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Tania Thompson, Director of Public Relations, (714) 708-5561
Madeline Porter, Assistant Director of Public Relations, (714) 708-5562

2013-14 Season Releases

04/09/13 • South Coast Repertory Unveils Historic Plans for 50th Season Gala

2012-13 Season Releases

04/26/13 • The Parisian Woman Underwritten by The Playwrights Circle
04/05/13 • Smokefall Premieres at SCR, Underwritten by Wylie and Bette Aitken
03/21/13 • South Coast Repertory's Junior Players Present The Nightingale Apr 6-14
03/18/13 • Steven Weber Joins Cast for Premiere of Beau Willimon’s The Parisian Woman
03/14/13 • Family’s Life Lyrically, Surprisingly Told in Noah Haidle’s Smokefall
03/08/13 • SCR Announces World Premiere of Beau Willimon’s The Parisian Woman
03/04/13 • NewSCRipts Series Features Pamatmat’s And Right Now at SCR
02/27/13 • Seven Plays Featured in 2013 Pacific Playwrights Festival Lineup
02/26/13 • Playwright on the Rise: Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale Comes to SCR
02/19/13 • Mellon Foundation Awards Playwriting Grant to South Coast Repertory
02/06/13 • Let’s Get Ready to SCRamble!
01/24/13 • Anastasia Krupnik–10-Years-Old, Going on 20–Tugs at Heart Strings
01/07/13 • Do You Speak Chinglish? Broadway Hit Comes to SCR
01/04/13 • A Fantastic(k) Way to Wrap SCR’s 2012-13 Season
12/18/12 • Two Hearts, 12 Steps, One Hat = One Funny Mother of A Play
11/15/12 • NewSCRipts: Steven Drukman’s Death of the Author Next in Play Reading Series
11/08/12 • The Family Holiday Treat: SCR’s A Christmas Carol
11/02/12 • SCR’S A Christmas Carol Always a Family Affair
10/30/12 • New Book for the Bible Underwritten by Jim and Pam Muzzy & Haskell & White LLP
10/17/12 • Four Clowns in Sherwood Forest – A Fun and Fresh New Look at Robin Hood
10/11/12 • Irvine Foundation Grant Enables SCR to Develop Original Stage Works
10/01/12 • Laughter and Tears, and the Commandments According to Mother
10/01/12 • Eurydice Opens Argyros Stage Season Underwritten by Marilyn and Tom Sutton
09/25/12 • Absurd Person Singular Underwritten by Richard P. & Jane Taylor and U.S. Bank
09/17/12 • NewSCRipts at SCR Brings Hope and Gravity, Playwright and Audiences Together
09/12/12 • 2012 Gala “Setting The Stage” Opens O.C. Social and Theatrical Seasons
09/07/12 • Studio SCR: Spotlight on Local Theatres
08/30/12 • Eurydice: Exploring a Myth of Love From a Different Point of View
08/16/12 • SCR Opens New Season With Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular
08/15/12 • Broadway World Names SCR as Regional Theatre of the Week
08/03/12 • Single Tickets and Season Subscriptions Available; Performances Begin Sept. 7
05/18/12 • SCR Sets 2012-2013 Season

