'The Garden'
Sunday: 11 AM
Sunday: 5 PM
Tuesday: 4:30 PM
Wednesday: 4:30 PM
Thursday: 5 PM
Friday: 5 PM
Saturday: 11 AM
Saturday: 5 PM
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A new play written by Tony Award® nominated artist Charlayne Woodard gets its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Co-directed by Patricia McGregor and Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
A Co-Production with Baltimore Center Stage
Written by the Tony Award® nominated artist Charlayne Woodard, this moving world-premiere play explores the complex relationship between two “alpha” women: Claire Rose, an elderly Black woman, and her middle-aged daughter, Cassandra. After not speaking to each other for the past three years, Cassandra shows up unexpectedly at her mother’s garden gate, attempting to reconcile old wounds. Both women give as good as they get, taking us on a rollercoaster ride unearthing conflicts and secrets of the past, and creating magic in the process.
Production Sponsors:
La Cuisine Custom Catering
The Paula Marie Black Endowment for Women’s Voices in the Art of Theatre
September 21 – October 17, 2021
Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
COVID-19 safety information can be found here. As of Aug. 18, 2021, LJPH requires proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 48 hours of your performance, and that masks be worn for all patrons inside the theater.
ACCESS Performance (ASL interpretation): Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ACCESS Performance (audio description): Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
La Jolla Playhouse
The La Jolla Playhouse, a Tony Award-winning professional nonprofit theatre, is located in the San Diego coastal suburb of La Jolla, California. Its mission is to advance theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With a youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach, the Playhouse cultivates a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work. The Playhouse has received more than 300 awards for theatre excellence, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding Regional Theatre. La Jolla Playhouse is nationally acclaimed for its innovative productions of classics, new plays and musicals. Scores of Playhouse productions have moved to Broadway, garnering a total of 29 Tony Awards. Led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer. The Playhouse also presents a wide range of education programs that enrich the community and serve the maximum number of children, students and adults. Box Office Hours When performances are taking place: Monday: noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday: noon to 7:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday: noon to 8 p.m. Sunday: noon to 7 p.m. When the theatre is not in performance: Monday - Saturday: noon to 6 p.m. The main Box Office is located in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for La Jolla Playhouse. For performances, a box office is open at the theatre in which the performance is taking place and the main Box Office remains open to accommodate advance sales and subscriber exchanges.