Volcano Theatre
2009 Season Line-Up
Arms and the Man [...more]
"Performances in the Cobblestone"
Fri & Sat evening: April 10 - May 16
Sunday Matinees: April 12, 19, 26 and May 3
By George Bernard Shaw, Directed by Chris Thebaut
The matter of a lost coat with an incriminating photograph in the pocket is the device used to tell this cunning satire on military heroism, romantic ideals, and the pursuit of a man by women. This enjoyable and intellectually stimulating romp is the VTC's first foray into the realm of Shavian wit!
Arsenic and Old Lace [...more]
June 12 - July 11 in the Amphitheater
By Joseph Kesselring Directed by Paula Jones
The year is 1941; the place, Brooklyn, New York. Two benevolent aunts, three loving brothers, a fiancee, plastic surgeon, priest and New York's finest invite you to the dysfunctional Brewster family reunion in the macabre little farce.
The Gin Game by D.L. Colburn [...more]
In the Cobblestone...
July 17 - August 8 (2:00 matinees on July 19 & 26)
Directed by Bob Duzdevich
This 1978 Pulitzer Prize winning play is a vibrant study on loneliness, disillusion, old age, nd death, yet fiercely funny.
By Rick Abbott, Directed by Patti Fredericks
The hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of the maddening interference from the authoress, who's trying to revise the script during the rehearsal!
By Steven Diets, Directed by Dana Hein
This Wickedly suspenseful take on Bram Stroker's classic tale of light vs. darkness brings back our favorite creature of the night. Not for the faint of heart!
Volcano Theatre Company
Cobble Stone Theatre and
Volcano Amphitheater
Main Street, Volcano, CA 95689
(866) 463-8659
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About Volcano Theatre
Our inaugural production in 1974 was Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue, the first performance of that work by any amateur group in California. From that venturesome beginning, we have given audiences more than two decades of quality theatrical entertainment. Since 1989, the Volcano Theatre Company has been nominated for sixty five "Ellys" and carried awayeleven. (The Elly is the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance's equivalent of an Oscar or Tony.)
The Cobblestone Theatre, built in 1856 as Adolf Meyer's Tobacco & Cigar Emporium, later housed Lavezzo's Wine Shop. A disastrous fire in 1900, fueled by a cellar full of high-proof spirits, destroyed all but the sturdy stone walls you see today. Restored as an art gallery in the 1960's, the building was leased by the VTC beginning in 1974 and, through the generosity of the Thebaut family, we acquired title in 1989.
Over the years, the success of our Company has enabled us not only to greatly improve the facilities of the little Cobblestone Theatre, but also to acquire the property across the street for an amphitheatre provides a larger venue for our summer productions and a delightful pre-performance picnic site.
This year you will be seated in our newly remodeled audience area made of native stone, financed in part by our generous "Brick Buyers."
