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  • 2025 Staged Reading Festival

    Discover nine original new works at the 2025 Staged Reading Festival, celebrating bold storytelling and diverse voices. Presented by Dorris Staples Theatrical Conservatory apprentices.

  • Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born

    Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born is a powerful new play and comic project by the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation that blends storytelling, cultural memory, and environmental justice to confront the ecological crisis in the Otay River Valley and beyond.

  • Follies

    Cygnet Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, opening September 10. This Tony Award-winning classic blends show-stopping spectacle with haunting nostalgia as former showgirls reunite, reliving past glories and confronting lost dreams.

  • Blues For An Alabama Sky

    Experience the contemporary classic Blues For An Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, directed by Desireé Clarke Miller. A rich cast of characters are on the verge of making a name for themselves in the jazz-soaked streets of Harlem, but stand fated as summer gives way to fall, The Great Depression, and a handsome stranger.

  • Rex v. Plantagenet: A Shakespeare Mock Trial and Talkback

    What if Richard III had survived Bosworth Field to face justice? Rex v. Plantagenet stages a mock trial of Shakespeare’s infamous king, with characters called as witnesses and the audience serving as jury. Decide his fate in this lively blend of theatre, history, and courtroom drama.

  • Poe & More Poe

    Step into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe with Poe & More Poe, an October evening of gothic tales and poetry at San Diego’s historic Villa Montezuma. Presented by Write Out Loud, this chilling performance blends mystery, supernatural stories, and the master of the macabre’s timeless words.

  • Spooky Shakespeare

    Celebrate Halloween with the San Diego Shakespeare Society as actors present spine-chilling performances that connect to works of art from across the Museum’s collection. Enjoy scenes from Richard III, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.

  • Working Girl

    This sharp and hilarious adaptation of the iconic 1988 film features an exhilarating original score by the legendary Cyndi Lauper, a smart, fresh book from award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck, and direction by our own Tony Award-winning Christopher Ashley.

  • The Salty Series: Seaweeds

    Blurring the lines between cinema and live performance, Seaweeds reimagines the lost ending of The Toll of the Sea—the 1922 silent film that introduced screen legend Anna May Wong (1905–1961) in the first-ever Technicolor motion picture.

  • Burnout Paradise

    After a sold-out run at WOW Festival 2025, Australia’s Pony Cam brings their international hit Burnout Paradise back to La Jolla Playhouse for one week only in December. A hilarious, high-energy treadmill showdown blurring theatre and endurance, it’s a chaotic, must-see exploration of boundaries, burnout, and collective struggle.

  • National Comedy Theatre: NYE Spectacular

    National Comedy Theatre, San Diego’s nationally acclaimed improv comedy show, will present the company’s annual “New Years Eve Spectacular” performance and party on Wednesday, Dec. 31. On this special evening, guests enjoy gourmet desserts, San Diego’s legendary unscripted comedy performance, a champagne toast at midnight and a party with the cast of the show. Guests also […]