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September 2024
September 15 through 29 at The Black Box Theater at West Sacramento Community Center!
Step into the world of the Younger family and see “A Raisin in the Sun” like never before. Embrace their struggles and growth for a transformative journey that heals and inspires!
Our production offers a fresh perspective on race, family dynamics, and mental well-being, redefining media engagement in the Black community. Whether it be your first or tenth time experiencing this play, each character's journey will leave a lasting impression. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster--feel every challenge, and celebrate every victory.
Don’t just watch—live it, laugh, cry, and let “A Raisin in the Sun” transform you. This show will sell out! Secure your tickets NOW!
TICKETS: EventbriteThere's a SNAFU!! The ticket vendor for this production says it is sold out. IT IS NOT. Come to the theater. Tickets are available. You'll get in. No assigned seating. No bad seats!
(There are specials on some days: See the prices on Eventbrite.)
General $18-38.00
Student/Senior $18-28.00
Parking is free!
Three weekends of Performances:
Thursday at 7pm
Friday at 7pm
Saturday at 7pm
Sunday at 2pm Talkback following the performance with the cast and guests.
“The Height of the Storm” premiered in the UK in 2018 before transferring to Broadway in 2019. The production starred Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins. Black Point Theatre is proud to present the California premiere of this tender and poetic play.
An enduring love story.
A mysterious flower delivery. A visitor from the past.
André and Madeleine have loved each other for decades. Their marriage has been their sanctuary, their safe haven at the center of life’s storm. When their daughters come to visit for the weekend, they find that the foundation is slipping away. Nothing is as it seems, as the layers of their lives are slowly peeled away. Florian Zeller’s intimate play explores the intricacies of family life, love, and loss.
“I try to construct little labyrinths in which the audience member tries to find out where they are. You hunt down the truth, but as soon as you think you’re able to grab hold of it, it takes on another form and slips through your fingers … For me the theatre is above all the place for questions, not answers. For doubt more than certainty or conviction.” Florian Zeller
TICKETS: Black Point Theater online
General $25.00
Student/Senior $20.00
One hour and fifteen minutes. No intermission. Parking is free!
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This compelling narrative, steeped in elements of social hierarchy, femininity, and brutality, is a masterpiece from the celebrated author Margaret Atwood, famously known for her creation 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Atwood's candid and unvarnished portrayal of the saga of the Odyssey, viewed through the lens of Penelope and the Maids, delves into the realm of hardship and despair that was life for women in the era of ancient Greece. This narrative brings to the fore, the societal and psychological ordeals faced by women.
These performances, featuring an all-women cast, launches the celebration of Women's History Month at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater. Tickets for this enlightening experience can be procured at http://www.womenstheatrecollective.org/ for just $25.
Notably, these performances are part of a noble fundraising effort, and as such, no discounts are available.
The celebration of Women's History Month at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater is more than just a commemoration of women's contributions throughout history. It also serves as a medium to raise awareness about the ongoing struggle for gender equality. By attending this performance, audiences have the chance to support a worthy cause while witnessing a thought-provoking and emotionally stirring production.
Initiatives such as this cannot be overstated. They play a vital role in amplifying women's voices and highlighting the often overlooked facets of their experiences. Through the medium of art and storytelling, we can challenge societal norms, ignite conversations, and drive change. Join us at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater for an unforgettable evening celebrating women's resilience, strength, and power.
There is one intermission. Parking is free!
2024
There are only 3 performances!
To be certain tickets are available, order online at http://www.billiebackstage.com/
$20 Presale Tickets ends 01/12/2024
$26 General Admission. No assigned seating. The theater opens 30 minutes before showtime!
BILLIE! BACKSTAGE WITH LADY DAY......... written and performed by Synthia L. Hardy and directed by Bryan Rasmussen, is part documentary, part concert and combines story telling and song to capture the essence of Billy Holiday's music and life.
There is one intermission. Parking is free!
