OnStage Playhouse

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The only live theatre in South Bay with year-round productions. Working hard to bring LIVE theatre to our audience and community.

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Rehearsals for Isaac’s Eye are underway! Grab your tickets today! 🎟️Show runs June 26th – July 19th Tickets available at...
06/07/2026

Rehearsals for Isaac’s Eye are underway! Grab your tickets today!

🎟️Show runs June 26th – July 19th
Tickets available at OnstagePlayhouse.org

Rehearsals for Isaac’s Eye are underway! Grab your tickets today! 🎟️Show runs June 26th – July 19th Tickets available a...
06/07/2026

Rehearsals for Isaac’s Eye are underway! Grab your tickets today!

🎟️Show runs June 26th – July 19th
Tickets available at OnstagePlayhouse.org

We need your support to make it “To the Finish Line!”The clock is ticking: without your help, our doors will close in tw...
06/03/2026

We need your support to make it “To the Finish Line!”
The clock is ticking: without your help, our doors will close in two months, cutting our season short. As the only live theatre in the South Bay, we are a vital cultural hub dedicated to investing in local artists—from playwrights and designers to the actors on our stage. However, skyrocketing overhead, rent increases, and dwindling grant opportunities have put our current season in jeopardy.

We refuse to let the curtains fall early. Your critical donation will directly bridge the gap, keeping our doors open and our community vibrant. Help us cross the finish line and sustain local art. Donate today to take OSP to the finish line!

Some productions entertain you for an evening. Others stay with you long after the lights come up. The Velocity of Autum...
05/24/2026

Some productions entertain you for an evening. Others stay with you long after the lights come up. The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble at OnStage Playhouse has been striking a chord with audiences through its sharp humor, emotional honesty, and deeply complicated portrait of family, aging, identity, and connection.

Directed by Daren Scott and featuring unforgettable performances from Linda Benning and James P. Darvas, this intimate production is the kind of theatre that sparks conversations in the car ride home, over dinner afterward, and days later when certain moments suddenly come back to you.

Tonight is our final night to tell this story... but we know it’s going to stick with us.

🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
🗓 TONIGHT! At 5pm
🎟 Get Your Tickets at OnstagePlayhouse.Org
📸 Photos by Daren Scott

The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble dives headfirst into the complicated emotional terrain that exists between parents ...
05/23/2026

The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble dives headfirst into the complicated emotional terrain that exists between parents and children — the love, resentment, obligation, humor, guilt, history, and tenderness that can all exist at the exact same time.

At OnStage Playhouse, Linda Benning and James P. Darvas bring those contradictions to life with performances that are funny, explosive, vulnerable, and deeply recognizable, under the direction of Daren Scott.

It’s the kind of intimate, emotionally charged production that sparks conversations long after you leave the theatre — exactly the kind of theatre worth talking about.

There are only two more chances left to see incredible story, so don’t miss your chance to experience it live!

🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
🗓 Tonight (5/23) at 8pm and Tomorrow (5/24) at 5pm
🎟 Get Your Tickets at OnstagePlayhouse.Org
📸 Photos by Daren Scott

One minute, The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble has audiences laughing at Alexandra’s razor-sharp wit… the next, it com...
05/22/2026

One minute, The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble has audiences laughing at Alexandra’s razor-sharp wit… the next, it completely knocks the wind out of the room.

At the center of it all are Linda Benning and James P. Darvas, whose performances collide with equal parts fire, frustration, tenderness, and humor under the direction of Daren Scott. The result is an intimate production that feels spontaneous, volatile, and incredibly alive.

There’s only one more weekend left to left to catch this acclaimed production at OnStage Playhouse, so now’s the time to grab your tickets.

🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
🗓 Thursdays–Sundays Until 5/24
🎟 Get Your Tickets at OnstagePlayhouse.Org
📸 Photos by Daren Scott

Just four more chances to see this incredible production - don’t miss it!!🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble📍 OnStag...
05/21/2026

Just four more chances to see this incredible production - don’t miss it!!

🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
📍 OnStage Playhouse
⏰ Tonight, Friday, & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 5pm
🎟️ Get your tickets at OnStagePlayhouse.Org

We are incredibly thrilled and deeply grateful to announce that OnStage Playhouse has been awarded a Community Grant fro...
05/20/2026

We are incredibly thrilled and deeply grateful to announce that OnStage Playhouse has been awarded a Community Grant from the San Diego County Employees’ Charitable Organization (CECO).

Behind every magical moment on our stage is a powerhouse of behind-the-scenes administrative work. This vital grant will go towards purchasing a brand-new administrative computer so our team can manage box office tickets, design production schedules, and coordinate our community workshops faster and more securely than ever before.

A massive thank you to the generous San Diego County employees who contribute to CECO. Your support directly keeps the arts thriving and accessible in our community!

Pictured: OSP board member Kristina Lawson-McKay and CECO President Maria Molina Melendez.

Critics and audiences are loving the chemistry between James P. Darvas and Linda Benning in The Velocity of Autumn by Er...
05/20/2026

Critics and audiences are loving the chemistry between James P. Darvas and Linda Benning in The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble at OnStage Playhouse.

Funny, explosive, tender, and painfully real, this intimate two-hander follows a fiercely independent mother and her estranged son as years of resentment, memory, humor, and love collide over the course of one unforgettable night.

Don’t miss this incredible production!! Get your tickets now and join us for our final weekend!

🎭 The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
🗓 Thursdays–Sundays Until 5/24
🎟 Get Your Tickets at OnstagePlayhouse.Org
📸 Photos by Daren Scott

Proof that small theatre can still make a massive impact.Audiences have compared this production to work happening on so...
05/19/2026

Proof that small theatre can still make a massive impact.

Audiences have compared this production to work happening on some of San Diego’s biggest stages — not because we’re trying to compete, but because incredible artists can create extraordinary work anywhere. And in an intimate theatre like OnStage Playhouse, you get to experience that talent up close.

Bold performances. Thought-provoking storytelling. Big talent in a small space.

One weekend left to see The Velocity of Autumn.
🗓 Thursday – Saturday at 8PM & Sunday at 5PM

🎟 Get your tickets at OnStagePlayhouse.Org

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Friday 6pm - 11pm
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Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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