The WithOut Walls Festival is Presented by La Jolla Playhouse

The nationally acclaimed, Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is known for its tradition of creating some of the most exciting and adventurous new work in regional theatre. Founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, the Playhouse is dedicated to the development of new work and new theatrical forms through such signature programs as the Without Walls series, the Page To Stage Play Development Program and the DNA New Works Series. Numerous Playhouse productions have moved to Broadway, earning 35 Tony Awards, including the currently-running hit Jersey Boys, as well as Big River, The Who's Tommy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Farnsworth Invention, 33 Variations, Memphis, Bonnie & Clyde, Chaplin and Hands on a Hardbody. La Jolla Playhouse is led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg.
www.lajollaplayhouse.org

Festival Partners

The dynamic, community nature of the WoW Festival is only possible through the participation of our extraordinary Festival Partners. The contribution of their talent, resources and time has been invaluable and leads the way for future city-wide art collaborations.

UC San Diego

At UC San Diego, innovation and creativity are central to who they are and what they do. Students learn that knowledge isn’t just acquired in the classroom – life is their laboratory. UC San Diego is an academic powerhouse and economic engine, recognized as one of the top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report and ranked number one in the nation for public service by Washington Monthly. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, UC San Diego Theatre & Dance has been one of the top-ranked theater programs in the country for more than a decade. Training is imaginative, eclectic and interdisciplinary. The department does not believe there can be – or should be – one approach to making work. UC San Diego shapes minds, changes lives, launches industries and builds the future…one student, one discovery and one achievement at a time.
www.theatre.ucsd.edu

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Founded in 1941, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is the preeminent contemporary visual arts institution in San Diego County. The Museum’s collection includes more than 4,000 works of art created since 1950. In addition to presenting exhibitions by international contemporary artists, the Museum serves thousands of children and adults annually at its varied education programs, and offers a rich program of film, performance, and lectures. MCASD is a private, nonprofit organization, with 501c3 tax-exempt status; it is supported by generous contributions and grants from MCASD Members and other individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. Dr. Hugh M. Davies is The David C. Copley Director and CEO at MCASD. Institutional support for MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
www.mcasd.org

The New Children's Museum

The New Children's Museum (NCM) is a new model of children's museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity and critical thinking in children and families through inventive and engaging experiences with contemporary art. Serving San Diego for 30 years, the Museum opened in 1983 in La Jolla as the Children's Museum/Museo de los Niños and reopened downtown in 2008. NCM brings families together in a rich educational environment that fosters creativity — blending elements of children's museums and art museums. NCM is a non-profit institution funded by admissions, memberships, and communities.
www.thinkplaycreate.org

MOXIE Theatre

MOXIE Theatre is a professional non-profit theatre founded by the critically-acclaimed group of performers and directors: Jo Anne Glover, Liv Kellgren, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg and Jennifer Eve Thorn. Their mission is to expand the idea of what is feminine by using the intimate art of theatre to create more honest and diverse female images for our culture. MOXIE fans know that each distinct MOXIE production will always share one similar quality – moxie, defined as "courage, pluck, gumption, perseverance, guts." MOXIE Theatre has garnered numerous local awards since its inception in 2004, including five San Diego Critics Circle "Craig Noel" Awards, among them the Des McAnuff New Visions Award for MOXIE Theatre Artistic Director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg.
www.moxietheatre.com