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California Dance


California Dance - Historical

Fred Astaire
(1899 - 1987)
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Astaire/astaire.htm (Reel Classics)

Anthony Balcena
(1954-1995)
http://www.artistswithaids.org/artforms/dance/catalogue/balcena.html
(Estate Project)

Adolph Bolm
(1884-1951)
http://www.adolphbolm.com/

Harold Christensen
(1904-1989)
http://www.sfballet.org/about/history/christensenbrothers.asp

Lew Christensen
(1909-1984)
http://www.sfballet.org/about/history/christensenbrothers.asp (SF Ballet)

Willam Christensen
(1902-2001)
http://www.sfballet.org/about/history/christensenbrothers.asp

Sammy Davis, Jr.
(1925 - 1990)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr. (Wikipedia)

Alfred Desio
http://www.lachoreographersanddancers.org/p3a_obit.html

Isadora Duncan
(1877-1927)
http://www.isadoraduncan.org/

Robert Gladstein
(1943-1992)
http://www.artistswithaids.org/artforms/dance/catalogue/gladstein.html
(Estate Project for Artists with AIDS)

Rose Gray
(1956-2004)
http://runforyourlife.org/html/rose_gray.html

Alma Hawkins
(1904-1998)
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/history.php
(UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures)

Lester Horton
(1906-1953)
http://www.hortonsummit.oyrg/biographies.html
(Ito, Horton, Lewitzky: Masters of West Coast Dance)

Michio Ito
(1892-1962)
http://www.hortonsummit.org/biographies.html#Ito
(Ito, Horton, Lewitzky: Masters of West Coast Dance)

Gene Kelly
(1912-1996)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kelly (Wikipedia)

Welland Lathrop
(1905-1981)
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/27/obituaries/welland-lathrop-dies-avant-garde-dancer.html
(SF Chronicle

Bella Lewitzky
(1916-2004)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040801/news_1m1lewitzky.html
(San Diego Union-Tribune)
__ http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/collections/lewitzky_company/
(Lewitzky Dance Company Archive)
__Pennington Dance Group
http://www.penningtondancegroup.org/
(carries some of the Lewitsky Repertory)

David Lichine
(1910-1972)
http://michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?lichine_david (Andros on Ballet)

Serge Oukrainsky
(1886-1972)
http://www.glopad.org/pi/en/record/person/1001330 (Global Performing Arts Database)

Hermes Pan
(1909 - 1990)
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=105488 (NY Times)

Tatiana Riabouchinska
(1917-2000)
http://michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?riabouchinska_tatiana (Andros on Ballet)

Joseph Rickard
(1918-1994)
http://www.commissionercogen.com/2008/02/the_first_black.html (Jeff Cogen)

Ginger Rogers
(1911-1995)
http://www.gingerrogers.com/

Tomm Ruud
(1943-1994)
http://www.artistswithaids.org/artforms/dance/catalogue/ruud.html (Estate Project for Artists with AIDS)

Ruth St. Denis
(1878-1968)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_St._Denis (Wikipedia)

Michael Smuin
(1938-2007)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/24/MNGJGPE9Q11.DTL
(SF Chronicle)


Dance - Los Angeles Area

Aeolian Ballet (Los Angeles)
http://www.aeolianballet.org/

American Repertory Dance Company
http://www.ardc-la.org

Ana Maria Alvarez
http://www.contra-tiempo.org/anamaria/

Anatomy Riot (Silver Lake)
http://www.myspace.com/anatomyriot

Avaz International Dance Theatre
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70495494802

Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project
http://www.btdanceproject.com/

Adam Basma Dance Company
http://www.adambasma.com/

B. E. Productions
http://www.beproductions.org

Gary Bates
http://www.artistswithaids.org/artforms/dance/catalogue/bates.html
(Estate Project)

Ramaa Bharadvaj - Angahara Ensemble
http://www.ramaa.imadethisup.com/

Benita Bike's DanceArt Company(Sunland)
http://www.danceart.org/index.html

Blankenship Ballet Company of Venice
http://www.blankenshipballet.com

Blue13
http://www.blue13dance.com/

Michael Patrick Breen
http://www.irishdancelosangeles.com/id_about_mpb.html
(Los Angeles Irish Set Dancers)

CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance
http://www.calarts.edu/dance

California State University Fullerton Department of Theatre Arts & Dance
http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/theatre_dance/

Claremont Colleges Department of Theatre and Dance
http://www.theatre.pomona.edu/

Collage Dance Theatre - Heidi Duckler (Los Angeles)
http://www.collagedancetheatre.org/

Critical Mass Performance Group
http://www.nancykeystone.com/

Dance Camera West
http://www.dancecamerawest.org/

Dance Moving Forward
http://www.dancemovingforward.com/

Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles
http://www.drc-la.org/

Diavolo
http://www.diavolo.org

Djanbazian Dance
http://www.djanbaziandance.com

Donlavy Dance Company (Studio City)
http://www.donlavydancecompany.com

Donna Sternberg and Dancers (Santa Monica)
http://www.dsdancers.com/

Edge Performing Arts Center
http://www.edgepac.com

Flamencola
http://www.flamencola.net/

Simone Forti
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/person.php?pid=36

Dan Froot
http://www.danfroot.com/

Keith Glassman
http://www.keithglassman.org

The Gypsy Folk Ensemble (Los Angeles)
http://www.gypsyfolkensemble.com/

Hart Pulse Dance Company
http://www.hartpulsedance.com

Helios Dance Theater
http://www.heliosdancetheater.org/

Hysterica
http://www.hystericadance.com/

JazzAntiqua
http://www.jazzantiqua.org/

Keith Johnson/Dancers
http://www.myspace.com/kjdancers

Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble (Los Angeles)
http://www.kcdancers.org/

Nancy Keystone
http://www.nancykeystone.com

Latina Dance Project
http://www.latinadanceproject.com/

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
http://www.lacontemporarydance.org/

Rachael Lincoln
http://www.rachaellincoln.com/Site/home.html

Lineage Dance
http://www.lineagedance.org/

Lisa K. Lock
http://lisaklock.com

Los Angeles Ballet
http://www.losangelesballet.org

Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers
http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p2_lacd.html

Lula Washington Dance Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.lulawashington.com/

Lux Aeterna Dance Company
http://www.luxaeternadance.com

Francisco Martinez Dancetheatre
http://www.fmdt.org/

Media City Ballet (Burbank)
http://www.Mediacityballet.org
__ http://mediacityballet.blogspot.com

Paula Morgan
http://www.paulamorgandance.com/index.html

Namah Ensemble
http://www.namah.net/

Neynava Dance Theatre
http://www.neynava.com/

Oni Dance
http://www.onidance.org

Taisha Paggett
http://www.taishapaggett.net/

Pas d' ASL - Mona Jean Cedar
http://www.pasdasl.com/

Pasadena Dance Theatre
http://www.pasadenadance.org

Brian Pelletier
http://www.brianpelletier.com

Pennington Dance Group (PDG) (West Hollywood)
http://www.penningtondancegroup.org/

Licia Perea
http://www.liciaperea.com/

Polish Dance in Southern California
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/dance/index.html

PTERO Dance Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.pterodance.org/

The Rangoli Dance Company (Sherman Oaks)
http://www.rangoli.org/

Louise Reichlin & Dancers
http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p2_lacd.html

RKDC - Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (Long Beach)
http://www.rkdc.org/

