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La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, United States. It was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer.
The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception.
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1947
- Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
- The Shining Hour by Keith Winter
- Tonight at 8:30 ... The Astonished Heart, Fumed Oak, Still Life by Noël Coward
- Biography by S. N. Behrman
- The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnár
- The Hasty Heart by John Patrick
- Dear Ruth by Norman Krasna
- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
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1948
- The Male Animal by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent
- Rope by Patrick Hamilton
- Serena Blandish (The Difficulty of Getting Married) by S. N. Behrman
- Ultra-Marine by Peter Blackmore
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
- For Love or Money by F. Hugh Herbert
- The First Mrs. Fraser by St. John Ervine
- The Road to Rome by Robert Sherwood
- Kind Lady by Edward Chodorov
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1949
- Petticoat Fever by Mark Reed
- Command Decision by William Wister Haines
- Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
- Art and Mrs. Bottle by Benn Levy
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- Light Up the Sky by Moss Hart
- Arrangement for Strings by Michael Clayton Hutton and Samuel Rosen
- Here Today by George Oppenheimer
- Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
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1950
- Goodbye Again by Allan Scott and George Haight
- Clutterbuck by Benn Levy
- The Silver Whistle by Robert E. McEnroe
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder
- The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
- Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
- Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
- Claudia by Rose Franken
- Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
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1951
- On Borrowed Time by Paul Osborn
- The Petrified Forest by Robert E. Sherwood
- Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz
- Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge
- The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten
- Susan and God by Rachel Crothers
- Second Threshold by Philip Barry
- Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh, translation by Christopher Fry
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1952
- The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
- Strike a Match by Robert Smith
- The Corn Is Green by Emlyn Williams
- The Happy Time by Samuel Taylor
- Affairs of State by Louis Verneuil
- Season in the Sun by Wolcott Gibbs
- Time for Elizabeth by Groucho Marx and Norman Krasna
- Remains to be Seen by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
- The Moon Is Blue by F. Hugh Herbert
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1953
- Don Juan In Hell by George Bernard Shaw
- Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
- You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw
- Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski
- The Dazzling Hour by Anna Bonacci
- My Three Angels by Sam and Bella Spewack
- Jane by S. N. Behrman, based on an original story by W. Somerset Maugham
- I Am a Camera by John Van Druten
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1954
- The Vacant Lot by Paul Streger and Berrilla Kerr
- The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod
- Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor
- Anniversary Waltz by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields
- The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
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1955
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women! by Edward Chodorov
- The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents
- Native Uprising by D. N. Roman
- The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash
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1956
- The Little Hut by André Roussin
- Pal Joey by John O'Hara, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart
- Miss Julie & The Stronger by August Strindberg
- King of Hearts by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke
- Bus Stop by William Inge
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1957
- Androcles and the Lion / The Proposal by George Bernard Shaw / Anton Chekhov
- Career by James Lee
- The Potting Shed by Graham Greene
- Paul and Constantine by Dario Bellini
- The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home
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1958
- Visit to a Small Planet by Gore Vidal
- A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
- Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten
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1959
- Too Many Husbands by W. Somerset Maugham
- Once More, with Feeling! by Harry Kurnitz
- Two for the Seesaw by William Gibson
- Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? by Norman Krasna
- Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings, based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe
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1983
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- A Mad World, My Masters by Barrie Keeffe
- The Visions of Simone Machard by Bertolt Brecht
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1984
- As You Like It by William Shakespeare
- War Babies by Robert C. Coe
- Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong by Randy Newman
- Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by William Hauptman, music and lyrics by Roger Miller
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1985
- The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
- Ghost on Fire by Michael Weller
- A Man's a Man by Bertolt Brecht