Friday and Saturday
January 19-20, 2024
7pm
Voices of the Golden Ghosts, the performance collective from Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, will perform the untold history of African Americans in the California Gold Rush.
Within a few years of the first discovery of gold, miners had arrived from all corners of the globe. By 1852, over 2,000 people of African American descent were in the California gold fields. Today, little is ever mentioned about the free and enslaved black men and women who lived by pick and shovel.
Through the lens of contemporary storytelling, theater, and lecture, we reconstruct the lives of these African Americans.
For more information: www.goldenghosts.org
Tickets $20 General $15 Students
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2023
December 14-December 23
A live show suitable for all ages!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE ANNUAL PANTO
IN WEST SACRAMENTO!
Tickets are available at the door or online at splintergt.ticketleap.com
GENERAL ADMISSION $20
STUDENT, SENIOR, MILITARY $15
CHILDREN 6 AND UNDER $5
You’ve seen the film! Played the game! Pretended to read the book in 9th Grade! Now, you can experience Moby Dick, the Panto! Join Ahab and friends, as they pursue the dreadful fish, Moby Dick! Guaranteed holiday fun for the whole family, with unstoppable interactive craziness, and lots of candy! From the same folks who brought you British Panto for the last 15 years!
Suitable for all ages!
For more information please visit splintergrouptheatre.com
TWO weekends only! (September 2023)
This show will be returning in February 2024!!
A NEW, ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMES TO WEST SACRAMENTO!
The setting is a party, the time is now. 8 guests arrive at a party and start to get to know each other. A final guest enters. This guest is obscenely fat, and they call him Fatso. Fatso is laughed at and ignored. One by one, the guests of the party meet Fatso, and he learns that each of them hate parties for different reasons. And all of them are afraid of getting laughed at. Fatso helps each of them realize that life is not about what you CAN’T do, it’s about what you CAN do. By helping others, Fatso learns to love himself for just the way he is.
Featuring a wonderfully talented cast from the I/DD community, FATSO runs from September 21st through October 1st at the Black Box Theater. All are welcome!
Tickets are available at the door or online at www.tickettailor.com/events/fatsomusical/999272
For more information, please visit www.processtheatre.org
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ONE weekend only!
There are separate links for the 2 pm and 4 pm shows!
http://www.royal-dancers.com/start-here
Video Production
Here's a behind the scenes look at an early Summer 2023 multi-day, multi-camera event by Wholehearted.org in the Black Box Theater. They produce videos that promote mental health and have frequently transformed the theater into a TV studio.
Black Box Theater = Flexible Theater!
The Lisa Project
was brought to the WS Black Box Theater in Spring 2023. Founded in 2010 by Gene Hardin, The Lisa Project offers a unique multi-sensory exhibit focused on the reality of child abuse. Through guided audio narration from a child’s perspective, visitors are immersed in scenarios depicting abuse. The exhibit is rated PG-13 for mature content. Children under 13 with parents could attend but without audio devices. The experience encourages positive steps to protect children and strengthen families. #thelisaproject
Catch "Parallel Veins", a new showcase by @SunnySideTheatre. Sunny's new hybrid theatre and film project celebrates and redefines what it means to be a Black & API artist in Sacramento. There will be live body painting, poetry, dancing, and more!
🗓️: May 20 & 21, 2023
⌚: Sat 7 p.m. & Sun 4 p.m.
@WestSacBBTheater
🎟️: $20-$30
Save on walk-up fees by purchasing ahead online! Available at sunnysidetheatre.org/tickets
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An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Performances
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 7 PM
Friday, March 24, 2023 at 7 PM
Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 2 PM and 7 PM
Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2 PM
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 7 PM
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7 PM
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 2 PM and 7 PM
These performances are open seating.
Location
Black Box Theater, West Sacramento Community Center
1075 W. Capitol Ave, West Sacramento, CA
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
We’d love you to join us for Splinter Group Theatre’s panto, Sleeping Beauty at the West Sacramento Community Center, a family tradition. Sleeping Beauty: The British Panto is fun for the whole family with a story line, jokes, songs, dances, and more than suits young and older alike! Kids love it, adults love it, come on down and we hope you’ll love it too!
