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 2007-2008

Julie McLeod, President
Executive Director, Santa Barbara Dance Alliance

Steven Sharpe, Vice-President
General Manager, Opera Santa Barbara

Julia McHugh, Secretary
Owner, Julia McHugh Public Relations

Richard Lane, Treasurer
President/CEO, Custom Media Group, Inc.

Members at Large

David Brainard
Executive Director, Victoria Hall Theater

J.O. Davis
UCSB, Instructional Development

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

Miller James
Director, Ensemble Storybook Theatre

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

Staff

Tracey Morris, Administrator

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