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The Roommate

Save-the-Date to Go Inside the Season

Get deep insight into SCR’s production of The Roommate at the next Inside the Season, Saturday, Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Join members of the Literary Department for this two-hour, interactive program that invites audience questions and participation and includes a tour of the set. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased in advance as well as at the door.

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Moby Dick

Tempting Fate in Moby Dick

Three women take on one role—‘Fate’—in Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Moby Dick (Segerstrom Stage, Jan. 20-Feb. 19). They speak together, sing together and move together: climbing, twirling, swinging and hanging from rigging above the stage.

Learn more about their role in the production that audiences are calling “amazing.” Read the article in Woman Around Town.

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Flora & Ulysses

Holy Bagumba—A Squirrel Superhero!

Author Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Award-winning book Flora & Ulysses moves from page to stage for the next show in the Theatre for Young Audiences series (Feb. 3-19). Flora’s a cynical 10-year-old who spends her time reading comic books and trying to understand her parents’ divorce. One day, a squirrel gets sucked up in the vacuum cleaner and pops out—reborn—as a superhero. He can understand Flora, fly and write poetry. She names him Ulysses and together they use his superpowers to fight evil.

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Gossamer

You're Invited: See the Best of Broadway with Us

SCR’s seven-day Spring Theatre Trip to New York features four Broadway shows, including Hello Dolly with Bette Midler and War Paint with Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole. Guided tours, a harbor cruise and more are part of this trip, with your host, Founding Artistic Director Martin Benson. Learn more.

Takakuwa Named Director of the Year

The Daily Pilot named SCR Theatre Conservatory Director Hisa Takakuwa (she also directs student productions, works with child actors in A Christmas Carol, teaches, acts and more!) as Director of Year for 2016. Read the column.

Give an Acting Class

Winter Acting Classes: Start Next Week

There’s still time to register for acting classes at SCR—Winter Session for kids, teens and adults starts the week of Jan. 9 and runs through mid-March. Classes include:

  • Kids: Exploration (for Grades 3-6)
  • Teens: Tools of Acting (for Grades 7-12)
  • Adults: Daytime (or evening) basic skills acting class. Or try Improv or Musical Theatre.

Check out the full class schedule and enroll.

Did You Know…

…that actors Will Ferrell (pictured below in SCR's 1985 Players production of Pinocchio), Ayre Gross and Annie Mumolo (an Oscar Nominee for her screenplay for Bridesmaids) studied at SCR’s Theatre Conservatory?

Support What you Love

Support What You Love; No Lottery Win Required

For decades, teacher Judy Teverbaugh brought her students to SCR because she knew that theatre made literature come alive like no other experience. Now retired, she is supporting SCR in her estate plan—“You don’t have to win the lottery to support the organizations that you love and the experiences that enrich your life.” Read her story.

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Exclusive Offer for SCR Patrons

Exclusive Offer for SCR Patrons

South Coast Repertory patrons can save $15 off regular prices for the Off Center Festival at Segerstom Center for the Arts, Jan. 12-28.  Use Promo Code SCREP when ordering online, by phone at (714) 556-2787 or at the box office (600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa).

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