Auburn State Theatre Restoration Project Update
Holiday Wishes from all of us at Auburn State Theatre.
As we close another year, we’re filled with gratitude for your continued support and passion for our community and for Auburn State Theatre. Your dedication inspires our mission to preserve and restore this historic gem.
Truss repair and seismic retrofits have been completed. We are working diligently on a feasibility study to ensure the success of our ambitious vision for the Theatre. This study will lay the groundwork for our capital campaign, set to launch in 2025, and we look forward to inviting you to be a part of this transformative journey.
We are working with our architect on draft floor plans, architectural renderings, and a tentative demolition schedule to expand our seating capacity, enlarge our concessions area and provide new restroom facilities. We will continue to provide glimpses into the future of Auburn State Theatre as we reimagine our role in our community.
Please be sure to check our lineup of holiday events and join us in celebrating the season.
Thank you for being an essential part of Auburn State Theatre’s story. Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!
With warm regards,
Colleen M. Carberry Sands
Executive Director
Breezeway Excavation
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Excavation in Auditorium
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Seismic Retrofit
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Auditorium Under Construction
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Many Thanks to our generous community partners for hosting events while the Theatre is under reconstruction
On Stage • On Screen
Cinema at the State Presents
The Santa Clause
Sponsored by The Kelty Family in Memory of Del Kelty
Bring the kids to this Special Christmas Matinee Event! Free candy canes and photo opportunity with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus!
Running time: 1h 37m
Sun, December 22, 2024
3:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $5 Kids under 12 accompanied by adult ($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
La Liste and La Liste – Everything or Nothing
A Spectacular Skiing Double Feature
If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact June Haugen
“The sickest ski footage of all time.” – Alpine Mag
Two documentaries follow freeskiers Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten as they travel to the world's high-altitude mountain ranges and attempt to make their distinct mark on those giant peaks, exploring the absolute limit of human possibility. In 2016 they took on the most daunting and iconic peaks in the Alps; in the 2021 sequel, they travel from the Andes Mountain range in Peru, to the Karakoram in Pakistan.
Running times:
La Liste – 48m
La Liste-Everything or Nothing – 1h 13m
Thurs,
January 9, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
Invisible Nation
Sponsored by Mike Holmes
At a time when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the ever-present threat of authoritarian aggression, Invisible Nation brings punctual focus to the struggle of Taiwan as it fights for its autonomy and freedom from fear.
Running time: 1h 25m
Thurs,
January 16, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12
($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
Majority Rules
If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact June Haugen
The documentary answers two of our nation’s most pressing questions: How did the American electoral system become so dysfunctional, and can changes to how we vote change our entire system for the better?
Running time: 1h 32m
Thurs,
January 23, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
Apollo 13
Sponsored by Sharon Castle and Steve Guzier
"Houston, we have a problem." The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Running time: 2h 20m
Thurs,
February 6, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
The Butler
If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact June Haugen
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986 and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Running time: 2h 12m
Thurs,
February 13, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)
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AST and STAC Present
Grave Mistakes: A Haunted Rom-Com
Sponsored by Dean Prigmore & Patrice Taylor and Old Town Pizza
The State Theatre Acting Company is honored to premiere the first Northern California production of playwright Ben Abbott’s comedy Grave Mistakes: A Haunted Rom-Com.
Ray and Molly are trying to fend off their landlord and a paranormal investigator who want to turn their work attic into a certified haunted vacation rental. But is it? And as Molly writes her latest novel is she in love with her editor, Ray, and he with her, and can’t they just admit it for crying out loud?
A special VIP Reception featuring a Q&A session with playwright Ben Abbott, director Rick Schlussel, and the cast follows the March 15th performance. The VIP ticket includes admission to the play and the reception, plus a specialty cocktail.
Running time: 2h 30m
Fridays - February 28, March 7, & 14, 2025 • 7:30 PM
Saturdays - March 1, 8, & 15, 2025 • 7:30 PM
Sundays - March 2, 9, & 16, 2025 • 2:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets:
$30 (includes $4 fee)
VIP Reception $40
(includes $4 fee, admission to the play and the reception, plus a specialty cocktail)
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Cinema at the State Presents
500 Days In The Wild
Sponsored by Gold Hill Gardens
Award-winning director and cinematographer Dianne Whelan is the only person to complete this epic journey of discovery—hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing and skiing the entire length of the Trans Canada trail, across land and water trails from sea to sea.
Running time: 2h 4m
Thurs,
March 6, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors and Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)
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Cinema at the State Presents
Footloose (1984)
Sponsored and Fundraiser for The Hillmen Foundation
When teenager Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Running time: 1h 47m
Thurs,
March 20, 2025
7:00 PM
Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn