What’s it like to be an actor in Sacramento? Just ask these local thespians.

By Helen Harlan | Solving SacramentoSeven years ago, Hunter Hoffman was living a New York actor’s dream: He was cast as an understudy in “Sweat,” the critically acclaimed play nominated for three Tony Awards. On a Sunday in June 2017, Hoffman attended the prestigious awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.& “Sweat” walked away empty-handed and the production closed two weeks later.& “I think it closed on a Sunday, and [that] Tuesday, I went back to waiting tables,” Hoffman, 35, said.Fast forward three years later and Hoffman was on stage at the B Street Theatre in “The Last Match,” a gig he booked after auditioning on a recommendation from an associate producer of “Sweat.”& Today, he is a Sacramento actor. He recently closed “Now Circa Then” at Capital Stage and is a core company member at B Street. “I’ve been the busiest I’ve ever been as an actor living here in Sacramento. It’s incredible,” he said.But theaters here — and nationwide — are struggling, and the future for their actors, crew and audience is uncertain. Yet, despite the odds, Hoffman is just one of many local actors making it work. Here, we pull the curtain back on what it’s like...