Extended Runs

“A spellbinding stunner of a play, appallingly funny and endlessly quotable.”—The New York Times
Genesis West presents
THE PILLOWMAN
by Martin McDonagh
through May 3
$20–$25
Center Stage Theater
2nd Floor Arts Terrace, Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408
www.centerstagetheater.org

PCPA Theaterfest
GODSPELL
through May 11
$16.25–$27.75
Marian Theatre
800 South College, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org

“A play that wants us to think as much as we feel.”—Newsday
SBCC Theatre Group presents
OMNIUM GATHERUM
Urgent, impassioned and often hilarious
through May 17
Wed–Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
May 10 & 17, 2 pm
$14–$21
Discounts for students, seniors and groups
Jurkowitz Theatre
SBCC West Campus, 800 block of Cliff Drive, 965-5935
sbcctg.sbcc.edu

Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
RED HERRING
By Michael Hollinger
Suspense and romance abound in this noir-style comedy
Apr 5 through May 18
7 pm dinner Fri & Sat
1 pm lunch Sun matinee
Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
1800 Refugio Road, Goleta, 967-1962
www.circlebarbtheatre.com

IV LIVE
IMPROVABILITY
UCSB’s premiere comedy troupe
Fridays, 8 pm
May 2 Sells Out
May 16 Faculty appreciation show
May 23 Back to the Future
May 30-31 Improvathon 24hr show!
Embarcadero Hall, Isla Vista
www.ivlive.net

“Lit Moon...is inspiring in its sense of reawakened possibilities.”—News-Press
Lit Moon Theatre Company presents
THE WEDDING
A Matrimonial Musical Fantasy
May 16, 17 & 23, 24, 8 pm
May 24, 4 pm
$20 General, $14 Students
Center Stage Theater
2nd Floor Arts Terrace, Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408
www.litmoon.com or www.centerstagetheater.org

UCSB Department of Theater & Dance
A World Premiere Drama
PLUMFIELD, IRAQ
by Barbara Lebow
Directed by Risa Brainin
May 16–24, 8 pm
May 18, 2 pm
$17 General, $13 Students
UCSB Hatlen Theatre
UC Santa Barbara, 893-7221
www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

UCSB Department of Theater & Dance
UCSB NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL
Directed by Carlos Morton
May 23–31, 8 pm
May 25 & 31, 2 pm
$17 General, $13 Students
UCSB Performing Arts Theatre
UC Santa Barbara, 893-7221
www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

“Zany comedy; laugh out loud funny”
Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
WHO’S IN BED WITH THE BUTLER
by Michael Parker
A mad-cap American farce set in our own Santa Ynez Valley!
May 31–Jul 13
Friday & Saturday night dinner, 7 pm
Sunday matinee lunch, 1 pm
$32–$40
Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
1800 Refugio Road, 967-1962
www.circlebarbtheatre.com

Single Performances and Short Runs

“They’re the best. There’s no one like them, no one in their league.”—Larry King
Lobero Live presents
CAPITOL STEPS
Perennially Funny Political Satire
May 1, 8 pm
$35, $25
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

“Their hypnotic pace drives distractions from your mind, frees it to flood with images, etched by these human archetypes.”—Dance Magazine
West Coast debut!
UCSB Arts & Lectures
EIKO & KOMA
MOURNING
With special guest pianist Margaret Leng Tan
May 1, 8 pm
$35 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“They attack the audience and stage like gangbusters.”—Clive Barnes, New York Post
Lobero Live presents
PARSONS DANCE
Sexy, Athletic, and Exuberant
May 2, 8 pm
$45, $35
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

CAMA’s Inaugural Concert at the Granada Theatre
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Conductor
LEIF OVE ANDSNES Piano
Performing Brahms and Wagner
Esa-Pekka’s Farewell Concert in Santa Barbara
May 3, 7 pm
$50, $75, $100, $125, $250
Granada Theatre
1214 State Street, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org or www.camasb.org

UCSB Music
SCHUBERTIAD
May 4, 2 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Karl Geiringer Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

