Discover “Working Girl” – A World Premiere Musical at La Jolla Playhouse!
OCT – DEC 2025 | Mandell Weiss Theatre Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper | Book by Theresa Rebeck Based on the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture written by Kevin Wade Directed by Christopher Ashley Tess McGill is a Staten Island secretary with big dreams and even bigger ideas, but when her scheming boss Katharine Parker steals one, Tess decides to take matters into her own hands. With Katharine unexpectedly out of town, Tess seizes the chance to prove herself, making a bold business move that could change her life forever. With some help from her savvy friends and a...
From Rebel to Icon: The Early Life of Julia Child at La Jolla Playhouse!
FEB – MAR 2026 | Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre Written by Claudia Shear Based on the book DEARIE by Bob Spitz Directed by Lisa Peterson Before Julia Child became the TV personality that we all know, she was a rambunctious rebel against the privileged but bland Pasadena life expected of her. Directionless but driven, careening from Pasadena to New York to Washington D.C. to Ceylon and finally to Paris’s famed Cordon Bleu cooking school, she battled long odds, too short sleeves, and her own self doubt before finding both her calling and her true love, her husband, Paul Child....