Written by Louis Verneuil Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Directed by Des McAnuff John Rodney, Fiona O’Shiel – Home Is With Sally Forrest, Lee Marvin, Fred Clark, Benay Venuta, Frank Cady, Frank Sully, William Challee, Susan Kohner Produced in arrangement with Joseph Brandel, Written by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski Composed by Mark Bennett and Felix Mendelssohn Stage Management by Lurie Horns Pfeffer Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Directed and Co-Designed by Julie Taymor Performance Dates: June 30 – August 1, 1987; The Warren Theatre, Presented in association with The Yale Repertory Theatre Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman With Sarah Avery, François Giroday, Roxanne Hart, Rachel Jacobs, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Peter Paige Vocal Coach: Catherine Fitzmaurice Directed by Shepard Traube From the novel by Erskine Caldwell March 31 and April 1, 2017; City Heights Performance Annex, World Premiere Musical Performance Dates: July 29 – August 2, 1952, Written by Samuel Taylor Scenic Design by Marina Draghici Sound Design by Darron L. West Lighting Design by Michel Charbonneau With Mary Baird, Francesca Faridany, Julian López-Morillas, Lauren Lovett, Garrett Neergaard, Michael Tisdale Set Design by Douglas Stein With Special Guest Stars Estelle Winwood, Gale Gordon Directed by Daniel Aukin Music Direction by Lynne Shankel Costume Design by Michelle Souza Lyrics by Annmarie Milazzo Performance Dates: August 15 – 20, 1950, Written by Benn Levy Directed by Lee Breuer Performance Dates: May 14 – June 13, 1993; Mandell Weiss Theatre, Written by George Bernard Shaw Original Music and Lyric Adaptation by David Hidalgo and Louie Perez Co-Created by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman Dramaturgy by Gabriel Greene Translated by Ralph Manheim Directed by Deborah Stein Fight Direction by Steve Rankin Understudies: Gina Honda, Robert Dahey, Jessica Damrow Set Design by John Arnone Sound Design by Steve Canyon Kennedy Performance dates: July 26 – August 21, 2005; Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, Page To Stage Workshop Production Scenic/Costume Designer: Sara Ryung Clement Orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt Stage Management by Frank Hartenstein Costume Design by David C. Woolard Costume Design by Christina Wright Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim English Verse Translation by Richard Wilbur Costume Design by Moe Schell World Premiere Sound Design by Andre Pluess Performance Dates: August 2 – 7, 1949, Written by Benn Levy Costume Design by Suzanne Cranfill Performance Dates: August 21 – September 30, 1990; Mandell Weiss Theatre Created by Peter Meineck & Robert Richmond Performance Dates: June 29 – July 4, 1948, Written by Robert Sherwood I have been a longtime patron and usher at the various La Jolla Playhouse venues. With Maggie Carney, Francis Gercke, Mike Uribes, Meghann Welsh The Playhouse was the same venue where the musical Tommy was first staged prior to moving on to Broadway. Lighting Design by Chris Parry Scenic Design by David Zinn With John Altieri, Pascale Armand, Tina Benko, Donald Corren, Carmen Gill, Owiso Odera, Jim Parsons, Colette Sible-Beauvais, Time Winters Costume Design by David Israel Reynoso Lighting Design by Joan Arhelger Set Design by John Arnone 2020/2021 Sponsors. Costume Design by Emily Rebholz Original Music by Michael Friedman Written by Robert Coe Original Concept/Additional Lyrics by Billy Aronson Set and Lighting Design by Robert Corrigan Costume Design by Paloma Young Costume Design by V. Nadja Lancelot Orchestrations by Steve Margoshes Guy Kingsford, Tudor Hayes Performance dates: July 30 – September 1, 2002; Mandell Weiss Forum, World Premiere Costume Design by Liam O’Brien Lighting Design by Keith Parham Directed by Des McAnuff Sound Design by Janet Kalas Performance Dates: August 20 – September 29, 1991; Mandell Weiss Theatre, West Coast Premiere Performance Dates: July 14 – 26, 1958, by Arthur Miller Stage Management by Lori Doyle Movement Coach: Jean Isaacs Harburg, Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, Set Design by Robert Brill Stage Management by Diana Moser With Teddy Bergman, Christian Borle, Maggie Carney, Ron Choularton, Jared Dager, Carson Elrod, Adam Green, Greg Hildreth, Kevin