San Diego Theatre Newsroom

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of House of India by San Diego playwright Deepak Kumar. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

La Jolla Playhouse has revealed full programming for the 2025 WOW Festival of immersive and site-inspired work, presented in partnership with UC San Diego. Learn more!

The Old Globe's event Thinking Shakespeare Live!, directed by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, will return this summer. Learn more and see how to attend!

San Diego Junior Theatre will continue its 77th Season with Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, a magical adventure for the whole family!

Palo Alto Players has revealed its 95th. The 2025-26 line-up begins in September 2025 and includes GYPSY, ANNIE, and more.

Go behind the choreography of 3 Summers of Lincoln at La Jolla Playhouse. Watch a video of co-lyricist and co-choreography Daniel J. Watts break down the dancing in the new musical, alongside his co-choreographer, Jon Rua!

Step into the wonderfully chaotic world of You Can't Take It with You, the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart! Check here for more details.

San Diego Opera has welcomed Adam Cioffari as its new Artistic Administrator. In this position Cioffari will work closely with artistic and production teams to envision future programming and bring it to life. Learn more about Cioffari.

Scripps Ranch Theatre will continue their Season 45 with MARY'S WEDDING,  written by Stephen Massicotte. Directed by Kate Rose Reynolds, the production runs April 4th - 27th on the campus of Alliant International University.

Diversionary Theatre has announced its 2025 Gala: The Out Loud Ball. This year's annual fundraising event will be emceed by Tony Award Nominee and Drama Desk Award winning musical theater star Jenn Colella (Come From Away, Suffs).

WRITE OUT LOUD has announced “The Valley of Shadows” by Francis Grierson at the Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights. Learn more about the performance here!

On Saturday, March 1, Laguna Art Museum celebrated 43 years of fostering connections between artists, collectors and the community at the highly anticipated California Cool Art Auction.

Marin Theatre will present the U.S. premiere of It’s True, It’s True, It’s True, a wildly original play detailing the riveting 1612 trial of Agostino Tassi for the rape of 17-year-old female Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Learn more!

“3 Summers of Lincoln” at the La Jolla Playhouse brings you a vibrant musical about a friendship between President Lincoln and Frederick Douglass that changed the course of American history. 

When was the last time you thought about the Constitution?  I mean really thought about it and how it impacts your life?  Probably not that often, but that will change after seeing North Coast Rep’s stellar production of ‘What The Constitution Means To Me,” which is playing through March 30th.

Detective Hercule Poirot confronts PERIL IN THE ALPS a World Premiere comic mystery at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Written and directed by Steven Dietz. Based on “Poirot Investigates” by Agatha Christie, April 16 – May 11, 2025.

North Coast Repertory Theatre is now presenting WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, with performances running to Sunday, March 23. Check out an all new trailer in the video here!

The San Diego Symphony has announced its 2025 Conrad Prebys Summer Season, the 5th season at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Watch a first look at 3 Summers of Lincoln, starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack, John-Andrew Morrison, and more. See the video now!

The world premiere of “The Dark Heart of Dooley Stevens,” written by Backyard Renaissance Artistic Director Francis Gercke, will play through March 15th. This play is a mix of horror, drama, and things that may be hard to explain.

“We Are Continuous” is an intimate play with an unusual recurring monologue and some in-scene format. Luckily, this production is very well-cast with Marti Gobel, Elliott Sagay, and Eli Wood and is excellently directed by Kian-Kline-Chilton. “We Are Continuous” is playing at Diversionary Theatre through March 9th.

Compulsion Dance & Theater will present MARRY ME, DENNIS BRANIGAN, a work written and directed by Michael Mizerany. Running May 30th - June 8th.

It’s not unusual to talk to your pets, though usually, when they start to talk back, it’s a cause for concern.  Instead, “Alabaster,” playing at OnStage Playhouse, uses Weezy the goat, who does talk back to her owner, to add a sweet touch of magical realism to this play about love, loneliness, and how to move forward after surviving a trauma. Alabaster is playing through March 2nd.

The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle has announced the winners for its 2024 Craig Noel Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Now in its 22nd year, the Craig Noel Awards honor the achievements at professional theaters in San Diego County. 

Interview about THE SEUSSIFICATION OF ROMEO & JULIET with Trinity Theatre Company Artistic Director Sean Boyd and Director Vivian White.