Celebration Arts

Saw the production of Fences here recently. I've seen Fences at a lot of theatres :). The cast here did a great job Every role was good. Small theatre . Welcoming and fun support. Get a season ticket!!

Seen a play here recently and loved it. As an inspiring actor it was great to see talented actors deliver such great performances. I left with a sense of curiosity, enjoyment, and motivation. #Bravo

I've been enjoying plays at Celebration Arts since 2005. I love the new, bigger theater, with private parking, but appreciated the intimate feel of the original theater. The staff is very friendly, helpful and personable. Shows tend to start on time which is nice, and no eating and drinking allowed in the theater, which helps eliminate external noise. Unlike many businesses, I noticed that Celebration Arts does an amazing job retaining staff (paid or volunteer). It's nice to come back for a new season and see familiar, friendly faces (good job Celebration Arts!). I hope A Raisin in the Sun comes back, and also wish patrons could submit suggestions on plays we'd like to see in Sacramento. Celebration Arts is my favorite playhouse, I try make every production each season. Sacramento, please support your local theater. It's a sweet gem we are blessed to have in the community.

Great Modern dance company and community theatre.The amazing James Wheatley teaches Modern dance which fuses Katherine Dunham style w/West African. James' classes are very physically strenuous. The training is excellent. I can attest that James can hold his leg out in second for a very very long time, lol. Drink a lot of water the day before his 10am Saturday classes. You will be sore.There is no modern dance training on par w/James' in this area. Company is by invitation only by James.Also a community theatre. Celebration Arts offers great theatre while also offering volunteer actors the opportunity to train with experts in theatre. Celebration Arts is a non profit which also offers fun programs for children.

This is a nice little theatre with friendly staff. Good production of A Raisin in The Sun, the actors were excellent! I also liked that we got to meet the actors at the end.

Excellent community theater sponsoring a thoughtful selection of powerful plays. Relevant and socially insightful themes performed by wonderful artists while directed to hold the complications of the subject matter within the simplicity of the theater. Bravo!

SEARCH FOR THE REMARKABLE ...With so much run-of-the-mill stuff currently available for theater-goers in the Sacramento area, where does one begin? Let's narrow the field by putting aside safe/trivial offerings like 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' at Music Circus (despite its recent sycophantic review on Capital Public Radio) and sort-of-original-but-not-quite-scintillating attempts at 'serious' theatre (e.g. 'Boy' at Big Idea Theatre): and focus on the remarkable.'Blue Door' by Tanya Barfield, presented by Celebration Arts 2727 B Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, is a remarkable show: a real stand-out, benefiting from a competent script, realized through firm direction and fine acting.Tarig Elsiddig plays his three roles with great subtlety: quite different characters, but all of the same family, representing previous generations. Most of the story-telling of the play is delivered through these characters, and Elsiddig proves he's a fine storyteller, expressing pathos and pain, delivering lines with conviction and panache. The macabre humor with which his description of a visitation of 'ghosts' (the Klan, evidently) is rolled out, brings an uncanny chill to the theater: the fear was - still is - palpable.Tory Scroggins, as Lewis, the play's nerve-center (in all senses) is establishing a reputation as one of the area's most accomplished actors. The play is a manifestation of Lewis's internal and external conflicts, and Scroggins unpeels these conflicts for his audience (i.e. us and his spectral antecedents) with, at first, an uneasy humor, developing through a series of revelations into a tragic expression of his flawed humanity, and by extension, ours. Lewis is not exactly, but is close to, a tragic hero, and Scroggins demonstrates in this performance that he's ready to play one: which is fortunate, because we're told that he will be playing Othello locally, later this year. You probably shouldn't miss that.What a delight to see two actors at the top of their game, creating great drama together.'Blue Door' runs through July 28th. Information at www.celebration arts.netBy Iago - "I am nothing if not critical.'

I've enjoyed Celebration Arts over the years but either I'm getting older or the performances are getting longer. They are much toooo long. Additionally, the last 2 had mediocre kid performances which seemed to be added. I fully support kids and the arts but they really belong in school performances, not community theater unless they are exceptionally talented.