Susan Rose
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/rose/index.html

Sa'id Dance Company
http://www.saiddancecompany.com

Michael Sakamoto (Venice)
http://www.michaelsakamoto.com/

Southern California Dance Directory (Compiled by Louise Reichlin)
http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p10_dir.html

Southern California Dance Theatre (Long Beach)
http://www.scdt.com/

String Theory
http://www.stringtheoryproductions.com/

Trip Dance Theatre
http://tripdance.org/ http://www.tft.ucla.edu/

USC Dance Company
http://www.cas.sc.edu/dance/Academics/about.html

Vaughn Dance
http://vaughndance.org

Viver Brasil Dance Company
http://www.viverbrasil.com/

Vox Lumiere
http://www.voxlumiere.com

Kenneth Walker Dance Project (Lomita)
http://www.kennethwalkerdanceproject.org

West Coast Salsa Congress (Inglewood)
http://alberttorresevents.com/congress/2005/

Westside Ballet (Santa Monica)
http://www.westsideballet.com/

Meg Wolfe
http://www.myspace.com/dancemegwolfe


Dance - Orange County

Anaheim Ballet
http://www.anaheimballet.org/

Arpana Dance Company (Irvine)
http://www.danceramya.com

Backhausdance (Orange)
http://www.backhausdance.org/

Ballet Etudes (Huntington Beach)
http://www.balletetudes.com/

Coast City Ballet
http://www.coastcityballet.com

gallimaufry (Laguna Beach)
http://gallimaufry.info

Laguna Dance Festival
(http://www.lagunadancefestival.com

Maple Conservatory of Dance
http://mapleconservatory.com

Angelika Nemeth's Dance Ensemble (Costa Mesa)
http://www.angelikanemeth.com/ensemble.html

Orange County Dance Center (Huntington Beach)
http://www.orangecountydancecenter.com

Saint Joseph Ballet (Santa Ana)
http://www.saintjosephballet.org

University of California Irvine Department of Dance
http://dance.arts.uci.edu/




Dance - Santa Barbara, Ventura

All American Ballet (Ventura)
http://www.allamericanballet.org/

Ballet Santa Barbara
http://www.balletsantabarbara.org/

Daughter of Zion (Santa Ynez)
http://www.daughterofzion.net

Festival Ballet (Fountain Valley)
http://www.festivalballet.org

Fusion Dance Company
http://www.thefusiondancecompany.com

Ledges and Bones Dance Project
http://www.ledgesandbones.org

Motion Theatre Dance (Santa Barbara)
http://www.motiontheatre.com/

Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
http://www.sbdancealliance.org/

Santa Barbara Dance Theatre
http://www.santabarbaradancetheatre.com/

SonneBlauma Danscz Theatre (Santa Barbara)
http://www.sonneblauma.com/

State Street Ballet
http://www.statestreetballet.com/

U. C. Santa Barbara Dance Faculty
http://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/dance_faculty.php

West Coast Ballet
http://www.wcballet.org/




Dance - San Diego Area

Joe Alter
http://www.jadg.org/Site2/Home.html

Axxiom Dance Collective
http://www.axxiomdance.com

bkSOUL
http://www.bksoul.com/

Butterworth Dance Company
http://www.butterdance.org/

California Ballet Company (San Diego)
http://www.californiaballet.org/

Celebrate Dance Festival (San Diego)
http://www.eveoke.org/cdf.htm

City Ballet of San Diego
http://www.cityballet.org/

C. Anthony Cole Repertory Dance Theatre
http://www.cacrepdance.org/index.html

Culture Shock Dance Troupe
http://www.cultureshockdance.org

Dance Place San Diego - NTC Promenade
http://www.ntcfoundation.org/

d'shire dance
http://www.dshiredance.org/index.html

Eveoke Dance Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.eveoke.org/

Flamenco Arana
http://www.flamencoarana.com

Allyson Green Dance (San Diego)
http://allysongreendance.com/

Highland Fusion
http://www.highlandfusion.com/

Jean Isaacs
http://www.sandiegodancetheater.org/JeanIsaacs.html

Little Known Dance
http://littleknowndance.com/

Lower Left (San Diego)
http://www.lowerleft.org/index.html

Malashock Dance (San Diego)
http://www.malashockdance.org/

Melissa Nunn
http://music.sdsu.edu/newsite/index.php/dance_bios/nunn (SDSU)

Patricia Rincon Dance Collective (San Diego)
http://www.rincondance.org/

Patricia Sandback
http://music.sdsu.edu/newsite/index.php/dance_bios/sandback (SDSU)

The PGK Project
http://thepgkproject.com/Home.html

San Diego Ballet
http://www.sandiegoballet.org/

San Diego Dance Alliance
http://www.sandiegodance.org

San Diego Dance Theater
http://www.sandiegodancetheater.org/

San Diego Dance Works
http://www.sddanceworks.com

Leslie Seiters
http://littleknowndance.com/

Southern California Youth Ballet
http://www.scyballet.org/

Urban Tribal
http://www.urbantribaldance.com

Xdrop (San Diego)
http://www.xdrop.org/




Dance - Silicon Valley, South Bay, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo

Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
http://www.abhinaya.org/

Ballet Fantasque (Pacific Grove)
http://www.balletfantasque.org/

Ballet San Jose
http://www.balletsanjose.org/

Azahar Dance Foundation
http://www.azahardance.org/

Ballet Theatre San Luis Obispo
http://www.bt-slo.org/Default.html

Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo
http://civicballetofslo.org

DanceVisions (Palo Alto)
http://www.danceaction.org

Dancing Sun Foundation (San Jose)
http://www.dsfdance.org

DS Players
http://twitter.com/dsplayers

Flaming Fusion
http://www.flamingfusion.com

High Release Dance Company
http://highrelease.org

Kaisahan (San Jose)
http://www.kaisahan.org/

Los Lupeños de San José
http://www.mhcviva.org/lupenos/index.html

Peninsula Ballet Theatre (San Mateo)
http://www.peninsulaballet.org

The Red Thistle Dancers
http://www.redthistledancers.org/

Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre
http://www.scbt.org

Shri Krupa Dance Foundation (Santa Clara)
http://www.shrikrupa.org/

sjDANCEco
http://www.sjdanceco.org/

Stanford Dance Faculty
http://dance.stanford.edu/
Kristine Elliott, Diane Frank, Aleta Hayes,
Tony Kramer, Robert Moses, Richard Powers,
Janice Ross, and Ronnie Reddick

Visual Rhythm Dance Company
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Visual-Rhythm-Dance-Company/39596975468

June Watanabe
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ida/June.html (Stanford Institute for Diversity in the Arts)

Margaret Wingrove Dance Company (San Jose)
http://www.mwdance.com/




Dance - San Francisco

...And Still Dancing (San Francisco Bay Area)
http://www.andstilldancing.com/

Mary Armentrout
http://www.thelab.org/archive02/armentrout.htm (The Lab)

Sally Bailey
http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_03/nov03/rr_bailey_book.htm
(Ballet Magazine review of Striving for Beauty)

Black Choreographers Festival (San Francisco)
http://www.bcfhereandnow.com

Anne Bluthenthal & Dancers (San Francisco)
http://www.abdproductions.org/

Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company
http://www.lilycaidance.org

Company Chaddick (San Francisco)
http://www.companychaddick.org/

Chitresh Das Dance Company
http://www.kathak.org/site/kathak/section.php?id=9089

Hearan Chung
http://www.worldartswest.org/main/edf_performer.asp?i=96
(World Arts West)

