Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater has announced their plan to relocate after 50+ years in the “Little Red Schoolhouse” on the hill.

The company’s website announced the following:

“Cinnabar is at a crossroads after five decades of producing shows. The infrastructure of our current space, built in 1908, cannot support modern theater technology, limiting the scope of productions. With only 100 seats, many of our Young Rep shows sell out in just minutes. Scarcity of Parking forces many patrons to navigate unpaved muddy parking area in darkness. Restrooms and other consumer amenities are barely adequate for the size of our crowds. The strain of a growing season and patron base on an aging facility has taken an unfortunate toll, and we need a new space that befits our artistic ambitions.

In 2021, we secured a 6,000 sf space in the Petaluma Village Mall for our Young Rep program and camps. The fabulous energy, numbers and diversity of participants we’ve experienced since this move, as well as the visibility, parking and other features of the Mall, convinced us to pursue a permanent location for Cinnabar at the Mall.

We have entered into a long-term lease with Simon Properties to convert an 8,500 sf, former retail space as our new home. This location will seat twice as many guests as our present facility. The Mall already provides ample, well lit, secure parking, accessible restrooms, and the electrical capacity to power our sophisticated lighting and sound equipment.

Our shared, aspirational vision with Simon is to create a new arts and entertainment hub for the region, with the Cinnabar Theater as the flagship. As retail spaces across the country transition to new uses, we anticipate that more arts organizations, galleries and food and beverage purveyors will migrate to the mall location.”

No schedule for the relocation or dates for the opening were announced.

For more information, click HERE.