“An agreeable elegance pervades pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran’s playing.”—The Gramophone
Unitarian Society Concert Series
AN AFTERNOON OF CHOPIN
PIANIST, ZEYNEP UCBASARAN
May 4, 3 pm
Donations of $15 general, $10 for seniors and students requested
Tickets available at the door
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
1535 Santa Barbara Street
ussb.org

Santa Barbara Choral Society’s
Salute to the 60s
WOODSTOCK: WEST
May 4, 4–7 pm
Eling Park’s Godric Grove, 965-6577
www.sbchoral.org

UCSB Music
LIEDERABEND
May 4, 7 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

“For serious music lovers, it’s the best deal in town.”—Noozhawk.com
Santa Barbara Music Club
MORNING CONCERT
Haydn, Rodrigo and World Premiere of Emma Lou Diemer’s Suite for Violin & Piano
May 7, 11 am
Free Admission
Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, 683-0811
sbmusicclub.org

“Downs’ voice...can be kittenishly breathy, hauntingly deep...smooth as a whispering cloud, or painfully stretched in a minor-laden tone typical of Mexico’s south.”—Associated Press
Back by popular demand!
UCSB Arts & Lectures
LILA DOWNS
May 7, 8 pm
$42 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

UCSB Music
Co-presented with the UCSB Distinguished Chamber Music Guest Artist Series and UCSB Arts & Lectures
WARREN JONES IN A PIANO MASTER CLASS
May 8, 10 am
Free Admission
Karl Geiringer Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

UCSB Arts & Lectures
SALVATORE LICITRA
May 8, 8 pm
CANCELLED
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“Superb! This is superior, unmissable work.”—Variety American Premiere!
SBT: The Santa Barbara Theatre presents the Fountain Theatre production
VICTORY
by Athol Fugard
May 8–10, 8 pm; May 11, 2 pm
$30.50–$50.50
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

UCSB Music
UCSB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Michael Pievac directs “Kyai Slamet” in a performance of Wayang Kulit (Shadow Play) featuring Shadow Artist (Dalang) Bambang Irawan with guest director Djoko Walujo
May 9, 8 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Corwin Pavilion
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

“Diavolo proves fiendishly ingenious...defies gravity and categorization.”—News Day, New York City
The Granada presents
DIAVOLO
Dynamic movement, enlightening communities through trust, teamwork, and individual expression.
May 10, 8 pm
The Granada
1214 State Street, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org or www.diavolo.org

Salute to the Arlington
SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY
Rousing program led by maestro Nir Kaberetti:
Ravel’s “Bolero,” Beethoven Violin Concerto, More
May 10, 8 pm
May 11, 3 pm
Arlington Theatre, 963-4408
www.thesymphony.org

SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Welcomes Back Former Concertmaster Michelle Kim
Conducted by Heiichiro Ohyama
May 13, 7:30 pm
$43, $38
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.sbco.org

UCSB Music
Corwin Chair Concert Series
MARK BROSCHINKSY, TROMBONIST
May 15, 7 pm
Free Admission
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

 “As politically of-the-moment as, say, Al Franken and Bill Maher.”—New York Times
Lobero Live presents
HAL HOLBROOK in
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!
Tony Award-winning One-Man Show
May 16, 8 pm
$60, $50
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

“For serious music lovers, it’s the best deal in town.”—Noozhawk.com
Santa Barbara Music Club
MATINÉE CONCERT
Chamber Music of Beethoven, James Connolly & Prokoffief
May 17, 3 pm
Free Admission
Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, 683-0811
sbmusicclub.org

“Simply put, Cook’s command over her material is staggering”—The Boston Herald
“Marilyn Horne...may be the most influential singer in American history.”—Opera News
Music Academy of the West and UCSB Arts & Lectures
West Coast debut!
MARILYN HORNE & BARBARA COOK
Just Between Friends—Selections from the American Songbook
May 17, 4 pm
$48–$68 General, $22 UCSB Students
The Granada
1222 State Street, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

