NEVADA THEATRE

NEVADA CITY, CA

The Nevada Theatre is the oldest, continuously operated theatre venue on the west coast of the United States.

Over 155 years of history, live performance, music, film, and theatre in Nevada County, CA.

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February 2026

National Theatre Live presents The Fifth Step

Wednesday, February 25th at 6:30pm Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a […]
25 Feb
6:30 pm
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959
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Paul Emery presents What’s in a Name: Local Literature Lurking in a Lucid Landscape

Friday, February 27th @ 7:30 PM RESCHEDULED Who hasn’t been awed by the simplicity, elegance, mystery and humor of the place names found in the Sierra Nevada? Names like Hornswoggle Creek, Shenanigan Flat, Starvation Bar and Sugarloaf. Naming places allowed us to navigate in the landscape and names for places were probably among the very […]
27 Feb
Rescheduled
7:30 pm
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959
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April 2026

National Theatre Live presents All my Sons

Wednesday, April 29th at 6:30pm Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove. One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing […]
29 Apr
6:30 pm
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959
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June 2026

National Theatre Live presents The Playboy of the Western World

Wednesday, June 10th at 6:30pm Nicola Coughlan joins Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins […]
10 Jun
6:30 pm
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959
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July 2026

National Theatre Live presents Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:30pm BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville joins Aidan Turner in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de […]
22 Jul
6:30 pm
Nevada Theatre
401 Broad St, Nevada City, CA 95959
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