December 6 & 7
Martinez Music Mafia Presents
Holiday Pageant and Toy Drive
December 6th & 7th at 6:00 PM
Are you ready to Deck the Halls with the Martinez Music Mafia?
Yes, our annual holiday pageant is back with 2 concerts – Dec 6th and Dec 7th – both shows are chockablock with the best local talent, all poised to reignite the flames of love, peace and kindness in everyone's hearts – with music, laughs and merriment in abundance. And this all goes to a number of great causes! Financial proceeds and donated toys will enable several local charities to bring holiday cheer to those who might otherwise go without. Giving IS giving back!
There will be familiar faces and some impressive new faces as well!
Scheduled to appear Fri, Dec 6:
Delta Deuce, Diablo Rhythm Wranglers, The Elmwoods,
Frankie G & the Conviction, The Great Space Coaster, Junk Drawer,
King Tritone, Maurice Tani, The Uninvited
Scheduled to appear Sat, Dec 7:
Ancestral Water, Jinx Jones, Killbillies,
Midnight Flyer, The New Frantics, Michelle & Rich (Sixteen Scandals),
Radley & Juelich, The UnConcord
ALL ACTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. NO REFUNDS.
Venue Note: Wheelchair spaces and companion seating are not selectable on the reserved seating map. If you require a wheelchair space, please call the venue at (925) 350-9770 and leave a message for the box office to reserve your seating.
December 14 & 15
Star Quest Presents
“Magical Music Tour”
December 14th & 15th
The Star Quest cast have to do a school presentation about famous musical artists, but it's due in one day! They get help in a magical way, meeting top singers of yesterday and today.
Lots of singing, dancing, Disney Characters and many surprises that will delight all ages.
Performed by a talented cast – ages 5 to 18.
All children under 12 will receive a gift from Santa and those dressed in any costume will have a chance to win a special prize
About Star Quest:
Star Quest has been entertaining local audiences and providing a tuition free youth talent program for more than 30 years. Our annual holiday show is a musical play with songs that are upbeat, familiar, and just a little silly.
One of Star Quest’s traditions is that we have special Disney themed toys that children can win by qualifying for our prize raffle, they just need to wear a costume to the show. Even if your child doesn’t win and doesn’t wear a costume they will still receive a gift from Santa, because presents are always exciting! For the adults we also raffle off lovely gift baskets at each show.
Star Quest is managed by a group of very talented volunteers, who make the sets, coordinate the many costumes, write, direct, and teen choreographers that create and teach the dances. Because our staff are all volunteers, our ticket prices are very reasonable, $5 for children 12 and under, and $12 for adults.
We have three performances — two on December 14th and one on December 15th. Our Holiday show sells out every year, so get your tickets soon, because you won’t want to miss Star Quest’s Holiday Spectacular!
Tickets from $5
December 22
Onstage Presents
The Lowell Ensemble
Sunday, December 22nd at 3 pm & 7 pm
Please join us for the Lowell Ensemble’s 15th annual fun & festive Holiday Concert, featuring musicians from the San Francisco Ballet & Opera Orchestras.
Ensemble Members include:
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Janet Popesco Archibald, Oboe & English Horn
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Paul Ehrlich, Viola
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Victoria Ehrlich, Cello
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Zachariah Spellman, Tuba
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Karen Hutchinson, Keyboard
We’ll get you in the holiday mood with Classical, Holiday & Pop tunes both familiar and unusual, as well as complimentary Bourbon Balls, cookies & a few surprises, too!
Children & families welcome!
Venue’s Comment: These shows usually sell out 45 days in advance. Get your tickets early!
Jan 2025
B8 Theatre Company
“The Gin Game”
by D.L. Colburn
Directed by Dana Anderson
January 10th thru 26th, 2025
In D. L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning dramatic comedy, The Gin Game, two people living in a nursing home discover a mutual interest in gin rummy.
Through their many games we learn intimate details about the joys and disappointments of their lives.