Suitable for all ages!
Sleeping Beauty: A British Panto comes to this stage on January 20, 2023 for 8 performances.
No vaccination checks. Masks are not required, but are recommended.
FINAL PERFORMANCES
Jan 26, 2023 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m Thursday
Jan 27, 2023 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. Friday
Jan 28, 2023 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. Saturday
Jan 29, 2023 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Sunday
Join music group Córima for a festive night of Christmas celebration, featuring the folk music and dance of Mexico with Holiday classics.
Córima is a versatile band of nine musicians who perform a repertoire both traditional and unique, adding harp, flute, and the jarana jarocha to the classic Mariachi ensemble of vihuela, violin and trumpet. Please join us during this Holiday season for a memorable evening of Mariachi favorites, sones jarochos, violin huapangos, and folkloric dance, combined with the familiar sounds of Christmas classics! Tickets online and at the door
The African savannah comes to life with Simba, Rafiki, and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle, and back again, in this inspiring coming-of-age tale.
Performances
Saturday, November 5th, 2022 at 1 PM and 6 PM
Sunday, November 6th, 2022 at 1 PM and 4 PM
Thursday, November 10th, 2022 at 6 PM
Friday, November 11th, 2022- No Performance in honor of Veterans' Day
Saturday, November 12th, 2022 at 1 PM and 6 PM
Sunday, November 13th, 2022 at 6 PM
These performances are open seating.
Location
Black Box Theater, West Sacramento Community Center
1075 W. Capitol Ave, West Sacramento, CA
Reserve your tickets here!
Meg Murry is back--braces, stubbornness and all. Once again, she's joining forces with Mrs. Whatsit, Charles Wallace, Calvin O'Keefe and more to battle the forces of evil so she can rescue her father, save humanity and find herself. In the end, we learn that: 1. Love CAN overcome evil and 2. There IS such a thing as a tesseract.
Performances
Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 7 PM
Friday, October 28, 2022 at 7 PM
Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 2 PM and 7 PM
Sunday, October 30th, 2022 at 2 PM
These performances are open seating.
Location
Black Box Theater, West Sacramento Community Center
1075 W. Capitol Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95691
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May 6-15, 2022, Fridays-Sundays
With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Featuring famous tunes such as Tomorrow and Hard Knock Life.
There will be six performances of Annie Jr:
Fridays May 6 and May 13 at 7:00pm
Saturdays May 7 and May 14 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sundays May 8 and May 15 at 2:00pm
Covid-19 Safety Requirements - All attendees will need to show either proof of Covid 19 vaccination or negative test (within 72 hours) and wear a mask while inside the theater. Thank you!
Purchase Tickets on Eventbrite
$15 – $18
April 21st-23rd, Thursday-Saturday, Spring 2022
Paper Moon Theater proudly present Hello Dolly!
This blockbuster Broadway hit bursts with humor, romance, high-energy dancing, and some of the greatest songs in musical theater history.
April 21st-23rd, Thursday-Saturday
7 pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances
2pm Saturday Matinee
$11 all seats
April 2022
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Performed by NorCal School of The Arts students featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny, and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn.An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vies for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor, this bee is one unforgettable experience.
There will be four performances of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee:
Friday, April 1 at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 2 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, April 3 at 2:00pm
These performances are open seating.
March 2022
"Woody Guthrie's American Song" a musical celebration of Woody's life and music, and a celebration of connection and togetherness. Toe-tapping fun for all!Tickets: http://splintergt.ticketleap.com/
GENERAL ADMISSION $15.00November 2021
Performed by NorCal School of The Arts students
January 3-11, 2020
Fridays at 7pm
Saturdays at 2pm and 7pm
Broadway Elite Series - Performers Ages 14-19
***PG-13 Content - May not be suitable for younger audience members***
This 90-minute production is presented without an intermission
Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience.