Circo Zero
http://www.circozero.org

Jess Curtis/Gravity (San Francisco)
http://www.jesscurtisgravity.org

Dance Brigade (San Francisco)
http://www.dancemission.com/dance_brigade.html

Dance Through Time
http://www.dancethroughtime.org/home.html

Dancers Group (San Francisco)
http://www.dancersgroup.org/

Martin A. David
http://www.andstilldancing.com/martin.htm (...And Still Dancing)

Sarah Shoshana David
http://www.andstilldancing.com/sarah.htm (...And Still Dancing)

EmSpace Dance (San Francisco)
http://www.emspacedance.org/

Kim Epifano
http://www.epiphanydance.org/

ESP - Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project
http://www.espproject.org

Liss Fain Dance (San Francisco)
http://www.lissfaindance.org/

Mark Foehringer Dance Project (San Francisco)
http://www.mfdpsf.org/

Footloose (San Francisco)
http://www.ftloose.org/

The Foundry
http://www.foundryprojects.org/

Fresh Meat Productions(San Francisco)
http://www.freshmeatproductions.org/

Janice Garrett and Dancers
http://www.janicegarrettanddancers.org

Joe Goode Performance Group (San Francisco)
http://www.joegoode.org/

Joanna Haigood
http://www.zaccho.org/

Huckabay McAllister Dance
http://www.hmdance.org

Im-ij-re Dance Company/Amy Seiwert
http://www.7x7sf.com/features/hot_20/4214181.html

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards
http://www.izzies-sf.org

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company (San Francisco)
http://www.mjdc.org/

Robert Henry Johnson
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/14/DDGRLH6LNN1.DTL&type=printable (SF Chronicle)

Nancy Karp and dancers (San Francisco)
http://www.nancykarp.org/company/company.html

Kunst-Stoff (San Francisco)
http://www.kunst-stoff.org/

Alonzo King's Lines Ballet (San Francisco)
http://www.linesballet.org/

LEVYdance
http://www.levydance.org

Little Seismic Dance Company
http://www.littleseismicdance.org

Loco Bloco Dance and Drum Ensemble (San Francisco)
http://www.locobloco.org/

Robert Moses' Kin (San Francisco)
http://www.robertmoseskin.org/

ODC San Francisco
http://www.odcdance.org/

Lawrence Pech Dance Company
http://www.lawrencepechdance.org/

Stephen Pelton Dance Theater
http://stephenpeltondance.org/

Philein
http://www.philein.com

The Purple Moon Dance Project (San Francisco)
http://www.purplemoondance.org/home.html

Rapt Productions (San Francisco)
http://www.raptproductions.com/index.html

Run for Your Life!... its a dance company (San Francisco)
http://www.runforyourlife.org/

San Francisco Ballet
http://www.sfballet.org/

San Francisco Bay Area Center for Flamenco
http://www.bayareaflamenco.com/

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
http://www.worldartswest.org/main/home.asp

sf flamenco
http://www.sfflamenco.com/

Shift>>>Physical Theater (San Francisco)
http://www.shiftdance.org/

Deborah Slater Dance Theater (San Francisco)
http://www.artofthematter.org/dsdt.html

SMUIN Ballet (San Francisco)
http://www.smuinballet.org/

Erika Shuch Performance Project
http://www.espproject.org/

Helgi Tomasson
http://www.sfballet.org/about/company/artisticdirector.asp (SF Ballet)

U Dance Electra
http://www.myspace.com/udanceelectra

VaBang!
http://www.vabang.org

Voice of Dance
http://www.voiceofdance.com/

Scott Wells and Dancers
http://www.scottwellsdance.com/

West Wave Dance Festival
http://www.westwavedancefestival.org/

Zaccho Dance Theatre
http://www.zaccho.org/

Zooz Dance Company
http://www.zoozdancecompany.com/




Dance - East Bay, Contra Costa

ahdanceco (Alameda)
http://www.ahdanco.org/index.html

AXIS Dance Company
http://www.axisdance.org
__Dancers
http://www.axisdance.org/about_dancers.php

Ruth Beckford
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=179&category=artMakers (The HistoryMakers)

Berkeley City Ballet
http://www.berkeleycityballet.org/

California Academy of Performing Arts (Moraga)
http://www.capadance.net/site/default.asp?sec_id=140000211

Company C Contemporary Ballet (Walnut Creek)
http://www.companycballet.org/

Contra Costa Ballet (Walnut Creek)
http://www.contracostaballet.org/index.php

Dance Elixir
http://www.danceelixir.org/

Dance Nagunanuma (Oakland)
http://www.dancenaganuma.com

Diablo Ballet (Walnut Creek)
http://www.diabloballet.org/

Dimensions Dance Theater (Oakland)
http://www.dimensionsdance.org/

Dream Dance Company
http://www.dreamdancecompany.org/

Facing East Dance & Music (Oakland)
http://www.fedm.org/

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
http://www.gsj.org/

Yvonne Hardt
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/theater/AboutUs/hardt.html (UC Berkeley)

Antoine Hunter
http://www.antoinehunter.com/Welcome.html

Iron Triangle Urban Ballet (Richmond)
http://www.eastbaycenter.org/ResidentCompanies/IronTriangleUrbanBallet/tabid/71/Default.aspx
(East Bay Center for the Performing Arts)

Leung's White Crane Dragon and Lion Dance Association
http://www.sfwhitecrane.com/v3/

Paco Gomes and Dancers
http://www.pacogomesdance.com

Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble
http://www.likha.org

Carolina Lugo's Brisas de España (Pleasant Hill)
http://www.carolinalugo.com/

Malia Movement Company
http://www.maliamovement.com

Mills College Dance Faculty
http://www.mills.edu/academics/faculty/dnc/index.php

Moving Arts Dance (Walnut Creek)
http://movingartsdance.org

New Style Motherlode (Oakland)
http://www.newstylemotherlode.com/

Nguyen Dance Company (Oakland)
http://www.dannydancers.com/frameset.htm

Oakland Ballet - The Ronn Guidi Foundation for the Performing Arts
http://rgfpa.org/index.html

Project Bandaloop (Oakland)
http://www.projectbandaloop.org/

Ross Dance Company (Oakland)
http://www.rossdance.com/index.html

Savage Jazz Dance Company (Oakland)
http://www.savagejazz.org/

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (Berkeley)
http://www.shawl-anderson.org/index.html

University of California at Berkeley Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
http://tdps.berkeley.edu

West African Music Dance Ensemble (Richmond)
http://www.eastbaycenter.org/ResidentCompanies/WestAfricanMusicDanceEnsemble/tabid/78/Default.aspx
(East Bay Center for the Performing Arts)

Smith/Wymore Disappearing Acts
http://smithwymore.org

Lisa Wymore
http://tdps.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/lisa-wymore/ (UC Berkeley)




Dance - Marin, Wine Country

Azafrán Flamenco (Mill Valley)
http://www.azafranflamenco.com

Ballet Afsaneh
http://dancesilkroad.org/ballet_afsaneh.html

Carmen Carnes Dance Ensemble (Kentfield)
http://www.carmencarnesdance.com

Kristen Daley
http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/dir_daleyk.shtml (Sonoma State)

Anna Halprin (Kentfield)
http://www.annahalprin.org/

JAS Dance Productions (Santa Rosa)
http://www.jasdance.com
__José A. Santamaría
http://www.jasdance.com/JAS_Dance_School/Jose.htm
__Salsa Fresca
http://www.jasdance.com/Salsa_Fresca/home.html
__Sangre Latina
http://jasdance.com/Sangre_Latina/

