Objectives

• Enable cooperative efforts among Santa Barbara’s performing arts organizations
• Create awareness of the exceptional quality and variety of performances presented in Santa Barbara
• Foster appreciation for the value of the performing arts
• Expand audiences for theater, dance and music of all kinds
• Advocate for conditions that encourage arts presenting
• Intrigue young audiences and capture them for lifelong arts involvement
• Promote Santa Barbara’s rich cultural assets to tourists and prospective visitors
• Illuminate the positive role played by the performing arts in local economy
• Empower and support developing arts organizations
• Increase accessibility and encourage attendance by people with disabilities

Our Projects

The weekly Performing Arts Guide—see our online version in the Events section of this website.

Arts & Business Alliance

Business supporters of the Santa Barbara Performing Arts League and its members. For information on benefits and how your business can participate, email Administrator, Tracey Morris at info@sbtage.org

PAL After Hours

Produced in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organizations FIRST THURSDAYS program. Members of the League offer special productions for our Arts & Business Alliance members and for the general public. For a current list of all FIRST THURSDAYS activities, please see www.santabarbaradowntown.com/go

Board of Directors for 2008-2009

Maggie Mixsell, President
Artistic Director/Director of Education, Speaking of Stories

Devin Scott, Vice-President
Co-Artistic Director, Mentor Theatre Company

Sean Coughlin, Secretary
Associate General Manager, Ensemble Theatre Company

Richard Lane, Treasurer
President/CEO, Custom Media Group/Seasons Magazine

Members at Large

Stephanie Angelini
Director of Education, Granada

David Brainard
Executive Director, Victoria Hall Theater

Shannon Turner Brooks
Director of Communications, Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau and Film Commission (SBCVB&FC)

J.O. Davis
UCSB, Instructional Development

Meghan Henry
Senior Writer & Publicist, UCSB Arts & Lectures

Miwa Gofuku
Director of Operations and Artistic Planning, Santa Barbara Symphony

Julie McLeod
Executive Director, Santa Barbara Dance Alliance

Maurice Lord
Artistic Director & Cofounder, Genesis West

Staff

Amy Trejo, Administrative Director

How to Contact Us

Santa Barbara Performing Arts League
Post Office Box 20284
Santa Barbara, California 93120-0284
Phone: 805-563-8068
E-mail: info@sbstage.org