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.
$20 General Admission
Presented by Musical Mayhem Productions
"Creating Awesome Adults, One Musical At A Time"
December 2019
Seriously?
No, not a all.
Singing. Silliness. Great Literature...sort of. Candy!
Watch this space for more information about--
Little Women, The British Panto!!
Family fun. Bring the kids. Bring EVERYONE.
In October 2019
WHERE SOULS GROW WILD: A THEATRICAL TRIPTYCH reveals the human spirit struggling against formidable odds. At the center of each of three short plays are women raging, bending, and breaking against the inescapable structures and demands of their lives. Trapped by worlds in which they have little power, the souls of these women are driven to wildness as they fight for survival and happiness. Although each of these pieces was written over 100 years ago, the struggle for women to achieve power, fulfillment, and self-determination feels strikingly relevant today. WHERE SOULS GROW WILD weaves poetry and original music among the three plays for a moving and thought-provoking theatrical experience. Audiences are invited to join cast and crew for a happy hour after each performance to discuss the show and future Happy Hour Theatre endeavors.
October 18, 19, 25 & 26 at 8:00 PM and October 27 at 2:00 PM at the West Sacramento Community Center Black Box Theater.
July 8-20, 2019
The Young Actors Workshop
Through theatre games, improvisation, and acting exercises, new skills will be developed to help young actor confidently use their body, voice, and imagination to tell stories theatrically. Workshop info below.
Young Actors Workshop
June 29, 2019 TWO showcase performances!
Lights....Camera.....Action!!! It’s almost time for A Walk On The Red Carpet, Sacramento Performing Arts Company's annual student vocal performance showcase. Come join us and see what brand new vocal, dance and musical theater students can accomplish in one performance workshop!!!
PERFORMANCE INFO:
When: Saturday June 29th, 2019
Times: 1:30pm and 7:30pm shows
Where: Black Box Theater in the WS Community Center
Tickets: $14/$16 at the door
Plenty of FREE parking!
April 2019
The Happy Hour Theatre is excited to present their inaugural production, “The Self-Unseeing,” a collection of five ten-minute plays.
Performances at 8 pm for two weekends, April 5, 6 and 12, 13. Tickets will be $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
The review: Sacramento News and Review and Davis Enterprise (same reviewer)
April 13, 1-Day only!
West Sac Teachers Equity Film Series: My Name Is Khan
This was a FREE event ... plus Free snacks, water, and a raffle! Students, parents, and teachers of WUSD encouraged to go. WSTA believes in bringing educational opportunities to create a stronger community. A short discussion follows.
WUSD students may receive extra credit for attendance for this West Sacramento Community Event. This event is intended for 4th - 12th grade students, parents and WUSD teachers.
Recent Musical Success!
Musical Mayhem Productions produced The Music Man. This was a youth theatre production from Elk Grove. The cast of talented 10-21 year olds brought The Music Man to life through six sold out performances during two weekends, February 15, 16, 22, 23.
...and now for something completely different!
Moby Dick, the British Panto! closed to sold out audiences. A good time was had by all! The Splinter Group Theatre will return with a new show next December.
This is what you missed:
You’ve seen the film! Played the game! Pretended to read the book in 9th Grade! Now, you can experience Moby Dick, the British Panto! Join Ahab and friends, as they pursue the dreadful fish, Moby Dick! See Moby chase them back! Find out if anyone does really call him Ishmael! Duck the flying wee harpoons! As our 9th grade English teacher, Ms. Maria says, “Moby Dick, what’s not to like? It’s “Important Literature,” and it tastes good! ” Guaranteed holiday fun for the whole family, with unstoppable interactive craziness, and lots of candy! From the same folks who brought you British Panto for the last ten years!
This live theater production is directed by Luther Hanson, with musical direction by Kathleen Poe, and a cast of thousands! Well, fifteen.