UCSD Division of Arts & Humanities
The Arts and Humanities departments have been a powerful presence at UCSD since the earliest days of the campus.
See this section for info on performances in music, literature, theater and much more.
UCSD Mandell Weiss Theater - Dept of Theater & Dance - Performance Calendar
UCSD Theatre Forum
- an international theatre journal on contemporary art forms
Balboa Theater - Gaslamp Quarter
New - 2008 Inaugural Season
This treasured San Diego landmark has completed a $26.5 million restoration and now comes
alive as exciting venue for music, drama, dance, theater and a whole lot more. Showcase for
international performers and homegrown talent including the Mainly Mozard Summer Festival,
Classics for Kids, California Ballet Company and San Diego Men's Chorus.
Broadway San Diego
- Bringing epic Broadway musicals, drama, comedy and much more to San Diego. Performing at both
the Balboa Theater and Civic Theatre.
Tour Gaslamp Quarter
The premier entertainment and restaurant district of Downtown San Diego. Over 40 quality restaurants,
pubs, nightclubs and theaters listed. Popular destination before or after a game at the Petco Park ballfield.
La Jolla Playhouse
2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; (858) 550-1010; Venue Website;
All performances presented at the Mandell Weiss Center for the Performing Arts on the UCSD campus;
The Playhouse produces a mainstage season of 6 to 8 innovative productions of new plays,
classics and musicals, many of which are world premieres, and supports the creation of new
work through its "Page To Stage" play development program, which includes commissions, readings and workshops.
Joint programs with UCSD Department of Theater featured.
Coronado Playhouse
Location: North end of community center just one block south of the Hotel del Coronado
Providing quality entertainment with a combination of delightful classic comedies, dramas,
and mysteries, dazzling musicals, colorful FREE Shakespeare, and exciting original works by local authors.
Lambs Players Theater - Coronado Island
340-seat theater serves as home to a year-round performing season for the highly acclaimed Lamb's Players theatrical group.
Lambs Players Festival of Christmas
- A Coronado Yuletide Tradition that is different every year.
Moonlight Amphitheater
1200 Vale Terrace, Vista, CA 92084; (760) 724-2110;
Theater Website;
Summer Evenings 8PM - Wed-Sun;
Outdoor amphitheater located in Brengle Terrace Park hosts live stage musical productions
on most summer evenings.
Datenite Guide - San Diego Metro Area
Check out our big listing of local theater, nightclubs and concert venues.
Moonlight Amphitheater - Outdoor amphitheater located in Brengle Terrace Park hosts live stage musical productions on most summer evenings.
Carlsbad Village Theatre
Mira Costa College Theater
UCSD Arts - Music, Drama, Literature, Dance, Visual Arts - ongoing student productions and exhibitions
SDSU School of Theater, Television & Film
Affiliated with the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts.
From lighting and stage design to acting and administration, students engage in all facets of theatrical production.
Film majors get experience as a producer, script writer, director, editor, cinematographer,
or sound engineer for Television, Film and New Media programs.
San Diego Repertory Theatre - Horton Plaza
Housed in the Lyceum Space in downtown San Diego's Horton Plaza.
Repertoire ranges from cutting edge, classic, to the annual production of A Christmas Carol.
The Lyceum houses both the 545-seat Stage Theater and the more intimate 270-seat Space Theatre.
North Coast Repertory Theatre
987-D Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Solana Beach, CA 92075; 858-481-1055;
Theatre Website;
North County's finest year-round playhouse produces seven main-stage productions and three
Theater School productions each year. Over 35,000 people attend its intimate 194-seat setting.
In addition, the theatre involves thousands of young people each year in the Theatre School -NCRT's education and outreach program.
Sledgehammer Theatre - Gaslamp Quarter
Cutting edge theatre in a former funeral chapel in downtown San Diego. Expect the unexpected and strange.
Functioning as a regional center for the creation of new theatrical events the
Sledgehammer has created, performed and presented over 60 new theatrical events, and 22 world premiere productions.