Featuring Bay Area Favorites Alan Cameron and Pam Drummer-Williams.
Tickets start at $22
Discount Thursday - $15
Feb 2025
Onstage Repertory Theatre
“Intimate Apparel”
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Carlene Coury
February 7th thru 23rd, 2025
“…a revealing romantic drama about finding just the right fit…
this play will linger like perfume on the breeze…” –The Sunny Times
The play is based on the life of Nottage’s great-grandmother and is one of her most widely
produced plays and is listed among the 40 best plays ever written.
Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel explores the desire for both independence and connection, the
insidious effects of racism and classism, the social oppression of women, and the bravery, hard
work, friendship, and love, of people who have been forgotten by history.
The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding
house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to
black prostitutes. Her skills and discretion are much in demand, and she has managed to stuff a
good sum of money into her quilt over the years. Though leading a life that provides joy to many,
she remains lonely and longing for a husband and a future. In the end Esther will be forced to
face a future that she is truly unprepared for…
“…a near-perfect balance between content and execution…" –Associated Press
“…thoughtful, affecting ... The play offers poignant commentary on an era when the cut and color of one’s dress-and of course, skin-determined whom one could and could not marry, sleep with, even talk to in public.” –Variety
“a soft-focused glimpse into the beating hearts behind the archives of African-American life a century ago.” –The New York Times
Tickets start at $22
Discount Thursday - $15
March 2025
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Diablo Actors Ensemble
“The Cake”
by Bekah Brunstetter
Directed By Scott Dana Fryer
March 7th thru 23rd, 2025
Della’s North Carolina bakery is legendary!
She is overjoyed when her best friend’s daughter returns from New York to get married and asks Della to make her wedding cake. Della, a sweet-natured Christian, is forced to re-examine her deeply-held beliefs and her own marriage when she realizes there is not one bride, but two.
Faith, family, and frosting collide in this timely new dramatic comedy by Bekah Brunstetter, writer for the NBC hit This Is Us.
The Cake, inspired by a real-life case that went to the Supreme Court, sounds like a recipe for theatrical controversy, but the biggest surprise about The Cake is how sweetly fun and inoffensive it really is.
Tickets start at $22
Discount Thursday - $15
March 2025
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Onstage Presents
Renegade Orchestra
Sunday, March 30th, 2025 at 2 PM
Renegade Orchestra - The Beauty of a Symphony, the Soul of a Rock Band
Welcome to the Renegade Orchestra - it’s time to throw out all the old conventions of a quiet, sleepy, stuffy show of musicians locked in straight jackets of tradition.
Clap your hands, tap your feet, and yell all you want - the Renegade Orchestra embraces the virtuosic skills of top bay area musicians and turns them loose on songs orchestras have never or maybe shouldn’t do. No sleepy pop songs, no overly-lush jazz standards, but the pure unbridled fury of what an orchestra can truly do
“Classical Rebels.” —The Bohemian
“The Renegade Orchestra would rather tackle Hendrix than Handel.” —Mercury News
"If there’s one piece of advice I would give to anyone interested in seeing this group perform, it would be to expect the unexpected, or better yet, leave your expectations at the door and go in prepared for a ride. If there’s one thing that’s for certain, it’s that this writer will be catching them again the next time they perform in town." —Napa Valley Register
“...Under the baton of co-founder, guitarist and conductor Jason Eckl, [the Renegade Orchestra] turn Nina Simone’s “Sinnerman” into a shimmering string-centric odyssey, capture the classic helter-skelter vibe in Paul McCartney’s and John Lennon’s “Helter Skelter,” find the funk in “What’d I Say” by Ray Charles and crash with vibratory verve through Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.” —East Bay Express
Tickets start at $35
2025 Season Tickets!
SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Choose either a five or three show package. When you sign up, you’ll be asked to choose your preferred show day. That’ll be your show day for each production. If you need to make a change, simply contact The Campbell.
A limited number of Season Tickets are available in each category.
Five Show Season Tickets — $100
Three Show Season Tickets — $60