LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE

By  Anna Ouyang Moench  & Directed by  Les Waters Christmas, but not as you know it. Leave the little ones at home and gather ‘round ...

By  Eboni Booth & Directed by  Knud Adams Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Happy hour is a state of mind. When  Primary ...

Velour: A Drag Spectacular, co-created by Sasha Velour and Moisés Kaufman, is a world-premiere production that blends a coming-of-age narrative with the history of drag ...

Love is a burning thing Country music royalty Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash remain to this day one of the most famous couples of ...

The acclaimed annual WOW Festival is a four-day celebration of breathtaking art experiences. Free to attend, San Diegans and visitors of all ages can enjoy ...

I hear my great escape calling Broadway icon Idina Menzel makes her La Jolla Playhouse debut in the world premiere of  Redwood , a one-of-a-kind ...

You can’t always get what you want, but you might get what you need. Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Matthew Broderick and Tony Award-winning ...

True victory is victory over oneself Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play and ultimately fight. Akio ...

Anarchy. Ambition. Peacocks. Who was Hunter S. Thompson? He changed journalism. He defined counterculture. Equal parts philosopher, clown and genius, he was armed and dangerous ...

Join the Playhouse in welcoming back acclaimed comedian Hasan Minhaj, star of Netflix hits HOMECOMING KING, PATRIOT ACT and THE KING'S JESTER, when he returns exclusively to ...

The extraordinary life of the champion Billie Jean King. Love All is the triumphant story of the rise of sports icon and social justice pioneer ...

. Inspired by Lucha Libre, where masked wrestlers captivate audiences – La Lucha transports visitors to a realm of ringside thrills and backstage secrets. Follow ...

Amid the political upheaval of the early 20th Century, a young painter named Tamara de Lempicka and her aristocrat husband are forced to abandon their ...

The fifth grade talent show is approaching, and everyone is abuzz at Baldwin Elementary. Winston wants to win the talent show with his cheerleading routine ...

David Mamet; dir: Neil Pepe....

Mandell Weiss Theatre: Fly...

Two major Tony Award-winning Broadway veterans team up with two of the most exciting writers in American theatre today to bring a cherished tale into ...

As a history-obsessed 12-year-old, Emily Driver uses her YouTube channel to celebrate landmark moments of activism and change. So when her request for a needed ...

Dubbed fierce, gorgeous and heartwarming by the Los Angeles Times, this epic play/rock concert thrusts us into the life of a young woman trying to ...

The Without Walls (WOW) Festival features immersive and site-based work. The event will showcase multiple performances by acclaimed local, national and international artists, as well ...

When the Spanish set their sights on Mesoamerica and its riches, they will destroy anyone and anything that keeps them from conquering and claiming it ...

The Coast Starlight follows a young man who, one morning, boards the Coast Starlight, the long-distance train that runs from Los Angeles to Seattle. Hes ...

Mandell Weiss Theatre: book: Joe DiPietro; lyrics: Joe DiPietro and David Bryan; music: David Bryan; dir: Christopher Ashley....

Mandell Weiss Forum: book: The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher; lyrics: The Bengsons; music: The Bengsons; dir: Anne Kauffman....

Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre: Will Power; dir: Jaime Castaneda....

by Robert Askins Scurius, the patriarch of a family of gray squirrels, has collected enough nuts to last ten winters. When a group of starving ...

All is going well for Della. Her North Carolina bakery is legendary and she’s just been cast on her favorite television baking competition. But then, ...

Hansol Jung; dir: Leigh Silverman. World Premiere...

Mat Smart; dir: Jackson Gay. World Premiere...

book: Bridget Carpenter; lyrics: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey; music: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey; dir: Christopher Ashley. Mandell Weiss Theatre:...

book: Quiara Alegria Hudes; lyrics: Quiara Alegria Hudes, Erin McKeown; music: Erin McKeown; dir: Lear deBessonet. World Premiere...

book: Quiara Alegria Hudes; lyrics: Quiara Alegria Hudes, Erin McKeown; music: Erin McKeown; dir: Lear deBessonet. World Premiere...

