Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Performing arts center in Santa Rosa, United States.
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is a performing arts center in Santa Rosa, California, with a main hall and several smaller spaces for theater, music, and dance. The main hall is built so that seats in every section have a clear view of the stage, keeping the audience close to the performance.
The Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, a non-profit arts organization established in 1979, bought the property from the Christian Life Center in the 1970s for $4.5 million. In 1981 Henry Trione assembled a donor group called "Henry's Angels" that repurchased it for $4.5 million cash in bankruptcy court, and the facility opened to the public that year. Wells Fargo bought the naming rights for ten years from March 12, 2005; the original name returned on March 12, 2016. The east wing was heavily damaged in the Tubbs fire.
The center is named after Luther Burbank, the horticulturist who lived and worked in Santa Rosa. Its resident companies are the North Bay Stage Company and Roustabout Theater, and the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market is a tenant, so the site hosts both performances and a regular market.
The center is in Santa Rosa and has a box office open during regular business hours before shows. Arriving a little early gives you time to find your seat and get settled before the performance begins.
Several comedy albums and live concert recordings were made here and later released officially, which is not common for a regional venue of this size. A few of those recordings became reference points for the performers who made them.
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