Nancy Lyons
http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/dir_lyonsn.shtml (Sonoma State)

Marin Ballet
http://www.marinballet.org/

Napa Regional Dance Company
http://www.nvoh.org

Printz Dance Project (Corte Madera)
http://www.printzdance.org/

Santa Rosa Dance Theater
http://www.santarosadancetheater.com/

Sol Flamenco (Santa Rosa)
http://www.solflamenco.com/index.html

Sonoma State University Dance Program
http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/theatre/prog_dance.shtml




Dance - Sacramento, Davis, Solano

Alpentanzer Schuhplattler - Sacramento
http://alpentanzer.com

Capitol Ballet (Sacramento)
http://www.capitolballet.com

Dangerous Lorraines Dance Theater (Sacramento)
http://www.dangerouslorraines.org/index.htm

Della Davidson
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/aboutus/faculty_bios.aspx?id=7
(UC Davis)

Linda Goodrich
http://www.csus.edu/news/021908Goodrich.stm (Sacramento State)

David Grenke
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/aboutus/faculty_bios.aspx?id=20
(UC Davis)

Ruth Rosenberg
http://www.capradio.org/programs/bios/biodetail.aspx?bioid=27
(Capital Public Radio)

Sacramento Ballet
http://www.sacballet.org/

Sacramento Black Art of Dance
http://www.csus.edu/dram/s_bad.html

Sideshow Physical Theatre (Davis)
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu/proartists/sideshow.aspx

Vacaville Performing Arts Theater
http://www.vpat.net/




Dance - Central Valley, Inland Empire, Desert

Altered Modalities (Fresno)
http://www.alteredmodalities.com/

California Riverside Ballet
http://www.crballet.org/

Central California Ballet
http://www.livelyarts.org

Fresno Ballet
http://www.fcoe.net/ptk/bal/main_bal.htm

Neil Greenberg
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/greenberg/index.html (UC Riverside)

Imagine Ballet Company (Bakersfield)
http://www.imagineballetcompany.com

Inland Pacific Ballet
http://www.ipballet.org/index.php

Kelli King
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/king/index.html (UC Riverside)

Cecilia Rios
http://www.blogger.com/profile/13314195994402762561

Wendy Rogers
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/rogers/index.html (UC Riverside)

Anna Beatrice Scott
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/scott/index.html (UC Riverside)
__ http://www.negressdeterminata.com/

Fred Strickler
http://www.fredstrickler.com/

University of California at Riverside Department of Dance
http://www.dance.ucr.edu/people/faculty/index.html




Dance - Gold Country, North Coast and North Inland

Chico Ballet
http://www.chicoballet.org

Demolishion Dance Squad (Arcata)
http://www.myspace.com/demolishiondancesquad

Echappè Dance Art Theatre (Grass Valley)
http://www.dancearttheatre.com

Humboldt Dancer
http://www.humboldtdancer.net/index.html

Thaïs Mazur
http://www.artsmendocino.org/html/artistThaisMazur.htm
(Arts Council of Mendocino County)

New World Ballet (Arcata)
http://www.humboldtdance.org

Mendocino Ballet
http://www.mendocinoballet.org/

Northern California Ballet (Paradise)
http://www.northerncaliforniaballet.com









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Theater - Los Angeles Area

About Productions (Pasadena)
http://www.aboutpd.org/

Afrocuba.org/Stage of the Arts (Los Angeles)
http://www.afrocuba.org/

The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights
http://www.laplaywrights.org/

The Antaeus Company (North Hollywood)
http://www.antaeus.org/

George and Sakaye Aratani/Japan America Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.jaccc.org

Ark Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.arktheatre.org/

The Athena Theatre (Los Angeles area)
http://www.athenatheatre.com

Attic Theatre and Film Center (Los Angeles)
http://www.attictheatre.org/

Belasco Theatre Company (Manhatten Beach)
http://www.belasco.org/

Black Dahlia (Los Angeles)
http://www.thedahlia.com/

The Blank Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.theblank.com/

Boston Court (Pasadena)
http://www.bostoncourt.com/

Buffalo Nights Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.buffalonights.org/

California Artists Radio Theatre (North Hollywood)
http://www.calartistsradiotheatre.org/

Canyon Theatre Guild (Newhall)
http://www.canyontheatre.org/

The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center
(California State University, Long Beach)
http://www.carpenterarts.org/

ChUSMA (Los Angeles)
http://www.chusma.com/index2.html

Circle X Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.circlextheatre.org/

The Colony (Burbank)
http://www.colonytheatre.org/

Company of Angels (Los Angeles)
http://www.companyofangelstheater.org/

Cornerstone Theater Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.cornerstonetheater.org/

Critical Mass Performance Group
http://www.criticalmasspg.org/

Culture Clash
http://www.cultureclash.com/

Deaf West Theatre (North Hollywood)
http://www.deafwest.org/

East Los Angeles Repertory Theatre
http://www.eastlarep.com/

East West Players (Los Angeles)
http://www.eastwestplayers.org/

Eclectic Company Theatre (North Hollywood)
http://www.eclecticcompanytheatre.org/

Edge of the World Theatre Fest (Los Angeles)
http://www.edgeoftheworld.org/

Edgemar Center for the Arts (Santa Monica)
http://www.edgemarcenter.org/Edgemar/Home.html

Ford Amphitheatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.fordamphitheatre.org/en/home/index.asp

The Found Theatre (Long Beach)
http://www.foundtheatre.org

Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.fountaintheatre.com/

Furious Theatre (Pasadena)
http://www.furioustheatre.org/

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga)
http://www.theatricum.com/

Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles)
http://www.geffenplayhouse.com/

The Ghost Road Company
http://www.ghostroad.org/

Glendale Centre Theatre
http://www.glendalecentretheatre.com

Grand Performances
http://www.grandperformances.org/

La Habra Depot Theatre
http://www.lhdepottheatre.org

ImaginAction
http://www.imaginaction.org/

LA Bridges - Theatre Company of the Deaf
http://members.aol.com/LABTCDeaf/

LA Stage Alliance
http://www.theatrela.org/

Latino Theater Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.latinotheater.com/

Levantine Cultural Center (Los Angeles)
http://www.levantinecenter.org

Lily Tomlin Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center
http://www.lagaycenter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TE_CA_Tomlin_Wagner

Little Fish Theatre (San Pedro)
http://www.littlefishtheatre.org/

Long Beach Shakespeare Company
http://www.lbshakespeare.org

Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Company (North Hollywood)
http://www.lcgrt.com/

Los Angeles Womens Theatre Festival
http://www.lawtf.com/

Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles)
http://www.taperahmanson.com

Morgan-Wixson Theatre (Santa Monica)
http://www.morgan-wixson.org

Moving Arts (Los Angeles)
http://www.movingarts.org

A Noise Within (Glendale)
http://www.anoisewithin.org/

Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.odysseytheatre.com/

Pacific Resident Theatre (Venice)
http://www.pacificresidenttheatre.com/

Pasadena Playhouse
http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/

Playwrights Ink (Los Angeles)
http://www.geocities.com/playwrightsink@pacbell.net/index.html

Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica)
http://www.powerhousetheatre.com

Quantum Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.quantumtheatre.org/index.html

