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UCSD Division of Arts & Humanities
The Arts and Humanities departments have been a powerful presence at UCSD since the earliest days of the campus.
See this section for info on performances in music, literature, theater and much more.
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Tour Gaslamp Quarter
The premier entertainment and restaurant district of Downtown San Diego. Over 40 quality restaurants,
pubs, nightclubs and theaters listed. Popular destination before or after a game at the Petco Park ballfield.
Tour Balboa Park
Over 1400 acres of beautiful gardens, grassy picnic area
and groves of exotic palm and eucalyptus trees - Balboa Park is home to
some of the funnest museums and other attractions of San Diego.
Old Globe Theater
Starlite Bowl
Spreckles Organ Pavilion
La Jolla Playhouse
2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; (858) 550-1010; Venue Website;
All performances presented at the Mandell Weiss Center for the Performing Arts on the UCSD campus;
The Playhouse produces a mainstage season of 6 to 8 innovative productions of new plays,
classics and musicals, many of which are world premieres, and supports the creation of new
work through its "Page To Stage" play development program, which includes commissions, readings and workshops.
Joint programs with UCSD Department of Theater featured.
The Coronado Playhouse
1835 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118-3005; 619-435-4856;
Playhouse Website;
Featuring its The Theatre on the Bay since 1954 - The Playhouse has cabaret seating, full service bar, and a year round schedule.
Lambs Players Theater> - Coronado Island
1126 Loma Ave, Coronado CA 92118; 619-437-0600;
Playhouse Website;
340-seat theater serves as home to a year-round performing season for the highly acclaimed Lamb's Players theatrical group.
Lambs Players Festival of Christmas
- A Coronado Yuletide Tradition that is different every year.
Moonlight Amphitheater
1200 Vale Terrace, Vista, CA 92084; (760) 724-2110;
Theater Website;
Summer Evenings 8PM - Wed-Sun;
Outdoor amphitheater located in Brengle Terrace Park hosts live stage musical productions
on most summer evenings.
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Check out our big listing of local theater, nightclubs and concert venues.
Moonlight Amphitheater - Outdoor amphitheater located in Brengle Terrace Park hosts live stage musical productions on most summer evenings.
Carlsbad Village Theatre
Metro Area Repertory Theatre - Metro Area's finest year-round playhouse produces seven main-stage productions and three
Mira Costa College Theater
UCSD Arts - Music, Drama, Literature, Dance, Visual Arts - ongoing student productions and exhibitions
North Coast Repertory Theatre
987-D Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Solana Beach, CA 92075; (858) 481-1055;
Theatre Website;
North County's finest year-round playhouse produces seven main-stage productions and three
Theater School productions each year. Over 35,000 people attend its intimate 194-seat setting.
In addition, the theatre involves thousands of young people each year in the Theatre School -NCRT's education and outreach program.
Mira Costa College Theater
(760) 795-6815; College Website;
- Actors Academy - Midsummer Shakespeare training program
San Diego Area Casinos
There are a significant number of Las Vegas style casino resorts
operating in the greater San Diego area and all offer a wide range of
nighttime and weekend entertainment.
Tour High School Performing Arts:
Big directory to all major San Diego County high schools and links to
school sports, arts, theater, music and academic programs.
Poway Center for Perfoming Arts
Each year the Foundation, in partnership with the *City of Poway and the *Poway Unified School District,
assembles a line up of top-notch talent from the worlds of drama, dance, music, comedy and more.
Home of the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra.
On Stage Playhouse
291 3rd Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910; 619-422-7787;
Theater Website;
Downtown Chula Vista Arts Center;
OnStage Playhouse, the only live community theatre in Chula Vista, operates year round, producing six or more superior plays per year.
OnStage has an intimate theater seating 60 playgoers and is located near 3rd and F in downtown Chula Vista.
San Diego Junior Theater - Chula Vista
250 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910; 619- 239-1311;
Theater Website;
The oldest continuing childrens’ theatre program in the country its productions have entertained well over a million theatregoers since its beginning in 1948!
Now offering classes at Balboa Park’s historic Casa del Prado, in the heart of Downtown Chula Vista, and in North County at the La Jolla YMCA Firehouse,
San Diego Junior Theatre is committed to providing engaging, innovative, high-quality theatre education and productions for children of all cultural heritages, ages, abilities and levels of interest.
Old Globe Theatre
PO Box 122171, San Diego CA 92112; (619) 239-2255;
Part of the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts. 581-seat outdoor
bard-playhouse style theatre modeled after Shakespeare Globe Theater in
London. Originally built in 1935 and rebuilt in 1982 after being
destroyed by fire. Features 14 shows each year, a variety of drama, comedies and
musicals. Located north of the Museum of Man,
facilities also include the following:
Cassius Carter Centre Stage - "Theater in the Round" where
all seats are within 10 feet of the stage.
Lowell Davies Festival Theater - 625 seat outdoor theater.
Starlite Bowl
Large outdoor theatre.
Rueben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
The IMAX Dome - World's first OmniMax Theater (1973)
with 180 degree domed ceiling screen with multimedia planetarium and two continuous shows. See link for current show info.
Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
For fifty years this 234-seat theater has entertained young families in the Palisades section on the south side of Balboa Park.

Christian Youth Theater - El Cajon CA
Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is a children's theater program offering after-school theater arts education for students ages 4-18.
Since its founding in 1981 in San Diego, California, CYT has grown to be the largest youth theater program in the nation.
Young Actors Theatre - Spring Valley CA
The premier production company of choice for young aspiring actors in San Diego East County offering a full range of theatrical training.
We are proud of YAT's ambition to contribute to the body of plays for family audiences.
