• Community Theatre is the Heart of a City

    Since the early 1990s we have presented over 150 full scale theatrical productions including years of playwriting festivals, 30 shakespeare productions and our crowd pleasing old-west style Melodramas. We have enhanced the lives of our patrons and enriched the community with drama classes for both adults as well as children.

    The Camino Real Playhouse is run by a non-profit organization's board - the Capistrano Center For The Performing Arts. The board is made up of a select group of theatre patrons and professionals dedicated to the future of live community theatre here in South Orange County. Board members are actively engaged in the operation of the theatre and truly constitute a working board representing a wide cross-section of the South Orange County community. Duties of the Board Members include fundraising, staffing, management, accounting, set design, public relations, managing ticket sales, marketing, advertising, educational enrichment programs, group sales and even website design.

    It takes a lot of creativity and energy to continue bringing you the best possible theatre experience at the lowest possible ticket price and there are 4 Theatre Divisions that report to the board. One controls the daily workings of the Playhouse, one controls the future of the Capistrano Center for the Performing Arts as well as management of our facility, one directs programs for young actors (managed by The Acting Academy For Kids) ... one supports acting programs for adults (the Capistrano Acting Academy), and one controls our annual Shakespeare Festival (CapoShakes).

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    We've been doing this for well over 20 years

    About usThe Camino Real Playhouse loves to get involved in the Swallows Festival. In San Juan Capistrano's Annual "Swallows Day" parade the Playhouse won the 2nd Place award for walking entries in 2004 and just won the FIRST PLACE for a horse drawn entry in 2011. In 2005 playhouse volunteers had a great time coordinating, designing, building, and riding on the Playhouse's first horse drawn float for San Juan Capistrano's 47th Annual "Swallows Day" parade. Although we didn't get any awards in 2005 ... everyone that participated came away as winners bringing community talents together for a memorable day of fun.

    In 2006 we won the Fiesta Associations FIRST PLACE award for our "Professor Mack's Traveling Medicine Show" horse drawn float with the entire cast of our record breaking 2006 Melodrama Dirty Deeds at the Depot. For everyone that helped us and got sun burned in the process ... a big thank you! We sang our new theme song "San Juan" and the judges must appreciate good music.

    Supporting Theatre ... Supports Community

    Individual donations and grants are critical to relocating our Playhouse. Our dream has been to create an even more encompassing Center for Performing Arts here in San Juan Capistrano. If you have the financial resources to help us ... thank you. If you can donate something of value to the Playhouse to help us on our journey to becoming the Capistrano Center for the Performing Arts ... thank you also. If you just have time on your hands and the desire to make a difference ... call us.

    Advertisers & Sponsors Keep The Dream Alive

    When advertisers buy space in our programs and corporations sponsor entire performances to help defray ongoing production costs ... we are able to use funds from ticket sales and concessions for much needed technology enhancements such getting a replacement lighting control board for our Main Stage theater or to put more money into advertising for the success of future productions.

    Call Tom Scott at 949-489-8082 for details on how you can sponsoring  a production, advertising in a playbill or making contributions that will help keep performing arts thriving in San Juan Capistrano and South Orange County.


     

    Tom Scott
    President Camino Real Playhouse & CCPA

  • Support Live Theatre in OC   To continue to delight and challenge our audiences with the highest quality of intellectually challenging new works, re-imagined classics, special events and educational productions.

    To produce a broad range of quality theatrical presentations that nurture local artistic expression in South Orange County and especially in our community of San Juan Capistrano.

    To provide learning experiences for those interested in all aspects of theatre production including acting, design, box office and management.
    To provide a home for educational theatre related experiences for youth and young adults, and to work for the development of a performing arts center right here in San Juan Capistrano that will embrace the future of the arts for generations to come.
  • To celebrate achievements of our actors, directors volunteers and staff - providing real value for our many supporters, advertisers and contributors.

    And most importantly ... to share the joy of community theatre and have a great time doing it!ecome one of the many lovers of live theatre that help us thrive in the new year. Your donations and contributions are both greatly appreciated and needed. We only stay here in San Juan through your generous spirt.