Extended Runs

through 4 march PCPA Theaterfest presents Our Town, the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. $16.50–$25.50. Marian Theatre, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria. 922-8313. www.pcpa.org

through 4 march Westmont College Repertory Theatre presents The Saint Plays: Wholly Joan (Joan of Arc), 16670 (Maximilian Mary Kolbe), Rogue (St. Vincent), The Freak (St. George) by Erik Ehn. Mitchell Thomas, director. $10–$15. Fri & Sat at 8 pm. Porter Theatre, Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road. 565-6040. www.westmont.edu

through 5 march Ensemble Theatre Company presents the West Coast Premiere of Touch the Names: Letters to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial conceived by Randal Myler and Chic Street Man. Tue–Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 2 & 7 pm. Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara Street. 962-8606. www.ensembletheatre.com

3–11 march Theatre UCSB presents By the Bog of Cats, a chilling Irish drama by Marina Carr. Judith Olauson, director. $13–$17. Thu–Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Hatlen Theatre, UCSB. 893-3535. www.dramadance.ucsb.edu

8 & 9 march previews; 10–25 march SBCC Theatre Group presents The Spitfire Grill, a musical composed by James Valcq, book by James Valcq and Fred Alley, lyrics by Fred Alley. Choreographed by Michele Spears, conducted by David Potter, directed by Rick Mokler. Garvin Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive. www.sbcc.edu

17 march–1 april Genesis West presents Far Away by Caryl Churchill, directed Maurice Lord. $20 general, $15 student. Thu, Fri, & Sat at 8 pm, Center Stage Theatre, 715 Paseo Nuevo. 963-0408. www.genesiswest.org

2–12 march Virtual Theatre presents Deathtrap by Ira Levin, a thriller in two acts. Directed by Cybele Foraker. $15 student, $18.50 general. Thu–Sun 8 pm curtain, except March 5 at 2 pm and March 12 at 7 pm. Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria Street. 800-504-8587. www.tixstar.com

9 march–2 april PCPA Theaterfest presents Rounding Third, a major league comedy. Thu–Sat at 7:30 pm; Wed, Sat & Sun matinee at 2 pm. Severson Theatre, Santa Maria. 922-8313. www.pcpa.org

Single Performances and Short Runs

3 friday Opera Santa Barbara’s Puccini Festival presents Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini. Maestro Valery Ryvkin, conductor. $75–$130. 7:30 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.operasb.com

4 saturday Opera Santa Barbara’s Puccini Festival presents Tosca. Maestro Valery Ryvkin, conductor. $75–$130. 7:30 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.operasb.com

5 sunday Opera Santa Barbara’s Puccini Festival presents Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Maestro Valery Ryvkin, conductor. $75–$130. 2:30 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.operasb.com

5 sunday Unitarian Society presents a Festival of New Organ Compositions. Mahlon Balderston, Emma Lou Diemer and David Gell present their compositions, with songs sung by sopranos Audrey Sharp and Carol Ann Manzi. Free to the public. 3 pm. 1535 Santa Barbara Street. 965-4235. www.ussb.org

5 sunday UCSB Opera Workshop presents An Evening of Art Song. Robert Schumann’s famous romantic song cycles: Frauenliebe und Leben and Liederkreis, Op. 39. 7 pm. UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

5 sunday Santa Barbara Youth Symphony presents Children’s Concert Junior String Orchestra prelude: Nutcracker, Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny. All around fun for the very young. Conducted by Laurel Fryer and Andrew Radford. Free admission. 3 pm. First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street. www.sbys.org

6 monday CAMA’s Masterseries presents Belcea Quartet, the resident string quartet of London’s Wigmore Hall, performing compositions by Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich. $25, $35. 8 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.camasb.org

6 monday UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, folk-singing Bulgarian women’s choir. $38. 8 pm. UCSB Campbell Hall, Mesa Road, UCSB Campus. 893-3535. www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

7 tuesday UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Soul-stirring, high energy dance! Directed by Judith Jamison. $50, $40. 8 pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street. 893-3535. www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

8 wednesday Santa Barbara Music Club presents Morning Concert. Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute & Piano, Brahms’ Sonata for Viola & Piano and selected art songs, past and present. Free admission, wheelchair accessible. 11 am. Faulkner Gallery, Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street. 683-0811. www.sbmusicclub.org

8 wednesday CAMA presents The London Philharmonic, with compositions by Britten, Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky. Conducted by Kurt Masur. Directed by Sergey Khachatryan, violin. $30, $45, $60, $75. 8 pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street. 963-4408. www.camasb.org

8 wednesday Lobero Youthfest ‘06 presents Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats direct from their Broadway debut! $24, $35. 7 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.lobero.com

