March 13 and 14

Santa barbara youth ensemble theatre Presents

Little Shop
of Horrors

A rock musical by
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

Seymour works at a flower shop, attending a plant that he has named Audrey II. This plant is no normal plant. It came from outer space and requires a diet of fresh blood. Seymour starts by giving the plant his own, but when people start mysteriously disappearing, the plant wants more than a few drops.

Don’t miss Santa Barbara’s only pre-professional children’s performing group (who recently recorded and performed with Andrea Bocelli) sing rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown music.

March 26 and 27, April 1 through 3

dramatic women Presents

Bedtime in Detroit

A new play by Ellen K. Anderson

Directed by Carol Fischer
Featuring Jeff Mills, Sage Parker, Lisa Sanderson and Paul Taylor

Bedtime in Detroit is a romantic comedy set in an old firehouse, amid the wreckage of a great American city down on its luck, but full of wild possibilities. It explores the past, present and future of an ex-motorcycle racer and the woman who made another life for herself, but refuses to let him go.

Dramatic Women is delighted to present the premiere production of Ellen K. Anderson's latest play. A native of Detroit, Ellen is an award-winning Santa Barbara playwright with a warm-hearted view of the world, and a special gift for comedy. Her recent New York productions include New Amsterdames, Shirtwaist, Liz Estrada, and Why Mud Flaps? Santa Barbara audiences will remember her unique earlier works Three Tits, Inflatable Girls, Barbed Wire under Your Armpits, Sleeping with Squirrels, and Listen for Wings.

For more info, visit www.dramaticwomen.org.

March 28 and 29

Speaking of stories Presents

Down Memory Lane

Syliva Short, Jenna Scanlon, and others will be reading stories by authors such as Isabelle Allende, Stuart McClean, and Alice Walker that examine different experiences that remain with us as memories.

For more information about Speaking of Stories visit www.speakingofstories.org.

April 7 through 11

Out of the Box Theatre Company presents

Reefer madness

It's Public Enemy Number One!

Inspired by the classic 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film, this raucous musical comedy tells the tale of Jimmy Harper, an all-American youth whose life falls into a pit of debauchery and despair after one puff of the leafy green assassin. Will his love for his school sweetheart Mary Lane be enough to save him from the wickedness of the Mary Jane? Reefer Madness is a highly stylized and satirical political commentary.

Director: Sara Rademacher. Music Director: Laura Hemenway. Choreographer: Angela Carty.

Warning: Contains campy violence, adult language, drug references, American values, and sexual content. Ages 13+.

For more information, visit http://outoftheboxtheatre.blogspot.com/

April 18 and 19

Speaking of stories Presents

Twisty Tales

"Twisty Tales" is a performance of stories with surprises and unexpected developments including an original piece by Saral Burdette.

For more information about Speaking of Stories visit www.speakingofstories.org.

April 22 through May 2

Happy destiny productions Presents

Bill W. and
Dr. Bob

Directed by Ann Dusenberry

The amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who founded Al Anon.

In 1929, New York stockbroker Bill Wilson crashes with the stock market and becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon from Ohio, has also been an alcoholic for thirty years. Through an astonishing series of events, they meet and form a relationship, each helping keep the other sober.

Performance of this work does not imply affiliation with nor approval or endorsement from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.

May 9 and 10

Speaking of stories Presents

Celebration of Stories

Speaking of Stories 2010 season will conclude in May with a "Celebration of Stories," which will include the Speaking of Stories debut of film and stage veteran David Selby, the return of Pamela and Bradford Dillman as well as a special appearance by T.C. Boyle reading from his newest book to be released in the Spring of 2010.

For more information about Speaking of Stories visit www.speakingofstories.org.

May 14 and 15

The anacapa school performing arts Presents

pirates of penzance

Pirates of Penzance is one of the best-loved Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. With swashbuckling pirates, damsels in distress, bumbling British bobbies, and the delightfully dotty “model of a modern Major General,” this zany musical  waves it’s skull and crossbones with great abandon and wacky humor.

For more information, visit www.anacapaschool.org