{{Short description|Theater Company}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} '''Ray of Light Theatre''' is a musical theatre company in San Francisco, California. It performs at The Barbary Stage in Jackson Square.
==History== Ray of Light Theatre was founded by artistic director Shane Ray and board co-chair Adrienne Abrams in 2000.
'''Production highlights & honors:'''
In 2005, ''2 Broke Girls'' star Beth Behrs appeared as Sandy Dumbrowski in the musical ''Grease.''
In 2005, ROLT produced ''Bat Boy: The Musical'', directed by James Monroe Iglehart.
In 2009, the month-long run of ''The Who's Tommy'' garnered six Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards (of eleven nods).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Examiner |date=2009-10-29 |title=Ray of Light rocks ‘Tommy’ |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/ray-of-light-rocks-tommy/article_a688649e-3191-5c3f-9bea-9395746fe94a.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, the ROLT production of ''Assassins'' was nominated for 13 BATCC awards, winning 8, including Best Musical.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Examiner |date=2011-06-09 |title=Ray of Light brings ‘Assassins’ to life |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/ray-of-light-brings-assassins-to-life/article_cfaf4162-6305-5ea8-ab32-eacea6dfb891.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
In 2012, the ROLT production of ''Sweeney Todd'' was nominated for 6 BATCC awards, winning best featured actress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stark Insider |first= |date=2012-07-18 |title='Sweeney Todd' - The Devil's in the Details |url=https://www.starkinsider.com/2012/07/sweeney-todd-the-devils-in-the-details.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Stark Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2015, ROLT produced the Bay Area Premiere of Heathers the Musical and worked with writers Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt on producing Lizzie the Musical. In the 2016 season ROLT received good reviews in the San Francisco Chronicle for ''The Wild Party (Lippa Musical).''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ray of Light Theatre puts on a 'Wild Party'|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/performance/article/Ray-of-Light-Theatre-puts-on-a-Wild-Party-7961979.php|date=2016-06-03|website=SFChronicle.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> The same paper's critic praised the 2024 production of Legally Blonde, presenting it as an example for a "fluffy musical" that nonetheless communicates "a key political point."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janiak |first=Lily |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |first4= |date=2024-09-13 |title=This ‘Legally Blonde’ epitomizes how fluffy musical theater makes a key political point |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/legally-blonde-ray-of-light-fluffy-political-19760938 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == <references />
==External links== Ray of Light Theatre [http://rayoflighttheatre.com] (Official Website)
Category:Theatre companies in San Francisco