Past Productions

Season 20

Season 19

Murder for Two
Book and Music by Joe Kinosian | Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Directed by AJ Knox | Music Direction by Tom Abruzzo | Choreography by Jenna Ingrassia-Knox
Featuring Tony Houck & JD Dumas
February 1 – March 1, 2020

Around the World in 80 Days
By Laura Eason | Based on the Novel by Jules Verne
Original Music by The Shantyannes (Joe Freeman & Renee Moreno)
Directed by Kristianne Kurner | Music Direction & Orchestrations by Tony Houck | Choreography by Jenna Ingrassia-Knox
November 16 – December 22, 2019

Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage | Directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed
September 28 – October 20, 2019

A Weekend With Pablo Picasso
Written by and Starring Herbert Sigüenza | Directed by Todd Salovey
August 10 – 25, 2019

Season 18

Little Shop of Horrors
Music by Alan Menken | Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Directed by A.J. Knox | Music Direction by Benjamin Goniea | Choreography by Kevin “Blax” Burroughs
June 1 – August 4, 2019

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly
By Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
November 16 – December 23, 2018
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Scenic Design (Kristianne Kurner)

Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Directed by Tony Houck | Choreography by Michael Mizerany
January 25 – March 10, 2019

Guadalupe in the Guest Room
By Tony Meneses | Directed by Nadia Guevara
September 28 – October 28, 2018

The Servant of Two Masters
Translated by A.J. Knox and adapted by A.J. Knox and Smantha Ginn
Directed by A.J. Knox
April 5 – May 5, 2019

Legally Blonde
By Heather Hach | Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
Directed by Kristianne Kurner
July 20 – September 9, 2018

Season 17

Avenue Q
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez | Book by Jeff Whitty
Directed by AJ Knox
May 18 – July 1, 2017
Awards:
Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Male (Zackary Scot Wolfe)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Resident Musical
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Direction of a Musical (AJ Knox)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Male (Tony Houck)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Female (Cashae Monya)

Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus | Directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed
March 23 – April 22, 2018
Awards:
Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Sound Design (Melanie Chen Cole)

The Secret Garden
Music and Lyrics by Marsha Norman | Music by Lucy Simon
Adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Directed by Rosina Reynolds
November 3 – December 24, 2017

Cloud Tectonics
By Jose Rivera | Directed by Herbert Sigüenza
January 26 – February 25, 2018
Awards:
Actor of the Year, Female (Nadia Guevara)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female (Nadia Guevara)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Sound Design (Mark Spiro)

American Hero
By Bess Wohl | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
September 15 – October 15, 2017

Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
By Alan James | Directed by Christy Yael-Cox
May 18 – July 2, 2017 at the Horton Grand Theatre
July 15 – August 27, 2017 at New Village Arts
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male (Paul Swenson Eddy)

Season 16

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
By Emily Mann | From the book by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth
Directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed
May 12 – June 11 (Extended to June 18)
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female (Milena Phillips)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female (Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson)

Awake & Sing!
By Clifford Odets | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
March 17 – April 16, 2017
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Dramatic Production
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Ensemble
San Diego Union Tribune Top Productions of 2017
Times of San Diego Notable Prodctions

An Iliad
By Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare | Directed by Jacole Kitchen
January 27 – February 26, 2017
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Solo Performance (Linda Libby)
San Diego Union Tribune Top Productions of 2017

The 1940s Radio Hour
By Walton Jones | Directed by Dana Case
December 3 – 31, 2016

God of Carnage
By Yasmina Reza | Translated by Christopher Hampton | Directed by Jessica Bird
October 14 – November 13, 2016

OKLAHOMA!
By Richard Rogers & Oscar Hemmerstein | Directed by Teddy Eck
August 5 – September 25, 2016
Awards:
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male (Jack French)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male (Jonathan Sangster)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female (Alexandra Slade)
Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Music Direction (Tony Houck)