REDCAT (Los Angeles)
http://redcat.org/

The Road Theatre Company (North Hollywood)
http://www.roadtheatre.org

Robey Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/

Rogue Artists Ensemble (Signal Hill)
http://http://www.rogueartists.org

Room to Improv (Los Angeles)
http://www.roomtoimprov.com/

Sacred Fools Theater
http://www.sacredfools.org

Santa Monica Playhouse
http://santamonicaplayhouse.com/

Santa Monica Theatre Guild
http://www.morgan-wixson.org

Son of Semele Ensemble (Los Angeles)
http://www.sonofsemele.org/

The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (Los Angeles)
http://www.strasberg.com/

Shakespeare in the Vines (Temecula)
http://www.shakespeareinthevines.org/SITV/Home.html

Theatre of NOTE (Hollywood)
http://www.theatreofnote.com

Torrance Theatre Company
http://torrancetheatrecompany.com

Towne Street Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://www.townestreet.org

Triumvirate Pi
http://www.tri-pi.org/

UCLA Live
http://www.uclalive.org/

Watts Village Theater Company
http://www.wattsvillagetheatercompany.org/

Will & Company (Los Angeles)
http://www.willandcompany.com/

Women in Theatre (Studio City)
http://www.nohoartsdistrict.com/womenintheatre/

Wordspace (Los Angeles)
http://www.wordspace.net/

Write Act Repertory Company (Hollywood)
http://www.writeactrep.org/homepage.htm

The Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble (Los Angeles)
http://www.ziggurattheatre.org/aboutziggurat.html


Theater - Orange County

American Coast Theater Company (Costa Mesa)
http://www.americancoasttheater.org

The Chance Theater (Anaheim Hills)
http://www.chancetheater.com/

Irvine Barclay Theatre
http://www.thebarclay.org

Laguna Playhouse (Laguna Beach)
http://www.lagunaplayhouse.com

Fullerton Theatre League
http://www.fullertontheatreleague.org

The Hunger Artists Theatre Company (Fullerton)
http://www.hungerartists.com

Maverick Theater (Fullerton)
http://www.mavericktheater.com

No Square Theatre (Laguna Beach)
http://www.nosquare.org

Orange County Playwrights Alliance
http://www.ocplaywrights.org

Orange County Theater Company
http://www.orangecountytheatercompany.org

The Resident Theatre Company Playwrights' Festival (Fullerton College)
http://fcfinearts.fullcoll.edu/theatre/festivals/plywrtfest.shtml

Rude Guerrilla Theater Company (Santa Ana)
http://www.rudeguerrilla.org

South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa)
http://www.scr.org

Stages Theatre (Fullerton)
http://www.stagestheatre.net

Teatro Los Actores de Santa Ana
http://www.louieolivosjr.com


Theater - Santa Barbara, Ventura

Barkerductions - Ventura County Community Theaters
http://www.barkerductions.com

Center Stage Theater (Santa Barbara)
http://www.centerstagetheater.org/

Ensemble Theatre Company (Santa Barbara)
http://www.ensembletheatre.com/

Lobero Theatre (Santa Barbara)
http://www.lobero.com/

Ojai Shakespeare Festival
http://www.ojaishakespeare.org

Rubicon Theatre (Ventura)
http://www.rubicontheatre.org

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
http://www.sbcaf.org/

Teatro de las Americas (Oxnard)
http://www.teatrodelasamericas.org

Theater150 (Ojai)
http://www.theater150.org

Ventura Improv Company
http://venturaimprov.com


Theater - San Diego Area

Actors Alliance of San Diego
http://www.actorsalliance.com/

Asian American Repertory Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.asianamericanrep.org/

Asian Story Theater (San Diego)
http://members.cox.net/asianst/

California Center for the Arts (Escondido)
http://www.artcenter.org

Carlsbad Play Readers
http://www.carlsbadplayreaders.org/

Community Actors Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.communityactorstheatre.com/

Cygnet Theatre Company (San Diego)
http://www.cygnettheatre.com/index.php

Fritz Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.fritztheatre.com/

La Jolla Playhouse
http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/

Lamb's Players Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.lambsplayers.org/

Lynx Performance Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.lynxperformance.com/index.html

North Coast Repertory Theatre (Solana Beach)
http://www.northcoastrep.org/

The Old Globe (San Diego)
http://www.oldglobe.org/

Poor Players (San Diego)
http://www.poorplayers.com/

Poway Center for the Performing Arts
http://www.powayarts.org/

San Diego Repertory Theatre
http://www.sandiegorep.com/

San Diego Theatre (History)
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/theaters/theaters.htm
(San Diego Historical Society)

Scripps Ranch Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.scrippsranchtheatre.org/

Sledgehammer Theatre (San Diego)
http://www.sledgehammer.org/

Stone Soup Theatre Company (San Diego)
http://www.stonesouptheatre.net/

Vantage Theatre (San Diego)
http://home.san.rr.com/vantagetheatre/


Theater - San Luis Obispo, Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey Peninsula

The African American Theater Arts Troupe (UCSC, Santa Cruz)
http://www.frazadelic.com/AATAT03.htm

Coastal Repertory Theatre (Half Moon Bay)
http://www.coastalrep.com/

First Theatre (Monterey State Historic Park)
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=959

Forest Theater Guild (Carmel)
http://www.foresttheaterguild.org

Monterey County Theatre Alliance
http://www.mctaweb.org/

PacRep Theatre (Carmel)
http://www.pacrep.org/

Paperwing Theatre Company (Monterey)
http://www.paperwingtheatreco.com/index2.html

Pewter Plough Playhouse (Cambria)
http://pewterploughplayhouse.org/

Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts (Santa Cruz)
http://www.riotheatre.com/

Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre
http://www.actorssc.org

Shakespeare Santa Cruz
http://www.shakespearesantacruz.org/

Staff Players Repertory Company (Carmel)
http://www.cetstaffplayers.org/staffplayers.htm


Theater - South Bay, San Jose, Silicon Valley

Bootstrap Foundation (Palo Alto)
http://www.bootstrap-foundation.org

Broadway by the Bay (San Mateo)
http://www.broadwaybythebay.org/

Bus Barn Stage Company (Los Altos)
http://www.busbarn.org/

Calaveras Repertory Theatre (Milpitas)
http://www.calaverasrep.com/

California Theatre Center (Sunnyvale)
http://www.ctcinc.org

Center Stage Productions (San Jose)
http://www.sanjosecenter.org/center_stage_productions.htm

City Lights Theater Company of San Jose
http://www.cltc.org/

Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (San Jose)
http://www.asiantheater.org/

Dragon Productions Theatre Company (Palo Alto)
http://www.dragonproductions.net

Los Gatos Shakespeare Festival
http://www.festivaltheatreensemble.org

Northside Theatre Company (San Jose)
http://www.northsidetheatre.com/

Oriki (Mountain View)
http://www.oriki.org/

Palo Alto Players
http://www.paplayers.org/

The Pear Avenue Theatre (Mountain View)
http://www.thepear.org/

Pleasanton Playhouse
http://www.pleasantonplayhouse.com/

Renegade Theatre Experiment (San Jose)
http://www.renegadetheatre.com/main.html

San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
http://sanjose.org/meetings/facilities/perf_arts.php

San Jose Repertory Theatre
http://www.sjrep.com/

Saratoga Drama Group
http://www.saratogadramagroup.com/

Gary Soren Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (Ohlone College, Fremont)
http://www2.ohlone.edu/org/smith_ctr/

