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Community Center Theater

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Situated in the heart of downtown at 13 & L Streets, directly across from Capitol Park and within walking distant to first-rate hotels and restaurants, the 2,422-seat Sacramento Community Center Theater is a popular venue for audiences and presenters alike. The Theater hosts a variety of top caliber events--from performances by Sacramento performing arts groups to national tours of singers, comedians, and Broadway musicals.

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  • Contact Info

    Community Center Theater

    1301 L Street
    Sacramento, CA 95814

    Phone: (916) 808-5291   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Map

    Full map and directions

  • Parking Info

    Parking for the Sacramento Convention Center Complex including the Community Center Theater is available at the city-run Memorial Garage at 14th and H Streets and privately owned lots within walking distance of the facilities. Parking rates vary by location and event. Also, on-street parking meters surround the Convention Center. Parking for visitors with disabilities can be found in the parking lots and at meters.

  • Accessibility Services

    There is no accessibility service information available at this time.

  • Technical Specs

    2,422 seats

  • • Current Events

      There are no current events at this time.

  • • Upcoming Events

      02/09/12- 02/12/12	Cinderella Community Center Theater Cinderella Presented by Sacramento Ballet at Community Center Theater February 9-February 12, 2012 One of the world’s most beloved fairytales, Cinderella is the ideal ballet for Valentine’s Day Weekend, and Ron Cunningham’s telling of the “rags to riches” love story is a treat from start to finish with pageantry and humor, magnificent dancing, and glorious music, with characters we have known for decades seen through the magic of dance. Cunningham’s Cinderella has been seen in major cities throughout the world. It was the first American...
      02/18/12	Sacramento Loves Beethoven Community Center Theater Sacramento Loves Beethoven Presented by Sacramento Philharmonic at Community Center Theater February 18, 2012 Beethoven! Sacramento loves you! Each season the orchestra packs the concert hall in celebration of all things Beethoven. Come hear the music that Sac Phil loves and cherishes in this annual concert tradition. Join this season for a new tradition—the celebration of young, fresh, homegrown talent! The season’s first place JAMMIES Classical Concerto Competition winner, Eunghee Cho, will perform the Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, by Beethoven’s teacher, Franz...
      02/24/12- 02/26/12	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Community Center Theater Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Presented by Sacramento Opera Association at Community Center Theater February 24-February 26, 2012 A concise, taut, and psychologically disturbing drama about a corrupted clown who belittles the misfortune of others, keeps his beloved daughter Gilda under lock and key, and takes out a contract on his employer who has designs on Gilda. The show concludes with a twist that is as shocking as it is horrifying. Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s greatest works and is filled with an unforgettable array of remarkable tunes. This opera is a great introduction to the art form, and a popular...
      03/01/12	Peter Greenberg Community Center Theater Peter Greenberg Presented by Sacramento Speakers Series at Community Center Theater March 1, 2012 Peter Greenberg, travel expert and award winning journalist and producer, is the 5th fascinating speaker of the 2011-2012 season of the Sacramento Speakers Series. The Sacramento Speakers Series provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and perspectives as well as the enrichment of the Sacramento community. Each season's speakers represent a wide variety of subjects ranging from...