2011-12 Season Releases

07/30/12 • South Coast Repertory Taps Thompson as New PR Director
07/17/12 • South Coast Repertory's Summer Players Present Seussical Aug. 11-12 and 18-19
05/11/12 • Jane of the Jungle Takes Audiences for a Walk on the Wild Side
05/02/12 • Teen Players Present Pulitzer Prize Winner David Lindsay-Abaire’s Snow Angel
04/23/12 • SCR ends 2011-2012 season with August Wilson’s Jitney
04/20/12 • World Premiere of Cloudlands Underwritten by The Playwrights Circle
04/13/12 • SCR Celebrates 15th Pacific Playwrights Festival with Acclaimed Artists
03/26/12 • New Musical Cloudlands Explores the Many Faces of Love
03/12/12 • Marc Palmieri's Comedy will close out SCR's 26th NewSCRipts Season
03/09/12 • SCR's Junior Players Present Sleeping Beauty Mar. 24 - Apr. 4
03/09/12 • The Prince of Atlantis Will Reign at South Coast Repertory
03/07/12 • Pulitzer Prize Winner Donald Margulies to Speak at Chapman University
03/06/12 • South Coast Repertory Announces 2012 Pacific Playwrights Festival Lineup
02/16/12 • Sight Unseen: Margulies’ Play Returns to SCR for 20th Anniversary
01/23/12 • The Borrowers: Magical Mix of Puppets and Actors
01/17/12 • Topdog/Underdog Kicks Off New Year Underwritten by Alan and Olivia Slutzky
01/06/12 • Elemeno Pea: Lifestyles of the Rich and Ill-Behaved
12/28/11 • Gritty Story of Sibling Rivalry Comes to SCR
12/07/11 • ‘Studio SCR’ Showcases Small, Innovative SoCal Arts Companies
11/15/11 • SCR's A Christmas Carol Once More a Family Affair
11/11/11 • Point Last Seen Appears In SCR’s NewSCRipts Series
11/08/11 • Christmas Ghosts Return to Favorite Orange County Haunt
10/22/11 • The Trip to Bountiful Opens Thanks to Several Underwriters
10/20/11 • Junie B. is Back and Up to More Mischief
09/30/11 • SCR Makes The Trip to Bountiful
09/30/11 • How the World Began Underwritten by Bette and Wylie Aitken
09/21/11 • Kenneth Lin’s Political Drama Kicks Off SCR’s 26th NewSCRipts Season
09/21/11 • SCR to Host Open House October 3
09/16/11 • Sutton's, Weiss' and U.S. Bank Underwrite 2011-12 Season Opener
09/10/11 • 2011 Gala "Theatre Magic: The Black & White Ball" Nets $500,000
09/07/11 • Creationist Student, Evolutionist Teacher: Gripping Debate
09/01/11 • One of Literature’s Most Beloved Romances Finds New Life on Stage
08/24/11 • SCR Gala Patron Party Hosted by Bette and Wylie Aitken
06/01/11 • SCR Sets 2011-2012 Season

2010-11 Season Releases

07/13/11 • SCR's Summer Player's present Into the Woods
05/19/11 • SCR's Teen Players present Mansfield Park
04/27/11 • Clothes Don’t Make the Man, but They Do Make the Musical
04/21/11 • ‘Rain’ in the Forecast at SCR
04/14/11 • SCR Announces Directors and Casts for 2011 Pacific Playwrights Festival
03/22/11 • Completeness: Finding the Formula for Love
03/15/11 • Elaine Weinberg and Nancy Dahan to Chair SCR Gala
03/11/11 • Silent Sky Brings to Light Unsung Female Astronomer
03/10/11 • L.A.Tests Lifelong Friendship in Between Us Chickens
03/08/11 • South Coast Repertory Announces 2011 Pacific Playwrights Festival Lineup
03/01/11 • Tales from Red Vienna to be Read in SCR's NewSCRipts Series
02/18/11 • The Weir: Ghosts and Guinness at SCR
02/16/11 • SCR Hires Marc Masterson as New Artistic Director
02/16/11 • SCR's Junior Players Present Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
01/27/11 • SCR Introduces Studio Series
01/20/11 • Lucky Duck: A Rollicking Riff on a Favorite Fairytale at SCR
01/05/11 • Playful, Imaginative A Midsummer Night’s Dream
12/28/10 • SCR Adds Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky to Season
12/22/10 • The Prince of Atlantis to Be Read in SCR’s NewSCRipts Series
12/16/10 • Circle Mirror Transformation: Creative Drama Class Reveals Real-Life Dramas
11/08/10 • Christmas Ghosts Return to Favorite Orange County Haunt
10/22/10 • Pookie Goes Grenading is First NewSCRipts Reading of SCR’s 2010-11 Season
10/21/10 • Sideways School Treats for Kids at SCR
10/04/10 • In the Next Room underwritten by Jean and Tim Weiss
09/30/10 • Becky Shaw: Bad Date, Great Play
09/17/10 • Adderley, Williams, U.S. Bank Underwrite Misalliance
09/11/10 • SCR’s 2010 Gala Ball “The Play’s the Thing” Nets Over $530,000
09/02/10 • Stimulating Tony Nominee Hits SCR
08/25/10 • SCR’s Patron Party Hosted by Rick Reiff and SCR Trustee Mary Ann Brown
08/18/10 • It's a Classic, It's a Comedy, It's a Romance... It's Misalliance
08/05/10 • SCR Adds World Premiere to 2010-2011 Season
04/02/10 • Sophie Cripe to Chair SCR's Gala Ball, "The Play's the Thing"
03/26/10 • SCR's 2010-11 Season Taking Shape

