Peter Mason

Sierra Stages continues its 2022 Season with “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, playing for four weekends only from July 16 – August 4, 2022 at the historic Nevada Theatre in Nevada City. Winner of eight Tony® Awards including Best Musical, […]

NEVADA CITY, CA, February 23, 2022 – After careful consideration, Miners Foundry, The Center for the Arts, InConcert Sierra, Sierra Stages, Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS), Music in the Mountains, and other local performing arts organizations have partnered to extend their COVID safety protocols. The expiration of these safety measures will vary depending […]

This summer, live theater returns to Nevada County as Sierra Stages presents the Tony Award®-winning musical “The Bridges of Madison County” playing for six performances only from July 23 through July 31 outdoors on the grounds of The North Star House in Grass Valley. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller, “The Bridges […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. January 16, 2020 – In 2020, Sierra Stages presents its 12th season of quality local theater in Grass Valley and Nevada City with three diverse offerings: “Blithe Spirit” by Noël Coward, “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, and “Escaped Alone” by Caryl Churchill.   Sierra […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. June 17, 2019 – This summer, Sierra Stages brings the legendary musical “Cabaret” to Nevada City with an all-local Nevada County production playing from July 11 through August 3 at the historic Nevada Theatre. With a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, this musical masterpiece […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. February 14, 2018 – Sierra Stages kicks-off its 2018 season with the inspired and zany musical comedy “A New Brain” by William Finn and James Lapine for a three-weekend run from March 1 -17 at the historic Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad Street, Nevada City. “A New Brain” is an engaging and fast-paced […]

December 15, 2017 – 2018 marks the 10th Anniversary Season of Sierra Stages, a nonprofit community theatre in western Nevada County (Grass Valley and Nevada City). The 10th Anniversary Season is a celebration of heart, music, laughter and family, and includes two musicals and one classic American comedy: The zany and heartbreaking musical “A New […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. May 2, 2017 – On Wednesday, May 10, Sierra Stages and the Miners Foundry present a reading of “THE LARAMIE PROJECT” as part of “Theater By The Book,” a series of informal play readings for the community. Written by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project and directed by […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. November 4, 2016 – Sierra Stages is pleased to announce open auditions for the first production of its ninth season – the rapturously funny comedy “End Days” by Deborah Zoe Laufer. “End Days” is directed by Robert Rossman, and will play from March 2- 25, 2017 at the historic Nevada Theatre in […]