This Broadway Review to benefit the Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio features music from Chicago, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening and many more. See some of Ojai’s rising stars as they perform songs from the Broadway musicals they love. Friday and Saturday, Sept 7 & 8 at 8pm. Tickets just $10 and available at the door or by calling 646-4300. Venue: Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio (O-YES).  Website

The Provoked Wife is a bawdy, restoration-era comedy by Sir John Vanbrugh. Written in 1697, the play is about a wife trapped in an abusive relationship who must choose between leaving her perfectly respectable lifestyle or taking a younger lover. Friday, August 10 is our opening night gala. $25 with afterparty. All other performances are just $18. Venue: Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio (O-YES).  Website

The Household Gods - Reality Distortion Field...Songs From The Off Side Of Kilter Special Guests Deep Bob & Shallow Mark And Tara Jeffery Venue: Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio (OYES).  Website

Have You Seen The Emperor's New Clothes at Theater 150? (Only a fool wouldn't see them!) Final Two Performances Thursday 12/22 at 7pm & Friday 12/23 at 8pm.   Website

Theater 150 presents Ojai's take on the traditional British Christmas Pantomime. An uproarious, slapstick, musical extravaganza full of audience participation, singing and sight gags that's guaranteed fun for kids and adults alike. Venue: Theater150.  Website

With a cast of some of the best choir songsters from African American churches throughout the Los Angeles basin, From Earth to Glory, a collaborativepresentation of Civil Society and Rae's Place in Ojai in association with Theater 150, is expected to raise the roof with the soulful and explosive sounds of African American slaves in search of Spirit. Anyone of any culture or spiritual tradition who seeks Spirit - or spirit - in these contemporary hard times is invited to come experience the shared quest for a sacred place of comfort through heartfelt music. Come prepared to tap your feet, wail and rejoice. ----- Venue: Theater150.  Website

Explore practical ways to disentangle yourself from critical voices that keep you from writing. Challenge the whole notion of writer's block and make sure that you never have a reason not to sit down and write. Look at new ways to crack the essence of character, relationship and story. Work to establish a regular writing practice and to live each day in the world as a writer. This is the perfect opportunity to work through a block, reinvigorate your writing, find your voice, rediscover a sense of play and/or gain some new and very practical tools to keep you writing long after the class is over. FREEING THE WRITER with Deb Norton Mondays, 7-10pm, 9/12-11/14 $325/10 weeks  Website

Alida, a reclusive fiction writer, is diagnosed with dementia and must depend upon Beth, a troubled young caretaker, to complete her autobiography. In a symbiotic battle of wills, the two delve into the dark woods of Alida's past, unearthing a secret tragedy that shatters their notions of language, loneliness and essential self. Filled with wry humor, Breadcrumbs is a surprising, compassionate and moving story that transcends tragedy to explore the larger mysteries of identity, family, trust and love. ----- Written by Jennifer Haley Directed by Jessica Kubzansky With Anne Gee Byrd and Brook Masters July 8th-24th Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th - Previews - $15 Saturday the 9th - Premiere Opening Night - $50 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm - $29 Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm - $22 Saturday the 16th at 8pm: Talkback with director and cast after the show!   Website

Alida, a reclusive fiction writer, is diagnosed with dementia and must depend upon Beth, a troubled young caretaker, to complete her autobiography. In a symbiotic battle of wills, the two delve into the dark woods of Alida's past, unearthing a secret tragedy that shatters their notions of language, loneliness and essential self. Filled with wry humor, Breadcrumbs is a surprising, compassionate and moving story that transcends tragedy to explore the larger mysteries of identity, family, trust and love. ----- Written by Jennifer Haley Directed by Jessica Kubzansky With Anne Gee Byrd and Brook Masters July 8th-24th Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th - Previews - $15 Saturday the 9th - Premiere Opening Night - $50 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm - $29 Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm - $22 Saturday the 16th at 8pm: Talkback with director and cast after the show!   Website

Alida, a reclusive fiction writer, is diagnosed with dementia and must depend upon Beth, a troubled young caretaker, to complete her autobiography. In a symbiotic battle of wills, the two delve into the dark woods of Alida's past, unearthing a secret tragedy that shatters their notions of language, loneliness and essential self. Filled with wry humor, Breadcrumbs is a surprising, compassionate and moving story that transcends tragedy to explore the larger mysteries of identity, family, trust and love. ----- Written by Jennifer Haley Directed by Jessica Kubzansky With Anne Gee Byrd and Brook Masters July 8th-24th Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th - Previews - $15 Saturday the 9th - Premiere Opening Night - $50 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm - $29 Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm - $22 Saturday the 16th at 8pm: Talkback with director and cast after the show!   Email   Website