Founded in 1976, San Diego REP’S artistic programming reflects a deep commitment to artistic virtuosity, diversity, and inclusion. The REP celebrates the diversity and creativity of the bi-national San Diego region by choosing provocative works of theatre that reflect multiple voices and perspectives.

The REP is downtown San Diego’s resident professional theatre—celebrating year-round on our three stages and in our art galleries the diversity and creativity of our community. As the resident and managing company of the Lyceum Theatre, we produce and host over 550 events and performances a year.

Year-round programming on our three stages includes a six- to eight-play subscription season that offers an eclectic mix of world premieres, brilliant contemporary plays, and re-imagined classics designed to inspire audiences and artists to build bridges of understanding that strengthen our communities. To enhance the Théâtre experience and encourage dialogue around each REP production we offer a diverse assortment of pre-and post-performance salons, mini-concerts, art exhibitions, and forums with area scholars and artists.

Play development activities include commissions, readings, and workshops of new works, including projects developed through annual cultural festivals and new play development programs including San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival; Black Voices Reading Series; Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival (JFEST); The Whole Megillah—A Jewish New Play Festival launched in 2020 as part of JFEST; and Hear U.S. Now Commission Program and Festival that provoke contemporary conversations through commissioning new plays by playwrights of color, transgender, Native folx, and more—stories not heard on our stages or more broadly in the American theatre.