SoCal Theater

Chalk Circle Collective presents a brand new play in an experimental workshop production to Cygnet Theatre's Joan Performing Arts Center. "Advanced Persistent Teenagers" by Deepak Kumar (House of India at the Old Globe) follows 2 teenage hackers, Axyz and Lapras, who only know each other through online voice chat. When their hacker collective, dark w0rld, abruptly […]

Arsenic and Old Lace By Joseph Kesselring Murder, manners, and mayhem August 14 – September 6, 2026 Friday-Saturday @ 7pm Saturday-Sunday @ 2pm Directed by Kira Blaskovich Abby and Martha Brewster, two sweet, silver-haired spinster aunts, practice the kindest form of charity: elderberry wine laced with arsenic for lonely old gentlemen. Their fast-talking theater-critic nephew […]

Last year's inaugural festival and 5-month residency program were optimistic gambles that proved to be a huge success. With the help of over 30 community volunteers, we presented 34 choreographic works, served 191 artists from Southern California and around the globe, and reached over 500 local audience members here in San Diego. Building on this amazing momentum, AADF2026: Becoming Asian American is aiming […]

When Gretta, a gifted but heartbroken songwriter, crosses paths with Dan, a record producer on the brink of burnout, their chance encounter sparks an unexpected collaboration that transforms them both. Begin Again features an original score by Grammy Award-winning pop-rock band Train (“Drops of Jupiter,” “Hey, Soul Sister”), direction by Lorin Latarro (Waitress, Chess), and is inspired […]