      03/03/12	C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Community Center Theater C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Presented by Sacramento Convention Center Complex at Community Center Theater March 3, 2012 C.S. Lewis' brilliant novel The Screwtape Letters, reveals spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. This funny, provocative, and witty theatrical adaptation stars Max McLean as Screwtape. Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission. Performance includes special after-show talkback with Max McLean. The performance is appropriate for ages 13 and up; children under 4 will not be admitted into the theatre.
      03/04/12	An Evening with Garrison Keillor Community Center Theater An Evening with Garrison Keillor Presented by Fahn & Co. at Community Center Theater March 4, 2012 Fahn & Company proudly presents An Evening with Garrison Keillor. This beloved author, storyteller, and humorist has written for the New Yorker, penned a screenplay, written countless columns and has more than a dozen books to his credit. But Keillor may be best known for his enormously popular and award winning radio show, now in its 37th season, A Prairie Home Companion.
      03/13/12- 03/18/12	Mamma Mia! Community Center Theater Mamma Mia! Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater March 13-March 18, 2012 Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Super Trouper,” “Take A Chance on Me,” and “The Winner Takes It All,” with an enchanting tale of love, laughter, and friendship. Whether it’s your...
      03/28/12	Jackie Evancho Community Center Theater Jackie Evancho Presented by Sacramento Convention Center Complex at Community Center Theater March 28, 2012 When Jackie Evancho submitted a video to YouTube to compete for a slot on America’s Got Talent she could never have predicted that a little push of the “send” button would eventually send her to the top of the entertainment industry. Remarkably, Jackie was 10 years old at the time, but her long-held desire to perform--sparked after seeing the film version of The Phantom of the Opera--convinced her parents to let her take a chance at stardom. And Jackie...
      03/31/12	Tchaikovsky's Inspiration Community Center Theater Tchaikovsky's Inspiration Presented by Sacramento Philharmonic at Community Center Theater March 31, 2012 For the season finale, Michael Morgan has invited conductor/composer Loris Tjeknavorian to join the orchestra as guest conductor for an exciting concert of music by masters of composition. Every season, the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra brings music of different cultures to the stage. True to this mission, Maestros Morgan and Tjeknavorian pay homage to Russia, Armenia, Greece, and Persia through a unique lineup of inspiring music including Tchaikovsky’s...
      04/03/12	Lisa Ling Community Center Theater Lisa Ling Presented by Sacramento Speakers Series at Community Center Theater April 3, 2012 Lisa Ling, American journalist and Sacramento native, rounds out our 2011-2012 season, as the 6th and final speaker of the Sacramento Speaker Series. The Sacramento Speakers Series provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and perspectives as well as the enrichment of the Sacramento community. Each season's speakers represent a wide variety of subjects ranging from world affairs,...
      04/14/12	English Grandeur Community Center Theater English Grandeur Presented by Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra at Community Center Theater April 14, 2012 The Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra, with Conductor Donald Kendrick, presents English Grandeur, a tribute to English Romantic tradition, with compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Thanksgiving and Five Mystical Songs) and William Walton (Belshazzar's Feast). Special guests: Sacramento Children's Chorus with Director Lynn Stevens.
      04/17/12- 04/22/12	Million Dollar Quartet Community Center Theater Million Dollar Quartet Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater April 17-April 22, 2012 Million Dollar Quartet is the smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ’n’ Roll” at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all...
      05/23/12- 06/17/12	Wicked Community Center Theater Wicked Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater May 23-June 17, 2012 Wicked is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life, Once And Again, and thirtysomething) based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The...

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    There are no current events at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/09/12- 02/12/12	Cinderella Community Center Theater Cinderella Presented by Sacramento Ballet at Community Center Theater February 9-February 12, 2012 One of the world’s most beloved fairytales, Cinderella is the ideal ballet for Valentine’s Day Weekend, and Ron Cunningham’s telling of the “rags to riches” love story is a treat from start to finish with pageantry and humor, magnificent dancing, and glorious music, with characters we have known for decades seen through the magic of dance. Cunningham’s Cinderella has been seen in major cities throughout the world. It was the first American...
    02/18/12	Sacramento Loves Beethoven Community Center Theater Sacramento Loves Beethoven Presented by Sacramento Philharmonic at Community Center Theater February 18, 2012 Beethoven! Sacramento loves you! Each season the orchestra packs the concert hall in celebration of all things Beethoven. Come hear the music that Sac Phil loves and cherishes in this annual concert tradition. Join this season for a new tradition—the celebration of young, fresh, homegrown talent! The season’s first place JAMMIES Classical Concerto Competition winner, Eunghee Cho, will perform the Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, by Beethoven’s teacher, Franz...
    02/24/12- 02/26/12	Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Community Center Theater Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Presented by Sacramento Opera Association at Community Center Theater February 24-February 26, 2012 A concise, taut, and psychologically disturbing drama about a corrupted clown who belittles the misfortune of others, keeps his beloved daughter Gilda under lock and key, and takes out a contract on his employer who has designs on Gilda. The show concludes with a twist that is as shocking as it is horrifying. Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s greatest works and is filled with an unforgettable array of remarkable tunes. This opera is a great introduction to the art form, and a popular...
    03/01/12	Peter Greenberg Community Center Theater Peter Greenberg Presented by Sacramento Speakers Series at Community Center Theater March 1, 2012 Peter Greenberg, travel expert and award winning journalist and producer, is the 5th fascinating speaker of the 2011-2012 season of the Sacramento Speakers Series. The Sacramento Speakers Series provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and perspectives as well as the enrichment of the Sacramento community. Each season's speakers represent a wide variety of subjects ranging from...
    03/03/12	C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Community Center Theater C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Presented by Sacramento Convention Center Complex at Community Center Theater March 3, 2012 C.S. Lewis' brilliant novel The Screwtape Letters, reveals spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. This funny, provocative, and witty theatrical adaptation stars Max McLean as Screwtape. Run Time: 90 minutes, no intermission. Performance includes special after-show talkback with Max McLean. The performance is appropriate for ages 13 and up; children under 4 will not be admitted into the theatre.
    03/04/12	An Evening with Garrison Keillor Community Center Theater An Evening with Garrison Keillor Presented by Fahn & Co. at Community Center Theater March 4, 2012 Fahn & Company proudly presents An Evening with Garrison Keillor. This beloved author, storyteller, and humorist has written for the New Yorker, penned a screenplay, written countless columns and has more than a dozen books to his credit. But Keillor may be best known for his enormously popular and award winning radio show, now in its 37th season, A Prairie Home Companion.
    03/13/12- 03/18/12	Mamma Mia! Community Center Theater Mamma Mia! Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater March 13-March 18, 2012 Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Super Trouper,” “Take A Chance on Me,” and “The Winner Takes It All,” with an enchanting tale of love, laughter, and friendship. Whether it’s your...
    03/28/12	Jackie Evancho Community Center Theater Jackie Evancho Presented by Sacramento Convention Center Complex at Community Center Theater March 28, 2012 When Jackie Evancho submitted a video to YouTube to compete for a slot on America’s Got Talent she could never have predicted that a little push of the “send” button would eventually send her to the top of the entertainment industry. Remarkably, Jackie was 10 years old at the time, but her long-held desire to perform--sparked after seeing the film version of The Phantom of the Opera--convinced her parents to let her take a chance at stardom. And Jackie...
