Youth Production of Broadway Favorite Comes to Santa Barbara’s Luke
It’s Lights Up! for ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Lights Up! Theatre Company, an organization that puts Santa Barbara’s youth and high school–aged performers on stage, is producing the outrageous musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. In this Broadway favorite, a lonely theater fan listens to their recording of the (fictional) musical The Drowsy Chaperone to feel better about a messy […]
Lights Up on Luke’s ‘Rotten’ Musical
Something rotten happened to Lights Up!, the teen theater conservatory/company, which opened for business back in 2018. That would be the COVID-19 pandemic, which of course has been pretty rotten for all of us. But the pandemic really put Lights Up! through its paces as the company has been operating under the restrictions for more […]
BWW Previews: SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Marjorie Luke
Something Rotten! a rambunctious romp of a show, opens tonight, February 3, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. Local theater company LightsUp! promises a musical celebration of theater, featuring local teens brimming with enthusiasm to sing, dance, and bring the story to life. Something Rotten!‘s story swirls Shakespearean plot conventions with numerous homages to the Broadway musical, […]
Lights Up! Presents ‘Big Fish’
Kids and parents alike know the stress of being a teenager. There’s academics, sports, arts, and a social life — not to mention molding all that together for college applications or professional resumes. Amy Love of the new Santa Barbara youth performance company, Lights Up! Theatre, knows first-hand these challenges. After a performance and production […]
Lights Up! Theatre Company Brings ‘Big Fish: The Musical’ to Santa Barbara Stage
A new teen-centered theatre company is debuting a bright, high-energy musical production for three days only in Santa Barbara. Lights Up! Theatre Company is performing its inaugural show Big Fish: The Musical in the Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High School starting April 24. A special, low-cost preview will be staged 7 p.m. April 24, with three more […]
Lights Up on Teens
Lights Up! Theatre Company, a new school-year teen theatre conservatory program offering acting, singing, and dance instruction that just started in August, won’t mount its first full production until spring, when the company will take on the musical version of Big Fish at the Marjorie Luke in April. But the teens were just too talented to wait […]
Curtain Rising on New Teen Theater Company in Santa Barbara
Lights Up!, Teen Theatre Conservatory, is coming to the Sana Barbara stage to provide local teens, ages 12-18, with professional acting, singing and dance training in a nurturing and supportive environment. Lights Up! school-year theater program will culminate in a mid-year play and a spring musical production at the Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara […]
