August 26 through September 5

WTF Productions presents

Daddy's daughter has a boyfriend named T-Bone and a serious cell phone addiction—not to mention total disrespect for: Daddy. Oh, poor Daddy: a Baby Boomer who has a beef with technology. Daddy would like nothing more than to cut through all the cell phone bullsh*t and have a real conversation, and maybe even form a connection with someone! Like, shocker, his daughter..

Currently, he’s settling for the next best thing: his Dominatrix.

But his daughter’s best friend is pretty hot! She’d like to be Nina in The Seagull—and she has a webcam, which daddy’s best friend gets off on, in between his bong hits.

Welcome to California in the 21st Century! Still tuning in, turning on, and dropping out. But, hey, wait! Does anyone notice those Killer Computers on the horizon? Help! Send human reinforcements soon?

Bad Daddy is a world premiere rock musical written and directed by Rick Cipes. Rick's credits range from being an actor on such television shows as "L.A. Law," "Jake and the Fatman," "Hunter," and "21 Jump Street," to writing for over 40 publications, including L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Magazine, Playboy and ESPN Magazine.

For more information, visit www.baddaddythemusical.com.

September 10 through 18

Lit Moon Theatre Presents

2010 Lit Moon World Theater Festival

The 2010 Lit Moon World Theater Festival celebrates dynamic, home-grown innovations in intercultural performance, music theatre, music, dance-theatre, solo performance, and performance and technology. 

September 24 and 25

RUCKUS

Featuring: Dichotomous—a dance/technology piece using wireless sensors, projections, and sounds interacting with movement. Pamela Z—a San Francisco-based innovator of interactive music combining experimental vocal techniques, bel canto, sampled sounds and wireless controllers that manipulate sound with gesture. Cloud Eye Control—a Los Angeles-based performance group combining interactive media with live performance.

For more information, visit www.ruckustheshow.com.
Right-click here to download the press release.

"The kind of creative tension that yields compelling results.”

—The Santa Barbara Independent, on "Dichotomous"

“Pamela Z is…a vocalist who mixes street instincts with vestiges of operatic singing and other between-style sounds, and she also is a gifted improviser and manipulator of delay loops to build up layers of sound.”

—Los Angeles Times

"A transcendently spectacular piece of theater."

—Los Angeles Times, on Cloud Eye Control's "Under Polaris"

Sunday, September 26

FLAMENCO ARTS FESTIVAL 2010 Presents
An access to the arts special event

MUSIC OF
DAVID PEÑA DORANTES

Moderated by Roger Hernández, News Director at KTAS-TV, and John Haro, FAF Board of Director.

The Flamenco Arts Festival 2010 is proud to offer this amazing opportunity to the Santa Barbara community to hear and meet David Peña Dorantes, special guest artist for Festival 2010.  He is highly regarded as one of the most creative and innovative flamenco virtuosos of our time.  Dorantes, from Sevilla, will discuss the musical history of the piano in flamenco and the different musical pieces in his show, Open Piano, to premiere on September 25 at the Lobero Theatre.  He will demonstrate on the piano and also answer your questions about his background and career.  This event follows in the tradition of the Festival’s Artist Profile and is informal, interactive and enjoyable for all ages.

Visit flamencoarts.org for information on Dorantes’s performance at the Lobero Theatre and other Festival events.

Dorantes’s latest CD, Sin Muros!, will be available for purchase.  Bring your Flamenco Arts Festival audience program for signing. 

Through the Access to the Arts Initiative, the Festival achieves its goal of increasing public knowledge of and appreciation for diversity in the arts through flamenco music and dance.

The Festival may photograph or videotape the lecture for future publicity purposes.

Saturday, October 9

Center Stage Theater presents

Salsa Night

Join us for a night of hot dance
to benefit Center Stage Theater

Our second annual Salsa Night Benefit. Leslie Sack of Leslie Sack Dance Studio will provide an hour of Salsa Dance instruction from 8 to 9, then we will kick up the Center Stage sound system and open the dance floor for the night.

Beer, Wine and margaritas will be available for sale on the patio, along with complimentary chips, salsa and other goodies for cooling off when you need a break from the sizzling salsa dancing.

All proceeds benefit Center Stage Theater general operating funds to help keep this great venue available and accessible for the community.

October 20 through 31

Out of the Box Theatre Company Presents

Hair

HAIR follows a group of hopeful, free-spirited young people who advocate a lifestyle of pacifism and free love in a society riddled with intolerance and brutality during the Vietnam War. As they explore sexual identity, challenge racism, experiment with drugs and burn draft cards, the "tribe" in HAIR creates an irresistible message of hope that continues to resonate with audiences 40 years later.

While many have found this show suitable and engaging for young adults (13 and older), parental discretion is advised. There is a dimly lit, 20-second scene with nudity that is non-sexual in nature. Sunday performances will be performed without nudity.

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

November 5 through 20

genesis west Presents

curse of the
starving CLASS

A dark satire by one of theatre's most respected and celebrated writers, Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard. Curse of the Starving Class is at once a hilarious, profound, frighteningly true, and delightfully surreal story that follows a malnourished and rather bizarre family searching for freedom, security, and their piece of the American pie. As their delusions of a better life fall apart around them, so does their farmhouse and the myth of America it embodies. Warning: Contains adult content, extreme behavior and brief nudity.

“Epic, unpredictable. And deliriously ironic” –The Village Voice

December 2 through 12

Acting Up Productions as a benefit for K9 Pals presents

It Had to Be You

This delightful Christmastime romantic comedy is about Theda Blau, a failed actress, health food nut, analyst and and would-be playwright who wants to find love and success in New York, and Vito Pignoli, a hugely successful TV commercial director. By hilariously holding him hostage in her apartment on a snowy Christmas Eve, she attempts to convince him to be her partner both on the page and off.

A very engaging , touching play of great dexterity and loving warmth that is sure to add fun to your holiday season!