Foothill College Smithwick Theater

Very nice theater but horrible people to work with. The actual people who do the work are fantastic. But managers such as Kay and Christy are impossible to work with. They are racists and lairs. They were so not helpful. They kept saying to «no» everything and anything. They had wifi but didn’t want to give it. They had sheets to be used for stage but lied and didn’t want to give it to us saying it was not in the contract. But they demanded food for crew which was not in the contract. Their greenroom was dirty and unusable. Will never want to have any event in that theater unless they fire Kay and Christy. What a horrible experience!

This theatre is a long, long walk from the parking lot. There really isn’t any close parking for the elderly and handicapped. Today I saw the California Pops Orchestra there and I’d say that 90– 95% of the audience was elderly. On the walk up I saw quite a few people struggling and having to stop and take breaks. Then the seats are uncomfortable with almost no leg room. If someone wants to get past you, you have to get up and stand in the aisle to let them pass, not easy if you are an oldster! Also they either had no air conditioning or chose not to use it and the thermostat on the wall near our seat (row H) read 85. This is all fine if it is only Foothill college students, but every event I have been to here has been mostly retired seniors in the audience.

I almost forgot about this place. Id seen Patrick Stewart do a one man show here years ago. An out of the way place where you may get a surprisingly good performance. May not be mainstream in it’s list of performances but if you get something you like it’s a cool intimate performance center