La Jolla Playhouse returns live onsite with three world premieres, Without Walls fest and new play series An image from Blindspot Collective’s “Hall Pass,” presented as part of the 2019 La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls Festival. (Courtesy of La Jolla Playhouse) Print La Jolla Playhouse will return to live onsite programming Thursday, June 3, kicking off a nine-month season of events that will include three world premieres, a free weekend of Without Walls Festival shows, a new play series and a mix of online theatrical shows for adults and children. Among the season highlights will be the premieres, presented in a three-show subscription that includes two plays by celebrated authors and a new musical.
La Jolla Playhouse Announces Return to Live Theatre With World Premieres by Charlayne Woodard and More The three world premieres include: The Garden, to the yellow house, and Bhangin’ It.by BWW News Desk La Jolla Playhouse has announced its return to live, in-person theatre with several exciting upcoming projects. This summer, the Playhouse will offer two on-site events: the Without Walls (WOW) production of A Thousand Ways (Part 2): An Encounter, by 600 Highwaymen, running June 3 - 20; and the 2021 DNA New Works Series, featuring readings of four new plays over the weekends of July 22 - 25 and July 29 - August 1. The Playhouse will also present a special Pop-Up WOW event featuring five short, Playhouse-commissioned Without Walls works, taking place August 14 - 15 at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station.
Print Eleven San Diego County arts organizations received a combined $203,000 in grants Wednesday from the National Endowment for Arts as part of the federal agency’s spring 2021 funding program. Overall, the NEA disbursed $88 million in grants to more than 1,000 organizations nationwide. The funding included $27 million in individual grants for arts projects planned in the coming year. In California, 177 organizations received a combined $5.5 million in grants for arts projects. The spring funding also included “Our Town” matching grants for arts programs that enrich the community through the arts, as well as grants to state and regional arts organizations. This spring’s grants were designed to help arts organizations most of which have been closed or drastically reduced by the pandemic over the past year re-engage with their audiences, according to Ann Eilers, NEA’s acting chair.