El Teatro Campesino (San Juan Bautista)
http://www.elteatrocampesino.com/

Teatro Visión (San Jose)
http://www.teatrovision.org/

TheatreWorks (Palo Alto)
http://www.theatreworks.org/


Theater - San Francisco Area

48th Avenue Productions (San Francisco)
http://www.48thavenueproductions.com/

Abydos Theater (San Francisco)
http://www.abydostheater.org/index.html

The Actors Center of San Francisco
http://www.theactorscenter-sf.com/

African-American Shakespeare Company
http://www.african-americanshakes.org/

AfroSolo Theatre (San Francisco)
http://www.afrosolo.org/

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)(San Francisco)
http://www.act-sfbay.org/

Antares Ensemble
http://www.antaresensemble.org/

Asian American Theater Company (San Francisco)
http://www.asianamericantheater.org/

BATS Improv (San Francisco)
http://www.improv.org/

Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center (San Francisco)
http://www.loscenzontles.com/

Margaret Cho
http://www.margaretcho.com/

George Coates Performance Works (San Francisco)
http://www.georgecoates.org/

Chinese Clown Cabaret
http://www.chineseclowncabaret.com

Crowded Fire Theater Company (San Francisco)
http://www.crowdedfire.org/

Cultural Odyssey(San Francisco)
http://www.culturalodyssey.org/v2/flash/home.html

Diamond Daggers
http://www.diamonddaggers.com/

Will Durst
http://www.willdurst.com/

The Eighteen Mighty Mountain Warriors (San Francisco)
http://www.18mmw.com

Encore Theatre Company (San Francisco)
http://www.encoretheatrecompany.org/

Foghouse Productions (San Francisco)
http://www.foghouse.com/lobby.html

Fresh Meat Productions
http://www.freshmeatproductions.org/

Ladies Against Women
http://www.ladiesagainstwomen.com/index.html
__ http://blogs.salon.com/0004123/

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco)
http://www.lhtsf.org/

Magic Theatre (San Francisco)
http://www.magictheatre.org/

The Marsh Breeding Ground for New Performance (San Francisco)
http://www.themarsh.org/

Museum of Performance and Design
http://www.sfpalm.org/home.html

Naatak (San Francisco Bay Area)
http://www.naatak.com/

New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco)
http://www.nctcsf.org/

Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
http://www.playwrightscentersf.org/

Playwrights Foundation
http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org/

Porch Light (San Francisco)
http://www.porchlightsf.com/

Project Artaud (San Francisco)
http://www.artaud.org/

San Francisco Fringe Festival
http://www.sffringe.org/

San Francisco Mime Troupe
http://www.sfmt.org/

San Francisco Theater Festival
http://www.sftheaterfestival.org/

Second Wind Productions (San Francisco)
http://www.secondwind.8m.com/

Shadowlight Productions (San Francisco)
http://www.shadowlight.org/slp/

Theatre Bay Area
http://www.theatrebayarea.org/

Theatre of Yugen (San Francisco)
http://www.theatreofyugen.org/

Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco)
http://www.therhino.org/

Three Wise Monkeys (San Francisco)
http://www.threewisemonkeys.org/index.html

A Traveling Jewish Theatre
http://www.atjt.com/

True Fiction Magazine (San Francisco)
http://www.truefictionmagazine.com/

Z Space Studio (San Francisco)
http://www.zspace.org/


Theater - Berkeley

Actor's Ensemble of Berkeley
http://www.aeofberkeley.org/

Aurora Theatre Company (Berkeley)
http://www.auroratheatre.org/education.php?ref=prog

Berkeley Repertory Theatre
http://www.berkeleyrep.org/

Black Repertory Group (Berkeley)
http://blackrepertorygroup.com/

Cal Performances (UC Berkeley)
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/

Central Works Theater Ensemble (Berkeley)
http://www.centralworks.org

Impact Theatre (Berkeley)
http://www.impacttheatre.com/

Josh Kornbluth
http://www.joshkornbluth.com/

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts (Berkeley)
http://www.juliamorgan.org/

La Peña Cultural Center (Berkeley)
http://www.lapena.org/

Leonard Pitt
http://leonardpitt.com/

Play Cafe
http://www.playcafe.org/

Shotgun Players (Berkeley)
www.shotgunplayers.org

Wavy Gravy
http://www.wavygravy.net/


Theater - Oakland

The Drama Mamas (Oakland)
http://www.dramamamas.com/

Eastenders Repertory Company (Oakland)
http://www.eastenders.org/

IS Productions (Oakland)
http://www.isproductions.com/

Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (Oakland)
http://www.oaklandnet.com/parks/facilities/points_alice_arts_center.asp

TheatreFirst (Oakland)
http://www.theatrefirst.com/

Woman's Will (Oakland)
http://www.womanswill.org/


Theater - Contra Costa

California Magic Dinner Theatre (Martinez)
http://www.calmagic.com/

California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda)
http://www.calshakes.org/v4/home.html

The El Campanil Theatre (Antioch)
http://www.elcampaniltheatre.com/

Center REPertory Company (Walnut Creek)
http://www.centerrep.org/

Chevron Family Theatre Festival (Walnut Creek)
https://lesherartscenter.org/theatrefestival

Contra Costa Christian Theatre (Walnut Creek)
http://www.ccchristiantheatre.org/home/home.html

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (El Cerrito)
http://www.ccct.org/

Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek)
http://www.lesherartscenter.org/

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (Richmond)
http://www.eastbaycenter.org/

Kyklos Productions (San Ramon)
http://www.kyklosproductions.com/

Masquers Playhouse (Point Richmond)
http://www.masquers.org/

Pinole Community Players
http://www.pinoleplayers.org/

Playhouse West (Walnut Creek)
http://www.playhousewest.org/

Town Hall Theatre Company of Lafayette
http://www.thtc.org/

The Village Theatre (Danville)
http://www.ci.danville.ca.us/default.asp?serviceID1=881&Frame=L1

Willows Theatre (Concord)
http://www.willowstheatre.org/default.htm


Theater - Marin

Antenna Theater (Sausalito)
http://www.antenna-theater.org/

Geoffrey Chaucer & Co (San Rafael)
http://www.chaucertheatre.org/

Conservatory Theatre Ensemble
http://www.ctetam.org/

Marin Center (San Rafael)
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/CU/Main/mc/index.cfm

Marin Shakespeare Company (San Rafael)
http://www.marinshakespeare.org/

Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley)
http://www.marintheatre.org/

The Mountain Play (Mill Valley)
http://www.mountainplay.org/

North Bay Theatre Group
http://www.nbtg.org/

Novato Theater Company
http://www.novatocommunityplayers.com/

Porchlight Theatre Company (Ross)
http://www.porchlight.net

Ross Valley Players (Ross)
http://www.rossvalleyplayers.org/


Theater - Wine Country and the Russian River

6th Street Playhouse (Santa Rosa)
http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/

Bodega Theatre Company
http://www.bodegatheatrecompany.com/index.html

Cinnabar Theater (Petaluma)
http://www.cinnabartheater.org/

Dreamweavers Theatre (Napa)
http://www.dreamweaverstheatre.org/

Glaser Center (Santa Rosa)
http://www.glasercenter.com

The Imaginists (Santa Rosa)
http://www.theimaginists.org

The Independent Eye (Sebastopol)
http://www.independenteye.org/

Light Touch Theater
http://www.lighttouchtheater.com/

Napa Valley Opera House
http://www.napavalleyoperahouse.org/

North Bay Theatre Group
http://www.nbtg.org/

Pegasus Theater (Monte Rio)
http://www.pegasustheater.com/

Pacific Alliance Stage Company (Rohnert Park)
http://www.spreckelsonline.com/performingarts/stageco.cfm