Johnston, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Andrew McGinn, Irungu Mutu, John G. Preston, Charlie Reuter, David Rossmer, Johnny Wu Sound Design and Original Music by Michaël Attias Costume Design by David C. Woolard WorldCat record id: 33421002 . Stage Management by Kimberly Mark Webb Directed by Richard Seyd Stage Management by Judith Schoenfeld Co-Production with Long Wharf Theatre Set Design by Todd Rosenthal Hair by Peg Schierholz Musical Direction by Michael Roth Lighting Design by Chris Parry Performance Dates: May 30 – July 2, 2000; Mandell Weiss Theatre, American Premiere Music Composed by John McKinney and Mel Marvin Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett Directed by Des McAnuff Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward With Joan Bennett, Walter Coy, Neva Patterson, Craig Stevens, Catherine Craig, Melinda Markey, Clark Howat, Bradford Hatton, Perdita Chandler Understudies: Jennifer Morris, Paul Juhn Costume Design by Rebecca Lustig Projection Design by John Narun Stage Management by Michelle Blair * Subsequently produced at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Written by Anton Chekhov Improbable Theatre Produced by Nick Sweeting Set Design by Heidi Landesman Orchestrations by Michael Starobin Directed by Emily Mann Created and Performed by Victoria Chaplin & Jean Baptiste Thierrée Sound Design by Walter Trarbach Performance Dates: August 25 – October 2, 1992; La Jolla Playhouse downtown at the Lyceum Stage, Written by José Rivera Lighting Design by Howell Binkley Costume Design by Paul Tazewell Costume Design by Janice Benning Sound Design by Edward Cosla With Jose Ferrer, Teresa Wright, Beulah Bondi, Ellen Corby, Raymond Greenleaf, John Hubbard, Set Design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Co-Commissioned by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Zorro Productions, Inc. Inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eighty Days Lighting Design by Jennifer Setlow Krrigan, Mary Drayton Projection Design by John Narun Written by Lee Blessing Sound Design by Nick Drashner Conceived, Written and Directed by Tom Salamon Choreography by Rob Ashford With Howard Duff, Marjorie Lord, Willard Waterman, Helen Ford, Lillian Randolph, Pitt Herbert, Dorothy Patrick Dramaturgy by Robert Blacker Scenic Design by Neil Patel Sound Design and Incidental Music by Jeremy Grody Directed by Christopher Ashley With Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter, Leon Ames, Barbara Lawrence Performance Dates: August 18 – 23, 1953, Written by Frederick Knott The La Jolla Playhouse era was one of the hotel's most glamorous. Stage Management by Elizabeth Lohr Lighting Design by Peter Maradudin Directed by Eric Johnson Associate Director, Set and Costume Design by Susan Hilferty Dramaturgy by Gabriel Greene Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman With Richard Carlson, Florence Bates, Clara Blandick, Mike Mazurki, Helen Westcott, Howard Freeman, Sig Arno Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman Directed by Tom Moore Performance Dates: June 25 – July 7, 1957, A New Play by Dario Bellini Directed by Susan Cox Set Design by John Blankenchip Harner, Zachary Martens, Charles Maze, Cashae Monya, Ron Morehouse, Trey Nichols, Albert Park, John Polak, Donald Rizzo, Michael Shutt, Peter James Smith, Will Tulin, Sean Tweedale, Wendy Waddell, Sara Wagner, Reed Willard, Eddie Yaroch, David Youse, Michael Zlotnik Written by Tony Kushner With Diana Lynn, David Niven, Scott Brady, Jack Shea, Patty O’Neill, Donald Gresham, David Slater, Michael O’Neill Lighting Design by Lap Chi Chu Dramaturgy by Elissa Adams Musical Staging by Benjamin Millepied Costume Design by Liam O’Brien With Randl Ask, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Kevin Bogue, Matthew Broderick, Maria Calabrese, Walter Cronkite, Tom Flynn, Jonathan Freeman, Jack Hayes, Rebecca Holt, Jay Aubrey Jones, Nancy Lemenager, Dawnn Lewis, Kristi Lynes, Robert Mandan, Luba Mason, Martin Moran, Megan Mullally, Aiko Nakasone, William Ryall, Ernie Sabella, Jerome Vivona, Lillias White, Carla Renata Williams Performance Dates: August 22 – 27, 1950, Written by Allan Scott and George Haight H.C. Rust, Margaret Wells Performance Dates: October 15 – December 8, 1991; Mandell Weiss Theatre, Written by Anton Chekhov Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton