When We Were Colored

02/15/2020

Get tickets for the new production of When We Were Colored starring L.A. actress, Chelsea Rutland, playing her grandmother Eva below:

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02/03/2020

See Ginger Rutland's play in the historic Guild Theater in Oak Park this month and celebrate the story of this successful family.

When my family arrived in Oak Park in 1952, the Cold War was in full swing. The United States Air Force was expanding, and my dad, Bill Rutland, a civilian logistics engineer, was transferred from Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio to Sacramento’s McClellan Air Force Base, along with hundreds...

09/21/2019

It’s coming back! Plans are underway to re-stage When We We’re Colored at The Guild Theater in Oak Park. It will be a bigger, more elaborate production. Ginger is looking for investors to make it happen. If interested contact her at (916) 284-3388 or by email [email protected].

04/29/2019

CONGRATULATIONS! Watch this heartfelt video tribute to Ginger and all the Rutlands:

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04/03/2019

Still time to get your tickets at www.sactheatre.org !

Playwright Ginger Rutland tells the story of her mother’s journey from the South to California’s capital city.

03/23/2019

Sneak peek at a short scene, and interview with Ginger.

“When We Were Colored” is making its professional stage debut at The Sacramento Theater Company. The play offers a glimpse into the true story of the Rutland family and about post war Sacramento in the 1950s and 1960s; a time when the community was becoming one of the most racially integrated in...

03/22/2019

Ginger's a Cover Girl! See Ticket in The Sacramento Bee. Get tickets at www.sactheatre.org

“When We Were Colored,” a new play by Ginger Rutland, premiers this month at the Sacramento Theater Company. The play centers on her family’s experience dealing with racism, yet still finding joy and success.