Raven Players (Healdsburg)
http://www.ravenplayers.org/

Il Teatro Calamari (St Helena)
http://www.teatrocalamari.com/

Sonoma County Repertory Theater (Sebastopol)
http://the-rep.com/default.aspx

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (Santa Rosa)
http://www.wellsfargocenterarts.com/ (formerly Luther Burbank Center for the Arts)


Theater - Solano Area

Darkroom Productions (Vallejo)
http://www.darkroomarts.com/

Solano College Theatre (Fairfield)
http://www.solano.edu/fine_arts/theater/index.html

Vacaville Performing Arts Center
http://www.vpat.net/


Theater - Sacramento/Davis

Acme Theatre Company (Davis)
http://www.acmetheatre.net/

B Street Theatre (Sacramento)
http://www.bstreettheatre.org/go/bstreet/index.cfm

Beyond the Proscenium (Sacramento)
http://www.beyondtheproscenium.org/

Big Idea Theatre (Roseville)
http://www.bigideatheatre.com/

California Stage (Sacramento)
http://www.calstage.org/

Chautauqua Playhouse (Carmichael)
http://www.cplayhouse.com/

Crest Theatre (Sacramento)
http://www.thecrest.com/

Lambda Players (Sacramento)
http://www.lambdaplayers.com/

Magic Circle Theatre (Roseville)
http://www.mcircle.org/

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (Davis)
http://www.mondaviarts.org/

The Palms (Winters)
http://www.palmsplayhouse.com/

River Stage (Sacramento)
http://www.riverstage.org/

Sacramento Shakespeare Festival
http://www.sacramentoshakespeare.net

Sacramento Theatre Company
http://www.sactheatre.org/

The Studio Theatre (Sacramento)
http://www.thestudiotheatre.net/

Thistle Dew (Sacramento)
http://www.thistle-dew.net/

U. C. Davis Theatre and Dance
http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu


Theater - Central Valley, Inland Empire, Desert

2nd Space Theatre (Fresno)
http://www.tower2000.com/rockas-gcp/2ndspace.html

The Acting Company (Yuba City)
http://www.actingcompany.org/

Bakersfield Community Theatre
http://www.bakersfieldcommunitytheatre.com/

The Empty Space (Bakersfield)
http://www.esonline.org

Fair Oaks Theatre Festival
http://www.fairoakstheatrefestival.com/

FTC Inland Theatre Works (San Bernardino)
http://ftcsb.org/v2/

Good Company Players (Fresno)
http://www.gcplayers.com/index.html

Heartland Players Theatre Company (Yucaipa)
http://www.heartlandplayers.org

Inland Theatre League
http://www.inlandtheatre.org/index.php

McCallum Theatre (Palm Springs)
http://www.mccallumtheatre.com/

Merced Shakespeare Fest
http://mercedshakespearefest.org/

Palm Springs High School Theater Company
http://www.pshsdrama.com/

Palmdale Repertory Theatre
http://palmdalerepertorytheatre.com/

The Paper Wing Theatre Company (Salinas)
http://www.paperwingtheatreco.com/

Playhouse Merced
http://www.playhousemerced.com/

Prospect Theater Project (Modesto)
http://www.prospecttheaterproject.org

Ramona Bowl (Hemet)
http://www.ramonabowl.com

Rialto Community Players
http://www.rialtocommunityplayers.org

Riverside Community Players
http://www.riversidecommunityplayers.com

The State Theater of Modesto
http://www.thestate.org/home.cms

Sanctuary Stage Theatre (Fresno)
http://theatrejnerique.com/theater.htm

Stockton Civic Theatre
http://www.sctlivetheatre.org/

TheatreAddict.com (Bakersfield)
http://theatreaddict.com

West Side Theatre (Newman)
http://www.westsidetheatre.org/


Theater - Gold Country and the Sierras

The Center for the Arts (Grass Valley)
http://thecenterforthearts.org/

Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (Nevada City)
http://www.catsweb.org/

The Foothill Theatre Company (Nevada City)
http://www.foothilltheatre.org

Imagination Theater (Placerville)
http://www.imagination-theater.org/

Main Street Theatre Works (Sutter Creek)
http://www.mstw.org/

Murphys Creek Theatre (Murphys)
http://www.murphyscreektheatre.org/

Olde Coloma Theatre (Coloma)
http://www.oldecolomatheatre.com/

Placer Community Theater (Auburn)
http://www.placercommunitytheater.org

Sierra Classic Theatre (Mammoth Lakes)
http://sierraclassictheatre.org/

Sierra Repertory Theatre (Sonora)
http://www.sierrarep.com

Stage 3 (Sonora)
http://www.stage3.org/

Volcano Theatre Company
http://www.volcanotheatre.org/


Theater - North Coast and North Inland

Bare Stage Theatre (Red Bluff)
http://www.barestage.com/

Blue Room Theatre (Chico)
http://www.blueroomtheatre.com/

Dell'Arte (Blue Lake)
http://www.dellarte.com/

Ensemble Theatre of Chico
http://www.ensembletheatreofchico.com

Lake County Repertory Theater (Lower Lake)
http://www.lcrt.org/public_html/home.htm

Mendocino Theatre Company
http://www.1mtc.org

North Bay Theatre Group
http://www.nbtg.org/

North Coast Repertory (Eureka)
http://www.humboldt1.com/~ncrt/

Theatre on the Ridge (Paradise)
http://www.totr.org/

Ukiah Players Theatre
http://www.ukiahplayerstheatre.org/

Willits Community Theatre
http://web.mac.com/stephaniechatten/WCT/Welcome.html

















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Radio and Television - Producers, Actors, Writers, Hosts

Historical

Don Adams
(1923-2005)
http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/dona.html (WouldYouBelieve.com)

David and Lynn Angell
(d. September 11, 2001)
http://www.goasa.com/angellwrittenby.pdf (WGA)

Desi Arnez
(1917-1986)
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/arnazdesi/arnazdesi.htm
(Museum of Broadcast Communications)

Lucille Ball
(1911-1989)
http://www.lucilleball.com/
__ http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/lucy.html (Time 100)

Raymond Burr
(1917-1993)
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/burrraymond/burrraymond.htm
(The Museum of Broadcast Communications)

Johnny Carson
(1925-2005)
http://www.johnnycarson.com/carson/

Julia Child
(1912-2004)
http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/08/20/child/ (Salon)

Mark Goodson
(1915-1992)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Goodson

Fred MacMurray
(1908-1991)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_MacMurray (Wikipedia)

Gilda Radner
(1946-1989)
http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/radner.html (Jewish Women in Comedy)

Gene Roddenberry
(1921-1991)
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/creative/69095.html



Radio and Television - Producers, Actors, Writers, Hosts - Contemporary

Lowell Bergman
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/bergman/ (U C Berkeley)

Robert Culp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Culp (Wikipedia)

Belva Davis
http://belvadavis.com

Ellen DeGeneres
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/

Elizabeth Farnsworth
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_farnsworth.html (PBS)

Anne Taylor Fleming
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/AnneTaylorFleming_000.htm (USC)

D.C. Fontana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._Fontana (Wikipedia)

Huell Howser
http://www.calgold.com/about.asp (California's Gold)

Don Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Johnson (Wikipedia)

Doug McConnell
http://www.kron.com/Global/story.asp?S=484921 (KRON)

Nichelle Nichols
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/character/1112511.html

Leonard Nimroy
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/cast/69076.html

