Extended Runs
Westmont Theatre Arts Department
THE CLOUDS
Directed by John Blondell
through March 3, 8 pm
Porter Theatre
Westmont College
955 La Paz Road
www.westmont.edu
“Lyrical, witty”—The London Times
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy
Ensemble Theatre Company presents
THE MEMORY OF WATER
By Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Jenny Sullivan
through March 11
Tue–Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
Alhecama Theatre
914 Santa Barbara Street, 962-8606
www.ensembletheatre.com
“A hail of a lot of fun and frolic!”—New York Times
Timbers Supper Club Dinner Theatre
NUNSENSE
The Award-Winning Musical Comedy
Song, dance, comedy and audience participation!
through March 18, 6:30 pm
Sun 12:30 pm
Dinner $55–$75; Brunch $45–$65
Timbers Restaurant
10 Winchester Canyon Road, 968-2222
www.timbersfarm.com
“An amazingly balanced dramatic feast....An unrivaled contemporary play.”—Newsweek
PCPA Theaterfest presents
THE CHALK CIRCLE
An Epic Parable
by Bertolt Brecht
through March 11
Adults $16–$25.75, senior & student discounts available
Marian Theatre
Santa Maria, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org
“Bravo to Opera Santa Barbara!”—Santa Barbara Independent
Opera Santa Barbara’s Verdi Festival presents
RIGOLETTO
New York City Opera’s Michael Corvino stars in tragic tale of love and jealousy.
Pre-concert talks. English supertitles
March 2 & March 10, 7:30 pm
March 4, 2:30 pm
Tickets $37.50–$132.50
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.sbopera.com
“Opera SB production(s) give us real beauty.”—Santa Barbara News-Press
Opera Santa Barbara’s Verdi Festival presents
A MASKED BALL
Little-known gem with glorious music, performed by world-class singers
Pre-concert talks. English supertitles
March 3 & 9, 7:30 pm
March 11, 2:30 pm
Tickets $37.50–$132.50
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.sbopera.com
“Smart, funny, provocative...an admirable new American play.”—The Boston Globe
SBCC Theatre Group presents
AMBITION FACING WEST
A beautiful play, full of riches for the mind and heart
Written by Anthony Clarvoe
Directed by Rick Mokler
March 7–24
Thu–Sat, 8 pm
Sun, 2pm
$14–$21, discounts for students, seniors and groups
Garvin Theatre
SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive, 965-5935
www.sbcctg.sbcc.edu
Theatre UCSB presents
A theatre classic by Anton Chekhov
THREE SISTERS
A showcase of UCSB acting talent in a newly revised version by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Directed by Irwin Appel
March 8–11, 8 pm
March 10–11, 2 pm
Tickets $8–12
Performing Arts Theatre
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.dramadance.ucsb.edu
Magdelene Women Productions
Move over Vagina Monologues!!
BLOODLINES World Premiere
Written and directed by Lisa Citore
Sexy, provocative, funny, compassionate, intelligent
March 15, 8 pm
Preview, $10 all tickets
March 16–24, 8 pm
March 18, 2 pm
Tickets $20 & $25
Center Stage Theater
2nd Floor Arts Terrace, Paseo Nuevo
www.bloodlinestheplay.com
“Wild, witty, wet and altogether winning...in a word, refreshing.”—New York Times
Dance at the Lobero presents
CIRQUE ELOIZE IN RAIN
Stunning combination of music, dance, theater and performance
March 21, 22 & 23, 8 pm
Tickets $45
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com
“Oh, isn’t life a terrible thing, thankGod?”—from Under Milk Wood
Unitarian Society Players
UNDER MILK WOOD
a staged reading
Thomas’ portrait of a small Welsh fishing village, first through the dreams and then musings of its wonderfully eccentric inhabitants.
March 23–April 1, 7:30 pm
Donation of $10 requested
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
1535 Santa Barbara Street 965-4583
www.ussb.org
“Fascinating and entertaining...a terrific play. Real talk, real characters, real situations-a real play.”—NY Post
The Loose Affiliation of Artists presents
TAPE
Tape is a biting examination of motive, memory, truth, and perception.
March 29–April 7, 8 pm
$20 general, $10 under 30 and students
Center Stage Theater
2nd Floor Arts Terrace, Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408
www.centerstagetheater.org
Single Performances and Short Runs
Opera Preview on “First Thursday”
PAL After Hours and
Opera Santa Barbara’s Verdi Festival presents
WINE & SONG: SCENES FROM RIGOLETTO
Fully staged arias and duets, followed by a glass of wine
March 1, 5:30 pm
Tickets at the door $5
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com
UCSB Music presents
A University Artists Series Concert
YUVAL YARON, VIOLIN
March 1, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
Westmont College presents
INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER RECITAL
March 2, 8 pm
Free
Deane Chapel
Westmont College
955 La Paz Road
www.westmont.edu
Free! Go Behind-the-Scenes at the Opera
Opera Santa Barbara Verdi Festival presents
BACKSTAGE PASS!
Free guided tour of Lobero backstage reveals opera’s sets, costumes and staging
March 3, 10 am
March 10, 10 am
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com
World Renowned Accompanist
Opera Santa Barbara’s Verdi Festival presents
MASTERCLASS WITH MARTIN KATZ
Talented singers from OSB’s Young Artists Program are coached
March 6, 11 am
$15 General, $12 Subscribers, $5 Students
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
featuring Quire of Voyces; Mary Dombek, soprano; Christina Wilcox, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Mack, tenor; Jinyoung Jang, baritone
March 6, 7:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church
21 East Constance Avenue
www.sbco.org
Westmont College presents
VOCAL CHAMBER CONCERTS
March 6, 8 pm
Free
Deane Chapel
Westmont College
955 La Paz Road
www.westmont.edu
Free Noon Concert!
Opera Santa Barbara’s Verdi Festival presents
BROWN BAG BRAVISSIMO
Talented singers from OSB’s Young Artists Program in free lunchtime concert
March 7, noon
Free admission
Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com
UCSB Music presents
MURRAY PERAHIA IN A CORWIN MASTER CLASS WITH UCSB STUDENTS
Co-sponsored with UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB Distinguished Chamber Music Guest Artists Series
March 8, noon
Free admission
Open to the public for observation
Karl Geiringer Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
“A program full of delightful and fascinating pieces largely unheard by the average music lover.”—Santa Barbara Independent
UCSB Music presents
UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE
Directed by Paul Bambach
March 8, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
“The result is music of such unearthly beauty...if these aren’t the sounds of paradise, they surely come close.”—San Francisco Chronicle
UCSB Arts & Lectures
THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA
Classic music luminary with his distinguished ensemble
March 9, 8 pm
March 10, 4 pm
$65 & $45 General, $19 UCSB students
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
UCSB Music presents
UCSB CHAMBER CHOIR & UNIVERSITY SINGERS
UCSB’s choirs perform Victoria’s poignant Passion narrative and rarely heard Tenebrae Responsories during Lent
March 9, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
St. Anthony’s Seminary Chapel
www.music.ucsb.edu
Free! Go Behind-the-Scenes at the Opera
Opera Santa Barbara Verdi Festival presents
BACKSTAGE PASS!
Free guided tour of Lobero backstage reveals opera’s sets, costumes and staging
March 10, 10 am
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com
Ensemble’s Storybook Theatre presents
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson
Richly entertaining children’s play
Directed by Miller James
March 10 & 17, 12 pm
$12 Adults, $8 Children, Children under 2 are free
Santa Barbara High School
700 East Anapamu Street, 962-8606
www.ensembletheatre.com
UCSB Music presents
UCSB YOUNG ARTISTS STRING QUARTET
UCSB’s graduate scholarship quartet performs a varied program. Featured are Alan Poyer and David Lee Ruest, violins; Hillary Schoap, viola; Hilary Clark, cello
March 10, 2 pm
$12 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Karl Geiringer Hall, UCSB, 893-2064
www.music.ucsb.edu
UCSB Music presents
UCSB MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE
Scott Marcus directs An Evening of Middle Eastern Music and Dance with North America’s largest Middle Eastern orchestra. Also featured is the Ensemble’s Dance Troupe, directed by Alexandra King
March 10, 8 pm
$13 General, $8 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB, 893-2064
www.music.ucsb.edu/mee/
Unitarian Society Concert Series
HARP AND HEART: SOUNDS OF THE CELTIC HARP
Harpist Jeanne Martin plays her unique blend of Celtic, classical, and folk-rock songs played in a meditative and relaxing style
March 11, 3 pm
Donations of $15 general, $10 for students and seniors requested
Tickets available at the door
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
1535 Santa Barbara Street
www.ussb.org
UCSB Music presents
