The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) holds a summer-long series of presentations in Solvang. This year they had a combination of old standards (Fiddler on the Roof) and newer, smaller productions (Bullshot Crummond and The Wildest!!!). We saw an older, mid-1950s play called "Light Up The Sky." It was a good comedy (a play-about-a-play type play) and professionally done. The actors were skilled and the performances were very entertaining.
The best part of the show however was the venue. The Festival Theater is in the middle of downtown Solvang and seats only a few hundred, making for a very intimate setting. Its also outdoors, which on a summer night in the California Mountains, is just plain perfect. We curled up under wool blankets and sipped some hot cocoa while watching the show. Afterwards, the walk back to the hotel took five minutes. Overall, a relaxing and stress-free way to watch a play.