Ray of Light Theatre

Ray of Light Theatre is a musical theatre company in San Francisco.

History

Ray of Light Theatre was started by the founding artistic director, Shane Ray, and founding board co-chair, Adrienne Abrams, in 2000.

Production highlights & honors:

In 2005, 2 Broke Girls star Beth Behrs appeared as Sandy Dumbrowski in the musical Grease.

In 2005, ROLT produced Bat Boy: The Musical, directed by Broadway star James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Memphis the Musical, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).

In 2007, the company produced the San Francisco premiere of Disney's High School Musical on Stage!.

In 2008, Ray of Light Theatre's The Rocky Horror Show was nominated for five BATCC awards and received critical acclaim.

In 2009, the month-long run of The Who's Tommy garnered six Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards (of eleven nods).

In 2010, ROLT mounted the West Coast Premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.

In 2011, the ROLT production of Assassins was nominated for 13 BATCC awards, winning 8, including Best Musical.

In 2012, the ROLT production of Sweeney Todd was nominated for 6 BATCC awards, winning best featured actress.

In 2013, ROLT produced the Bay Area Premiere of Carrie.

In 2014, ROLT worked with Urinetown writers, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann on developing their new musical, Yeast Nation.

In 2015, ROLT produced the Bay Area Premiere of Heathers the Musical and worked with writers Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt on producing Lizzie the Musical.

Previous shows

Season 1 (2001/2002):

Season 2 (2002/2003):

Season 3 (2003/2004):

Season 4 (2004/2005):

Season 5 (2005/2006):

Season 6 (2006/2007):

Season 7 (2007/2008):

Season 8 (2008/2009):

Season 9 (2009/2010):

Season 10: 2010/2011:

Season 11 (2011):

Season 12 (2012):

Season 13 (2013):

Season 14 (2014):

Season 15 (2015):

Season 16 (2016):

Season 17 (2017):

Season 18 (2018):

Season 19 (2019):

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References
  1. "Ray of Light Theatre puts on a 'Wild Party'". SFChronicle.com. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. "Ray of Light Theatre's 'Reefer Madness'". SFChronicle.com. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. Janiak, Lily (May 18, 2019). "Review: Ray of Light's 'American Psycho' doesn't quite kill it". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. "Ray of Light Theatre puts on a 'Wild Party'". SFChronicle.com. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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