Screenshot courtesy of Sac Observer | Erinn Anova returned to Sacramento and Celebration Arts in 2024 after two decades away. Seen here during rehearsals for the Lynn Nottage play “Mud, River, Stone,” Anova recently was appointed as the theater company’s executive artistic director.
Sacramento’s Celebration Arts Looks To Avoid Final Bow
With a recent shakeup in leadership, dwindling funds and mounting financial woes, the local Black theatre company Celebration Arts could shut its doors in early 2026. The $700,000 state grant that had been paying staff salaries has ended, pushing the venerable company to the brink of closure.
Celebration Arts landed the grant in 2022, but newly appointed Executive Artistic Director Erinn Anova says they didn’t actually get the money until 2024. The grant was specifically for the salaries, productions and equipment, and couldn’t be used for other needs, although there were many.
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