Thank You to Our Season Sponsors!

Patti Baker
Matt & Jaime Baxter
Kathy Sands & David LeFevre
Randy & Cheryl Maki
Paul & Barbara Ogden
Debra Oldziewski
Tim & Colleen Sands
Dean Prigmore & Patrice Taylor
Chris & Tammy Walsh Family Trust

Auburn State Theatre Moves to Next Stage of Restoration


Exciting news on our beloved Auburn State Theatre’s Restoration Project! We continue to work with our insurance company to provide funds for our losses, with positive results. The Structural Engineer’s plans for truss repairs have been submitted and are in the permitting process; the manufacturing and installation of truss repairs will take approximately three months to complete. 

We have engaged an architectural firm that specializes in performing arts venues. They will help us determine the feasibility of various options we have been exploring – whether to keep the Auditorium the same size with improvements and upgrades to the facility or expand to a larger footprint with more seating. We are also conducting a business analysis to determine the best path forward in serving our community. Despite our best efforts, we do not anticipate reopening until sometime in 2025.

We continue to present a lineup of great films at Odd Fellows and other venues, and our State Theatre Acting Company (STAC) continues to present their popular radio shows at First Congregational Church. Community partnerships are vital to all of us in Auburn and we are fortunate to have some of the best!

Please “Save the Date” for our annual Cocktails & Cinema fundraiser on Saturday, June 8, 2024. We will once again host a street party in front of the Theatre and enjoy great food, drink, music, and entertainment. Thank you to all who continue to support us during this project. We truly appreciate each and every one of you!.

Sincerely,

Colleen M. Carberry Sands
Executive Director
Auburn State Theatre


Winter/Spring Film Series

will be shown at Odd Fellows Lodge #7

1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn

We are grateful to Odd Fellows Lodge #7 for partnering with AST to offer these film events to the community while the Theatre Restoration Project is ongoing. Venue is upstairs; there is a stair lift. Fresh AST popcorn and beer, wine and other beverages will be available.

Tickets are available on this website and also at the door before each film. Doors open one hour before show time.

Thank you for supporting Auburn State Theatre by attending these events!


On Stage On Screen


Cinema at the State Presents

Lost in Translation

Sponsored by Jeff Farrell design + images

A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar. They form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.

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Running time: 1h 41m  Rated R

Thurs, March 28, 2024
7:00 PM

Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn

Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors ($2 fees included)

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Cinema at the State Presents

Common Ground

Sponsored by The Farmers Marketplace, BriarPatch Food Co-Op, Placer Earth Care Action, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County, Placer Resource Conservation District

Hosted by the Gold Country Food Hub

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, Kiss the Ground. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late. Join us for this movie screening and community gathering to raise awareness and foster conversations around the ways we can all participate in developing local food sovereignty with a thriving people and planet. Together we can do this!

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Running time: 1h 45m

Fri, April 12, 2024
7:00 PM (Doors Open 6:00 PM)
Question & Answer Session Following Film

Location— First Congregational Church: 710 Auburn Ravine Road in Auburn

Tickets: $15 Adults ($2 fees included)

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Cinema at the State Presents

Hoop Dreams

Sponsored by Dean Prigmore and Patrice Taylor

With Special Guest Co-Maker Frederick Marx, Academy and Emmy nominated Filmmaker

Tells the true story of two boys from inner-city Chicago with a gift for basketball. The iconic film follows their struggle to turn high school stardom into college scholarships and pro careers and to escape the ghetto. Academy Award Winner for Best Film Editing and Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, among other awards.

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Running time: 2h 50m

Sat, April 13, 2024
6:00 PM (Doors Open 5:00 PM)
Includes Intermission and Q&A with Filmmaker following screening

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

Deep Rising

Sponsored by Sharon Castle and Stephen Guzier

Join us on an epic journey from the deepest depths of our ocean – the most uncharted and inaccessible place on our planet – to the future of green energy and learn how the two are inextricably linked.

Narrated and executive produced by ocean activist Jason Momoa and interwoven with awe-inspiring footage of the deep’s most dazzling creatures, Deep Rising illuminates the vital relationship between our ocean’s fragile and mysterious ecosystems, and sustaining all life on Earth.

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Running time: 1h 25m

Thurs, April 25, 2024
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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STAC Presents

My Man Godfrey: Live Radio Play

Sponsored by First Congregational Church of Auburn and Old Town Pizza

STAC brings the fun of old-time radio theatre to life with two special performances of the 1930s comedy “My Man Godfrey.” Set in the depths of the Great Depression, this satiric screwball comedy takes on upper-class foibles. Godfrey, a "forgotten man," is rescued from his packing-crate home by a ditzy socialite and offered a job as butler to her wealthy, eccentric family. Dignity wins the day as romance ensues and tables are turned.

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Friday, April 26, 2024
6:30 PM
Saturday, April 27, 2024
2:00 PM

Location— First Congregational Church: 710 Auburn Ravine Road in Auburn

Tickets: $18 General Admission (includes $2 fees)

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BRAVE

Sponsored by The Kelty Family in Memory of Del Kelty

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida, a skilled archer, defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. Come early and try your skill at a fun archery challenge!

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Running time: 1h 33m

Sat, May 18, 2024
2:00 PM

Location— Odd Fellows Lodge #7, 1226½ Lincoln Way in Auburn

Tickets: $12 Adults and Seniors, $5 Kids under 12 ($2 fees included)

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Cinema at the State Presents

Muscle Shoals

Sponsored by Placer Independent Resource Services

In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”

"…the documentary’s real highlights are the musings of the musicians who recorded there. Performers including Bono, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Cliff and Steve Winwood reflect on what made the town "magic," as Bono puts it.” - Rolling Stone, Katie Van Syckle.

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Running time: 1h 51m

Thurs, May 23, 2024
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

Father of the Bride (1991)

Sponsored by Portlight Consulting

Steve Martin turns in a heartwarming and hilarious performance as George Banks, a father who faces separation anxiety, exorbitant costs and more when his young daughter unexpectedly announces her plans to wed. Diane Keaton shines as George's patient, levelheaded wife, while funnyman Martin Short lights up the screen as the off-the-wall wedding consultant.

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Running time: 1h 45m

Thurs, June 6, 2024
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 Presents

Cocktails & Cinema 2024

We’re dancing in the street for a New Ceiling! Don’t miss the Street Party of the year benefiting Auburn’s Historic State Theatre restoration project. We’re roaring back better than ever!

Enjoy local food specialties, theme cocktails, beer, wine and, of course, dancing. Live Entertainment by The State Theatre Acting Company (STAC).

All proceeds support essential theatre repairs and enhancements.

We have exciting Sponsorship options available for this event! Contact Crystal at CDeck@AuburnStateTheatre.org or 530-885-0156 for more details.

Sat, June 8, 2024
6:00–10:00 PM

Tickets: $100

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