Performance Dates: June 22 – August 15, 1993; Mandell Weiss Forum Music and Sound Design by Michael Roth Directed by Harry Ellerbe Book and Lyrics by Christopher Hampton & Don Black The company was founded by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer in 1947 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA. Behrman Performance Dates: July 15 – 20, 1947, Written by John Patrick Performance Dates: January 27 – March 22, 2015, Adapted by John Guare Directed by Edna Best and Harry Ellerbe Stage Management by Lori J. Weaver Sound Design by Kenneth Ted Bible and Michael Roth Set and Lighting Design by John Blankenchip Directed by Daniel Aukin With Ann Blyth, Millard Mitchell, Marshall Thompson, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Esther Somers, Raymond Greenleaf Dramaturgy by Robert Blacker Spellbinding " - NY Times "A … Directed by James Neilson Performance dates: November 6 – December 16, 2007; Mandell Weiss Theatre, POP Tour Production Presented as part of The EDGE Series Created and Directed by Basil Twist Lighting Design by Andrew Hill Sound Design by Greg Duffin Video Projection Design by Peter Flaherty Technical Direction by Mike Kerns Tour Technical Direction by Chelsea Mylett Puppeteers: Kate Brehm, Oliver W. Dazell, Jessica Scott, Bas… Music Coordinated and Compiled by Mark Wing-Davey Film Score by Michael Friedman Set and Costume Design by Annie Smart Lighting Design by James W. Neilson Incidental Music by Wayne Abravanel Costume Design by Paul Tazewell Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman Directed by Michael Grief With Vincent Price, Marsha Hunt, Beulah Bondi, Lamont Johnson, Anne Kimbell, James Dobson, Sean McClory, Philip Tonge, Milton Parsons, Walter Kingsford, J.M. Set and Costume Design by John Blankenchip Directed by Michael Mayer Sound Design by Michael Bodeen Adapted and Directed by Robert Richmond Set Design by Robert Tyler Lee Music and Lyrics by Erin McKeown Costume Design by Candice Donnelly Lyrics by Harold Arlen, Truman Capote, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Costume Design by Susan Hilferty Set Design by Derek McLane Sound Design by Stephen Erb With Richard Basehart, John Ireland, Jean Parker, Joanne Dru, Rosalind Ivan, J.M. Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman Lyrics by Kirsten Childs and Rajiv Joseph Scenic and Costume Design by David Zinn Dramaturgy by Gabriel Greene Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind Based on the original play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart Lighting Design by Peter Meineck Performance dates: September 11 – October 7, 2007; Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, Page To Stage Workshop Production Choreography by Charles Moulton West Coast Premiere Performance Dates: July 6 – 11, 1948, Written by St. John Ervine Book and Lyrics by Bruce Sussman Set Design by John Boyt Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman La Jolla Playhouse names Debby Buchholz as new Managing Director. Directed by Steve Cosson Lighting Design by James F. Ingalls Producer: Nunally Kersh Performance Dates: May 8 – June 17, 1990; Mandell Weiss Theatre, World Premiere Written by Michael Clayton Hutton and Samuel Rosen Adapted and Directed by Emily Mann Directed by Jaime Castañeda Music Director/Conductor: Michael Gacetta Scenic Design and Co-Projection Design by David Gallo Costume Design by David C. Woolard With Robert Ryan, Ruth Warrick, Dorothy McGuire, Dan Tobin, Clifford Brooke, Chris-Pin Martin Set Design by Heidi Landesman Performance Dates: September 14 – October 17, 1999; Mandell Weiss Forum, Written by Tennessee Williams With Laraine Day, Gregory Peck, Ernest Cossart, Elizabeth Patterson, Elisabeth Fraser Scenic Design by Steven C. Kemp Music by John Ewbank With Dame May Whitty, Oliver Thorndike, Eileen Erskine, Gavin Muir, Patricia Hitchcock, Lighting Design by Howell Binkely Performance Dates: July 21 – August 23, 1998; Mandell Weiss Forum, 50th Anniversary Production Composed and Written by Pete Townshend Video Production by Dennis McNabb Directed by BD Wong Music and Lyrics by Paul Gordon Performance Dates: June 26 – 30, 2013; Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre, By Rex Pickett Set Design by Robert Davison Set Design by Douglas Stein and Susan Hilferty By Dave Maass Scenic Design by Lauren