UCSB JAZZ ENSEMBLE
The UCSB Jazz Ensemble presents Modern Masters of the Big and Small Band
March 11, 7 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu/faculty/jnathan/jazz/
“A concert of sublime music”&38212;Margo Kline
Santa Barbara Music Club
MORNING CONCERT
Rachmaninoff Sonata in G minor Gina Chalmers, cello; Richard Berkman, piano
Works by Bartók, Daquin, Ibert, Rameau, Schumann, Tschaikowsky performed by Donna Massello-Chiacos, piano
Foote A Night Piece, Scherzo Steve McClain & Elaine Schott, violins; Mary Jo Hartle, flute; Sandy Homb, viola; Carol Roe, cello
March 14, 11:00 am
Free admission
Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Public Library
40 East Anapamu, Santa Barbara
www.sbmusicclub.org
UCSB Music presents
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY WITH STUDENT SOLOISTS
Richard Rintoul leads a program featuring winners of the Concerto Competition including Christine Hollinger, soprano; Stephanie Miller, piccolist; and Hillary Schoap, violist
March 14, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
The Greatest Music You’ve Never Heard
Sings Like Hell presents
RICHARD THOMPSON +
SPECIAL GUEST ELIZA GILKYSON
Killer Rock ‘n’ Folk Guitar Slinger
March 14, 8 pm
$39.50 advance, $42.50 day of show
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido, 963-0761
www.singslikehell.com
“A striking ensemble who evoke dance from every essence of their being.”—Inpress Magazine
UCSB Arts & Lectures
CHUNKY MOVE
I WANT TO DANCE BETTER AT PARTIES
An innovative dance company
Directed by Gideon Obarzanek
March 14, 8 pm
$35 General, $19 UCSB students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
UCSB Music presents
AN EVENING OF NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Scott Marcus directs the UCSB sitar classes; Rob Wallace leads the tabla classes
March 15, 7 pm
$7 General, $5 Students
Tickets at the door
Karl Geiringer Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
UCSB Music presents
UCSB ECM—ENSEMBLE FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Jeremy Haladyna directs a Mood Montage
March 15, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
“To share a theater space with him, especially in the enlightening intimacy of the relatively small Lobero Theatre, is to bask in the quintessence of what a piano recital is all about.”—Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press
CAMA presents
ALFRED BRENDEL, Piano
In Recital
March 15, 8 pm
Tickets $55, $75
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido, 963-0761
www.camasb.org or www.lobero.com
UCSB Music presents
UCSB GOSPEL CHOIR
Victor Bell directs the highly popular group which has been featured in numerous concerts, public events and university celebrations
March 16, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
$12 General, $7 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
“Showcasing the accomplishments of chamber music luminaries from both coasts in vibrant, commanding performances.”—The Los Angeles Times
CAMERATA PACIFICA PLAYS BACH AND MESSIAEN
Bach A Minor Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time (1940)
Adrian Spence, flute; Bil Jackson, clarinet; Catherine Leonard, violin; Zvi Plesser, cello; Shai Wosner, piano
March 16, 8 pm
Single tickets sold at door on space available basis, $42
Lehmann Hall, Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Road, 884-8410
www.cameratapacifica.org
The Hottest Dancers in Town!
Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
BASSH: BALLROOM, ARGENTINE TANGO, SWING, SALSA & HIP HOP
over 100 local exhibition dancers
March 16 & 17, 8 pm
$25 General, $22 SBDA members, $22 Students & seniors
$50 Patrons (includes opening nite GALA onstage to dance with the cast)
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.sbdancealliance.org
ShowStoppers
Entertainment for families by children & youth
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S PRINCESS IDA
Princess Ida is an endearing comic opera
Directed by Radu Azdril
March 17, 10:30 am & 7 pm
$7 at the door
La Colina Jr. High Auditorium
4025 Foothill Road, 682-6043
www.showstopperstheatreproductions.com
NATASHA PAREMSKI PERFORMS CHOPIN’S PIANO CONCERTO NO.1
Program includes Beethoven’s beautiful Symphony No. 7
Nir Kabaretti, Music Director
March 17, 8 pm
March 18, 3 pm
Tickets $18–$59, $10 Student rush
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 963-4408
www.thesymphony.org
Westmont College
FACULTY RECITAL
March 20, 8 pm
Free
Deane Chapel
Westmont College
955 La Paz Road
www.westmont.edu
“A concert of sublime music”—Margo Kline
SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB
MATINEE CONCERT
PROGRAM: Samuel Barber: Selected Songs (Nathan Rundlett, baritone, Val Underwood, piano), Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major (arr. Torick), (TRIO BRIO; Emil Torick, violin, Nancy Mathison, clarinet, Donna Massello-Chiacos, piano.) Ewazen: Ballade, Pastoral and Dance, (Barbara Logen, flute, Sherry Trujillo, horn, Steven Schneider, piano.
