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5915 Severin Drive
La Mesa, CA 92124

Review: NI MI MADRE Unpacks Motherhood with Humor and Grace at Diversionary Theatre

Review: NI MI MADRE Unpacks Motherhood with Humor and Grace at Diversionary Theatre

by Lucía Serrano · August 25, 2026

Mothers: the never-ending source of trauma, character development, personality... and love. Or, at least, the version they say they give and the other version of what you actually felt as their kid. These themes, and more, are explored in Ni Mi Madre, the Obie Award-winning one-man show written and…

Review: ROCK OF AGES at San Diego Musical Theatre

Review: ROCK OF AGES at San Diego Musical Theatre

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 23, 2026

San Diego Musical Theatre’s 'Rock of Ages' is a delightfully ridiculous blast of ’80s hair-band camp filled with talented performers, big vocals, energetic choreography, a live band, and enough rock ’n’ roll to make the audience feel like they have accidentally wandered onto the Sunset Strip…

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway San Diego

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway San Diego

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 21, 2026

When 'Water for Elephants' embraces the magic of the circus—the impossible made possible through acrobatics, illusion, movement, and extraordinary puppetry—it is absolutely captivating.…

Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU at New Village Arts

Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU at New Village Arts

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 18, 2026

In many ways, I am the target audience for We Will Rock You. I love Queen, I love theatre, and I love me some questionably bad sci-fi plotting. And yet, even I found myself wondering how much I was willing to overlook for the sake of the music.…

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Broadway San Diego

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Broadway San Diego

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 14, 2026

“Hell’s Kitchen” at Broadway San Diego is an exuberant, moving celebration of art, ambition, family, and the people who help you find your voice.…

Review: HELL’S KITCHEN Lets Alicia Keys’ R&B Shine at Broadway San Diego

Review: HELL’S KITCHEN Lets Alicia Keys’ R&B Shine at Broadway San Diego

by Lucía Serrano · August 13, 2026

I’ve loved the music of 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys for more than two decades, but the award-winning musical Hell’s Kitchen gave her songs new meaning and possibilities. After opening on Broadway in April 2024, the musical ran for nearly two years at the Shubert Theatre, playing 767 …

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 10, 2026

'Much Ado About Nothing' is funny, energetic, musical, and remarkably approachable Is it a millennial fever dream? Maybe, but everyone was having a great time.…

Review: DIVE BAR TIME MACHINE at Blindspot Collective

Review: DIVE BAR TIME MACHINE at Blindspot Collective

by ErinMarie Reiter · August 8, 2026

'Dive Bar Time Machine' is about love, joy, community, and the simple pleasure of being in a room together. Come ready to have fun; after all, sometimes the best time machine is a great song.…

Past Shows

21 total · showing 1–10

The Book of Will, by Lauren Gunderson

The Book of Will, by Lauren Gunderson

Feb 27 – Mar 22, 2026

Where there’s a Will there’s a way… Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have Romeo and Juliet, but without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! Those who best knew Shakespeare fight to collect his plays into one volume in...

COPENHAGEN

COPENHAGEN

Oct 17 – Nov 9, 2025

"This is physics. It's also politics. The two are sometimes painfully difficult to keep apart." Copenhagen, the 2000 Tony Award winner for Best Play, explores an explosive confrontation between science and politics. Inspired by actual events that have intrigued and baffled...

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

Jul 11 – Aug 3, 2025

Take a trip south to the town of Chinquapin, Louisiana and join the ladies at Truvy's Beauty Spot. Here, anyone who's anyone not only comes to get their hair cut and styled, but also leaves with free advice....whether asked for or not. Along with her eager assistant Annelle...

The New Plays Festival 2025

The New Plays Festival 2025

Jun 6 – Jun 15, 2025

Local San Diego playwrights' shows are being showcased at Lamplighters. Two to three shows an evening, repeated the second weekend. Produced by River Baig and Keiran St. Clair, with associate producer Linda Benning. See what San Diego playwrights are turning out! Fridays and...

A Perfect Ganesh

A Perfect Ganesh

Feb 28 – Mar 23, 2025

Two women take a tour to India to leave their sadness behind; Ganesh frees them of their pain.

Wait Until Dark, a thriller by Frederick Knott, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Wait Until Dark, a thriller by Frederick Knott, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Jan 10 – Feb 2, 2025

Forty-seven years after Wait Until Dark premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted Frederick Knott's 1966 original, giving it a new setting. In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment. As the...

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Ken Ludwig

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Ken Ludwig

Nov 29 – Dec 15, 2024

Featuring: River Baig, Dani Guinn, Thomas Jarrett, Chris Miller, Matt Sayre, and Dani Ucman. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." But wait. A mouse is stirring - because Santa missed his house last year...

I Hate Hamlet

I Hate Hamlet

Oct 11 – Nov 3, 2024

John Barrymore’s ghost haunts a castle-like apartment in New York which washed-up TV actor Andrew Rally has leased for the summer to play Hamlet!

The Revolutionists

The Revolutionists

Aug 23 – Sep 15, 2024

A riotous comedy that brilliantly tells the untold stories of four real women who were at the forefront of the French Revolution. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle find friendship, fight for...

The Odd Couple, the Female Version, by Neil Simon

The Odd Couple, the Female Version, by Neil Simon

Jul 5 – Jul 28, 2024

“The marriage is over, Florence. We’re getting an annulment.” Neil Simon gender swaps his classic, The Odd Couple. Felix and Oscar are now Florence and Olive. Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment. Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and...

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