    03/31/12	Tchaikovsky's Inspiration Community Center Theater Tchaikovsky's Inspiration Presented by Sacramento Philharmonic at Community Center Theater March 31, 2012 For the season finale, Michael Morgan has invited conductor/composer Loris Tjeknavorian to join the orchestra as guest conductor for an exciting concert of music by masters of composition. Every season, the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra brings music of different cultures to the stage. True to this mission, Maestros Morgan and Tjeknavorian pay homage to Russia, Armenia, Greece, and Persia through a unique lineup of inspiring music including Tchaikovsky’s...
    04/03/12	Lisa Ling Community Center Theater Lisa Ling Presented by Sacramento Speakers Series at Community Center Theater April 3, 2012 Lisa Ling, American journalist and Sacramento native, rounds out our 2011-2012 season, as the 6th and final speaker of the Sacramento Speaker Series. The Sacramento Speakers Series provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and perspectives as well as the enrichment of the Sacramento community. Each season's speakers represent a wide variety of subjects ranging from world affairs,...
    04/14/12	English Grandeur Community Center Theater English Grandeur Presented by Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra at Community Center Theater April 14, 2012 The Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra, with Conductor Donald Kendrick, presents English Grandeur, a tribute to English Romantic tradition, with compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Thanksgiving and Five Mystical Songs) and William Walton (Belshazzar's Feast). Special guests: Sacramento Children's Chorus with Director Lynn Stevens.
    04/17/12- 04/22/12	Million Dollar Quartet Community Center Theater Million Dollar Quartet Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater April 17-April 22, 2012 Million Dollar Quartet is the smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ’n’ Roll” at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all...
    05/23/12- 06/17/12	Wicked Community Center Theater Wicked Presented by Broadway Sacramento at Community Center Theater May 23-June 17, 2012 Wicked is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life, Once And Again, and thirtysomething) based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    02/03/12	Paula Deen Live! Community Center Theater
    02/01/12	Richard Roeper Community Center Theater
    01/24/12- 01/29/12	West Side Story Community Center Theater
    01/21/12	The Romantics Community Center Theater
    01/14/12	Lewis Black: In God We Rust Community Center Theater
    01/11/12	Condoleezza Rice Community Center Theater
    01/09/12	MythBusters Behind The Myths (SOLD OUT) Community Center Theater
    12/27/11- 01/01/12	Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles Community Center Theater
    12/09/11- 12/23/11	The Nutcracker Community Center Theater
    11/30/11	United States Air Force Holiday Concert Community Center Theater
    11/29/11	David Gergen Community Center Theater
    11/26/11	George Lopez Vivo Community Center Theater
    11/19/11- 11/20/11	Sacramento Opera & Sacramento Philharmonic: Pagliacci Community Center Theater
    11/13/11	B.B. King Community Center Theater
    11/08/11- 11/09/11	Riverdance Community Center Theater
    10/29/11	Bill Cosby Community Center Theater
    10/22/11- 10/28/11	Dracula Community Center Theater
    10/15/11	Olga Kern Plays Rachmaninoff Community Center Theater
    10/11/11	David McCullough Community Center Theater
    10/09/11	Arts Open House: Arts Showcase & Interactive Fair Community Center Theater
    09/27/11- 10/02/11	Shrek the Musical Community Center Theater
    09/24/11	Johnny Mathis Community Center Theater
    09/16/11	Ron White: Moral Compass Tour Community Center Theater
    09/11/11	Cesar Millan: The Dog Whisperer Community Center Theater
    08/19/11	Bill Maher Community Center Theater
    07/17/11	Kathy Griffin Community Center Theater
    07/02/11	Donell Jones Community Center Theater
    06/02/11- 06/19/11	Mary Poppins Community Center Theater
    05/21/11	Homegrown Sacramento: Broadway Favorites Community Center Theater
