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Best Theatrical Ensemble
Award Winner 2011

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 10am-8pm, Mon 10am-6pm

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Jitney

8:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 11 until June 10

Ever wonder what a jitney is? Well, you're in luck—August Wilson's play is all about them and more. As the '70s dawn upon Pittsburgh, an urban resu...
Anton's Uncles

Daily from June 8 until June 10

Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA gets a new interpretation by Theatre Movement Bazaar in ANTON’S UNCLES. Only the men remain wrestling with their desire...
Cattywampus

June 22

"Strindberg's Miss Julie has been suped-up for Maximum Mayhem.." - TimeOut New York Transit Authority and SCR Studio presents: CATTYWAMPUS Written...

2011 | Best New Play

Though playwright Gina Gionfriddo wrote it in 2008 and productions had been mounted on the East Coast, Becky Shaw was new to Southern Californian eyes and ears when South Coast Repertory staged it in October and November 2010. It was a deceptively deep play titled after the most elusive and, arguably, unimportant character. A great cast, led by a splendidly detailed and belly-laugh-inducing Brian Avers as Max, perfectly captured the ambiguity of Gionfriddo's masterfully executed script. As... More »
2011 | Best Theatrical Ensemble

A play about beginning acting students taking a course taught in a small Vermont town by a former hippie would seem to fall into the kind of self-congratulatory martyrdom that many plays about theater slip into. But not this Annie Baker-penned jewel: There was a reason Circle Mirror Transformation won the 2010 Obie award for Best New Drama, and the ensemble collected for South Coast Repertory's January production emphatically showed why. The five actors (the always-mesmerizing Linda... More »
2010 | Best New Play

Though she has been on the radar of the kind of people who keep track of these things for several years--she's had productions at major theaters such as NYC's Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons, as well as South Coast Repertory in 2007 with The Piano Teacher--it was this world premiere at SCR that established Cho's credentials as one of the most brilliant lights in new American drama. The tale about a brilliant linguist incapable of communicating with his wife, his... More »
2010 | Best Actor

Primarily a film and TV actor--he is the teacher in Election who delivers the unforgettable line about a high-school beauty queen, "Her pussy gets so wet"--and quite a busy one at that, Harelik only appears in about one play per year. But he has graced South Coast Repertory's boards five times in the past 20 years, from Howard Korder's riveting Search and Destroy (1990) to his monumental turn as a megalomaniacal explorer in Korder's The Hollow Lands (2000) and... More »
2009 | Best Actress

Another ensemble effort, and another example of one cast member shining so brightly she nearly eclipsed the rest of the cast. Many an actress salivates over the chance to play Noises Off's blond, myopic, dumb-as-a-post bombshell. Jennifer Lyon looked the part, and she certainly possessed a deer-in-the-headlights demeanor. But what she accomplished with this fairly stock, if fun, character, was truly outstanding, transforming simple-minded Brooke into a ravishingly executed... More »
2009 | Best Play of the Past 12 Months

Perhaps it was a bit lowbrow for a theater that has long prided itself on producing literate, sophisticated fare, but anyone who doubted that South Coast Rep (SCR) couldn't wallow in adrenalin-infused farce was schooled by this production. Directed by Art Manke and graced with a phenomenally talented ensemble, the show benefited from SCR's ample resources and top-drawer production values. In this troupe's capable hands, Michael Frayn's hilariously complicated script shone as... More »

A Sign of the Apocalypse? Monkey Wrench at South Coast Repertory's Studio SCR

By Joel Beers | Fri, May 4, 2012

In charting its course to becoming one of America's premiere regional theaters, South Coast Repertory has been awfully busy. There's the craft of cultivating writers, the art of producing plays, the b... More »
Pacific Playwrights Festival

By YASMIN NOUH | Thu, April 26, 2012

Ever dreamt of selling your semi-autobiographical screenplay to the big dogs in Hollywood? Your chances are akin to winning the lottery, but never give up hope! The 15th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory takes submission... More »
South Coast Repertory's 'The Prince of Atlantis' Is Wicked Nice

By JOEL BEERS | Thu, April 19, 2012

It's often said that every great play, in some fashion, deals with home: finding one, losing one, figuring out one's place in the world with or without one. You see it in everything from Oedipus to Hamlet, with Willy Loman and even Beckett's two t... More »
Cloudlands

By ERIN DEWITT | Thu, April 12, 2012

Cloudlands, one of the rare musicals to perform at South Coast Repertory, makes its world premiere this week—but this isn't your typical comedic sing-song romp. Written by two renowned playwrights, the award-winning and "one to watch" Adam Gwon, a... More »
The Prince of Atlantis

By ANDREW TONKOVICH | Thu, March 29, 2012

We certainly hope playwright Steven Drukman, sometime New York Times Arts and Leisure contributor and SCR Pacific Playwrights Festival regular doesn’t disappoint—meaning we hope he does. The premiere of this newest offering, The Prince of Atlantis... More »
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