Helpern Directed by Christopher Ashley Based on the novel Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis With Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza Scenic Design by Riccardo Hernandez Directed by Christopher Ashley Performance Dates: May 7 – June 16, 1991; Mandell Weiss Theatre, World Premiere Directed by Neel Keller Written by Keith Bunin Choreographed by Kelly Devine Sound Design by Nicholas Drashner Original Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy Directed by Franco Dragone Performance Dates: August 23 – 28, 1949, A Non – Tropical Farce in Three Acts by Mark Reed Directed by Rosemary Newcott Choreography by Kelly Devine Original Music by Deborah Wicks LaPuma Lyrics by David Kamp, Benjamin Velez and John Leguizamo Performance dates: March 4 – 14, 2010; Mandell Weiss Theatre and May 18 – 29, 2010; Shank Theatre, World Premiere Directed by Oliver Cliff Sound Design by Lindsay Jones Puppet Design by Chris Green Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind New Translation Lyrics by Michael Korie & Amy Powers Sound Design by Casi Pacillo Directed by Des McAnuff Costume Design by Joyce Kim Lee Performance dates: May 14 – June 16, 2002; Mandell Weiss Theatre, World Premiere Scenic Design by Kevin Judge Set Design by Neil Patel Original Music and Sound Design by David Van Tieghem Performance Dates: July 3 – 8, 1951, Written by Philip Barry With Emily Bergl, Gary Cole, Catherine Dent Set Design by Douglas Stein Performance Dates: September 8 – October 4, 2015; Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, Performance Dates: October 9 – 11, 2015 Set Design by John Blankenchip Dramaturgy by James Magruder Sound Design by Darron L. West Music Direction by Jeff Nevin Directed by Regina Taylor and Susan V. Booth Costume Design by Patricia McGourty Lighting Design by James F. Ingalls Stage Management by Allen McMulle Music by Michael Roth Lighting Design by Kevin Adams Dramaturgy by Robert Blacker Adapted by Steven Epp and Dominique Serrand “There’s a sense of a moment at the Playhouse that the new-work development here is firing on all cylinders.” – Christopher Ashley, The Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse and 2017 Tony Award winner of Best Direction of a Musical “Doing a large scale … Costume Design by Jess Goldstein Performance Dates: August 30 – September 4, 1949, Written by Edward Chodorov Composition and Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier Set Design by John Napier Performance dates: June 5 – 27, 2007; Mandell Weiss Theatre, Co-Production with Theatre de Juene Lune Production Stage Management by Frank Hartenstein Costume Design by Luisa Greenfield Directed by Norman Lloyd Directed by James Neilson June 2 – 30, 2019; Mandell Weiss Forum, World Premiere Directed by Roger Rees Sound Designer: Nicholas Drashner Written by David Leddy Stage Management by Benjamin McGovern Dramaturgy by Robert Blacker Daughters of the Revolution with Michelle Duffy, Micheal Elich, Lynnda Ferguson, Bill Geisslinger, Marielle Heller, Lorri Holt, Terry Layman, Craig W. Marker, Jacob Ming-Trent, Paul Vincent O’Connor, Robynn Roderiguez, Christina Rouner, Vilma Silva, Derrick Lee Weeden, Christine Williams Set Design by Robert Tyler Lee Directed by Michael J. Bobbitt Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald Lighting Design by Marcus Dilliard Performance Dates: May 10 – June 12, 2016; Mandell Weiss Theatre, By Frank Henry Kaash Katasse Costume Design by Mara Blumenfeld With Jeffry Denman, Miko Doi-Smith, Meghan Frederick, George Hirsch, Paul Hurley, Ted Johnson, Tamara Hurwitz Pullman, Keith A. Thompson Performance Dates: July 10 – 15, 1951, Written by Rachel Crothers Set Design by John Arnone * Subsequently produced on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. Written by Julia Jordan Directed by Des McAnuff Sound Design by Shahrokh Yadegari Performance Dates: October 12 – November 14, 1999; Mandell Weiss Theatre, Adapted by Melanie Marnich, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse – Konstantin Master Puppeteers: Basil Twist, Jane Catherine Shaw From the play Tailleur Pour Dames by Georges Feydeau Performance dates: January 26 – March 15, 2009, World Premiere Costume Design by Toni Leslie James Written by Kathryn Walat Sound Design by Serge M. Ossorguine Scenic/Costume Designer: Lex Liang Lighting Design by Richard