DIVERSIONARY THEATRE

Picture it: San Diego, CA 2024 ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the store, each department was dripping with Yuletide decor.  Sophia was ...

It’s 1965 in Greenwich Village. In an illegal backroom cabaret called The Never Get, lovers Trevor and Arthur perform an act that unabashedly celebrates gay ...

Trans Diaries is celebrating 5 years of trans and non-binary voices, and coming to Diversionary Theatre! Join us for The Trans Diaries 2024 where stories ...

Winner of the 2021 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre Writing. T and L drive their 1966 Ford Thunderbird Convertible off the edge of the ...

The mother of queer classics, this nostalgic story of love, regret, and letting go introduced a young Tennessee Williams to the world. Gripped by the ...

Maria yearns for a gayer, more diverse life in rural Washington state. When presented with an opportunity to make a quick fortune, she must make ...

Join us in the Clark Cabaret from 5 - 7 pm, for an intimate evening of acoustic original songs from in-demand theater star, Justin Huertas, ...

From the visionary behind  Avenue Q  comes a bold new Broadway musical fairytale where  Once Upon a Time  crashes into our present moment. In the ...

When Remy, a black man, finds himself not only the owner of his late husband’s drive-in, but also the guardian of his straight, white teenage ...

Tara and Leah are planning their perfect wedding: The dresses are chosen, the venue is booked, and the invitations are mailed. But when Tara’s Nigerian ...

Gothic horror, Victorian romance, and classic B-movies are whipped together into a diabolical delight for the holidays. When Lady Enid joins her newlywed Lord Edgar ...

Gothic horror, Victorian romance, and classic B-movies are whipped together into a diabolical delight for the holidays. When Lady Enid joins her newlywed Lord Edgar ...

HURRY HURRY HURRY! STEP RIGHT UP! From the imagination of Tyler Tafolla, comes a wildly theatrical, hilarious and innovative musical fairytale. Set on the Great ...

Show Description: Memories of Yadras childhood in Castros Cuba come flooding back as Alzheimers sets in, inspiring her daughter Zelia to connect with her heritage. ...

This revolutionary new play echoes Diversionarys founding 36 years ago in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by calling us in to raise awareness about how ...

The AmeriQueer Series is a collection of plays presented as audiocasts exploring the LGBTQ experience within the American identity as a framework for the 2020 ...

Head Over Heels is a jubilant musical comedy that injects a modern twist on a classic story. Adapted from the 16th-century prose romance "The Countess ...

Diversionary Theatre Main Stage: A Kind of Weather...

From the brilliantly twisted mind of David Sedaris comes a classic tonic for the holidaze. Out of work and options, The Santaland Diaries finds David ...

Company Artist Todd Waite reprises his role as "Crumpet the Elf" in the outlandish, and true, chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as a worker in ...

Nebraska, the 1990s. Two teenage boys—one a social outcast, the other the quintessential jock—explore a relationship during a summer of self-discovery between high school graduation ...

"Hilarious" - San Diego Union Tribiune. Diversionary Presents SIGNIFICANT OTHER. Synopsis: As Jordan Berman pounds the New York City pavement searching for Mr. Right, he ...

Diversionary Theatre Main Stage: book: Gordon Leary; lyrics: Gordon Leary; music: Julia Meinwald; dir: Matt M. Morrow....

Philip Dawkins; dir: Jonathan L. Green. Diversionary Theatre Main Stage:...

Hansol Jung; dir: Jacole Kitchen. Diversionary Theatre Main Stage:...

Jordan Seavey; dir: Matt M. Morrow....

By Omri Schein & Phil Johnson Directed by David Ellenstein Bringing together two notable local actors and North Coast Rep’s Artistic Director to direct the ...

The next Open Flame event will be held at Diversionary Theatre on Monday, May 22nd at 7pm. Inspired by our mainstage production of Ballast, this ...

Winner of the 1999 Obie Award, 2.5 Minute Ride is a funny and deeply disquieting story about a daughter who strives to understand the joys ...

Lisa Kron; dir: Kym Pappas. Mainstage:...

Bathsheba Doran; dir: Matt M. Morrow....

Bathsheba Doran; dir: Matt M. Morrow....

Justin Huertas; lyrics: Justin Huertas; music: Justin Huertas....

Justin Huertas; lyrics: Justin Huertas; music: Justin Huertas....

"Making Porn" by Ronnie Larsen takes audiences behind the scenes of the gay pornography industry. Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays at 9:30 p.m., Saturdays at ...

THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR is a modern-day love story set in rural Afghanistan. Paiman and Feda have spent their young lives as dancers ...

On election night, the son of a Presidential candidate sends his father’s political team into crisis mode when controversial photos of him at a college ...

1864 It is Christmastime in Washington, DC. President Lincoln is trying to heal the wounds of a nation. Soldiers on both sides are bravely holding ...

Paula Vogel; music: Daryl Waters; dir: Kim Strassburger....

A moving love story that spans decades in an instant—from marriage, children, skydiving, and the infinite moments that make a life together....

Jordan Harrison; dir: Matt M. Morrow....

A New Brain features music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine. A New Brain started as a "series of ...

Christopher Durang; dir: Andrew Oswald....

In Manhattan, where modern life and marriage are never less than complicated, a high-powered lawyer, his socialite wife, and their fabulously successful friend, a noted ...

Adapted from the author's own words and work, Truman Capote is alone and lonely in his New York City apartment on the week before Christmas ...

A group of teens in a Catholic boarding school wrestle with big questions about who they love, who they are, and who they answer to. ...

Plagued by the faltering economy, Atlanta-based Sugarbaker Design Firm is on the brink of collapse when vapid ex-beauty queen Suzanne has an idea to save ...

Tom Donaghy; dir: Shana Wride....

Scrooge served with a grown-up twist. Scrooge in Rouge is a quick-change, cross-dressing version of the Dickens holiday classic, set in a Victorian music hall ...

To avoid fainting, keep telling yourself it’s only a play… Just in time for Halloween, Phil Johnson and Ruff Yeager Yeager bring us a hilarious ...

Marry Me a Little is a musical with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman René. The revue sets songs ...

- Jeff Whitty....

The girls are back! One of BBC TV’s most popular and fondly-remembered sitcoms comes to the stage with all three of its original leading cast ...