Without Walls (WoW)
Part of the excitement of developing new work is the thrill of breaking with tradition, taking risks and sprinting out of your comfort zone. Honoring our mission of exploring the reaches of what theatre can be, the Playhouse is proud to announce a new program that takes theatre off the stage and on the road - Without Walls (WoW).
Supported by a generous grant from The James Irvine Foundation, WoW is a new performance series that will place cutting edge, site-specific theatre directly in the San Diego community. The Playhouse will bring acclaimed national and international theatre artists to share their ground-breaking work with San Diego, as well as commission original theatre pieces that will be inspired by San Diego communities.
Whether at a treasured landmark, a favorite community gathering spot or at your local mall, WoW performances will be intrinsically connected to the people, places and history of San Diego. Once outside the confines of theatre walls, the performers, audience and passersby become moving parts in a living theatre piece – showing that art lives in ideas and people, not within walls.
Upcoming WoW Performances
A Without Walls Presentation
Part Game. Part Theatre. All Taking Place on the City Streets.
ACCOMPLICE: SAN DIEGO
March 26 - April 14
Written by Tom Salamon and Betsy Salamon-Sufott
Directed by Tom Salamon
ACCOMPLICE: SAN DIEGO offers a completely unique theatrical experience, unlike any found on any stage, taking its audience on an adventure through the city streets. You’ll be sent on a mission, aided by clues and mysterious cast members strewn throughout various locations such as street corners, bars and out-of-the-way spots. Groups of 10 piece together the clues of a meticulously crafted criminal plot and rely on their own street smarts to make it to the end.
Who’s in on it? Who’s not? With San Diego’s hip and historic Little Italy district as its stage, ACCOMPLICE is an experience you won't soon forget.
Past WoW Performances
Luke Macfarlane in
Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir
September 24 - October 10
By Keith Bunin
Directed by Mark Rucker
A Without Walls Presentation
Luke Macfarlane (ABC's Brothers and Sisters) transforms Martinis Above Fourth in Hillcrest into a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1958 - a decade before the Stonewall riots. The drinks and music flow as a young singer and his band take the stage for their last performance before leaving New York City for good. Macfarlane and his band showcase a musical score of American song classics that you won't want to miss.
Moving Arts'
The Car Plays: San Diego
February 23 – March 11, 2012
Conceived By Paul Stein
A Without Walls Presentation
Moving Arts’ The Car Plays: San Diego, offers a series of intimate ten- minute plays, each taking place in a car, where audiences of two move from vehicle to vehicle to experience works by different playwrights. After being ushered to their seats, the car doors close and participants watch the drama, or comedy, unfold just inches away. Ten minutes later, the doors open, a seat in a new car awaits, and a fresh story begins.. In the course of an hour, five evocative stories are revealed. The Los Angeles Times raved, “The Car Plays combines the pleasures ofsite-specific theater and voyeurism — one of the better arguments forcarpooling since the high-occupancy lane. (Critic’s Choice).”
Susurrus
September 16 - October 23, 2011
By David Leddy
A Without Walls Presentation
Performances at the San Diego Botanical Garden
Susurrus is a fascinating, site-specific piece by internationally-renowned artist David Leddy that will launch the Playhouse’s innovative Without Walls program. Audiences listen to on iPods while following a mapped route through the beautiful San Diego Botanic Garden. Part radio play, part avant-garde sonic art and part stroll in the park.
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