9 thursday The Santa Barbara Theatre presents Bluegrass at the Lobero, a benefit for SBT. Peter Feldmann and The Very Lonesome Boys, with Surprise Special Guest, perform before the World Premiere of the feature film Bluegrass Country Soul. $27.50 general, $77.50 patron. 8 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.lobero.com

9 thursday UCSB Music presents UCSB Wind Ensemble Handel’s Water Music Suite & other works. 8 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

10 friday UCSB Music presents Schubertiad a performance by the UCSB Chamber Choir & University Singers. 8 pm. San Roque Church, 325 Argonne Circle. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

10 friday & 11 saturday Lobero Youthfest ‘06 presents Actors from the London Stage in The Merchant of Venice. 5 actors perform all the roles. $35, $25. 7 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. www.lobero.com

10 friday & 11 saturday ShowStoppers presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance performed by children & youth. Directed by Radu Azdril. Fri 7 pm & Sat 2 pm. La Colina Junior High Auditorium, 4025 Foothill Road. 682-6043. www.showstoppersmusicaltheatre.com

11 saturday UCSB Music presents UCSB Middle East Ensemble in An Evening of Middle Eastern Music & Dance. $8, $13. 8 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB Music Building. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

12 sunday UCSB Music presents UCSB Jazz Ensemble: I See Voices. 7 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

12 sunday The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony presents Pops Concert at the Lobero, Orchestral music in a lighter vein. Composed by Tchaikowsky, Haydn, John Williams, Gershwin and a medley of Bugs Bunny’s favourites. Special appearance of the Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir. Conducted by Andrew Radford and Ike Jenkins. $13 adult, $6 student, free for under 6. 3 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.lobero.com

12 sunday & 13 monday UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Julio Bocca’s Bocca Tango scintillating Argentinian music & dance. $18–$38. 7 pm. UCSB Campbell Hall. 893-3535. www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

15 wednesday UCSB Music presents UCSB Symphony with Lorenz Gamma, conductor soloist; Hilary Clark, cello. 8 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

16 thursday UCSB Music presents ECM—Ensemble for Contemporary Music Amarantos: Eternal Flower 8 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

16 thursday UCSB Music presents An Evening of North Indian Classical Music. 7 pm. Karl Geiringer Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

17 friday Camerata Pacifica presents Jake Heggie’s Winter Roses; Rheinberger’s Nonet in E-flat Major, Opus 139; Takemitsu’s Between Tides. $35, $42. 8 pm. Victoria Hall, 33 West Victoria Street, (800) 557-2224. www.cameratapacifica.org

17 friday UCSB Music presents UCSB Gospel Choir performing His Mercy Endures Forever. 8 pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. 893-7001. www.music.ucsb.edu

18 saturday Santa Barbara Music Club presents Matinee Concert featuring Prokofiev’s Sonata in C major, Op. 119, Kernis’ Air for cello & piano, and Reinecke’s Trio in B flat major, Op. 274. Free admission. 3 pm. Faulkner Gallery, Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street. 683-0811. www.sbmusicclub.org

18 saturday The Lobero’s Voices of Jazz Series presents Eliane Elias Quartet, jazz ballads and bossa novas with a beautiful Brazilian balladeer. $35–$45. 8 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.lobero.com

20 monday Dramatic Women presents What I Heard About Iraq: a staged reading. The true story of the war. Directed by Peter Lackner, adapted by Simon Levy. Admission free, donations accepted for Iraq Veterans Against the War. 8 pm. Center Stage Theater, Paseo Nuevo. 963-0408. www.centerstagetheater.org

24 friday Music Academy of the West presents Orchestral Percussion Seminar: Percussion Concert. Free admission. 6 pm. Abravanel Hall, 1070 Fairway Road. 969-4726. www.musicacademy.org

25 saturday CAMA presents Russian National Orchestra, “a living symbol of the best in Russian art,” performing Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 3. Conducted by Mikhail Pletnev; Alexander Mogilevsky, piano. $30, $45, $60, $75. 8 pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street. 963-4408. www.camasb.org

27 monday Speaking of Stories presents Reflections on Wedding Cake, a night of sweet circumstance. A group of great authors were given an assignment to write a story where a wedding cake appears at least once—these stories are some of the results. With readings by Christopher Lloyd and Annabeth Gish. Directed by Maggie Mixsell. $13–$30. 7:30 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.lobero.com

28 tuesday Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra presents Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Heiichiro Ohyama, Music Director; Cho-Liang Lin, soloist. $42.50 & $37.50. 8 pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. 963-0761. www.sbco.org

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