Big Bear Performing Arts & Theatre
2026 Season Announcement – Tickets Available Now!
We invite you to experience unforgettable productions that blur the lines between stage and soul, mixing theater, film, music, and memory in bold, breathtaking ways.
From world premieres to fresh adaptations, these are stories that matter - stories that speak to this moment.
This season, we lean in even further, with plays that explore legacy, justice, connection, motherhood, grief, magic, and resilience. It’s raw, immersive, and unforgettable.
Thanks to your support and the dedication of our volunteers, we’re building a regional theater that is as extraordinary as our landscape: creative, inclusive, and enduring.
Location: Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center, 39707 Big Bear Blvd.
2026 Season Line-Up
On Golden Pond
June 18 - 28, 2026
Ernest Thompson’s enduring masterwork returns to the stage in a production that feels tailor - made for Big Bear Lake.
Set at a summer cottage on a shimmering New England lake, On Golden Pond follows Norman and Ethel Thayer to their summer on the lake, a life long tradition that sparks poignant memories, quick witted humor and the tenderness of a long-overdue family reconciliation.
Thompson’s award winning reminds us that it is never too late to say what matters most.
Tick, Tick...Boom!
October 15 - 25, 2026
Jonathan Larson’s electrifying semi-autobiographical musical is a high-voltage celebration of creativity, ambition, and the relentless drive to make art that matters.
Set in New York City on the eve of a composer’s 30th birthday, tick, tick…BOOM! crackles with urgency and the very real ache of a dreamer racing against the clock.
Creating Worlds Playwright festival
August 13 - 16, 2026
Our inaugural playwright festival - ‘Creating Worlds’ - is a celebration of original voices and brand-new stories developed in Big Bear.
Audiences will be first to experience these works as they come to life on our stage, fresh from the page. Bold, generative, and alive with possibility, Creating Worlds is proof that Big Bear Lake is a place where art is born.
A Ghost Story of Christmas
December 17 - 20, 2026
Big Bear Theater Project’s own original adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, 'A Christmas Carol' is re-imagined year after year for a fresh perspective that honors and retains all the elements that make this the ephemeral and essential holiday story.