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About Capital Stage
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Capital Stage is a professional nonprofit theatre company in Sacramento dedicated to creating transformative, thought-provoking theater experiences that challenge, inspire, and connect. Founded in 2005, Capital Stage presents seven full-length live theatre productions each year, as well as various concerts and special events in its Midtown Sacramento home at 2215 J Street. Capital Stage also offers apprenticeships and internships to individuals seeking professional experience in theatre, performing arts classes to the public, and educational theatrical opportunities in association with CLARA, The Crocker Art Museum and McGeorge School of Law. Named by The Sacramento Bee as “One of the most respected arts organizations in the region”, Capital Stage is a leader of cutting-edge quality theatre in Northern California.
Mission
Capital Stage is dedicated to creating transformative, thought-provoking theater experiences that challenge, inspire, and connect.
Vision
Capital Stage aspires to be an award winning regional theatre of national renown, a leading voice in the development of new plays in America, and a regional center for theatre education and community enrichment.
History
Capital Stage was founded as the Delta King Theatre in 1999. At that time, the company was a division of the Riverboat Delta King, performing in the riverboat’s intimate, 115-seat theatre. In 2004, we became a professional, Equity company and in 2005, Capital Stage Company, became an independent, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization, increasing our capacity to stage innovative and thought-provoking productions, and to become a leader in the evolution of the performing arts in our region. In 2011, Capital Stage set to work on renovating the Old Armory in Sacramento’s vibrant midtown district and made a bold move to our current home on J Street.
In 2006, after only one year of producing as the newly formed Capital Stage, the critics of the Sacramento News & Review voted us the “Best Professional Theatre” in the greater Sacramento region. Since then, Capital Stage continues to receive praise for “…bringing an edgier, urban sophistication to professional theatre….” (Sacramento Bee). In 2008, the Arts & Business Council recognized Capital Stage with the “Arts Management Excellence” award. That same year, our Founding Artistic Director, Stephanie Gularte, was selected as one Sacramento Magazine’s “40 Under 40” people to watch for “giving a shot in the arm to local theatre.” In 2010, the Sacramento News & Review named Capital Stage “the best of the best” for “an unbroken history of picking great plays for great directors, casting them well and letting the show go on from there.”
With Capital Stage’s rapid growth, it was only a matter of time before our small professional company with its quality productions of contemporary plays, would outgrow our home aboard the Riverboat Delta King. We moved to our current home on J Street in 2011, to the historical Old Armory repurposed as a custom-designed 125-seat theatre space. This move not only gave Capital Stage a home of our own, it put us in the heart of the vibrant and thriving midtown Sacramento district where we have provided the community with our company’s trademark intimacy and intensity, while expanding our artistic possibilities.
In 2014 Founding Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte stepped down as the leader of our bold company, and Co-Founder Jonathan Williams was given the title of Producing Artistic Director. Under Jonathan’s helm, Capital Stage made another bold move to CLARA, or the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts as a founding tenant. There Capital Stage’s administrative offices and dedicated rehearsal studios are surrounded by a thriving arts community.
In 2015 Jonathan announced he would stepped down as Producing Artistic Director and after another thorough process of finding the next leader for Capital Stage, Jonathan and the Board of Directors hired Michael Stevenson. In his time with Capital Stage, Michael has increased the subscriber base by 10% year-over-year, expanded our educational programs, increased our performance numbers and Equity contract standing, contributed to an increase in donor giving, and has raised our already high production quality standards.
At Capital Stage we do more than entertain. We bring cutting-edge and thought-provoking plays to our community; we cast the finest actors; and constantly pursue an artistic vision that explores the very core of what it means to be human.
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