Jacob Caltrider News

Rehearsals are now underway for Cygnet Theatre's upcoming production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

In collaboration with the San Diego City School's 4th-grade-in-the-Park Program and the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, Cygnet's Storytelling on the Green has been delighting students and park visitors alike weekly - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 10:30am and 12:30pm

In collaboration with the San Diego City School's 4th-grade-in-the-Park Program and the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, Cygnet's Storytelling on the Green has been delighting students and park visitors alike weekly - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between the hours of 10:30am and 12:30pm

As part of Cygnet's relocation to the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, performances have begun for Storytelling on the Green, out-door, abridged Shakespeare performed by two actors in mid-19th century attire. Beginning in April, 2009, Cygnet's Shakespearean players have creatively performed the lamentable tale of Macbeth, weekly - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, on the public green of Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. Rehearsals are now underway to tell another Shakespearean classic - the lively story of Midsummer's Pyramis and Thisbe!

Diversionary Theatre will produce the new musical Twist as the first show of its 2009-2010 season, running July 9-August 9. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, Twist re-imagines Oliver Twist as a lonely, attractive young man searching for love, and discovering an outrageous London underworld.

Twist book & lyrics by Gila Sand; music by Paul Leschen directed by James Vasquez Diversionary Theatre San Diego through August 9

Diversionary Theatre will produce the new musical Twist as the first show of its 2009-2010 season, running July 9-August 9. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, Twist re-imagines Oliver Twist as a lonely, attractive young man searching for love, and discovering an outrageous London underworld.

Diversionary Theatre will produce the new musical Twist as the first show of its 2009-2010 season, running July 9-August 9. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, Twist re-imagines Oliver Twist as a lonely, attractive young man searching for love, and discovering an outrageous London underworld.

Carlsbad playwright, Steven Oberman, is launching the world premiere of his new comedy, ?Claire Voyant,? in Vista this May. The play is a comic-book spoof about psychic superheroes, and runs May 7 through 17 at the Avo Playhouse, located at 303 Main Street, Vista. Performance times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Ticket information and sales are available through the VisTix Ticket Office at 760-724-2110 or online at www.vistixonline.com. Ticket prices are $15-$20, with a $12 preview performance on Wednesday, May 6.

Carlsbad playwright, Steven Oberman, is launching the world premiere of his new comedy, 'Claire Voyant,' in Vista this May. The play is a comic-book spoof about psychic superheroes, and runs May 7 through 17 at the Avo Playhouse, located at 303 Main Street, Vista. Performance times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.

Diversionary Theatre's 2009-2010 season of two gender-bending musicals and four provocative plays includes two West Coast Premieres, dynamic local actors and directors, and a reading of a new queer opera. The six-show mainstage season includes: the new musical Twist by Gila Sand and Paul Leschen, based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, directed by James Vasquez; Bent, the seminal play by Martin Sherman, in a co-production with ion theatre company; Paul Rudnick's big gay comedy The New Century, directed by Igor Goldin; same-sex marriage gets a comic nod with The Marriage Bed by Nona Shepphard, directed by Rosina Reynolds; laugh out loud with teenage angst in Speech and Debate by Steven Karam, directed by Jason Southerland; and filled with melancholy and lust, the musical play Moscow, by Nick Salamone and Maury R. McIntyre, rounds out the season.

Carlsbad playwright, Steven Oberman, is launching the world premiere of his new comedy, ?Claire Voyant,? in Vista this May. The play is a comic-book spoof about psychic superheroes, and runs May 7 through 17 at the Avo Playhouse, located at 303 Main Street, Vista. Performance times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Ticket information and sales are available through the VisTix Ticket Office at 760-724-2110 or online at www.vistixonline.com. Ticket prices are $15-$20, with a $12 preview performance on Wednesday, May 6.

Carlsbad playwright, Steven Oberman, is launching the world premiere of his new comedy, 'Claire Voyant,' in Vista this May. The play is a comic-book spoof about psychic superheroes, and runs May 7 through 17 at the Avo Playhouse, located at 303 Main Street, Vista. Performance times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm.