Theatre on the Ridge
History
Theatre on the Ridge was founded in 1975 as an offshoot of a children's program administered by the Paradise Recreation and Parks District. Originally producing one or two productions a year in the local gymnasium, the Theatre expanded to its own location in September 1979. Renovations of an old commercial building were accomplished with all volunteer labor and donations of material and services from the local business community.
The first season of regularly scheduled performances began in 1980 with four productions and the sale of season tickets. Since that time, seasons have evolved to produce six shows annually with more than 750 season ticket subscribers for the 101-seat facility.
TOTR is the oldest California non-profit community theater north of Sacramento.
Mission
The purpose of Theatre on the Ridge is to engage, educate and entertain our community with consistently creative theatre experiences.
Our mission includes, but is not limited to:
Promoting education and involvement in the performing arts.
Providing area residents with opportunities for participation in, and appreciation for, theater arts.
Encouraging training and education for both young people and adults in the performing arts.
And, when possible, to foster appreciation for serious drama as well as new, original drama by local and other writers.
StageCoach
Theatre on the Ridge
Youth Theatre Program
StageCoach is our youth theatre program.
Our commitment is to provide our students with skill building in acting, music, and dance, to allow them to express themselves, collaborate with others, build self-confidence, and explore the creative process through the performing arts.
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2016
The Tin Woman
Light Up the Sky
Rapture, Blister, Burn
The Veil
One Man, Two Govnors
2007
Nunsense II
Moonlight & Magnolias
Shadowbox
Spoon River Anthology
Run For Your Wife!
2015
The Dixie Swim Club
Peter and Alice
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
BIG FISH
2006
Beguiled Again
Don’t Dress for Dinner
Cemetery Club
Sylvia
Last Night of Ballyhoo
2014
Bark! The Musical
Leading Ladies
Other Desert Cities
Boeing, Boeing
Cricket on the Hearth
2005
Nunsense A-Men
Who’s on First?
Rumors
Suddenly Last Summer
American Beauty
2013
Hound of the Baskervilles
Jane Eyre
Blackbird Sings!
Arsenic & Old Lace
Radioland’s Holiday Extravaganza
2004
Love Letters
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Cole!
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Dining Room
Noises Off! (at PPAC)
2012
The Ladies Man
Kimberly Akimbo
Twentieth Century
The Diviners
Hooray for Holywood: Nunset Blvd.
2003
Dark of the Moon
Life With Father
Moon Over Buffalo
The Owl and the Pussycat
Ruthless!
2011
Sherlock Holmes - The Final Adventure
Present Laughter
I Love Piano
The Uninvited
Inspecting Carol
2002
Tintypes
Charley’s Aunt
Belles
Morgana’s Heart
Dames at Sea
2010
Lucky Stiff
Butterflies are Free
Angel Street
Morning's at Seven
Plaza Suite
2001
This Day and Age
Same Time, Next Year
The Playwright
Something’s Afoot
Twelve Angry Men
Nuncrackers
2009
My Three Angels
Over the River and Through the Woods
Lend Me a Tenor
The Trip to Bountiful
Gilligan’s Island
2000
The Philadelphia Story
Forever Plaid
Ten Little Indians
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1940s Radio Hour
Dial ‘M’ for Murder
2008
Baby
Fiction
Everybody Loves Opal
Rabbit Hole
Fools
3735 Neal Road P.O. Box 13 Paradise, California 95967-0013 Tel: 530.877.5760
