The Siesta Valley Foundation logo. The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors approved a 15-year lease of the 9-acre amphitheater property at 100 Gateway Boulevard near Orinda, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 to Siesta Valley Foundation. (Siesta Valley Foundation via Bay City News)

The East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors this week approved a 15-year lease of an amphitheater property near Orinda formerly used by the California Shakespeare Theater.

The EBMUD board leased the 9-acre property at 100 Gateway Blvd. to the nonprofit Siesta Valley Foundation, which plans to reopen the amphitheater and performing arts campus in April 2026.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.