 SBHS also promotes student expression through its award-winning Performing Arts department, consisting of theatre/musical theatre under the direction of Otto Layman; vocal music under the direction of Mary La Face; and the award-winning marching band, the Marching Dons, and other instrumental musical groups under the direction of Dylan Aguilera.The theatre at Santa Barbara has a long and storied history, having been performed continuously for over 100 years.Its current venue, in the heart of the campus, is an 800-seat state of the art complex first built in 1924 and restored in 1970 and again beginning in 1996 to the present (new seating, sound and lighting was installed beginning in 2007).