Objectives

• Enable cooperative efforts among Santa Barbara’s performing arts organizations
• Create awareness of the exceptional quality and variety of performances presented in Santa Barbara
• Foster appreciation for the value of the performing arts
• Expand audiences for theater, dance and music of all kinds
• Advocate for conditions that encourage arts presenting
• Intrigue young audiences and capture them for lifelong arts involvement
• Promote Santa Barbara’s rich cultural assets to tourists and prospective visitors
• Illuminate the positive role played by the performing arts in local economy
• Empower and support developing arts organizations
• Increase accessibility and encourage attendance by people with disabilities

Our Projects

The weekly Performing Arts Guide—see our online version in the Events section of this website.

Board of Directors for 2009-2010

Maggie Mixsell, President
Artistic Director/Director of Education, Speaking of Stories

Sean Coughlin, Vice-President
Associate General Manager, Ensemble Theatre Company

Stephanie Miller, Treasurer
Director of Education, Santa Barbara Symphony

Rebekah Altman, Secretary
Editor, Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine

Members at Large

David Brainard
Executive Director, Victoria Hall Theater

Shannon Turner Brooks
Director of Communications, Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau and Film Commission (SBCVB&FC)

Meghan Henry
Senior Writer & Publicist, UCSB Arts & Lectures

Laura Inks
Director of Education, Granada Theater

Staff

Beth Wynstra, Administrative Director

How to Contact Us

Santa Barbara Performing Arts League
Post Office Box 20284
Santa Barbara, California 93120-0284
Phone: 805-563-8068
E-mail: info@sbstage.org