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Nurturing, supporting and promoting live theater in Greater Orange County
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OC Theatre Guild was founded in 2016 to address the need for a more united local theatre community. It provided a platform for theater leaders to discuss business challenges as well as share ideas and season information.
In 2019, OC Theatre Guild organized as an official not-for-profit 501(c)3 to serve the vital artistic community. Their mission is to nurture, support, and promote live theatre in Greater Orange County, supported by long held beliefs that theater and performing arts are an essential part of what creates a healthy, passionate and multicultural society, enriching communities and providing opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment.
OC Theatre Guild's strategy is to advocate for the local theatre community while at the same time providing the public with information, access and opportunities relating to live theatre events in Greater Orange County.
They continue to build a membership that reflects the thriving arts scene including all individual theatre artists and theatre organizations of all sizes. In addition to managing and producing the OCTG Theatre Awards, we can offer workshops and panel discussions on topics of concern to the Orange County theater community, website, Regional Auditions, preview articles for productions submitted to the OCTG Theatre Awards, artists and organization spotlights.
They are committed towards answering the question, "What can we do together that we can't do on our own?"
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May 15, 2026 ∙ 3 min
‘Legally Blonde’ at Westminster Community Playhouse
A Close-Up, Heartfelt Production About Defying Expectations. Sammy Spiegler. Photo courtesy of Laura Lejuwaan By Shannon Cudd Omigod you guys! Westminster Community Playhouse looks good in pink, a make-over courtesy of its latest production, “Legally Blonde.” This high-energy musical is based on the 2001 hit film of the same name starring Reese Witherspoon as the charismatic and intelligent ingénue Elle Woods. After her college boyfriend, Warner, dumps her because she isn’t serious enough,...
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May 7, 2026 ∙ 4 min
‘Twelfth Night’ at Ye Olde Theatre Eaters
Shakespeare comedy reimagined through a Western lens. From left, Morgan Holcomb, Colin Rinard and Ash Frost. Photo courtesy of Kiya Sakari By Anne Reid “Twelfth Night” is a beloved Shakespearean romantic comedy about twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated by a shipwreck. In this modern take, it’s set on the coast of California, where Viola seeks to rebuild her place in the world. She disguises herself as a man named Cesario and enters the service of the lovesick Duke Orsino, who sends...
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Apr 30, 2026 ∙ 4 min
‘Home, I’m Darling’ at Cabrillo Playhouse
A picture-perfect 1950s dream, a life styled to perfection, and the moment the fantasy starts to slip. From left: Mary Price Moore, Shane Murphy, Jeremy Krasovic, Taylor LaBarbera, Sarah Jane Fince, Charlie Massey. Photo courtesy of Cabrillo Playhouse By MaryAnn DiPietro At first glance, it looks like perfection. But in “Home, I’m Darling” at Cabrillo Playhouse, that polished facade is only the beginning. In a production that leans into both nostalgia and nuance, director Hillary Pearson...
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Apr 24, 2026 ∙ 4 min
‘Sanctuary City’ at Chance Theater
Two teenagers confront identity, belonging and change in post-9/11 New Jersey. From left, Vicky Yvonne and Spike Pulice. Photo courtesy of Doug Catiller. by Anne Reid Where were you born? Where did you grow up? For most people, those questions are answered without much thought. In Martyna Majok’s “Sanctuary City,” opening May 1 at Chance Theater, they carry real weight. Set in Newark, New Jersey, in the years following 9/11, the play follows two teenagers known simply as B and G. Their lives...
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Apr 24, 2026 ∙ 5 min
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ at Alchemy Theatre
An innovative reimagining of a classic Christie mystery. From Bottom Left; Clockwise: Sawyer Reece Maier, Paul Burt, Holly Jones, Abel Miramontes, Shawn Plunkett, Noah Chin, Tanya Raisa, Catalina Tan, Emily Hood, Olivia Oakley. Photo courtesy of Katelyn Abaya by Anne Reid Just after midnight, a snowdrift brings the Orient Express to a halt, stranding its passengers in the dead of winter. By morning, one of them is dead: an American tycoon found in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his...
