Word Up! is a fun, festive, word-based online collaboration between audience and artist, hosted by Laura Zablit on Friday nights at 6 pm PST. This Mad Lib-style communal storytelling will feature a new performing artist every week, as well as special community guests from around San Diego.

More of a gathering than a show or a class, Word Up! is a low-pressure opportunity for community members to connect with each other and with a new performing art medium each week.

A WEST COAST PREMIERE BY NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE presents NECESSARY SACRIFICES By Richard Hellesen and Directed By Peter Ellenstein
A Full Theatrical Production Streaming Online September 9 – October 11, 2020

At the height of the Civil War, Frederic Douglass and Abraham Lincoln confront each other at the White House in two searing, no-holds-barred sessions that forever change the course of history. NECESSARY SACRIFICES by Richard Hellesen is based on their two documented meetings. This West Coast premiere by North Coast Repertory Theatre puts audiences squarely in the room with these two great leaders as they struggle with issues of war, peace, politics, and moral courage. With its strong echoes of today’s political landscape, this riveting drama will captivate history buffs and theatre-lovers alike.
 
 

Join the Charla on Thursday, November 19 at 11am for a conversation with David Avalos. A key figure in San Diego’s Chicano Art Movement, David Avalos works in sculpture, installation, and public projects. His sculptures unabashedly assert the vernacular of rasquache as a form of resilience in the face of social, racial, and economic adversity.

Join the Charla on Thursday, October 15 at 11am for a conversation with Perry Vásquez. Culling from aspects of Chicanx car and popular culture, Perry Vásquez's installations and prints embrace a working-class sensibility that is defiant, yet humorous. Installations by the San Diego-based Vásquez underscore ongoing tensions related to citizenship and migration.