Oakland Athletics Broadcasters
Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse, Glen Kuiper, Robert Buan
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=oak

Fess Parker
http://www.fessparker.com/fess_parker.htm

Carl Reiner
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/reinercarl/reinercarl.htm
(Museum of Broadcast Commnications)

Rob Reiner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner

Richard Rodriguez
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/essays/essayist_rodriguez.html (PBS)

William Shatner
http://www.williamshatner.com/
_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner (Wikipedia)

Maria Shriver
http://www.firstlady.ca.gov/state/firstlady/fl_homepage.jsp

Ray Taliaferro
http://www.kgoam810.com/djadditionalinformation.asp?djid=3450

Lily Tomlin
http://www.lilytomlin.com/

Haskell Wexler
http://www.haskellwexler.com

Loretta Young
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/Y/htmlY/younglorett/younglorett.htm
(The Museum of Broadcast Commnications)




Radio Stations and Organizations

American Mavericks
(public radio produced by American Public Media
in association with the San Francisco Symphony
and Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director)
http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/

ArtScene Visual Radio
http://www.artscenevisualradio.com/

Chicano Music Chronicles (CRN)
http://www.chicanomusicchronicles.com

Coastridge Productions
http://www.coastridge.org

The Grateful Dead Hour
http://dttw.gdhour.com/

Free Radio San Diego 96.9FM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Radio_San_Diego (Wikipedia)

KALW (San Francisco)
http://www.kalw.org/
__Explorations in Music
http://www.kalw.org/explorations.html
__Fog City Blues
http://www.fogcityblues.com/
__Music from Other Minds
http://rchrd.com/mfom/
__Then and Now - musicians and composers
with Sarah Cahill
http://www.sarahcahill.com/radio.shtml

KALX
http://kalx.berkeley.edu/

KCSM Jazz Radio
http://www.kcsm.org/

KDFC - Classical (San Francisco)
http://www.kdfc.com/

KDRT - Low Power Radio for the City of Davis
http://www.kdrt.org/
_Cheese and Crackers -- http://www.flickerpictures.com/cheeseandcrackers.htm
Programs also include Ariela's Apassionata, Jazz and Truth,
Just a Modern Rock Show, Nexus Stage, Snowbeige's Written Art Show,
The Inferno, Live Tracks, Great Jazz Albums,
Dunya Dur Darshan
, and more.

KHSU (Humboldt State University)
http://www.khsu.org/

KPBS (SDSU)
http://www.kpbs.org

KPCC (Pasadena)
http://www.scpr.org
__FilmWeek
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/filmweek.html
__L.A. Theatre Works: "The Play's the Thing"
http://www.scpr.org/programs/latw/
__Zócalo - A Cultural Forum for the New LA
http://www.scpr.org/programs/zocalo/index.html
__Pacific Drift
http://www.scpr.org/programs/pacificdrift/

KPFA Radio (Berkeley)
http://www.kpfa.org
__Against the Grain
http://www.againstthegrain.org/
__Bay Native Circle
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=88
__Cover to Cover
http://www.kpfa.org/dramaandlit/#cover
__A Musical Offering
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=74
__No Other Radio Network
http://www.kpfa.org/nootherradionetwork/
__Over the Edge
http://negativland1.netfirms.com/ote/
__The Radio Chronicles
http://www.kpfa.org/dramaandlit/
__Radio Drama
http://www.kpfa.org/dramaandlit/

KPFZ - Lake County Community Radio
http://www.kpfz.org/

KSDS: Jazz 88.3 (San Diego)
http://www.jazz88online.org/aboutksds.php

The KSON Bluegrass Special with Wayne Rice
http://www.kson.com/bluegrass/

KSVY (Sonoma)
http://www.ksvy.org/
_Pacific Poetry Jam
http://www.ksvy.org/shows/Pacific_Poetry_Jam.htm
_Sonoma Valley Music Scene
http://www.ksvy.org/shows/SonomaVallMusicScene.htm
_The Unheard Music
http://www.ksvy.org/shows/Unheard_Music.htm

KVCR (San Bernadino)
http://www.kvcr.org/

KVMR (Nevada City)
http://www.kvmr.org/
_booktown
http://booktown.blogspot.com/
_Rock 'N Roll Party
http://www.kvmr.org/programs/rockandrollparty.html
_Sunday Blues Spectrum
http://www.kvmr.org/programs/bluesspectrum.html

KVPR Valley Public Radio
http://www.kvpr.org/

KXJZ - Capitol Public Radio (Sacramento area)
http://www.capradio.org
_Blue Dog Jam
http://www.capradio.org/programs/programdetail.aspx?programid=80
_Classic Jazz and Swing
http://www.capradio.org/programs/classicjazzswing/default.aspx
_Excellence in Jazz
http://www.capradio.org/programs/excellenceinjazz/default.aspx
_Ruth Rosenberg, Arts Reviewer
http://www.capradio.org/programs/bios/biodetail.aspx?bioid=27

KZYX&Z (Mendocino County)
http://www.kzyx.org
_Humble Pie - American Roots Music,
Folk Acoustic and Singer-songwriter music
http://www.kzyx.org/dj_profiles/humbl_j.html
_Piano Jazz
http://www.npr.org/programs/pianojazz/
_Words On Books
http://www.gallerybooks.com/bkm/index.html

Radio Grass - California Bluegrass radio programs
http://www.cbaontheweb.org/radio.asp

soma FM (San Francisco)
http://www.somafm.com/



Television Stations and Organizations

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
http://www.emmys.org/contact/index.php

Bay Area Back Roads - with Doug McConnell
www.bayareabackroads.com/

California Heartland
http://www.californiaheartland.org/
__Hosts
http://www.californiaheartland.org/hosts/index.htm

California's Gold - with Huell Howser
http://www.calgold.com/

Central Valley Chronicles - Hosted by Bette Vasquez
http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/cvc.htm
__Staff
http://www.centralvalleychronicles.com/staff/default.htm

Center for Asian American Media
http://asianamericanmedia.org/

Independent Television Service (ITVS)
http://www.itvs.org/

KCET Television (Los Angeles)
http://www.kcet.org/

KCRT (Richmond)
http://www.kcrt.com/

KQED Public Television
http://www.kqed.org
_KQED Arts and Culture
http://www.kqed.org/arts/
KQED ImageMakers
http://www.kqed.org/arts/imagemakers/
_KQED Spark
http://www.kqed.org/spark
_KQED Truly California
http://www.kqed.org/arts/truly/

KTEH - Public Television for San Jose and the San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.kteh.org/index.html
video i -- http://www.kteh.org/productions/videoi/videoi.html

KVCR (San Bernadino)
http://www.kvcr.org/

KVIE Public Television
http://www.kvie.org
_America's Heartland
http://www.americasheartland.org/
_KVIE Arts Alive
http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/artsalive/default.htm
_Central Valley Chronicles
http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/cvc.htm
_Viewfinder
http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/viewfinder/default.htm

LiveWire
http://www.livewiredirt.blogspot.com/

Museum of Television and Radio
http://mtr.org/

The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
http://www.namac.org

The Paley Center for Media
http://mtr.org

Star Trek
http://www.startrek.com

This Week in Northern California - Host, Belva Davis
http://thisweek.kqed.org

TV Guide Channel
http://www.tvguide.com/





Compiled by Judy Malloy
The list is in progress. Artists are selected for creative vision, professional accomplishment on a national level, and/or contribution to California culture, and/or web site presentation of their work. Many more artists will be added.