Riddell Performance Dates: July 27 – August 29, 1993; Mandell Weiss Theatre, Collaboratively produced by Culture Clash With Christopher Burris, Maria Dizzia, Bairbre Dowling, Francesca Faridany, Sherman Howard, Charles Janasz, Trey Lyford, Robert Machray, Ray Reinhardt, Jeremy Shamos, Sandra Shipley, Alison Weller Costume Design by Brandin Baron Ken and Ginger Baldwin’s generous philanthropy established in 1999 the Baldwin New Play Festival which showcased the MFA playwrights’ work to ten professional guests nationally. Sound Design by Robbin E. Broad Whitehead Sound Design by Otts Munderloh Written by Charles Busch John Williams, Doris Lloyd, Julie Mitchum Set Design by Allen Moyer Based on the Novel by Charlotte Brontë Performance dates: July 17 – August 19, 2007; Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, A Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production *Subsequently produced in Baltimore February / March 1999 and on Broadway, Roundabout Theater, February 2002, World Premiere Written by Annie Weisman Set Design by Ariel Ballif Costume Design by Jess Goldstein Performance Dates: December 10 – 21, 1997; Mandell Weiss Theatre, World Premiere Costume Design by Dorothy Jeakins Scenic Design by David Korins Music by Richard Rodgers Music and Sound Design by Michael Roth Costume Design by David C. Woolard Directed by Stephen Wadsworth Adapted for the Stage by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff Performance Dates: May 17 – June 19, 1994; Mandell Weiss Theatre, West Coast Premiere Performance Dates: August 8 – September 17, 1989 Physical Comedy Consultant: Jacob Bruce Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy With Anne Allgood, Nell Balaban, James Barbour, Lauren Campbell, Elizabeth DeGrazia, Bruce Dow, Megan Drew, Kelly Felthous, Marguerite MacIntyre, Bill Nolte, Jayne Paterson, Don Richard, Tiffany Scarritt, Marla Schaffel, Joelle Shapiro, Mary Stout, Rachel Ulanet, Christopher Yates, Lee Zarrett – The Swimming Lesson Costume Design by David C. Woolard Direction and Musical Staging by Jeff Calhoun Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman With Jessica Boevers, Lucia Brawley, Kyle Fabel, Chris Hoch, Stana Katic, Chris Kipiniak, Joan Van Ark, Eric Wippo Understudies: Natalie Griffith, Jim Choryck, David Kupchinsky Behrman Technical Consultant: Michael Latimer Written by David Grimm Directed by Aleksandra Wolska Cardboard Creations by Beth Nixon Dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman Written and Performed by Karen Trott O’Connor, Doug Skinner Stage Management by Wendy Oulette Written by Bertolt Brecht Sound Design by John Gromada Costume Design by David Israel Reynoso Performance Dates: August 6 – August 31, 1985; The Warren Theatre Directed by Robert Egan With Keith Carradine, Allison Case, Hunter Foster, Jay Armstrong Johnson, David Larsen, Jacob Ming Trent, Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Mary Gordon Murray, Jim Newman, Connie Ray, Jon Rua, Keala Settle, Dale Soules, Scott Wakefiled and William Youmans. Lighting Design by Chris Parry Performance Dates: August 19 – 24, 1952, Written by Christopher Fry Musical Supervision by Danny Troob Costume Design by Mark Wendland Directed by Cambria Herrera, Episode 3 Music for Scenes Composed & Performed by Michael Roth ARTISTS AND PROGRAMS. Costume Design by Andrea Singer Set Design by Robert Tyler Lee Original Music by Elliot Goldenthal Stage Management by Kelly Glasow Set Design by George Tsypin Lighting Design by Barry McGee Original Music Composed and Directed by Michael Smith Set Design by John Boyt Performance Dates: February 3 – April 4, 2014, By Ayad Akhtar Costume Design by Janice Benning *Subsequently produced at the Classic Stage Company in New York, Winter, 1997 – 1998, World Premiere Directed by James Neilson Production Stage Manager: Evangeline Rose Whitlock Performance Dates: November 18 – December 31, 2011; Mandell Weiss Theatre, A co-production with Center Theatre Group Scenic Design by Derek McLane Directed by Moisés Kaufman Dramaturgy by Gabriel Greene Sound Design and Original Music by Broken Chord Lighting Design by John Martin Travels throughout the county to schools, libraries and community centers ; Donate Join! Seats in any of the Page to Stage Productions have gone on to win Tony Awards WOW for. 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