilarious, frequently moving, and ultimately riveting in this Tony winner for Best Play.

Beautiful arias weave through this tour-de-force exploration of creative passion and the immense sacrifice for great art. Contains strong language.

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Mystery Spot
By Steve Lyons

California Stage (California Stage Theater)
1723 25th street, Sacramento, CA 95816, Corner of R and 25 Streets in Midtown Sacramento
916-451-5822
calstage@gmail.com
www.calstage.org

Performances:
March 11 to April 10, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
$10 special Playwrights and Poets Night March 27 with a reception following the show.

Tickets:
General: $20
Students/Seniors: $15
Groups: $12
SARTA/League: $15

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reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Ray Tatar

Dingo, a regular ol’ guy from Oroville, gets accepted to UC Santa Cruz, where he becomes a Women’s Studies major so he can practice his hobby of chasing women around.  To fund his womanizing, he gets a job at the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot.  There he meets dead poet Sylvia Plath, who is on a quest from the afterlife. The Mystery Spot is sued for deceptive advertising and Dingo tries to save the Mystery Spot while simultaneously pursuing the owner’s daughter. Dingo’s plot to save the Mystery Spot involves his new friend Sylvia. And simultaneously Sylvia sees an opportunity for a “second chance” and hatches a plan that includes using Dingo.

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily
by Katie Forgette

Chautauqua Playhouse
5325 Engle Road, Carmichael 95608
In the La Sierra Community Center, between Garfield and Walnut Avenues
916 489-7529
tickets@cplayhouse.org
cplayhouse.org

Performances:
March 11 - April 17, 2011
Fri and Sat 8 pm
Sundays 2 pm

Tickets:
General: $18
Students: $16
Seniors: $16
Children: $16
Groups: $15
SARTA: $16

reserved seating
tickets available at door
wheelchair access available

Director: Warren Harrison

Beautiful actress Lillie Langtry is seeking help from the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes in a small matter involving blackmail, some missing jewels and the royal family. Our hero gets some help from his sidekick, Watson, and the famous Oscar Wilde as the evil Professor Moriarty tries yet again to foil the day.

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Nunsense
by Dan Goggin

Sutter Street Theatre
717 Sutter Street, Folsom 95630
Hwy 50 to Folsom Blvd. into Folsom.  Take the Sutter Street exit.  The theatre is down a few blocks on the right side.
916-353-1001
mikonpro@sbcglobal.net
www.sutterstreettheatre.com

Performances:
March 18 - May 1, 2011
Friday, 8:00pm
Saturday, 8:00pm
Sunday, 4:00pm
No show on Easter Sunday

Tickets:
General: $23
Students: $18
Seniors: $21
Children: $15
Groups: Call
SARTA/League: $21
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reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Ryan Adame
Musical Director: Cynthia Cates & Connie Mockenhaupt
Choregrapher: Nick Adorno
Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off Broadway Musical in its original New York production. The show is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). This zany musical is a hit wherever it plays.

"A hail of fun and frolic! Wacky and outrageous with a hysterical anything
goes sense of fun!" N.Y. Times

"You don't have to be Catholic to love Nunsense!" Entertainment Tonight.

"...inspired madness! Go see it!" Jewish Post and Opinion

CAST:
ROBERT ANN - Christi Axelson
LEO - Jessica Larrick
REVEREND MOTHER - Connie Mockenhaupt
HUBERT - Madelyne Wright
AMENISIA - Monica Wright

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin

West Sacramento Community Theater
City of West Sacramento Community Center
1075 West Capitol Ave, 2nd FLR Black Box Theater West Sacramento, CA, Hwy 50 across river, Turn right on Jefferson. Turn right on West Capitol. Parking lot  at the center and at City hall across street.

Message Phone:  (916)491-1085
wsct@hotmail.com
www.westsactheater.com

Performances:
March 18th -April 3rd
Fridays at 7:30 pm
Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm

Tickets:
General: $15
Students/Seniors: $10
SARTA: $10

tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Phillip Stommel
Written by Steve Martin. This long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian bar in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century's achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness. Bystanders, including Picasso' agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso's date, an elderly philosopher, Charles Dabernow Schmendimen an idiot inventor introduce additional flourishes of humor. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a  charismatic dark haired singer time warped in from a later era.

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The Sound of Music
by Rodgers & Hammerstein

Woodland Opera House
340 2nd Street, Woodland, Ca 95695
Take I-5 to Woodland. Take the Main Street exit - left. The theatre is on the corner of Main and 2nd. Main
530-666-9617
operahouse@afes.com
woodlandoperahouse.org

Performances:
March 18 - April 17, 2011
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
with an additional matinee on Saturday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets:
General: $20
Matinee: $10 Balc
Students: $18
Seniors: $18
Children: $10
Groups: discount

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available
hearing assistance available

Director: Angela (Shellhammer) Baltezore
Musical Director: James Hernandez
Choreographer: Angela Baltezore

One of the most beloved musical of all times, "The Sound of Music" features the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein score including "Do-Re-Mi", "My Favorite Things", "Edelweiss", and "Climb Every Mountain". It is the story of Maria, a sweet young postulant whose love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors that she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be a governess to Captian Von Trapp's seven troublesome children. Maria becomes friends with the children and soon, even the strict Captain begins to admire Maria. They fall in love, marry, but unfortunately when the Nazis invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the alps to escape.

