A Christmas Carol, The Rock & Roll Panto
October 24, 2024Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim are coming to City Theatre in this year’s holday Panto! See them as never before as they sing the songs of the Spandex and 1980’s Hair Bands in “A Christmas Carol, The Rock & Roll Panto!” Since 2007, City Theatre has been producing their annual British-style Panto but with a distinctly Sacramento twist. With its irreverant take on popular fairy tales, legend and now books (!), high energy, popular music, and audience participation makes it fun for the whole family. A Christmas Carol, The Rock & Roll Panto is written by Christine Nicholson…
Spring 2025 – She Kills Monsters
By Qui NguyenDirected by Janey Pintar About the Play An adventurous quest awaits! She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she packs up her childhood home after the death of her younger sister, Tilly, and her parents.…
Spring 2025 – Play It Straight
We are excited to present this play as our first production of 2025, directed by Adrienne Sher. The Play Mr. Ross urges his Advanced Drama students to embrace the chaos of creativity, to dig deep, and speak from the heart.…
Meet the Cast – Local Playwright’s Festival
Maddy Flint Maddy is a second year student at Sacramento City College (SCC) and she’s majoring in Theatre Arts. She has been doing theater since she was a kid, and she loves musicals! This is her second City Theatre production,…
Meet the Cast – Local Playwright’s Festival
Eva Hernandez (Cynthia) Eva is honored to be working on their first show with City Theatre as an actor. They are normally behind the scenes or Stage Managing. They were last seen on stage as Cato in the Sacramento Shakespeare…
Meet the Cast – Local Playwright’s Festival
Tem Huerta (Albert) Tem is a sophomore at Sacramento City College. This is Tem’s sixth show on the SCC stage. Tem has been in EURYDICE, MOTHER GOOSE (Tamilda), SWEAT (Oscar), EMILIA (Lady Katherine) at Sac City and JULIUS CAESAR (Lucius)…
Local Playwright’s Festival Opens 9/27
City Theatre presents a Local Playwrights Festival: “I Think This Place Has Changed” Sacramento City College’s City Theatre is producing A Local Playwrights Festival: “I Think This Place Has Changed”. The production opens Friday, September 27, and plays through Sunday,…
Cast Announced – Playwright’s Festival
Waiting for Cortado by Kaitlin Richards Albert – Tem HuertaGino – Fernando VegaDenise – Mallory ShieldsTommy – Pavla KolozorSam – Deandre Fritz Tria Corpus by Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin Evangeline – Kathleen PoeNathan – Noah GalvanVirgil – Ted MulhauserSaffron – Isabella…
Emilia Bassano Lanier – Historical Research
Timeline of Emilia Bassano Lanier’s life 1569 Likely year of Aemilia Bassano’s birth in London. She is christened Aemilia Baptist Bassano at St. Botolph in Bishopsgate on 27 January, 1569 as the child of Margaret (Johnson) Bassano, who was English,…
Meet the Cast of Emilia
We are thrilled to introduce the amazing cast of people who are bringing the story of Emilia Bassano Lanier to life in the Art Court Theatre this spring.
Emilia Opens April 26
by Morgan Lloyd MalcolmDirected by Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin WE ARE EMILIA.400 years ago Emilia Bassano wanted her voice to be heard. It wasn’t. Her story is still our story.Emilia and her sisters reach out to us across the centuries with passion,…
