History
Rubicon Theatre was founded by co-Artistic Directors and husband and wife team James O'Neil and Karyl Lynn Burns. Artistic milestones include a production of The Rainmaker with Carlos Sanz and Stephanie Zimbalist in which the character of Starbuck was re-envisioned as a migrant worker descended from the Zapotec tradition of rainmaking; Jane Anderson's non-linear Defying Gravity about astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe during the Centennial of Flight; environmental productions of Songs for a New World and Fiddler on the Roof; Driving Miss Daisy with Michael Learned during the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education; a revival of All My Sons on the eve of the Iraq War featuring George Ball and Joseph Fuqua (for which Rubicon became the youngest company ever to win an Ovation Award for Best Production--Larger Theatre); and 18 world premieres.
Specialties
Founded in 1998, Rubicon Theatre Company is Ventura County's premiere professional theatre company. With productions ranging from classic plays to world premiere musicals, Rubicon is dedicated to producing entertaining and culturally rich work for its community. Rubicon won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Sustained Excellence in 2010, and has garnered over ten Ovation Awards and 34 Indy Awards. From the beginning, Rubicon has been heralded by audiences and critics alike, leading the Los Angeles Times to christen it