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. Albert’s just been passed up for promotion ...

Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. Albert’s just been passed up for promotion ...

Ayad Akhtar; dir: Doug Hughes....

Ayad Akhtar; dir: Doug Hughes....

Jeff Augustin; dir: Joshua Kahan Brody....

Joe DiPietro; dir: Christopher Ashley....

In "Latin History for Dummies" John Leguizamo assumes the role of hard-hitting history teacher, guiding audiences through his biting and comic take on 500 years ...

Robert Lee, BD Wong; dir: BD Wong....

Ambition, philosophy and absurdity spill-over in Rajiv Joseph's violently beautiful and surprising new play about two lowly guards handed the grueling task of protecting the ...

INDECENT, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, is a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem ...

World premiere. June 6–29, 2014 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle A pioneer in the world of contemporary dance, Liz Lerman’s newest theatrical dance ...

Michael Benjamin Washington; dir: Phylicia Rashad. World Premiere...

book: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; music: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; dir: Alex Timbers. World Premiere...

book: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; lyrics: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; music: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; dir: Christopher Ashley. World Premiere...

Darrell Hammond, Elizabeth Stein; dir: Christopher Ashley....

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the only stage collaboration from two masters of the American musical theatre, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. ...

When displaced New York director Miriam finds herself in Kingdom City, Missouri, she reluctantly agrees to direct a high school production of The Crucible. As ...

Kingdom City Sheri Wilner....

When a new treatment promises to eradicate pain, a doctor and his student play out an epic battle between altruism and ambition. Based on the ...

Ether Dome Elizabeth Egloff; dir: Michael Wilson....

The Orphan of Zhao adapt: James Fenton; dir: Carey Perloff....

BD Wong returns to the Playhouse in a luminous reinvention of a classic Chinese legend. In the aftermath of a violent coup, an epic story ...

A FUTURISTIC, SITE-BASED ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY IV, PART 1 It’s the year 2045 in a huge, run-down metropolis called Aztlan City (formerly San Diego), ...

Finegan Kruckemeyer; dir: Eric Johnson. World Premiere...

Sheila and Potiker Hughes Theatre: Ayad Akhtar; dir: Kimberly Senior....

Michael Benjamin Washington; dir: Phylicia Rashad....

Mandell Weiss Theatre: book: Bill Russell ; lyrics: Bill Russell; music: Henry Krieger; dir: Bill Condon....

As an internationally-renowned vocalist and star of stage and screen, Paul Robeson was one of the best known African American artists in the world in ...

PLATONOV adapted by Jay Scheib, OUR TOWN adapted by Tom Dugdale, PAUSE (FOR WORLD CREATION) by Alicia Peterson Baskel, SEAFOAM SLEEPWALK by Basil Twist, CARPE ...

Sideways July 16 - August 18 By Rex Pickett Directed by Des McAnuff If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving When friends Miles and Jack head ...

Nina Raine; dir: David Cromer....

Rao and Padma Makineni Play Development Center: - Aditi Brennan Kapil; dir: Jeremy Cohen....

Rao and Padma Makineni Play Development Center: - Meg Miroshnik; dir: Juliette Carrillo....

Sheila and Potiker Hughes Theatre: - Joe DiPietro; lyrics: Joe DiPietro; music: David Bryan; dir: Christopher Ashley....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Glengarry Glen Ross is David Mamet’s scorching play about a group of desperate salesmen in a Chicago real ...

On a bare stage, a storyteller emerges from the back of the theatre to re-tell The Iliad, one of the oldest stories in Western civilization. ...

When an auto dealership in Longview, TX launches an endurance contest, ten economically-strapped strangers embark on a journey that puts their hearts, minds and bodies ...

In this brash new comedy, Juan Jose pulls an all-nighter to take his U.S. citizenship exam so he can bring his family to America. Delirious ...