B Street Theatre

Theatre for Children Inc. (B Street Theatre) is proud to bring Theatre and arts education to students and families throughout the northern California region. Our family series invites students, teachers, and parents to attend our 365 seat, state-of-the-art venue in the heart of midtown sacramento to experience the joy of live professional Theatre. The stage becomes their classroom as the students witness classic tales and important historical figures brought to life on stage. Throughout a school year, this program serves over 50,000 kids and families. In addition to our on-campus programming, B Street Theatre also brings Theatre arts directly to the schools in our community. Our in-school workshop programs teach students about play development, acting, playwriting, and improvisation. These workshops encourage creativity, communication, and collaboration. Our workshop programs serve over 2,000 students in districts throughout our northern California region.

The B Street Theatre's state-of-the-art venue, the sofia, is home to many forms of the performing arts including music, dance,comedy, and acclaimed speakers. Our music series hosts local, national, and international artists. Previous acts have included renowned artists such as john waite, the late ed asner, tuck and patti, jackie greene, tycho and more! In addition to presented acts, the sofia serves as a home for other artistic partners such as the sacramento ballet, sacramento contemporary dance Theatre, the sacramento gay men's chorus, teatro nagual, the sacramento asian pacific film festival, calidanza, the sacramento women's chorus and many more. The sofia's presented events and artistic partnerships are integral in bringing new, diverse audiences to the venue to experience live performing arts. These events welcome over 30,000 patrons a year to the sofia.

B Street Theatre produces seven professional theatrical productions on our mainstage each calendar year. These productions feature professional actors who are members of actors' equity association and are staffed with professional designers, directors, and stage managers. The mainstage primarily presents contemporary plays and new works for adult audiences. Since 1991, B Street Theatre's mainstage has been an incubator for new works, having produced over 150 world premieres as well as countless west coast and regional premieres. B Street Theatre is a core member of the national new play network, a national field-service organization committed to the production and continued life of new plays. As a core member, B Street is recognized as one of the leading producers of new work in the country. for our budget size and location, the B Street has a record number of subscribers - over 6,000 - who attend each of the seven productions. In a calendar year, over 50,000 patrons attend B Street Theatre's mainstage programming.