Company Info
Our History
Live community theatre in Benicia since 1964 — and six decades of scrapbooks to prove it.
Where we came from
From a civic cleanup crew to a community theatre
Early 1960s
Civic-minded Benicia residents band together as The Benicia Old Town Group, painting storefronts and cleaning up the town.
1964
The group produces a play as a fundraiser. Members who want to keep presenting plays split off and form the Benicia Old Town Theatre Group (BOTTG).
1970s–1990s
Plays at the B.D.E.S. Hall, where the Group operates a very popular dinner theatre for three decades.
Late 1990s
The Group returns to straight theatrical productions.
2020
The nonprofit streamlines its name to Benicia Theatre Group (BTG) and continues its tradition of live community theatre to this day.
The archives
Turn the pages of our scrapbooks
Generations of members kept scrapbooks of programs, photos and clippings. Every page has been scanned so you can flip through them right here.
The first scrapbook
1964–1984
Where it all began: the founding years of the Benicia Old Town Theatre Group.
Open scrapbookScrapbook
1996–2003
Spanning the late-’90s return to straight theatrical productions.
Open scrapbookLooking for someone? Inside the viewer, use the magnifying glass to search every page for a name or show title.
Have a piece of BTG history?
If you have programs, photos or clippings from a past production, we’d love to hear from you.
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