Welcome to W J Geery Theater

49 seat theater in Midtown, Sacramento, since 1996

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The W. J. Geery Theater is located in this 1899 historic Victorian in which the Pease Conservatory of Music has existed since 1921. This was and is the recital hall which also became a venue for plays in the 1970s when the Sacramento Experimental Theater leased the hall and became in 1986 the Show Below that produced award winning plays until 1995. Wm. J. " Bill" Geery was the actor & singer who owned the building and was the step-father of the current owners, Diane Davidson Heinzer and the family trust of her deceased sister, Joan Bales. Bill's aunt and uncle were Mr. & Mrs. Pease who established the Pease Conservatory of Music.

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The W. J. Geery Theater is wonderful for intimate plays and still great for award winning original plays, such as "Echoes in the Heart". The concert grand piano is great for musicals, concerts, small operas, recitals of music students, Stand -up comedians have filled the theater with laughter. Graham Sobelman produced his first "Grahamaramas" here for over two years. And the Samantics performed some of their hilarious and unusual cabarets here.

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49 seat theater for live performances.

A live theater in the basement of an historical Victorian home, with excellent acoustics , good for non-amplified sound, with a decibel limit not to exceed 80 decibels for over 3 minutes. Not for movies. In the heart of Midtown Sacramento on the corner of 22nd and L Streets.

Upcoming Events.

Mondays & Tuesdays. Improv Classes by Jessilee Windhaus

Wednesdays: Violin groups by Ingrid Peters

Dec. 7 & 8. Improv Performances

March 1, 2025. Violin Recitals by Students of AnnaAdamov

Mar. 8, 2025. Violin Recitals by Students of Kathleen Gallagher McLellan

April 5&6. Improv by Students of Jessilee Windhaus

May 13-18. CIA Academy Rehearsals and Performances

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Performance or Seminar

Rehearsals, Group lessons or Auditions $150 per day

Performances or Recitals $ 250 per day

Use of Tech Booth - per day. $ 50 per day

Required Tech Booth Orientation - once per life-time $ 75 per person

Pease Teachers Discount - 25%

SECURITY DEPOSIT FOR ALL RENTALS - Refundable, less possible damage. $500

W J Geery Theater

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