Season 15

Golda’s Balcony
By William Gibson | Directed by Todd Salovey
May 27 – June 4, 2016

Awards:

• Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Solo Performance (Rosina Reynolds)

Big River
By William Hauptman & Roger Miller | Directed by Colleen Kollar Smith
April 1 – May 15, 2016

Awards:

• Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Young Artist Award (Reed Lievers)
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male (Brian Barbarin)
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male (Reed Lievers)
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Male (Colleen Kollar Smith)

Emilie La Marquise De Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight
By Lauren Gunderson | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Febraury 5 – March 6, 2016

Sylvia (remount)
By A.R. Gurney | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
January 7 – 24, 2016

The 1940s Radio Hour
By Walton Jones | Directed by Dana Case
December 4 – 31, 2015

The Weir
By Conor McPherson | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Ocotber 2 – November 1, 2015

Return to the Forbidden Planet
By Bob Carlton | Directed by Jon Lorenz
July 17 – September 24, 2015

Awards:

• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Projection Design (Blake McCarty)

Season 14

Sylvia
By A.R. Gurney | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
June 6 – 28, 2015

Lord of the Flies
Adapted by Nigel Williams | Directed by Justin Lang
Aprill 11 – May 3, 2015

Stage Kiss
By Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Chelsea Kaufman
February 7 – March 1, 2015

The Nutcracker
By Jake Minton & Phillip Klapperich | Music by Kevin O’Donnell | Lyrics by Jake Minton
Directed by Kristianne Kurner
November 29 – December 21, 2014

The Clean House
By Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Claudio Raygoza
October 4- 26, 2014

The Full Monty
By Terrence McNally | Book and lyrics by David Yazbek
Directed by Manny Fernandes
July 26 – September 7, 2014

Season 13

The Miss Firecracker Contest
By Beth Henley | Directed by Daren Scott
June 7 – June 29, 2014

To Kill Mockingbird
Dramatized by Christopher Sergel, from the novel by Harper Lee | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
April 12 – May 4, 2014

Circle Mirror Transformation
By Annie Baker | Directed by Annie Hinton
February 8 – March 2, 2014

Wait Until Dark
By Fredrick Knott | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
October 5 – October 27, 2013

Awards:

• Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Young Artist / Sandra Ellis Troy Scholarship (Abby DeSpain)

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
By Stuart Ross | Directed by Jason Heil
November 21 – December 31, 2013

SUDS
By Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Will Robertson and Bryan Scott | Directed by Javier Velasco
July 20 – September 1, 2013

Season 12

Seascape
By Edward Albee | Directed by Kim Strassburger
May 18 – June 9, 2013

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
By Dale Wasserman | Directed by Claudio Raygoza
March 30 – April 21, 2013

The Trip to Bountiful
By Horton Foote | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
February 9 – March 3, 2013

Awards:

• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Femlae Male (Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson)
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lighting Design (Christopher Loren Renda)

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
By Stuart Ross | Directed by Jason Heil
November 23 – December 12, 2012

Same Time, Next Year
By Bernard Slade | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
September 15 – October 7, 2012

Season 11

Buried Child
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Lisa Berger
March 31 – April 22, 2012

Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Justin Lang
February 11 – March 4, 2012

The Santaland Diaries
By David Sedaris | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
December 1 – December 24, 2011

Of Mice and Men
By John Steinback | Directed by Daren Scott
October 29 – November 20, 2011

Awards:

• Won for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Male (Manny Fernandes)
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Dramatic Production
• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Direction of a Play (Daren Scott)

Thom Pain (based on nothing)
By Will Eno | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
September 7 – October 2, 2011

Ah, Wilderness!
By Eugene O’Neill | Directed by Amanda Sitton
August 3 – August 28, 2011

Season 10

Death of a Salesman
By Arthur Miller | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
June 9 – July 13, 2011

Sweet Storm
By Scott Hudson | Directed by Daren Scott
April 21 – May 15, 2011

Simpatico
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Lisa Berger
January 13 – February 6, 2011

