South Coast Repertory

Philanthropy OCBJ did a wonderful front-page story on incoming Managing Director Suzanne Appel for its latest issue. We are unable to post the link here, but this Orange County Business Journal story is a must-read for all South Coast Repertory fans and patrons. Pick up your copy today.

Have you met our new Board Trustees? David Chase, Susan Hori, Regina Oswald and Tammy Tang bring not only a love of theatre and the arts, but a wealth of knowledge and leadership skills to our Board. Learn more about them here on the SCR Blog. https://lnkd.in/grE85RVy

Irreverent. Funny. Joyful. All words that describe "You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!", the last piece to our 2024-25 Season puzzle. We announced today that Keiko Green's heartfelt comedy about a family facing crisis and the oft-hilarious coping mechanisms they employ will occupy the previously to-be-announced open spot on our schedule. The world premiere takes the Segerstrom Stage, April 5-May 4, 2025 as one of the anchors to the 27th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. "'You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!' is a powerful complement to the entirety of our 61st season," said SCR Artistic Director David Ivers. "It's incredibly special to have Keiko Green and her moving, irreverent play as an anchor to the Pacific Playwrights Festival. Keiko's writing is evocative and the play tackles undeniable truths in powerful and sometimes unimaginable ways." Read more on the SCR Blog. https://lnkd.in/g8TYe7HS

THIS JUST IN ... SCR announced today that Suzanne Appel will become the theatre’s new managing director. She’ll join SCR in early September as only the theatre’s second managing director in its 60-year history. The managing director at off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre for the last 7 1/2 years, Appel joins Artistic Director David Ivers as co-chief executive officer of the Tony Award-winning theatre. She succeeds Paula Tomei, who announced her departure in November after 44 years at SCR, the last 30 as managing director. “I am humbled by the opportunity to continue Paula’s incredible work providing Orange County audiences with access to theatre that has a national impact far beyond Southern California,” Appel said. “David Ivers’ commitment to supporting voices representing a broad diversity of American cultural experience, particularly through the Pacific Playwrights Festival, is simply inspiring. I am looking forward to joining David, the Board and the incredible team at SCR in welcoming audiences to share in the awe-inspiring theatre that awaits them at South Coast Repertory.” Read the full story on the SCR Blog https://lnkd.in/g9-krbP3

SCR takes no small measure of pride in our corporate benefactors, who not only understand the power, importance and vision of the arts, but support it through their generosity and patronage. We enjoy building beneficial relationships that help fulfill our mission to advance the art of theatre in the service of our community, and aim to extend that service through educational, intercultural, and community engagement programs that harmonize with our artistic mission. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach recently awarded SCR a $5,000 grant directed toward supporting the theatre’s vital services and programs. The bank’s foundation presented the check to SCR Managing Director Paula Tomei and SCR Board of Trustees Vice President of Development Michael Hards. https://lnkd.in/gWZFWTGn

Capistrano Dispatch writer Nikki Iyer chatted with Director Kim Martin-Cotten about Outside SCR's production of "The Old Man and The Old Moon" by PigPen Theatre Co. for this story that ran in the San Clemente Times and the Capo Dispatch. https://lnkd.in/gz8AfS9i

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Three world premieres, including a new play about Joan Rivers. A Broadway cult-classic musical. A contemporary hit by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Orange County native. And the return of the incomparable Hershey Felder with two special productions. Welcome to our 2024-25 Season. We can't wait for you to join us at the theatre! The 2024-25 SCR Season "Little Shop of Horrors" Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman/Music by Alan Menken Based on the Film by Roger Corman. Screenplay by Charles Griffith Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally Produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City, by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization Directed by Jenn Thompson Sept. 21-Oct. 19, 2024 Segerstrom Stage "Joan" By David Goldstein Directed by David Ivers Oct. 27-Nov.24, 2024 Julianne Argyros Stage Part of the American Icons Series Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" Adapted by Jerry Patch Directed by Hisa Takakuwa Nov. 30-Dec. 24, 2024 Segerstrom Stage "Wish You Were Here" By Sanaz Toossi Directed by Mina Morita Jan. 12-Feb. 2, 2025 Julianne Argyros Stage "Rachmaninoff and the Tsar" A New Musical Play The Music of Sergei V. Rachmaninoff Book by Hershey Felder Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II Directed by Trevor Hay Feb. 19-March 2, 2025 Segerstrom Stage Hershey Felder’s "Great American Songbook Sing-Along" One Night Only – Monday, Mar. 3, 2025 at 7:30 pm Segerstrom Stage "The Incredible Book Eating Boy" Book by Madhuri Shekar Music by Christian Magby Lyrics by Christian Albright Based on the book by Oliver Jeffers Directed by H. Adam Harris Feb. 28-March 16, 2025 Julianne Argyros Stage Theatre for Young Audiences and Families "The Staircase" By Noa Gardner Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch April 27-May 18, 2025 Julianne Argyros Stage Part of the Pacific Playwrights Festival A World Premiere to be Announced April 5-May 4, 2025 Segerstrom Stage Part of the Pacific Playwrights Festival #theatre #theatrelife #playwriting #creativity #stage #development #musical

From our just-concluded Pacific Playwrights Festival, which just celebrated its 26th year of showcasing the best in new plays, to our new-play development arm: The Lab@SCR, South Coast Repertory has always been at the forefront of bringing dynamic new works to the American theatre. In the second part of a two-part, Culture OC series, Joel Beers explores how SCR has built, cultivated and embraced its role as one of American theatre's new-play incubators. https://lnkd.in/gYpKmbdk

Happy Earth Day to our patrons, artists and staff. Did you know that the set from "Galilee, 34" is a model of sustainable design? Most of the set was repurposed from materials seen in other SCR productions. Sandra Goldmark, "Galilee, 34's" set designer, is one of the leading practitioners of sustainable design. You can see her set in "Galilee, 34", running through May 12. And you can read about it here on the SCR Blog. https://lnkd.in/gwmJd_YQ