La Jolla Playhouse
Gallery
Business Details
La Jolla Playhouse, a Tony Award-winning professional non-profit theatre, is located in the San Diego coastal suburb of La Jolla, California.
Its mission is to advance theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With a youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach, the Playhouse cultivates a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work.
The Playhouse has received more than 300 awards for theatre excellence, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding Regional Theatre. La Jolla Playhouse is nationally acclaimed for its innovative productions of classics, new plays and musicals. Led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer.
Scores of Playhouse productions have moved to Broadway, garnering a total of 35 Tony Awards, including Big River, The Who's Tommy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Walk in the Woods, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dracula, Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife, fostered as part of the Playhouse's Page To Stage New Play Development Program and the Tony Award winners Jersey Boys and Memphis.
The Playhouse also presents a wide range of education programs that enrich the community and serve 30,000 children, students and adults annually.
- Type:
- Equity Theater
- Keywords:
Map Location
Equity Theatres - Most Recent Additions
Founded in 1981 by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre dedicated specifically to new works for the stage. At the core of our…
Main Street Theater's mission is to create theater that challenges its audience to think and its artists to grow. We accomplish this by presenting an articulate and compelling product in an…
Spinning Tree Theatre aims to produce works that celebrate and reflect the diversity of Kansas City itself by exploring a variety of cultures and art forms through theatre, music and…
McCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts in Princeton is one of the most active cultural centers in the nation, offering over 200 performances of theater, dance, music and special…
Theatre Aspen's award-winning shows are presented in the heart of Rio Grande Park, along the Rio Grande Trail, just next to the river. With daytime views of Aspen Mountain and nights filled…
Quality Hill Playhouse is dedicated to excellence in the live performance of works from music theatre and the evolving American Songbook, employing the finest local talent, and contributing to Kansas City’s cultural fabric and economic landscape
42nd Street Moon celebrates and preserves the art and spirit of the American Musical Theatre. We contribute to its evolution and continuing vitality by presenting intimately produced…
Silk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In…
PROMOS AND SIZZLES
MOST POPULAR FEATUTES
- List of Equity Theatres in The United States
- Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murder - Sean Yves Lessard Interview Outtake
- CURTAINS UP AMERICA! Small City, Big Impact: Riverside Theatre Entertains Florida
- St. Louis Rep Announces Its 2022-2023 Season Starting In August
- It's a White Christmas at the John W. Engeman Theater | Backstage Interviews
SEASON LINEUPS
- Y’all Come Back Now! Maples Repertory Theatre announces its 2022 Season
- Writers Theatre Announces its 2024 - 2025 Season!
- Timeline Theatre Company in Chicago Announces 2022-23 Season
- TheatreZone’s Home for the Holidays kicks off Naples’ theatre company’s 19th season
- TheatreZone in Naples, FL Announces its 2021-2022 Shows &Concert Series
La Jolla Playhouse
Equity Theater