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Apr 7, 2026 ∙ 4 min
‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ – The Larking House and The Wayward Artist
A courtroom in purgatory, a cast of saints and sinners, and a story that asks the big questions arrive in OC with urgency, humor and heart. From left, Will Thomas as Judas and Majd Khdair as Jesus . Photo courtesy of Miguel Angel "Mack" Tapia II By MaryAnn DiPietro There’s something especially exciting happening in Orange County theater right now, the kind of collaboration that feels a little spontaneous, a little serendipitous and completely meant to be. “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”,...
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Apr 4, 2026 ∙ 5 min
‘The Birds’ at Cabrillo Playhouse
Paranoia, human nature and potential societal collapse are explored as the sky rains down birds. From left, Lauren Belt, Zack Mallgrave and Mimi Franks . Photo courtesy of Eric Modyman By Anne Reid When the birds attack, the real danger isn’t outside – it’s inside the house. In “The Birds,” a stage adaptation of the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, strangers take refuge from a relentless, unexplained wave of bird attacks. But as the threat closes in, the play shifts its focus from external...
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Mar 14, 2026 ∙ 5 min
‘Leading Ladies’ at Westminster Community Playhouse
Mistaken identities, theatrical ambition and a dash of Shakespearean mischief. From left, Bobby D. Lux and Adriano Brown. Photo courtesy of Laura Lejuwaan by Anne Reid In Westminster Community Playhouse’s (WCP) new production, “Leading Ladies,” two down-on-their-luck actors turn female impersonators in an attempt to swindle an elderly woman out of her fortune in 1950s Pennsylvania. Written by Ken Ludwig, the show, which premiered in 2004, is generally praised for its charm and high-energy...
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Mar 12, 2026 ∙ 3 min
‘The Messenger’ at Chance Theater
Four women. One truth. And the dangerous cost of carrying it. From left, Kallie Pong, Megan Sigler, Juliet Fischer and Rori Flynn . Photo courtesy of Shinshin Tsai by MaryAnn DiPietro At Chance Theater, the stage becomes a crossroads of memory and consequence. In “The Messenger,” written by Jenny Connell Davis and directed by Katie Chidester, a nonlinear drama unfolds as the stories of four women, decades apart, speak into the same restless space. “Four interwoven monologues that echo and...
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Mar 12, 2026 ∙ 5 min
‘I Love My Wife’ at No Square Theatre
Musical revisits the 1970s with a satirical nod to free love, open marriage and a flirtation with ménage-à-quatre. From left, Ryan Rees and Sawyer Reece Maier. Photo courtesy of No Square Theatre By Anne Reid “I Love My Wife” is a 1977 Broadway musical comedy about two suburban married couples who start to question whether they’ve missed out on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. Largely left to the dustbins of history due to its provocative nature, the musical is actually more witty...
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Mar 10, 2026 ∙ 8 min
OCTG Theatre Awards Unveils List of Nominees
Productions of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” “Spring Awakening,” “Such Small Hands,” “Sweat” and “Tick, Tick...BOOM!” among this year’s standouts. Katie Perry Page in 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,' Curtis Theatre and Southgate Productions. Photo courtesy of Francis Gacad. by OC Theatre Guild Staff On Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during the OC Theatre Guild’s membership meeting, nominees for the fifth annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced. Winners will be revealed at...
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Feb 27, 2026 ∙ 4 min
‘In the Green’ at Ophelia's Jump Productions
A musical that dares you to hear women’s voices. From left, Mariah Martin, Arianna Nelson, Danielle Heaton and Mads Durbin. Photo courtesy of Ophelia's Jump Productions By Shannon Cudd Ophelia's Jump Productions’ upcoming musical “In the Green” is a rarely produced show that will stimulate your brain and challenge you to think about a new subject matter.“ In the Green” tells the origin story of Hildegard von Bingen, a German Catholic Benedictine abbess and polymath during the High Middle...
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