All Mainstage shows are at the Art Court Theatre. Click here for directions.

The Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain and the doors open one-half hour before curtain. We seat approximately 125 (depending on the show) and seating is on a first come first serve basis, so reserve your tickets and arrive early to get the "good" seats.

For more information about theatre throughout the Sacramento Region, click here.

The 29 And 1/2 Hour Playwriting Festival
Click here for more information

Take a group of playwrights, give them an image or phrase, assign them three actors and a director, and send them off to write a play in ten hours. Bring them all back together the next day to rehearse the play in preparation for a performance that night. What do you get? An amazing and often wild evening of theatre.

Performance Date: Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 8:00pm

Return to Top

The Time of Your Life
By William Saroyan
Directed by Luther Hanson

Click here for more information

“No foundation all the way down the line!”

The year is 1937.  America is still in the throes of the Great Depression.  Nick’s Bar on the San Francisco wharf is a way-station welcoming lost souls of all kinds - as they search for meaning, a home, their futures, their pasts, love and redemption. Through the eyes of Joe, an everyman, Saroyan shows us the depth, the breadth, and the resilience of the American spirit.  Don’t miss this brilliant classic of the American theatre by the author of The Human Comedy.

Return to Top

Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Adrienne Sher

Click here for more information

“Choose an ordinary day…..”

Against the backdrop of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, circa 1906, Wilder unfolds the heartwarming story of George Gibbs and Emily Webb and their families.  One of the most famous plays in the American theatrical canon, Our Town shows us life in a microcosm : love, marriage, death, all the aspects of the human condition.  It is a theatrical experience not to be missed….a perfect play for the holidays as it reminds us of what is truly important.

Return to Top

Local Playwrights Festival

Click here for more information

This season’s studio show will be a collection of original one act plays with a unifying theme :  A Park in Sacramento.  Don’t miss what is certain to be two exciting evenings of new work!

Return to Top

A Few Good Men By Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin

Click here for more information

“You can’t handle the truth!”

A military drama of the highest order, with the fast moving and razor sharp dialogue of Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”).  The play deals with an alleged hazing case that resulted in a death among the Marines serving in Guantanamo Bay.  The play questions moral philosophies and examines duty, honor, patriotism, and justice – intangibles that Sorkin makes intrinsically human.

Return to Top

Working
Based on the writings of Studs Terkel
Directed by Christine Nicholson

Click here for more information

“Millwork ain’t easy, Millwork is hard…”

An astounding musical that paints an indelible portrait of America’s workforce – the millworkers, truck drivers, firemen, meter readers, teachers, waitresses, executives, housewives – the people who keep America moving and make it so uniquely “American”.  Featuring music by James Taylor, Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, and others and based on interviews by the great Studs Terkel, this is a musical certain to touch a chord in every theatre-goer’s heart.

Return to Top