    05/06/11- 05/08/11	The Postman Always Rings Twice (CANCELED) Community Center Theater
    04/29/11	Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain Tour Community Center Theater
    04/13/11- 04/24/11	Young Frankenstein Community Center Theater
    04/09/11	Hidden Meanings Community Center Theater
    04/05/11- 04/06/11	Shen Yun Community Center Theater
    04/04/11	Jeannette Walls Community Center Theater
    03/24/11- 03/27/11	Icons & Innovators Community Center Theater
    03/09/11- 03/20/11	9 to 5: The Musical Community Center Theater
    03/05/11	Angele Dubeau & La Pietà Community Center Theater
    03/03/11	Dr. Jane Goodall Community Center Theater
    03/02/11	Jackson Browne: Solo Acoustic Tour Community Center Theater
    02/25/11- 02/27/11	The Magic Flute (CANCELED) Community Center Theater
    02/20/11	Target Family Concert: Beethoven & Beyond Community Center Theater
    02/19/11	Basically Beethoven Community Center Theater
    02/16/11	John Hofmeister Community Center Theater
    02/10/11- 02/13/11	Romeo & Juliet Community Center Theater
    01/22/11	French Flair Community Center Theater
    01/21/11	Backstage Jazz Bistro Community Center Theater
    01/20/11	Tango Buenos Aires Community Center Theater
    01/15/11	Coming to America starring Jay White (CANCELED) Community Center Theater
    01/11/11	Tom Brokaw Community Center Theater
    12/29/10- 01/02/11	Cirque Dreams Holidaze Community Center Theater
    12/12/10	Nutcracker Sweet Sunday Community Center Theater
    12/10/10- 12/23/10	The Nutcracker Community Center Theater
    11/30/10	Peter Hillary Community Center Theater
    11/19/10- 11/21/10	Orlando Community Center Theater
    11/03/10- 11/14/10	In The Heights Community Center Theater
    10/27/10	Presidio Brass Community Center Theater
    10/17/10	Target Family Concert Community Center Theater
    10/16/10	Fire and Romance Community Center Theater
    10/11/10	Mrs. Laura W. Bush Community Center Theater
    09/29/10- 10/10/10	Burn The Floor Community Center Theater
    09/24/10	The Lowe Family Community Center Theater
    09/23/10	An Evening With Garrison Keillor Community Center Theater
    08/28/10- 08/29/10	Menopause the Musical Community Center Theater
    07/17/10- 07/18/10	Shen Yun Performing Arts Show Community Center Theater
    07/15/10	Equipe Spectra presents The Glenn Miller Orchestra Community Center Theater
    05/19/10- 05/30/10	A Chorus Line Community Center Theater
    05/16/10	Kevin Hart Community Center Theater
    05/15/10	An American in Paris Community Center Theater
    05/13/10	Frank Abagnale Community Center Theater
    05/07/10- 05/09/10	A Russian Affair: Community Center Theater
    04/14/10- 04/25/10	Little House on the Prairie Community Center Theater
    04/10/10	Midori Recital Community Center Theater
    04/08/10	Gene Krupa Orchestra & The Four Freshmen Community Center Theater
    04/06/10	Dr. Sylvia Earle Community Center Theater
    04/03/10	Recital de Rondallas/ Rondalla de Guadalupe Community Center Theater
    03/25/10- 03/28/10	Carmina Burana Community Center Theater
    03/10/10- 03/21/10	Chicago Community Center Theater
    02/26/10- 03/02/10	La Traviata Community Center Theater
    02/18/10	Hutchins Consort Community Center Theater
    02/11/10- 02/14/10	Nine Sinatra Songs Community Center Theater
    02/03/10- 02/07/10	Rent Community Center Theater
    01/14/10	Anthony and Joseph Paratore Piano Duo Community Center Theater
    12/30/09- 01/10/10	XANADU Community Center Theater
    12/13/09	Nutcracker Sweet Sunday Community Center Theater
    12/10/09- 12/23/09	Ron Cunningham's 'The Nutcracker' Community Center Theater
    11/21/09	Art & Arias Community Center Theater
    11/20/09- 11/24/09	The Elixir of Love Community Center Theater
    10/31/09	Slavyanka A Cappella Choir Community Center Theater
    10/17/09	Beethoven No. 9 Community Center Theater
    10/14/09	The Capitol Steps Community Center Theater
    09/30/09- 10/11/09	Legally Blonde Community Center Theater
    09/24/09	Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company Community Center Theater
    09/22/09	General Colin Powell Community Center Theater
    09/17/09	Brian Regan: Mix 96 Laughs for Life Community Center Theater
    08/08/09	Corazón de México Community Center Theater
    07/25/09	Sacramento Taiko Dan 20th Anniversary Gala Community Center Theater
    05/27/09- 06/28/09	Disney's The Lion King Community Center Theater
    05/17/09	SCHEHERAZADE (Narrated for Kids) Target Family Concert Event Community Center Theater
    05/16/09	Leon Fleisher, Renaissance Man at 80 Community Center Theater