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The Coronado Playhouse, the oldest community theatre in San Diego County, was first organized as the Coronado Players in February 1946. In May 1950, Rena Kennyon directed the melodrama, The Curse of an Aching Heart, the first production to be staged in the new theatre. Since 1946, the theatre has produced over two hundred productions, 100 of which were directed by Stanley Martin, the professio … Morenal director for the theatre for twenty-two years. He directed Suds in Your Eyes, based on the best selling book by Mary Lasswell, which ran for sixteen consecutive summers from 1950-1966.
Performers, stage, and technical crew are all dedicated volunteers. The Playhouse is self-supporting through box office revenues, season tickets, memberships, donations, grants, and the generosity of volunteers. Less
Adapted from a book-length -- and once-banned -- poem about the Roaring '20s, The Wild Party tells the story of one crazy evening in the Manhattan apartment of a vaudeville dancer and a clown. In an attempt to spark the embers of their flagging relationship, they are throwing a party to end all parties. An award-winning score drives this tale of passions out of control and captures the sound of a bygone era with a nod to current times. Learn more...
Join Holmes and Watson as they help lovely Lucy Matravers resolve a dispute over a family will, unwittingly bringing them face-to-face with Holmes' arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty. Based on an unpublished case, this delightful parody uses visual and theatrical jokes, wordplay, and audience participation to respectfully skewer Holmesian traditions. Learn more...
The It Girl is a lighthearted musical tribute to silent movies and Clara Bow that reinvents her 1927 film about a sassy sales clerk who wins a contest to find the girl with the thrilling quality known as "it". This West Coast premiere has won the hearts of critics and audiences alike. Learn more...
Off the Charts is a unique show that blends stand-up comedy with science and humorous PowerPoint visuals. The show was developed by Tim Lee, a comedian with a PhD in Biology. Tim has become an underground sensation with over 2 million views of his YouTube videos. Piggybacking on that success, Tim took Off the Charts on the road, selling out shows from Seattle to Hollywood. Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse presents Spider's Web, a play by Agatha Christie. It's the story of Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, a woman whose attempts to hide a body found in her house make her a suspect in Scotland Yard's murder investigation. Learn more...
Bring the whole family to this rousing stage production of one of the most beloved stories of all time. Join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion on their journey to the Emerald City to see the Wizard. But beware the Wicked Witch of the West. Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse presents the world premiere of the humorous, inspiring musical The Magical Forest, featuring special effects, lively dance and sounds of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir. It's a modern and surreal tale of nature at its quirkiest and corporate greed at its greediest, including the strange effects of toxic waste, climate change, greedy Russians, wily lizards, and poisonous plants threatened with extinction. Learn more...
An original musical version of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale -- with a twist. In 1465, Aurora is put under a magic sleeping spell and awakens 500 years later in 1965, when tie-dye shirts and mini-skirts reign supreme. Cast members, ages 8 to 19, are students from schools throughout San Diego County. Learn more...
The comedy and magic of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit have been transported across the Atlantic Ocean to 1940's Hollywood in the Coronado Playhouse's latest production. This classic tale centers on the tribulations of a man as he's haunted by the ghost of his first wife, who appears following a seance orchestrated by an eccentric medium. Learn more...
A vintage Agatha Christie whodunnit, this 1930 hit marked the stage entrance of Dame Agatha's most popular detective, Hercule Poirot, into the mystery world. Sir Claud Amory, England's premier physicist, summons Poirot to a gathering but is dead before Poirot arrives. A must see for all mystery fans. Learn more...
Meet Charity Hope Valentine--dance hall hostess, eternal optimist, unlucky romantic--as she searches for true love in this Tony award-winning musical comedy with lively choreography, snappy Neil Simon dialogue, and show-stopping numbers including such favorites as "Big Spender," "Rhythm of Life" and "If They Could See Me Now." Learn more...
This musical revue showcases some of Stephen Sondheim's best early pieces and displays great music, great theater and a great lyricist/composer. It includes selections from well-known musicals such as Gypsy, West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and more. Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse is proud to present Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence's classic play Inherit the Wind. This courtroom drama is based on 1925's "Scopes Monkey Trial", in which former Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and controversial lawyer Clarence Darrow battled over the teaching of evolution in public schools. Learn more...
Love! Murder! Shoes! In If The Shoe Fits a desperate housewife, carrying on an affair with a shoe salesman, will go to any lengths to get rid of her husband--but every murder attempt goes haywire when a lovestruck maid bumbles across the scene! Learn more...
The world's most famous neckbiter is back! This all-new adaptation of Dracula features gripping special effects; a haunting, original score; and a sensual troupe of vampire girls. The dark tale of unrequited love and passion has been delighting audiences for more than 100 years. Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse presents Snoopy!!! The Musical. Charles Schulz's much-loved "Peanuts" comic strip characters come to life with a big band jazzstyle score. A wonderful musical to be enjoyed by the whole family! Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse presents Neil Simon's laugh riot, The Odd Couple. When Oscar, the slob bachelor, and Felix, his neatnik buddy, are thrown out of the house by their wives, they decide to bunk together. Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse presents Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark. A Broadway hit, this masterfully constructed thriller moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse presents Sam and Bella Spewack's comedy, My Three Angels, in which three convicts on a work assignment to fix a local shop roof on Christmas Eve decide to protect the shopkeeper and his family from an evil plot by the store's owner. Learn more...
Larry Shue's side-splitting comedy escalates into madcap farce as an architect tries to deal with his social misfit, sanity-destroying houseguest. Learn more...
The world's longest running musical comes to Coronado Playhouse Pavilion. The Fantasticks is a story about young love, parents, the world and human nature...but most of all about young love. With a unique twist on the Romeo and Juliet story and hit songs like "Try To Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain," the show's popularity endures. Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse brings you Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery in which ten people, each with a guilty secret, are invited by the mysterious Mr. Owen to isolated Indian Island and are killed off one by one. Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse presents Picnic, William Inge's torrid story of lust and romance amid small town boredom and loneliness in the '50s. A handsome drifter becomes involved with his friend's fiancee when he visits town on the day of the annual picnic. Learn more...
Coronado Playhouse presents L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, live on stage in a dynamic musical for the entire family, featuring all of your favorite songs from the classic MGM musical. Follow the yellow brick road to the Coronado Playhouse Pavilion! Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse presents A...My Name Will Always Be Alice, a sophisticated, funny, moving and sometimes bawdy musical review that speaks to the pleasures and frustrations of growing up female. Learn more...
The Coronado Playhouse presents Sentimental Journey, a USO Style Show with dance and comedic performances, plus a patriotic finale with a musical salute to military and veterans in the audience. Learn more...
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, one of the longest-running and most popular plays in theatre history, is staged in a delightful new production at the Coronado Playhouse Pavilion. Don't miss this "charming whodunit that delights audiences around the globe!" Learn more...
