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Altarena Playhouse

4.2 (53 reviews)
Closed 7:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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Stacy D.

Came here with some friends to see Of Mice and Men. Fantastic production! Get tickets to see if before it ends! Pluses for the theater: The theater is small but intimate. You really get to be close to the performance. Free coffee/tea/water before the show and during intermission. Free cookies during intermission. What else can you ask for? =)

Me with my program after seeing the play at Altarena
Katherine P.

Here is a pic of me with my program from 'It's Only A Play,' my boyfriend and I went to see this show together and we sat in the center in front. As an audience member, and also a biracial person, I always hope for and look for clues in the program/flyer that will make me feel inspired, welcome, and full of hope, the play has diversity in the brilliant cast, but there is no land acknowledgment, no commitment or statement regarding antiracism or queer-positive initiatives anywhere on my program. These kind of thoughtful touches are important to me as an audience member and what I expect as a new standard from most Bay Area theatres. The woman near the front of the theatre greeting everyone was kind and sweet. The theatre is intimate and I waited outside for a while and had the chance to meet some of the brilliant actors after the show! The artistic director was there that night, but I didn't get to meet them. I'm interested in this theatre and there are lots of recent news articles about it and I understand my gut feeling better now. I tried to reach out to them respectfully and joyfully about becoming an antiracist theatre on their Facebook Page, but they blocked me. I hope they read this review and I hope they begin that journey. I will update again as I find out more about Altarena and how they will mindfully make audience members like me feel more welcome with their vision. Yelp keeps deleting my reviews of Altarena and I'm not sure why. Hopefully, this one will stick.

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Very fun to have a playhouse in my small town of alameda. The show we saw was great! Worth seeing a show there.

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Love this little theater

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Fun place and high quality performances for a community theater. Always a good time.

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My daughter has been with SingOut Theater throughout this entire year. She auditioned in to the…read morekids competition and performed 'Junglebook' with her team in Sacramento. An intense, exciting time! They won an award for choreography at JTF West! She also did Triple Threat and High school Musical this summer. So to say the least, We Are FANs! We feel so lucky to have Chelsea teaching our daughter! A lovely personality and mentor, a highly skilled dancer and choreographer, a patient and kind Director. The Music Director Kevin warmly and patiently builds the student's musical understanding and performances. His contribution keeps musical standards high and performances enjoyable. The Business Director/Producer Rachel adds the no nonsense behind the scenes taking care of business ballast for all this creativity. We are grateful for her expertise to keep SingOut thriving. My daughter is attending a performing arts school in the fall. We will still be attending Tue/Thurs Musical Theater at SingOut. It is top notch and she loves it!

There is something confusing about the discussions regarding the Diablo Light Opera Co & Diablo…read moreTheater Company. They were one and the same. Originally named DLOC in 1959 when they formed a company performing Gilbert & Sullivan Light Operas. Eventually they changed the name to Diablo Theater Co. They had a youth program called STARS 2000, which continues to this day to operate. Diablo Theater Co. that use to produce large scale Musicals & Light Opera productions at the Lesher Center For The Arts in Walnut Creek, is no longer in business. STARS 2000 continues as their own company. There is no other youth program that is under the auspices of the Diablo Theater Co. and in fact their studios were sold and are under the ownership of Performing Arts Academy.

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