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Welcome to Theatre Habit’s Event Calendar! Your gateway to the vibrant world of local theatre and performing arts. We’re thrilled to offer you a comprehensive and up-to-date listing of all the exciting events happening across Northern California.
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Explore our calendar to find out about upcoming performances, theatrical productions, special events, and community gatherings. Whether you’re a theatre aficionado or a curious newcomer, there’s something for everyone.
This calendar is a work in progress and we welcome additions to it as we aim to provide a comprehensive events calendar. If you would like to add your event, please email Ally Heatherly !
Pickleball
B Street Theatre presents Pickleball by Jeff Daniels
From the Theatre’s Website:
Written by Jeff Daniels, the author of the B Street hit ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT, PICKLEBALL shows us all the possibilities of middle-aged athleticism and the human spirit. In America’s fastest growing game, there are no apologies, there are no excuses, and there is no room for weakness. When four below-average players have an opportunity to compete in a local tournament, they must learn to overcome their limitations and find greatness in a game that has nothing to do with pickles.
Performance Dates: August 14 - September 22, 2024
Location: 2700 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
For More Information and to Purchase Tickets, click here.
Fairview
Capital Stage presents Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Directed by Anthony D’Juan
From the Theatre’s Website:
At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place! A standard family dramedy that takes a sharp, sly turn into a startling examination of deep-seated paradigms about race in America.
Performance Dates: August 28 – September 29, 2024
Location: 2215 J Street, Sacramento 95816
For More Information and to Purchase Tickets, click here.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s terrifying dénouement.
Seussical The Musical
Roseville Theatre Arts Academy (RTAA) Presents | Seussical the Musical
From the Theatre’s Website:
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once on This Island, Ragtime), have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant. Seussical is fun for the whole family!
Play Dates:
Friday, September 13th 7:30pm
Saturday, September 14th 7:30pm
Sunday, September 15th 2:00pm
Friday, September 20th 7:30pm
Saturday, September 21st 7:30pm
Sunday, September 22nd 2:00pm
Location: 241 Vernon StreetRoseville, CA, 95678 United States
The Heart Sellers
Northern California Premiere
Co-Production with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley & Aurora Theatre Company
Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and find they have much in common: each are recent Asian immigrants, a bit homesick and lonely with hardworking absentee husbands, and adjusting to a new country filled with new opportunities. Over sips of wine and a questionable frozen turkey, they dream of disco dancing, learning to drive, and even a visit to Disneyland, and share their hopes and challenges for making a new home in a new land with grace and dignity.
POTUS
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.
Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
Georgiana Darcy is an accomplished pianist but wary of romance. Kitty Bennet is a bright-eyed optimist and a perfect best friend. These two younger sisters are ready for their own adventures in life and love, starting with the arrival of an admirer and secret correspondent. Meddlesome families and outmoded expectations won’t stop these determined friends from forging their own way in a holiday tale filled with music, ambition, sisterhood, and forgiveness in the third and final play in the Christmas at Pemberley trilogy.
MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY
Based off an audience suggestion, performers will create a one-night-only improvised play, so every performance will be unique! As an exciting caveat, if we do achieve “maximum occupancy” (aka a sell-out show), we buy everyone pizza!
Random Acts of Oneness - A One Act Festival
Resurrection Theatre Presents: Random Acts of Oneness - A One Act Festival
From the theatre’s website:
Join us for an evening of chaos and laughter the last two weekends of August when we present two shows each night.
Performances on August 23, 24, and 30, 31 at 8pm
Location: 1723 25th St, Sacramento, CA, United States, California 95816
Purchase Tickets Here
Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise by Harry Kondoleon
Directed by Shawn B ONeal
Starring - Jason Kaye, Kaitlin Richards, Julian Rey Ortega, and Lindsay Monday
Carl tells Alvin that he’s in love with another woman. “Good for you,” says Alvin, who refuses to accept that Carl’s wife, Adel, only attempted suicide—she’s still alive. The woman Carl loves is Alvin’s wife, Beth. But right now, Beth is so drunk she can’t get up off the floor, much less run off with Carl, and Adel comes in with bandaged wrists saying Carl has been trying to kill her. These four have some issues to work out.
Horse Girls by Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Shay Riffel
Starring - Lindsay Monday, Lucinda Otto, Heidi Schuyler, Katie Ibarra, Sinead Kennedy, Aerin Salls-Morneau, and Veronica Flynn
BoYz may come and Go, bUt hOrSes aRe 4ever... Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida's most exclusive horse club. News that her family's stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this dark comedy of middle school deception and lies.
Twelth Night
Happy Hour Theatre Presents Twelfth Night
From the Theatre’s Website:
Happy Hour Theatre is proud to announce our upcoming production of "Twelfth Night." This show is the culmination of our summer Shakespeare workshop taught by local theater artist and director Janis Stevens. Join us at California Stage for this whimsical romantic comedy opening August 23rd.
Dates and times:
August 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 at 7:30 pm
August 25 and September 1 at 2:00 pm
Location: California Stage is one of three theaters in the R25 arts complex. You can find the entrance on R Street between 25th and 26th Street. Street parking is available. Please note city parking signage regarding parking hours and limits.
Tickets: All tickets are general admission $20. Seating is unassigned. Tickets may also be purchased with cash or card in the box office prior to the performance.
Please reach out to Shenandoah Kehoe with any questions: thehappyhourtheatre@gmail.com
To Purchase Tickets, Click Here.
Twelfth Night
From the Theatre’s Website:
Shakespeare on the Vine Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's music-filled comedy, Twelfth Night.
Play runs July 25 - August 17, 2024
Location: 3353 E Highway 4, Murphys, CA, United States, California 95247
Purchase Tickets Here
We encourage you to come early with your own picnic to enjoy Brice's award-winning wines before the show starts as early as 5:00pm.
Play runs July 25 - August 17, 2024.
Blood of the Lamb at B Street Theatre
A woman fights for her life and a lawyer tries to do her job in a Kafka-esque drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America. This hot-off-a-workshop-script dives unflinchingly into the heart of forced-birth issues. With a sometimes surreal style, BLOOD OF THE LAMB is a heartfelt (and heartbreaking) look at two women navigating the vagaries of the law which requires a dead fetus to be carried to term as an unborn 'citizen' of the state of Texas." Certainly a play of our current moment, as we find these women at opposite sides of the table amidst legal precedents, administrative madness, and moral obligation to humanity.