Also home for Sushi Performance and Visual Arts, a downtown San Diego art organization presenting local, regional, national, and international artists
in the presentation of multidisciplinary performance that includes dance, performance art, spoken word, music, theatre, film, video, and visual art.
San Diego Area Indian Resorts
There are a significant number of Las Vegas style casino resorts
operating in the greater San Diego area and all offer a wide range of
nighttime and weekend entertainment.
Tour High School Performing Arts:
Big directory to all major San Diego County high schools and links to
school sports, arts, theater, music and academic programs.
Poway Center for Perfoming Arts
Each year the Foundation, in partnership with the *City of Poway and the *Poway Unified School District,
assembles a line up of top-notch talent from the worlds of drama, dance, music, comedy and more.
Home of the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra.
On Stage Playhouse
291 3rd Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910; 619-422-7787;
Theater Website;
Downtown Chula Vista Arts Center;
OnStage Playhouse, the only live community theatre in Chula Vista, operates year round, producing six or more superior plays per year.
OnStage has an intimate theater seating 60 playgoers and is located near 3rd and F in downtown Chula Vista.
San Diego Junior Theater - Chula Vista
250 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910; 619- 239-1311;
Theater Website;
The oldest continuing childrens’ theatre program in the country its productions have entertained well over a million theatregoers since its beginning in 1948!
Now offering classes at Balboa Park’s historic Casa del Prado, in the heart of Downtown Chula Vista, and in North County at the La Jolla YMCA Firehouse,
San Diego Junior Theatre is committed to providing engaging, innovative, high-quality theatre education and productions for children of all cultural heritages, ages, abilities and levels of interest.
Tour Balboa Park
Over 1400 acres of beautiful gardens, grassy picnic area
and groves of exotic palm and eucalyptus trees - Balboa Park is home to
some of the funnest museums and other attractions of San Diego.
Old Globe Theater
Starlite Bowl
Spreckles Organ Pavilion
Starlite Bowl
Large outdoor theatre.
Rueben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
The IMAX Dome - World's first OmniMax Theater (1973)
with 180 degree domed ceiling screen with multimedia planetarium and two continuous shows. See link for current show info.
Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
For fifty years this 234-seat theater has entertained young families in the Palisades section on the south side of Balboa Park.
East County Performing Arts Center - El Cajon CA
The Arts Center showcases the finest local, national and International talent and serves as a creative arts educational resource for
area schools. The theatre also serves as a performance showplace for community organizations, professional producers and corporations.
Christian Youth Theater - El Cajon CA
1545 Pioneer Way, El Cajon, CA; 619-558-0206
Theatre Group Website;
Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is a children's theater program offering after-school theater arts education for students ages 4-18.
Since its founding in 1981 in San Diego, California, CYT has grown to be the largest youth theater program in the nation.
There are programs across the country, providing training to thousands of students a year.
Young Actors Theatre - Spring Valley CA
2788 Sweetwater Springs Blvd, Spring Valley, CA; 619-670-1627;
Theatre Group Website;
The premier production company of choice for young aspiring actors in San Diego East County offering a full range of theatrical training.
We are proud of YAT's ambition to contribute to the body of plays for family audiences. Each season, one new script will be written and produced especially for YAT and our patrons.
It is our goal to develop and produce new scripts to challenge and inspire audiences.
Peter Pan Junior Theatre
4200 Parks Ave, La Mesa, CA - (619) 589-9935
Cygnet Theatre
6663 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115; 619-337-1525;
Theater Website;
Cygnet Theatre is San Diego's newest and hottest live theatre. Located near San Diego State University, Cygnet is
just a short drive from downtown San Diego. Cygnet Theatre productions feature some of San Diego's favorite actors.
Mostly Theatre Company - El Centro CA
Mostly Theatre Company was founded as the Imperial Valley Players in 1955 to bring the magic of live theater to the community.
MTC provides a forum for those who wish to be involved with theater from all over the county including
El Centro's Old Post Office Pavilion.
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