OPENING NIGHT 2021 PERFORMANCE--916 Ink, B Street Theater and Stories on Stage Sacramento
We were thrilled to see young poet Amanda Gorman perform her work at the inauguration and the SuperBowl. Now we can join up to support youth creators in our own home town. We hope you'll join us for an exciting Opening Night 2021. We couldn't be more proud to present Young Writers: Stories on Stage Sacramento, in partnership with 916 Ink and B Street Theatre, 5:00 on February 26.
The featured youth authors will be:
We were thrilled to see young poet Amanda Gorman perform her work at the inauguration and the SuperBowl. Now we can join up to support youth creators in our own home town. We hope you'll join us for an exciting Opening Night 2021. We couldn't be more proud to present Young Writers: Stories on Stage Sacramento, in partnership with 916 Ink and B Street Theatre, 5:00 on February 26.
The featured youth authors will be:
- Zoe D, "The Search for Something More"
- Ash Bridges, "Hanging Around"
- Autumn Peterson, "Of Bees and Blades"
- Adora Hanson, "Unknown"
- Dean Balila, "The Moon is Beautiful"
- Truman Duren, from the B Street Theatre workshop
- Caroline Elliott, from the B Street Theatre workshop
Our 2021 Season
Of course we'll begin with our special opening night partnership with 916 Ink and B Street Theater, described above. Then you'll see work performed by authors Ellen Michaelson, Alia Volz, Nancy Johnson, Tod Goldberg, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Natashia Deon, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Also, Stories on Stage Sacramento is publishing a fantastic collection of stories--TWENTY TWENTY: A STORIES ON STAGE ANTHOLOGY. Some of the authors in that anthology will be featured in an online launch party in June. (Below, you'll find a link to a performance of five TWENTY TWENTY authors to announce the anthology.)
Of course we'll begin with our special opening night partnership with 916 Ink and B Street Theater, described above. Then you'll see work performed by authors Ellen Michaelson, Alia Volz, Nancy Johnson, Tod Goldberg, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Natashia Deon, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Also, Stories on Stage Sacramento is publishing a fantastic collection of stories--TWENTY TWENTY: A STORIES ON STAGE ANTHOLOGY. Some of the authors in that anthology will be featured in an online launch party in June. (Below, you'll find a link to a performance of five TWENTY TWENTY authors to announce the anthology.)
Read the latest SOSS blog post for Sue Staats' Q & A with our featured young writers from 916 Ink
and our youth performers from the B Street Theater's Young Actors Workshop!
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Stay tuned for updates on our SOSS TWENTY TWENTY Anthology
40 stories from Northern California authors, including from SOSS friends and alums Karen Bender,
Joshua Mohr, Pamela Houston, Anita Felicelli, Debra Gwartney, Sands Hall, Peter Owner and Joan Frank
and our youth performers from the B Street Theater's Young Actors Workshop!
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Stay tuned for updates on our SOSS TWENTY TWENTY Anthology
40 stories from Northern California authors, including from SOSS friends and alums Karen Bender,
Joshua Mohr, Pamela Houston, Anita Felicelli, Debra Gwartney, Sands Hall, Peter Owner and Joan Frank
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Find the books featured on Stories on Stage Sacramento at Capital Books on K, our local bookseller partner, and receive postcard-sized art of the bookstore and their neighbor, the Crest Theater. Free with your book(s). Heidi and Ross Rojek have been getting stories to readers in Sacramento and beyond much faster than the big guys during this crisis, so let's reward them for that! In addition to mail order and curbside pickup, the store is now open, so you can browse again (appropriately masked of course!) |
Capital Books & Crest Theater, by Kyle Thaw and his mother, Heidi Rojek. This beautiful artwork FREE with your book purchase!
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Visit and subscribe to the Stories on Stage Sacramento youtube channel for recordings of 2020 performances! Sign up to receive our newsletter for announcements of upcoming performances, workshops and more!
Stories on Stage Sacramento In the News
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INSIGHT with Beth RuyakInsight host Beth Ruyak in conversation with Sue Staats and Jen Palmares Meadows
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