Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Theater
On view · through Sun, Oct 11
La Jolla Playhouse · 2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92039
A world-premiere play by Mat Smart set over 24 hours in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where a close-knit birding group is thrown into chaos when some members spot the rare black-billed cuckoo and others don't. Directed by Shelley Butler, this quiet comedy explores healing, wonder, and moving on after missing out. Described as 'delightful, funny and surprising' by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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A world-premiere musical about Diana, the Grim Reaper's daughter, who falls in love with life—and a dorky human teen—just as she's about to take over her father's soul-collecting duties. Directed by Sammi Cannold with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, this irreverent and…
Tickets & detailsA world-premiere musical based on the acclaimed documentary film, following over 10,000 scientists who built the Large Hadron Collider to solve one of the universe's greatest mysteries. With music by Bear McCreary and Zoe Sarnak and a book by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang,…
Tickets & detailsThe West Coast premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the influential Jasper family of Chicago, whose political empire is threatened when the youngest son returns home with secrets in tow. Directed by San Diego's Delicia Turner…
Tickets & detailsDirect from Broadway, this Tony Award-winning play by Jocelyn Bioh is set in a lively West African hair braiding shop in Harlem, where one sweltering summer day brings love, dreams, and tested friendships. Directed by Whitney White, The New York Times called it 'full of…
Tickets & detailsA West Coast premiere play by Ngozi Anyanwu, co-produced with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, following estranged siblings BIG and LIL whose reunion is told through the lens of mixed martial arts. Playwright Anyanwu stars alongside Sullivan Jones in this humorous and heart-mending…
Tickets & detailsA world-premiere play by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, based on a real-life father-daughter YMCA program, following five young girls of color and their white fathers navigating a misguided bonding program in the summer of 2008. Directed by Miranda Cornell, the play is…
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