The Santaland Diaries
By David Sedaris | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
December 2 – December 24, 2010

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Liz Shipman
Performed at Moonlight Amphiteatre
October 6 – October 10, 2010

Into the Woods
By Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine | Directed by James Vasquez
May 22 – June 30, 2010

Awards:

• Nominated for San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical (Melissa Fernandes and Hannah Rose Kornfeld)

The Seven Year Itch
By George Axelrod | Directed by Amanda Sitton
July 29 – August 22, 2010

Season 9

Summer and Smoke
By Tennessee Williams | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
May 27 – June 20, 2010

The Heidi Chronicles
By Wendy Wasserstein | Directed by Amanda Sitton
April 1 – April 25, 2010

The Man Who
By Peter Brook & Marie Helene Estienne | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
February 4 – February 28, 2010

The Santaland Diaries
By David Sedaris | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
December 9 – December 24, 2010

Picasso at the Lapine Agile
By Steve Martin | Directed by Dana Case
November 12 – December 6, 2009

Awards:

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence: Outstanding Ensemble

Things We Want
By Jonathan Marc Sherman | Directed by Lisa Berger
September 17 – October 11, 2009

Time Flies
By David Ives | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
July 30 – August 16, 2009

Prom Night
By Emily Reit | Directed by Ruff Yeager
August 2 – August 12, 2009

Sure Thing
By David Ives | Directed by Mark Stephan
August 2 – August 12, 2009

Season 8

Four Dogs and a Bone
By John Patrick Shanley | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
June 6 – June 28, 2009

Be Aggressive
By Annie Weisman | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
April 4 – April 26, 2009

Bulrusher
By Eisa Davis | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
February 7 – March 1, 2009

Awards:

• North County Times Best of 2009 List Actor: Tim Parker

Off the Ground
By Amy Chini & Tom Zohar | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
Devember 6 – December 21, 2008

Fool for Love
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Dana Case
October 4 – October 26, 2008

Awards:

• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Actor (Johnson)
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 Actor (Kurner)
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Ensemble

Season 7

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield | Directed by Rob Salas
August 10 – August 31, 2008

Sailor’s Song
By John Patrick Shanley | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
August 2 – August 24, 2008

Awards:

• San Diego Magazine Best of 2008 List

Golden Boy
By Clifford Odets | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
June 21 – July 13, 2008

Awards:

• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding Lead Actress: Amanda Sitton
• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding Featured Actor: Manny Fernandes
• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Performance: Joshua Everett Johnson
• San Diego Union Tribune Top Productions of 2008
• North County Times Best of 2008 List Production & Actor (Johnson)
• San Diego Reader Best of 2008 List Actress (Sitton)
• San Diego Magazine Best of 2008 List
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Direction & Actor (Johnson)
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Actor (Sitton)
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Ensemble

Prelude to a Kiss
By Craig Lucas | Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
April 19 – May 18, 2008

Awards:

• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Comedy

Dancing at Lughnasa
By Brian Friel | Directed by Esther Emery
March 8 – March 30, 2008

Awards:

• San Diego Reader Best of 2008 List Actress (Amanda Sitton)
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2008 List Production

This is Our Youth
By Kenneth Lonergan | Directed by Francis Gercke
January 2008

Awards:

• San Diego Union Tribune Top Productions of 2008
• North County Times Best of 2008 List Actor (Joshua Everett Johnson)
• San Diego Reader Best of 2008 List Actor (Joshua Everett Johnson)

Off the Ground
By Amy Chini & Tom Zohar | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
Devember 1 – December 23, 2007

Humble Boy
By Charlotte Jones | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
October 6 – November 11, 2007

Awards:

• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Set Design

Season 6

Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Christopher Williams
Performed at the NVA Theatre and Avo Playhouse
August 2007

FIRST PRODUCTION IN VILLAGE
True West
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
June 2007

Awards:

• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Actors (Joshua Everett Johnson & Francis Gercke)

Sailor’s Song
By John Patrick Shanley | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc.
April 2007

Awards:

• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle:
• Outstanding Direction: Kristianne Kurner
• Outstanding Ensemble
• Outstanding Choreography: Robin Christ & Kathy Meyer
• Outstanding Scenic Design: Nick Fouch
• Outstanding Costume Design: Jessica John

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence:
• Outstanding Direction: Kristianne Kurner
• Outstanding Scenic Design: Nick Fouch

• San Diego Reader Best of 2007 List
• San Diego Magazine Best of 2007 List
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Ensemble cast, Actress (Sitton)

Crimes of the Heart
By Beth Henley | Directed by Dana Case
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
February 2007

Awards:

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Ensemble
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Ensemble cast
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Most perfect production

Three Sisters
By Anton Chekhov | Directed by Francis Gercke
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
February 2007

Awards:

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Ensemble
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Ensemble Cast
• Gay and Lesbian Times Best of 2007 List Most perfect production

Season 5

Hamlet
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Performed at La Costa Canyon High School
August 2006

Nocturne
By Adam Rapp | Directed by Joshua Everett Johnson
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
May 2006

Awards:

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence Francis Gercke

The Playboy of the Western World
By John Millington Synge | Directed by Francis Gercke & Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
March 2006

Awards:

• Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Performance: Jessica John

Curse of the Starving Class
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Francis Gercke
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
October 2005

Awards:

• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle:
• Outstanding Ensemble
• Outstanding Direction
• Outstanding Feature Performance (Johnson)
• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence:
• Outstanding Ensemble
• Outstanding Direction
• SignOnSanDiego / SD Union Tribune “Top Ten Productions of 2005″

Season 4

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Francis Gercke & Kristianne Kurner
Performed at La Costa Canyon High School
August 2005

The Waverly Gallery
By Kenneth Lonergan | Directed by Francis Gercke & Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
March 2005

Awards:

• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Lead Performance (Sandra Ellis-Troy)

A Lie of the Mind
By Sam Shepard | Directed by Francis Gercke & Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
November 2004

Awards:

• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding Ensemble
• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence Outstanding Ensemble
• BackstageWest Best of 2004 A Lie of the Mind (Ensemble & Direction)

Season 3

Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Brendon Fox
Performed at La Costa Canyon High School
August 2004

Still Life
By Emily Mann | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
March 2004

Orphans
By Kyle Kessler | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
November 2003

Awards:

• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding Ensemble
• Backstage.com Critics’ “BEST OF” Lists Best Direction Best Ensemble

Season 2

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Kira Simring
Performed at Stagecoach Park
August 2003

Awards:

• San Diego Playbill Billie Award Outstanding Ensemble

All About Me
By Fredi Towbin | Directed by Francis Gercke
Performed at Carlsbad Village Theatre
April 2003

Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov | Directed by Francis Gercke
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
March 2003

Awards:

• San Diego Playbill Billie Award
• Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress

The Only Game in Town
By Frank D. Gilroy | Directed by Francis Gercke & Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
November 2002

Awards:

• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence
• Outstanding Performance: Francis Gercke

Season 1

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Liz Shipman
Performed at Stagecoach Park

A Hatful of Rain
By Michael Gazzo | Directed by Francis Gercke
Performed at Jazzercise, Inc
May 2002

Awards:

• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence
• Outstanding Performance: Francis Gercke

Trapped
By Joy McCullough-Carranza | Directed by Kristianne Kurner
Performed at Schulman Auditorium and AART San Diego
April 2002

Brilliant Traces
By Cindy Lou Johnson | Directed by Mark Stephan
Performed at the Granary, Magee Park
November 2001

Awards:

• KPBS Patte Award for Theatre Excellence
• Most Exciting New Theatre Company

Four Play
By Various Artists | Directed by The Cast
Performed at Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center
September 2001