The Alcazar Ensemble

12/14/2025

Yesterday, we marched in the Holiday Parade and afterwards delivered our fifth performance to an enthusiastic crowd. Today is the grand finale of Miracle on 34th Street. If you have not yet felt the magic, this is your chance to be part of the excitement!

3:00pm doors up at 2:30pm
GA: $20 Seniors/Students $15
Grab tickets online!
www.thealcazar.org

On a different note we are collecting for various nonprofits in our Holiday Movie Magic: A Season of Giving. If you have something to give you can drop it off at the alcazar or

- Still collecting: Holiday Toy & Drive (Drop off Howard School & Alcazar) Sponsored by Berlyn Cota

- The Holiday (PG) – Friday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. - Food & Necessity Drive (Drop off Montecito Bank 7 trust & Alcazar)
Sponsored by MurphyKing Real Estate

- Home Alone (PG) – Sunday, December 21, at 3:00 p.m. - Sweater/Coat Drive (Drop off Laughing Buddha & Alcazar)
Sponsored by Gary Dobbins

- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (PG) – Tuesday, December 23, at 3:00 p.m. - Animal Shelter Drive (Drop off Alley Pets & Murphy's Vinyl Shack & Alcazar)
Sponsored by Taran-Fruend Family Fund

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🎄✨ One Month Away from Opening Night! ✨🎄

The Alcazar Ensemble invites you to rediscover the magic of the season with Miracle on 34th Street — now celebrating its fifth year of festive enchantment!

Step into a world where Kris Kringle, a gentle soul with a twinkle in his eye, claims to be the real Santa Claus — and one young girl’s faith rekindles the wonder of believing. This timeless Christmas classic will warm your heart, lift your spirits, and remind you that miracles truly can happen.

⭐ Adapted by Åsa Olsson from Valentine Davis’s beloved tale, and co-directed with Leslie V. AnnRenee, this year’s production brings together over 30 talented performers from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, ages 5 to 77!
🎅 Featuring Van Riker in his third year as Kris Kringle, radiating warmth, wit, and holiday cheer.
From the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a courtroom full of Christmas spirit, this story will leave you believing in magic all over again.

📅 Dec. 5th-7th & 12th-14th
🎟️ General Admission: $20 | Seniors/Students: $15
✨ Gather your loved ones and make Miracle on 34th Street part of your holiday season.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thealcazar/1922356

09/17/2025

09/17/2025

In the audience this past weekend was the Playwright himself, Mark J. Heller!

Mark J. Heller is an experienced entertainment professional with over thirty-five years in the industry. He has developed his marketing, production, development, and writing skills while working for prominent organizations, including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, and various cable channels across the content spectrum.

As an award-winning writer, producer, and high-level executive, Mark understands the entire process needed to create, plan, execute, and manage all aspects of a project or initiative.

He brings a wealth of experience to the table, along with strong relationships with key industry executives in production, development, promotion, publicity, and digital media.

Currently, Mark serves as the Executive Director for The Handshake Foundation, a non-profit mentoring organization for teens. He continues to pursue his passion for writing, actively developing projects for television, film, stage plays, and digital content.

Join us next weekend for his play's final performances 19th-21st!
Ticket's available on our website: www.thealcazar.org

09/17/2025

! and The Alcazar Theatre invites YOU to attend nationwide staged readings of this year’s plays in our community.

On October 6, 2025, six of the plays submitted through our nationwide call in Spring 2025 will be presented in an evening of readings staged simultaneously by theaters, schools, and community groups across the country.

Nearly 3,000 artists in more than 150 communities have participated across our three previous Nationwide Readings. Many have used ENOUGH! to forge meaningful community partnerships and create space for the youth of their area to be seen and heard.

Our teens are looking for answers on how to avoid becoming another statistic and saying, "Enough is enough."

Will you join them?

THE WINNING 2025 PLAYS ARE BOLD • VITAL • PROVOCATIVE

Holding Space by Abby Dougherty
When tragedy strikes, how do you respond? Thrown together after a school protest goes wrong, Katherine and Lucy must figure out what’s right as they confront their limits–and their potential–in making change.

Oh Look, Another School Shooting! by Matias Finley
After a shooting, whose story takes center stage? The victims? The shooter? Or everybody watching? A young student is forced to face the chilling reality that when truth becomes subject to competing agendas, healing becomes an afterthought.

Nobody Cares About Death by Ian Hodges
Death has written a book, and boy, does he have a lot to say. In his first televised interview, Death reveals he’s been getting a lot busier lately–and he’s really sick of visiting schools. A searing look at the cycles of violence we’ve grown too numb to break.

The Perfect Victim by Payton Aurora Jones
Between the bullet and the obituary are a hundred split-second decisions. For honor-student Malik and his best friend, Jay, the aftermath of a gunshot reveals the fragility of flawed systems, the strength of a connected community, and the injustice of stolen youth.

We Didn’t Have to Meet Here by Pace Rundlett
Four strangers meet in an unfamiliar place with absolutely nothing in common…except for the fact that they’re dead. And before they can move on, they need to understand why. A moving portrait of the stories behind the statistics in an all-American epidemic.

Under Wraps by Olivia Stanley
In a young woman’s all-too-familiar story, a lyrical love ballad twists into a nightmare of violence, secrecy, and deception. A haunting, richly poetic reminder that the pain we hide unravels us all in the end.

There will be a Q&A session with community leaders afterward.

Get Tickets online ($5 Suggested Donation)
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thealcazar/1864561

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