MORE Theater/SB creates site-specific theater inspired by local stories, history, buildings, and our environment.   We produce original plays and adaptations for non-traditional performance spaces throughout the Santa Barbara area.

Upcoming Productions

  • Anna Karenina

    AUTUMN 2026

    An original adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel performed in 8 chapter installments.

  • Whalers' Triptych II: The Harpooners Speak

    AUTUMN 2026

    The final installment of our Whalers’ Triptych cycle, based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, written experimenting with an AI generated script.

    Queequeg, Tashtego, Daggoo, and Fedallah are harpooners undertaking what will be their last whaling expedition. Each considers their commitment to life and death in the oceans within their own cultural practices.

  • Madame Ebeneza's Holiday Inn

    WINTER 2026

    A retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol examining wealth acquisition and exploitation.

    It’s the beginning of the holiday season in the foggy seaside town but Madame Ebeneza has no reservations at her Inn. Then her former associate, Margo, appears, angrily warning Ebeneza that her mistreatment, hoarding, and stinginess has produced three Spirits who will soon visit her. But they won’t be bringing the money or things that Ebeneza covets. 

  • TRIMMING

    SPRING 2027

    A family and their farm changes overnight with the legalization of cannabis spurring an industry mania for both growers and users.

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‍ ‍NOW AUDITIONING ACTORS FOR UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

Please contact mkruszewska@moretheatersb.com with information about your specific interest and brief background. Individual auditions will be conducted at our home office auditorium during summer and fall. ‍ ‍

ANNA KARENINA - October

Tolstoy’s novel adapted by ensemble in the form of vignettes. Experience in dance and movement, stylized physical theater.‍

4 male, 3 female, any age

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WHALERS’ TRIPTYCH II: The Harpooners -November

‍ ‍Queequeg, Tashtego, Daggoo, and Fedallah

‍ ‍4 males, ages 20-40, ability to perform soliloquies on moving boat

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MADAME EBENEZA’S HOLIDAY DAY- December

‍Based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, addressing local hospitality industry.

‍3 actors: Spirit of Past, Present, Future

‍Open to all, ability to play multiple roles including Narrator and townspeople. ‍ ‍

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