Watch the full video interview here: https://bit.ly/CoffeeWOW2022 COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE | WOW 2022 WOW Fest 2022 coming April 21-24. Book your tix: https://bit.ly/WOWFest2022YT These morning chats are a way to connect with us, virtually, as our very own Christopher Ashley shares behind-the-scenes stories, interviews artists and previews what is new and next at the Playhouse. Listen in as Christopher talks to three remarkable artists featured in the upcoming WOW Festival, April 21-24 at ...
Veteran Playwrights Workshop (VPW) Live Readings, Fall 2021 In partnership with So Say We All The Playhouse’s Veterans Playwriting Workshop (VPW) is a 10-week writing program that gives veterans the opportunity to develop their playwriting skills. Led by such renowned playwrights/veterans as Maurice Decaul and Justin Hudnall, the workshop explores various genres and methods of playwriting and storytelling techniques. VPW is open to veterans, those on active duty, military spouses and nationa...
Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/3A9hHphP3lU COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE | Listen in as Christopher talks about bringing life to the stories on stage with extraordinary lighting designers of past Playhouse productions: Lap Chi Chu, whose multiple award-winning design career spanning a plethora of shows at acclaimed regional theatres includes the Playhouse's The Luckiest, The Year to Come, Queens, At the Old Place, Blueprints to Freedom, The Orphan of Zhao and Ruined; Natasha Katz,...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/c_X7Hd1Dj9s To jump straight into the interview, skip to 04:30. COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE LIVE | It's been almost a year since the Playhouse went dark due to the pandemic. The musical Fly was on the Weiss Stage at that time and had just officially opened its run when the production, to everyone's deep regret, had to close. Listen in as Christopher Ashley catches up with two of Fly's leads: Storm Lever, who was our "Wendy," dazzled as "Duc...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/AqeX6O73CrI To jump straight into the interview, skip to 07:03. For this week's coffee date, Artistic Director Christopher Ashley will be talking with IDRIS GOODWIN and JACOLE KITCHEN, the playwright and director, respectively, of POP Tour 2021, PICK ME LAST, highlighting the importance of inclusivity at schools. Interim Director of Education & Outreach Bridget Cavaiola, who manages POP Tour programming, will also be joining the conver...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/d5uv4cQRIZ4 Originally aired on December 18, 2020. Join us for a very special one-on-one conversation with the A Christmas Carol's solo star: acclaimed actor and UC San Diego grad Jefferson Mays, in a performance that was called "a tour de force" and named a "Critic's Pick" by The New York Times. Jefferson, the recipient of multiple awards including the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie, starred (again in an extraordinary solo ...
Award-Winning Playwright Ayad Akhtar Joins Us! Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/0vxs2XI2I5Q Time Stamp for Straight-to-Interview content: 06:00 Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse Christopher Ashley catches up with Ayad Akhtar - the acclaimed screenwriter, novelist and playwright of two Playhouse world premieres: 2014's The Who & The What, which went on to Lincoln Center Theater and was subsequently produced around the world, and 2016's Junk: The Golden Age of...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/pJwJ6Xb7MXM For this week's coffee date, Christopher will be joined by a very special guest: Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff, who has been at the helm of some of our most memorable productions, including The Who's Tommy, Jersey Boys, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways and SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical. They'll discuss all things Playhouse – what drew them to work here, first-day-on-the-job memories, the LJP programs and sh...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/MAMBLU69P4Q Coffee with the Playhouse is a way to connect with us, virtually, every month as our very own Artistic Director, Christopher Ashley, shares behind-the-scenes stories, interviews artists and previews what is new and next at the Playhouse. For this week's coffee date, Christopher will be joined by Tyne Rafaeli, the director of last season's The Coast Starlight and next season's world-premiere play by Lauren Yee, Mother Russia. The ...
COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE is an interview series that allows you to connect with us every month as our very own Artistic Director, Christopher Ashley, shares behind-the-scenes stories, interviews artists and previews what is new and next at the Playhouse. This month, we're joined by three-time Tony Award-nominated scenic designer Robert Brill, the creative force behind the design of such celebrated Playhouse and Broadway hits as Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and Jesus Christ Superstar. Ch...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/aD1SuRe5E2Q For this week's coffee date, Christopher will be joined by not one... not two... but FIVE very special guests: the extraordinary creative team behind next season's world-premiere musical and winner of the 2019 Richard Rodgers Award, Bhangin' It. The team includes co-librettists Mike Lew (playwright of Season 2016/2017's Tiger Style!) and Rehana Lew Mirza (both Rehana and Mike were 2018/2019 Resident Artists and collaborated on th...
Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/p8EcaTX3UBw For this week's coffee date, Christopher will be joined by two very special guests: Doug Wright, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the acclaimed Playhouse Page To Stage production, I Am My Own Wife, as well as the Playhouse-launched Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody; and Melanie Chen Cole, sound designer of At the Old Place, POP Tours #SuperShinySara and Light Years Away, and Digital WOW's auditory series, Walks ...
The last Friday of every month, we invite you to join us for “Coffee with the Playhouse” – grab a cup of coffee and join us (virtually!) as Artistic Director Christopher Ashley answers your questions, shares behind-the-scene stories, and previews what is new and next at the Playhouse. Watch the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/otjudSff5J8 To jump straight into the interview, go to 14:25. For this series kick-off, Christopher and Playhouse Director of New Play Developm...
THE GREEN ROOM | AS YOU LIKE IT | FT. Mel Ng (Costume Designer), Cha See (Lighting Designer) and ien DeNio (Sound Designer) Join us this week as we take you into our Green Room where you’ll hear from writers, directors and designers about their process from the page to opening night, moderated by Director of Artistic Development, Gabe Greene. In this episode we’ll be chatting with Costume Designer Mel Ng, Lighting Designer Cha See and Sound Designer ien DeNio. This session was recorded in f...
A pre-recorded conversation about As You Like It and creating Queer theatre now, hosted by Diversionary Theatre | Join us for a conversation with prominent, award-winning and fabulous Queer artists about making Queer theatre now, reimagining Shakespeare, and creating a “gender-ful” world for La Jolla Playhouse’s upcoming production of As You Like It – a vibrant world that is inviting, welcoming and celebratory of all gender possibilities. This panel discussion was recorded in front of a live...
THE GREEN ROOM | KRISTINA WONG, SWEATSHOP OVERLORD | DIRECTOR CHAY YEW Join us this week as we take you into our Green Room where you’ll hear from writers, directors and designers about their process from the page to opening night, moderated by Director of Artistic Development, Gabe Greene. In this episode we’ll be chatting with Chay Yew, director of KRISTINA WONG, SWEATSHOP OVERLORD. This session was recorded in front of a live audience on September 23, 2022. KRISTINA WONG, SWEATSHOP OVER...
Watch the full video interview here: https://youtu.be/7CmMKEfAHds COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE: to the yellow house | Neel Keller, Kimber Lee, Melissa Nalbach Listen in as Christopher talks with: to the yellow house playwright Kimber Lee, whose plays include untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, tokyo fish story, brownsville song (b-side for tray) and different words for the same thing; director Neel Keller, who is returning to the Playhouse, where he previously served as Associate Artistic Director...
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/UaBfYF7z0Qs COFFEE WITH THE PLAYHOUSE | Charlayne Woodard These morning chats are a way to connect with us, virtually, every month as our very own Christopher Ashley shares behind-the-scenes stories, interviews artists and previews what is new and next at the Playhouse. Listen in as Christopher talks to Charlayne Woodard, playwright and co-star of The Garden, the world-premiere play that opens our 2021/2022 Season. Charlayne is a two-time Obie Aw...
THE GOURD By Jim Ruland DIRECTOR: Melissa Coleman-Reed Created by So Say We All In “The Gourd,” we meet Trevor, a strugglingly-sober Los Angeles native who gets roped into caring for his friends’ engorged garden while they enjoy a couples retreat in Paris. As pets in the neighborhood go missing, Trevor realizes that neither the zucchinis, nor the residents, are what they seem. NARRATOR - Victor Morris TREVOR - Dallas McLaughlin YOUNG TREVOR - Thomas Morrison DALLAS - Salomon Maya RICH...
This frightening series of October-appropriate radio plays has been created in collaboration with the San Diego-based literary and performing arts nonprofit organization So Say We All. Intelligent, original and unsettling, this new take on the radio drama features stories from diverse writers who will have listeners on the edge of their seats. Twisted up in paranoia, magical realism, ghosts, monsters, sibling rivalry, and even earth death, Listen With The Lights Off takes patrons to wholly un...