March 24, 3 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library
40 E. Anapamu Street
www.musicclub.org
The Greatest Music you’ve Never Heard
Sings Like Hell presents
GREG BROWN
+ SPECIAL GUEST BO RAMSEY
March 24, 8 pm
$39.50 advance/$42.50 day of show
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido 963-0761
www.singslikehell.com
Storytelling in Music
Santa Barbara Symphony presents
PETER & THE WOLF AND
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
The Island of the Blue Dolphins features the world premiere of a new work by Peter Madlem with digital imagery by Stephen Harrison. Kids can enjoy the Music Van just prior to the concert.
March 25, 3 pm
$5 Children, $10 Adults
Children under 5 are free
S.B. Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta Del Sol, 963-0761
www.thesymphony.org
SANTA BARBARA YOUTH SYMPHONY
SPRING CONCERT
March 25, 7 pm
Tickets available at the door
$13 Adults, $6 Students, Children under age 5 are free
Lobero Theater
33 East Canon Perdido Street
www.sbys.org
“Guitarists of [Metheny’s] timbre don’t strut their stuff everyday.”—Variety
“One of [Mehldau’s] generation’s most gifted and thoughtful pianists.”—Washington Post
UCSB Arts & Lectures
PAT METHENY + BRAD MEHLDAU
WITH LARRY GRENADIER & JEFF BALLARD
An evening of jazz at its best
March 25, 7 pm
$55 General, $20 UCSB students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
Speaking of Stories presents
SPEAKING OF BASEBALL
A selection of stories that celebrate America’s greatest pastime, including stories by Merrill Markoe, John Updike, Oona Short and W.P. Kinsella, and readings by Tony Miratti, Suzi Bodine and Tom Hinshaw
Directed by Maggie Mixsell
March 26, 7:30 pm
Tickets $13–$30
Lobero Theater
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.speakingofstories.org or www.lobero.com
SBYS Benefit Concert to Honor Jan Gilbert’s 33-year dedication as General Manager
SANTA BARBARA YOUTH SYMPHONY BENEFIT CONCERT
FEATURING GILLES APAP & MIWA GOFUKU
March 27, 8 pm
Tickets at the door
First Presbyterian Church
21 East Constance Avenue
www.sbys.org
“You could go to concerts all your life and hear a performance like this only once or twice.”—The Wall Street Journal
CAMA presents
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Jonathan Biss, Piano Soloist
Igor Stravinsky “Pulcinella” Suite
Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5
March 28, 8 pm
Tickets $35, $45, $60, $75
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 963-4408
www.camasb.org
UCSB Music presents
UCSB SCHUBERTIANS
IN A REUNION CONCERT
The renowned male chamber choir, which performed on campus and in tours for 30 years, presents a concert of works by Schubert and others under founding director Carl Zytowski
March 31, 3 pm
Free admission
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
www.music.ucsb.edu
“A concert of sublime music”—Margo Kline
SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB
MATINEE CONCERT
Titles: Bruch: Four Pieces, Op. 83 (Tom Turner, viola, Nancy Mathison, clarinet, Donna Massello-Chiacos, piano).
Unaccompanied solo works by Bach and Paganini (Andreas Birk, viola). Songs From Around the World (Takako Wakita, soprano, John Sonquist, piano).
March 31, 3 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library
40 E. Anapamu Street
www.musicclub.org
State Street Ballet
SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS
State Street Ballet brings Grimm’s fairy tale to life with beautiful costumes and sets
Snow White is danced by Jennifer Rowe
March 31, 7 pm
Apr 1, 2 pm
Tickets $24–$44, $14 for children
Children under 5 are free
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com
SANTA BARBARA MASTER CHORALE CONCERT
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Conducted by Phillip McLendon
March 31, 8 pm
Apr 1, 3 pm
$17 General, $15 Senior, $7 Student
Tickets available at Chaucer’s Books & Santa Barbara Sheet Music
First Presbyterian Church
State & Constance, 967-8287
www.sbmasterchorale.org
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