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Phantom Cat of the Chautauqua
by Marie Raymond

Chautauqua Playhouse (Children's Theatre)
5325 Engle Road, Carmichael 95608
In the La Sierra Community Center, between Garfield and Walnut Avenues
916 489-7529
tickets@cplayhouse.org
cplayhouse.org

Performances:
March 19-April 9, 2011
Saturdays only at Noon and 2 pm

Tickets:
General: $7
Students: $7
Seniors: $7
Children: $7
Groups: $6

no reserved seating
tickets available at door
wheelchair access available

Director: Marie Raymond

Strange doings at the Chautauqua Theatre! New owners are there, but they find that the Phantom Cat considers himself the owner!

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Quilters

Imagination Theater
100 Placerville Drive, Placerville, 95667
Take exit 44B off Highway 50 to Placerville Dr. Turn right at Armory St. Raley/Shell Gas), Enter fairground gates. Theater on right.
530-642-0404
itplacerville@yahoo.com
www.imagination-theater.org

Performances:
March 25 - April 17
Fridays, 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 2:00 p.m.
Sundays, 2:00 p.m.
One Thursday show on March 31 at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets:
General: $15
Students/Seniors/Children: $15
Groups: $15
SARTA/League: $15

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available
Special "theater in the round" seating, handicap on house floor only. Call theater for group rates.

Director: Chrissie Addison (Director)      and Rick Gaylord (Asst. Director)
Musical Directors: Dale Wallerstein, Jerri Myers
Choregraphers: Nolan T’Sani, LeeAnn Flickenger-Hamblen
A mother and her six daughters portray this popular and moving  comedic/dramatic story of pioneer life taken from the handwritten diaries of women traveling westward in covered wagon days.  The scenes capture the beauty, terror and joy, the harsh challenges and heartfelt rewards of  frontier life.  Scenes depict the lot of women on the frontier: girlhood, marriage, childbirth, parties, twisters, fire, illness and death.      Along the way there is love, warmth and lively humor.  The music and dances have a country or folk flavor.  This musical has been called “a theatrical masterstroke which will linger in the mind and memory long after the house lights have dimmed.”  Mature themes.  Ages 13+

On Saturdays, March 26th and April 2nd at 2:00 p.m. Imagination Theater's show, Quilters, is dedicated to all quilters. The actors will have a question and answer session following the show and have pictures taken with any quilters on stage. Bring your quilting group to join us for this wonderful show.

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The Skin of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder

Falcon's Eye Theatre at Folsom Lake College
Stage Two City Studio Theatre at Three Stages at Folsom Lake College
10 College Parkway, Folsom, CA, 95630
From Highway 50, exit East Bidwell and head north. Turn right on College Parkway. Turn left on the campus loop road.
916-608-6888
www.threestages.net

Performances:
Opening night is March 25, 2011, at 8:00 pm Performances continue from March 26 through April 10, 2011, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm.

There is an additional matinee performance Saturday April 2 at 2:00 pm.

There is a student-special Thursday evening performance April 7 at 8:00 pm. ALL tickets for that performance are five dollars.

Tickets:
General: $15
Students: $10
Seniors: $10

There is an additional matinee performance Saturday April 2 at 2:00 pm.
There are bargain-priced performances Saturday April 2 and 2:00 pm and Thursday April 7 at 8:00 pm. ALL tickets for those performances are five dollars.

no reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: David Harris

Pulitzer Prize Winner Thornton Wilder crafted this groundbreaking satiric fantasy that follows the extraordinary Antrobus family down through the ages, from the time of "The War," surviving flood, fire, pestilence, locusts, the ice age, the pox, and the double feature, a dozen subsequent wars and as many depressions. Ultimately, they are the stuff of which heroes and fools are made. Their survival is a theatrical testament of faith in humanity.

Contains some mature themes.

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Noodle Doodle Box
by Paul Maar

Sutter Street Theatre
717 Sutter Street, Folsom 95630
Hwy 50 to Folsom Blvd. into Folsom.  Take the Sutter Street exit.  The theatre is down a few blocks on the right side.
916-353-1001
mikonpro@sbcglobal.net
www.sutterstreettheatre.com

Performances:
March 26 - April 30, 2011
Saturday, 4:00pm

Tickets:
General: 17
Seniors: 15
Children: 13
Groups: Call
SARTA/League: 15

reserved seating
tickets available at the door
wheelchair access available

Director: Maggie Adair Upton
Noodle Doodle Box is a delightfully absurd play for young children. It is about two clowns, Zacharias and Pepper, who are constantly squabbling, both verbally and physically. Then along comes the mysterious Drum Major, a trickster who makes the clowns re-evaluate their friendship. Lessons about authority and relationships are portrayed with wacky slapstick comedy that appeals to young children - and will delight all ages!

Recommended for preschoolers and above.

Cast:          
Zachrias - Karrie Buehler
Pepper - Hannah Hurst
Drum Major - Christopher Celestin

The Belle of Amherst
by William Luce

Sacramento Theatre Company, Pollock Stage
1419 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

Performances:
March 30 - May 8, 2011

For Tickets:
888.4.STC.TIX
916-443-6722
www.sactheatre.org

"A one woman tour-de-force about the life of Emily Dickinson; her poetry, captivating charm and wicked humor."

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