About

BAY AREA STAGE PRODUCTIONS: Bay Area Stage is a nonprofit theatre company located in the North Bay Area of California. BAS is made up of volunteer actors and crew who perform dramatic and comedic productions as well as musicals. Established in 2009, BAS produced theatre for two seasons at the MIRA Theatre, located at 51 Daniels Avenue in Vallejo, CA., with the subsequent four seasons being produced at the Fetterly Theatre, located in the Vallejo Plaza and hosted by Vallejo Music Theatre. In 2016, Bay Area Stage rented the empty Carpet One building, located at 515 Broadway Street in Vallejo, and renovated it into a fully functional theatre with a stage, modern stage lighting, dressing rooms and snack bar. From 2016 until 2020, BAS produced twelve mainstage productions, eight concerts, six music showcases, and hosted five events for other theatre companies who needed a performance venue. Bay Area Stage has won a variety of theatrical awards, and was voted a “Best of Solano” business in 2019. BAS closed its doors for the pandemic in March of 2020 and has plans to reopen at limited capacity in the August/September timeframe, following guidance from Solano county.  BAS FOUNDERS JEFF LOWE: (Founder/Producer/Managing Director) ~ Jeff Lowe has been Director and Production Designer and wearer of many hats for more than 60 productions. He has also played a wide range of characters; most notably, 'Sweeney Todd,' 'Don Quixote,' ‘Willy Loman,’ 'Mr. Fagin’ and among others, ‘The Major General,’ 'Alfred P. Doolittle,' and 'Ebenezer Scrooge.' Throughout the years, you may have seen Jeff as an actor in, or director of, plays with local theater companies including: The Willows Theatre, Contra Costa Civic Theatre , Benicia Old Town Theatre , Alameda Civic Light Opera, Role Players Ensemble, The Orinda Starlight Village Players , Pleasanton Playhouse, St. Mary's College, Vallejo Music Theatre , Dreamweavers, the Martinez Campbell Theatre , and Missouri Street Theatre . Jeff has won two Bay Area Critics Circle Awards as well as “Best Actor in a Dramatic Production” at the 2018 Arty Awards, for his portrayal of ‘Willy Loman,’ the leading character in Arthur Miller’s masterwork, “Death of a Salesman.” Jeff calls the Space Coast of Florida’s: ‘Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse,’ his true theatrical Alma Mater and owes undying gratitude to his mentor, Stacy Hawkins Smith. Jeff works as a Certified Dispensing Optician with The Eye Care Center of Napa Valley, and lives in Vallejo, California; where, alongside his producing partner, he pilots his award-winning theatre company, BAY AREA STAGE PRODUCTIONS.  STACEY LOEW: (Founder/Producer/Business Manager) ~ To say that Stacey is passionate about theatre would be an understatement – her involvement has spanned nearly 50 years! From dancer to actress, and then in 2009, co-founding her own theatre company with Jeff Lowe, she has definitely found her niche! Stacey is a Theatre Arts Major from Cal State Northridge where she studied acting under, star of movies and television, Kurtwood Smith . Stacey has been a member of the Solano Arts Consortium, the Vallejo Music Theatre Board of Directors, and the Mira Theatre Guild , where she served as President for three years. Wishing to see the Arts of all kinds flourish in Vallejo, Stacey sought out and was appointed commissioner on the Vallejo Commission on Culture and the Arts , where she will serve until 2023. Still, acting and costuming are her first loves. Stacey is winner of four Arty Awards for acting (Butterflies are Free, Resistance, Death of a Salesman, and Bell, Book & Candle) and 2 for costuming (Banyan and The Importance of Being Earnest.) Comedy is her favorite, but Stacey is just as comfortable in a great dramatic role and although she usually leaves the singing to her partner, Jeff, Stacey would jump at playing “Grandma” again in the Addams Family Musical or to reprise her role as, “Aunt Eller,” in Oklahoma!  THE BAS TEAM JESSIKA SPEER: (BAS Junior Co-Director) ~ Jessika’s association with BAS began in 2018, when she auditioned and landed a role in the company’s production of “Young Frankenstein.” Almost immediately, Jessika’s talents were recognized and her role of supporting actor was elevated to Assistant Music Director and Dance Captain. When the production ended, Jessika was asked to join the BAS team as their children’s theatre workshop music director and instructor. Jessika currently sings with Oakland’s Temple Hill Choir and the Vallejo Choral Society, and has performed in choirs all over the world – and at BAS, of course! With a bachelor’s degree in Family Life and a minor in Music, Jessika operates her childcare program, Island Playhouse WeeCare out of her home, while simultaneously teaching music and participating in live performance to feed her passion.  KITTIE COX: (BAS Secretary/Front of House Manager) ~  Ed Osmundson: (BAS Lighting and Tech Booth Operations) ~  ARLENE & JOHN HOFFMAN: (BAS Gold Star Volunteers) ~ 

Our growth

Bay Area Stage started in 2009, with an original production written by the managing director and, by 2011, had grown into a flourishing community theatre. In 2016, Bay Area Stage established a new performance space, BAY AREA STAGE THEATRE , located at 515 Broadway Street, Vallejo CA 94590. Since then, audience attendance has been growing! 