2009-10 Season Releases

07/29/10 • South Coast Repertory Completes 46th Season in the Black
07/14/10 • SCR's Summer Players Present Cinderella
06/29/10 • SCR Offer Summer Acting Classes for Kids & Teens
05/13/10 • South Coast Repertory's Teen Players Present After Juliet
05/04/10 • Children's Magical Adventure Begins with a 'Paintbrush'
04/16/10 • Crimes of the Heart - A 'Criminal' Comedy Comes to SCR
04/14/10 • SCR Announces Directors and Casts for 2010 Pacific Playwrights Festival
04/02/10 • Julia Cho's The Language Archive Underwritten by SCR's Playwrights Circle
03/22/10 • World Premiere Comedy Mines World of Late-Night Horror Movies
03/12/10 • SCR's Junior Players Present The Velveteen Rabbit
03/12/10 • Howard Korder's In A Garden Opens, Underwritten by Tom & Marilyn Sutton
03/08/10 • Linguist in New Cho Play Learns ‘Love’ Is Hardest Language to Master
03/04/10 • SCR Announces 2010 Pacific Playwrights Festival Lineup
02/17/10 • SCR Paints Family Portrait in Season's Final NewSCRipts Reading
02/10/10 • Howard Korder’s Edgerton Award-Winning In A Garden Comes to SCR
02/04/10 • SCR's Founders Begin Search for New Artistic Director
02/01/10 • August Wilson's Fences Underwritten by Barbara and Bill Roberts
01/15/10 • Theatre for Young Audiences Series Takes to the Stars with L’Engle Novel
01/08/10 • Ordinary Days Underwritten by Pam and Jim Muzzy
01/05/10 • Fences - August Wilson's Moving Masterpiece Comes to Life at SCR
12/10/09 • New Musical Proves There's No Such Thing as Ordinary Days
12/01/09 • SCR Presents Chance Theatre's Acclaimed Jesus Hates Me
11/19/09 • SCR Takes to the Skies in Second NewSCRipts Reading
11/16/09 • Orange County Tradition Celebrates 30th Anniversary
11/12/09 • SCR Adds The Language Archive to the 2009-10 Season
11/12/09 • SCR Offers Classes for All Ages
10/28/09 • A Christmas Carol Includes 16 Students from SCR's Acting Classes
10/19/09 • Theatre for Young Audiences Series Tackles Junie B. Jones Tale
10/14/09 • Hearst Foundation gives SCR $75,000 for Education
10/06/09 • SCR Opens 2009-10 NewSCRipts Series with BOB
10/02/09 • World Premiere of The Happy Ones Opens Argyros Stage
10/01/09 • Saturn Returns: A Man and His Memories
09/21/09 • SCR and Philharmonic Society of O.C. will present reading of Falling Leaves
09/14/09 • SCR’s 2009 Gala Ball Nothing But Blue Skies Opens Social & Theatrical Seasons
09/12/09 • SCR's 2009 Gala Ball "Nothing But Blues Skies" Nets Over $550,000
08/25/09 • A Stage Hits the Page - New book details story behind Orange County theater
07/22/09 • SCR Holds Annual Meeting, Elects Officers for 2009-10
06/19/09 • Spaces Still Available for SCR's Summer Acting Workshop
06/17/09 • SCR Adds Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus to 2009-10 Season
04/16/09 • Bette Aitken Chairs SCR 2009 Gala Ball Nothing But Blue Skies
03/31/09 • South Coast Repertory Puts 46th Season Together
09/18/09 • Sondheim's Putting It Together Opens Season at SCR
09/02/09 • The Happy Ones: A tale of tragedy and friendship in 1970s Orange County
08/20/09 • SCR Opens 46th Season with Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together