- Merrily We Roll Along by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1986
- Ajax by Sophocles, adapted by Robert Auletta
- Gillette by William Hauptman
- Figaro Gets a Divorce by Ödön von Horváth
- The Three Cuckolds by Leon Katz
- Shout Up a Morning by Paul Avila Mayer and George W. George, music by Julian Adderley and Nathaniel Adderley, lyrics by Diane Charlotte Lampert
1987
- Silent Edward by Des McAnuff
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- The School for Wives by Molière, translation by Richard Wilbur
- A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
1988
- 80 Days by Snoo Wilson, music and lyrics by Ray Davies
- The Fool Show by Geoff Hoyle
- Lulu by Frank Wedekind
- Two Rooms by Lee Blessing
- Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
1989
- The Man Who Had No Story by Oana-Marie Hock
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- The Misanthrope by Molière
- Down the Road by Lee Blessing
- Dangerous Games - Two Tango Pieces by Jim Lewis and Graciela Daniele, lyrics by William Finn, music by Astor Piazzolla
- Nebraska by Keith Reddin
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
1990
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard
- Don Quixote De La Jolla by Eric Overmyer
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Life During Wartime by Keith Reddin
- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
1991
- Elmer Gantry by John Bishop, music by Mel Marvin, lyrics by Bob Satuloff
- A Lesson from Aloes by Athol Fugard
- The Heliotrope Bouquet by Eric Overmyer
- The Regard of Flight and The Clown Bagatelles by Bill Irwin
- Fortinbras by Lee Blessing
- Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
1992
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
- The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff
- Marisol by José Rivera
- Playland by Athol Fugard
- What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
- The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend
- Le Petomane - A Comedy of Airs by Paul Magid
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
1993
- Sweet & Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Harold Arlen, Truman Capote, Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, Leo Robin, Billy Rose and Jack Yellen
- The Mission by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza
- Luck, Pluck & Virtue by James Lapine
- The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill
- Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
- Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream by Steven Epp, Felicity Jones, Dominique Serrand and Paul Walsh
1994
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
- Mump & Smoot In Ferno by Michael Kennard and John Turner
- The Good Person of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht
- Thérèse Raquin by Neal Bell
- The Triumph of Love by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
- Harvey by Mary Chase
1995
- Randy Newman's Faust, book, music, lyrics by Randy Newman
- An Almost Holy Picture by Heather McDonald
- Slavs! Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness by Tony Kushner
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- Cloud Tectonics by José Rivera
- The Invisible Circus/Le Cirque Invisible by Victoria Chaplin
1996
- Valley Song by Athol Fugard
- Boy by Diana Son
- The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi
- Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
- Yanks & Frogs by Theatre de la Jeune Lune
- 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Krion
1997
- Harmony by Bruce Sussman, music by Barry Manilow
- Having Our Say by Emily Mann
- The Model Apartment by Donald Margulies
- Rent by Jonathan Larson
- The School for Wives by Molière
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
1998
- Maricela De La Luz Lights the World by José Rivera
- Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
- Light Up the Sky by Moss Hart
- Improbable Theatre's 70 Hill Lane by Phelim McDermott
- The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage by Athol Fugard
- Guitar Lessons: The Springhill Singing Disaster by Karen Trott
- Nora by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Ingmar Bergman
1999
- The Flimflam Man by Melanie Marnich
- Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams
- Wonderland by Chay Yew
- Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard
- Jane Eyre by John Caird and Paul Gordon
- Loot by Joe Orton
- Oo-Bla-Dee by Regina Taylor
2000
- Alice's Wild Ride by Karen Hartman
- Thoroughly Modern Millie by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, music by Jeanine Tesori
- Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing
- The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union by David Greig
- Sheridan, or Schooled In Scandal by David Grimm
- Lifegame by Keith Johnstone
- Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, translation by David Johnston
2001
- The Origin of Corn / El Origen De Maiz by Ralph Lee
- Dracula, The Musical by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, music by Frank Wildhorn
- Diva by Howard Gould
- The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Leigh Fondakowski
- Be Aggressive by Annie Weisman
- I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
- The Collected Works of Billy The Kid by Michael Ondaatje
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder
2002
- Ladybird: The Life and Time of a Roller Derby Queen by Luis Alfaro
- Mabou Mines Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
- Adoration of the Old Woman by José Rivera
- I Think I Like Girls by Leigh Fondakowski
- Wintertime by Charles L. Mee
- When Grace Comes In by Heather McDonald
- A Feast of Fools by Geoff Hoyle, music by Gina Leishman
- Tartuffe by Molière, translation by Richard Wilbur
2003
- The Breeze, the Gust, the Gale, and the Wind by Hilly Hicks
- The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
- Beauty by Tina Landau
- Eden Lane by Tom Donaghy
- The Country by Martin Crimp
- The Burning Deck by Sarah Schulman
- Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
2004
- Guitar by Julia Jordan
- Private Fittings by Georges Feydeau, adapted by Mark O'Donnell
- Jersey Boys by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe
- The Love of Three Oranges by Carlo Gozzi, adaptation by James Magruder
- Paris Commune by Steve Cosson and Michael Friedman
- Suitcase by Melissa James Gibson
- Continental Divide: Mothers Against and Daughters of the Revolution by David Edgar
- 700 Sundays / Billy Crystal / A Life In Progress by Billy Crystal
2005
- Pop Tour: Bay and the Spectacles of Doom by Julia Cho
- Palm Beach, The Screwball Musical by Robert Cary and Benjamin Feldman, music by David Gursky
- Zhivago by Michael Weller, music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers
- Current Nobody by Melissa James Gibson
- I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
- The Scottish Play by Lee Blessing
- The Miser by Molière
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
- Pop Tour: West of the 5 by Sunil Kuruvilla
2006
- Zhivago by Michael Weller, music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers
- Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
- All Wear Bowlers by Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford
- Culture Clash's Zorro in Hell by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza
- The Wiz by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls
- The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin, music by Andrew Lippa
2007/08
- Carmen by Sarah Miles, music by John Ewbank
- The Deception, adapted from La Fausse Suivante by Pierre Marivaux
- After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
- The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice
- Cry-Baby by John Waters
- The Seven by Will Power, music by Will Power, Will Hammond, Justin Ellington
- Most Wanted by Jessica Hagedorn, music by Mark Bennett
2008/09
- 33 Variations by Moisés Kaufman
- The Night Watcher by Charlayne Woodard
- Memphis (musical) by Joe DiPietro
- The Third Story by Charles Busch
- Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
- Xanadu by Douglas Carter Beane
- The Edge Series
2009/10
- Unusual Acts of Devotion by Terrence McNally
- Creditors, adapted and directed by Doug Wright
- Restoration
- Herringbone
- The 39 Steps
- Bonnie & Clyde by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchel
- Aurélia's Oratorio by Aurélia Thierrée Chaplin
- The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, directed by Darko Tresnjak
- The Edge Series: Dogugaeshi and HOOVER COMES ALIVE!
2010/11
- Surf Report by Annie Weisman
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin by Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
- Notes from Underground, adapted by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Ruined by Lynn Nottage
- Little Miss Sunshine, music and lyrics by William Finn; Book and Direction by James Lapine
2011/12
- A Dram of Drummhicit by Arthur Kopit and Anton Dudley
- Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen and adapted by David Schweitzer
- Sleeping Beauty Wakes, music and lyrics by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda Book by Rachel Sheinken
- Milk Like Sugar by Kirsten Greenidge
- Jesus Christ Superstar, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
- American Night: The Ballad of Juan José by Richard Montoya
2012/13
- Hands on a Hardbody, music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, lyrics by Amanda Green, book by Doug Wright
- Blood and Gifts by J. T. Rogers
- The Nightingale, music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, book by Steven Sater
- An Iliad by Homer, adapted by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson
- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by Wayne Coyne and Des McAnuff
2013/14
- His Girl Friday by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, adapted by John Guare
- Tribes by Nina Raine
- Sideways, book by Rex Pickett
- The Tallest Tree in the Forest by Daniel Beaty
- Side Show, music by Henry Krieger, book and lyrics by Bill Russell
- The Who & The What by Ayad Akhtar
2014/15
- Chasing the Song, book by Joe DiPietro, music by David Bryan, lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
- The Orphan of Zhao, adapted by James Fenton
- Ether Dome by Elizabeth Egloff
- Kingdom City by Sheri Wilner
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical), novel by Victor Hugo, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
2015/16
- Come from Away, book, music, and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
- Up Here, book, music, and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Blueprints to Freedom by Michael Benjamin Washington
- Healing Wars by Liz Lerman
- Indecent by Paula Vogel
- Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph
2016/17
- Latin History for Dummies, created and performed by John Leguizamo
- Hollywood by Joe DiPietro
- The Last Tiger in Haiti by Jeff Augustin
- Junk: The Golden Age of Debt by Ayad Akhtar
- Tiger Style! by Mike Lew
- Miss You Like Hell, book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music by Erin McKeown, lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes and Erin McKeown
- Freaky Friday, book by Bridget Carpenter, music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, based on the novel by Mary Rodgers
2017/18
- Escape to Margaritaville - book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley, music and lyrics by Jimmy Buffett
- At the Old Place - by Rachel Bonds
- Kill Local - by Mat Smart
- Wild Goose Dreams - by Hansol Jung
- SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical - book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, and Des McAnuff
- Mike Birbiglia: The New One - by Mike Birbiglia
- The Cake - by Bekah Brunstetter
- Home of the Brave - by Lee Cataluna
External links
- La Jolla Playhouse official website
- California Arts Council
- Christopher Ashley, La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org, October 2007
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