The greatest music you’ve NEVER heard.
Sings Like Hell presents
KATHLEEN EDWARDS + THE LAST TOWN CHORUS
Caressing melodies barbed with stinging solos
May 17, 8 pm
$42.50
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.singslikehell.com

“These folks have so much fun and work so hard making wonderful music.”—Heinz Trilk
Accordion International Music Society
ACCORDIONAIRES ACCORDION BAND
L.A.’s renowned accordion band
May 18, 1 pm
Free admission
Main Theater, Valle Verde Center
900 Calle de los Amigos, 682-5143
santabarbaraaccordions.com

Santa Barbara Youth Symphony and
SB City Parks and Recreation Department
CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Music from “Wizard of Oz”, the Beatles, Brittens “Soiree Musicales” & more
May 18, 2 pm
Free for everyone
Carrillo Recreation Center
100 East Carrillo Street, 987-0781
www.sbys.org

The Granada Music & Arts Conservatory
22ND ANNUAL YOUNG SOLOISTS SHOWCASE
Conducted by William Prinzing Briggs
May 18, 3 pm
$25 General, $10 Students
The Granada
1214 State Street, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org

Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
MARK MORRIS DANCE CO MASTER CLASS
Ballet with the greats! Take class or observe
May 19, 7:30 pm
$18 Dancers, $8 Observers
Gustafson Dance Studio
322 State Street, 966-6950
www.sbdancealliance.org

“[Morris] is intensely musical, deceptively cerebral, insinuatingly sensual, fabulously funky.”—Los Angeles Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
May 20, 8 pm
$38–$48 General, $22 UCSB Students
The Granada
1222 State Street, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

UCSB Music
UCSB PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Jon Nathan directs outstanding UCSB students in an evening of percussion
May 21, 7 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Karl Geiringer Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

“A major cult figure among progressive bluegrass aficionados.”—All Music Guide
Lobero Live presents
PETER ROWAN &
THE NEW FREE MEXICAN AIR FORCE
Singer-songwriter (and Old and In the Way member) who wrote “Panama Red”
May 22, 8 pm
$35, $25
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Cielo Foundation for the Performing Arts
Mother’s Day Concert Starring Violinist Alex Eisenberg
27th Annual BACH BY CANDLELIGHT CONCERT
May 25, 5:30 & 8 pm
$25 General, $20 Students & Seniors, $10 Children
Presidio Chapel
123 East Canon Perdido Street, 965-0093

Santa Barbara Youth Symphony
POPS CONCERT
Music from “Wicked,” “Wizard of Oz,” the Beatles, Richard Rodgers “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” and more
May 25, 7 pm
$15 Adults, $10 Seniors and students, Free for under 6
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido, 963-0761
www.sbys.org

UCSB Music
UCSB WIND ENSEMBLE
Paul Bambach, known for his “distinguished flair for music
making,” conducts the UCSB Wind Ensemble
May 29, 8 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

UCSB Music
UCSB CHAMBER CHOIR & UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Under the direction of Michel Marc Gervais and assistant conductor Erik Bell, the choral area celebrates spring and closes the academic year with a classical program of duets and solo songs
May 30, 8 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Donation at the door
San Roque Catholic Church
325 Argonne Circle
www.music.ucsb.edu

“For serious music lovers, it’s the best deal in town.”—Noozhawk.com
Santa Barbara Music Club
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS CONCERT
Stunning performances by talented young SB Music Club Scholarship Winners
May 31, 3 pm
Free admission
Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, 683-0811
sbmusicclub.org

UCSB Music
UCSB MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE
Scott Marcus directs an “An Evening of Middle Eastern Music & Dance” with North America’s largest Middle Eastern Orchestra. Also featured is the Ensemble’s Dance Troupe, directed by Alexandra King
May 31, 8 pm
$17 General, $9 Students
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-2064
www.music.ucsb.edu/mee

SB Choral Society & State Street Ballet
CARMINA BURANA
May 31, 8 pm
June 1, 2 pm
$50, $30, $20
The Granada
1216 State Street, 899-2222
www.granadasb.org