Page To Stage is La Jolla Playhouse's signature new play development program in which audiences experience the "birth" of a play. Throughout the rehearsal and run of the show, the playwright and director make constant changes in response to audience reactions and feedback.

Encompassing commissions, readings, workshops and workshop productions, Page To Stage serves the specific needs of a project at all stages in its evolution, helping artists take their work to the next level of development.

As La Jolla Playhouse continues to cultivate new plays through this dynamic, audience-inclusive development process, we hope you'll join us for more thrilling journeys in seasons to come.

Previous Page To Stage productions include The Farnsworth Invention, Zhivago, 700 Sundays, Paris Commune, The Burning Deck, Current Nobody, I Think I Like Girls and I Am My Own Wife, which went on to receive a Pultizer Prize for Drama.

Past Page To Stage Productions

2010/11

Cankerblossom

Directed by Dan Rothenberg
Conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company

2009/10

John Leguizamo Diary of a Madman

Created and Performed by John Leguizamo
Directed by Fisher Stevens

HOOVER COMES ALIVE!

By Sean Cunningham
Songs by Michael Friedman
Directed by Alex Timbers

2008/09

The Night Watcher

Written by and Starring Charlayne Woodard

Peter and the Starcatchers

Written by Rick Elice
Co-directed by Alex Timbers
Directed by Roger Rees

2007/08

Most Wanted

Music by Mark Bennet
Book by Jessica Hagedorn
Lyrics by Mark Bennett and Jessica Hagedorn
Directed by Michael Greif

2006/07

The Farnsworth Invention

Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Des McAnuff

2005

Current Nobody

Written by Melissa James Gibson
Directed by Daniel Aukin

Zhivago

Book by Michael Weller
Music by Lucy Simon
Lyrics by Michael Korie and Amy Powers
Directed by Des McAnuff

2004

700 Sundays...Billy Crystal...A Life In Progress

Written by Billy Crystal
Directed by Des McAnuff

*Subsequently produced on Broadway at The Broadhurst Theatre (opened December 5, 2004). Received the 2005 Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event.

Paris Commune

Written by Steve Cosson and Michael Friedman
Music and Lyrics Adapted by Michael Friedman
Directed by Steve Cosson

2003

The Burning Deck

Written by Sarah Schulman
Directed by Kirsten Brandt

2002

I Think I Like Girls

Written and Directed by Leigh Fondakowski

2001

I Am My Own Wife

Written and Directed by Doug Wright

*Subsequently produced on Broadway at The Lyceum Theatre (opened December 3, 2003). Received two 2004 Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor; was nominated for three. Received 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.