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. Feb. 23, 2026 – Anaheim, California On Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, during the OC Theatre Guild’s membership meeting, nominees for the fifth annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced. W

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What's Playing in OCTG Theatres & Promo Offers

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The Birds

Cabrillo Playhouse

Apr 10 - May 3

Jerry's Girls

No Square Theatre

May 1 - May 17

Legally Blonde

Westminster Community
Playhouse

May 15 - Jun 7

Orchestra Collective of OC: Summer Serenade
Curtis Theatre

Jun 6

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Eat Me

South Coast Repertory

Apr 12 - May 3

Sanctuary City

Chance Theater

May 1- May 24

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Cowgirl Katarungan's Recipe for Adobo

Curtis Theatre

May 17

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Hershey Felder: The Piano & Me
South Coast Repertory

Jun 9 - 21

The Last Days of

Judas Iscariot

The Larking House

Apr 16 - 25

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Legally Blonde The Musical

Newport Theatre Arts Center

May 1 - May 31

Home, I'm Darling

Cabrillo Playhouse

May 22 - Jun 14

Steel Magnolias
Newport Theatre Arts Center
Jun 26 - Jul 11

Orchestra Collective of OC - M, M, & M

Curtis Theatre

Apr 25

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Murder on the Orient
Express

Alchemy Theatre Company

May 8 - May 17

The 39 Steps

Whittier Community Theater

May 29 - Jun 13

The Spitfire Grill

Cabrillo Playhouse

Jul 10 - Aug 2

Fremont Ave.

South Coast Repertory

Apr 25 - May 23

Because You're Mine -

The Music of June Carter and Johnny Cash

Curtis Theatre

May 9

Tristan and Yseult

Electric Company Theater

Jun 2 - Jun 24

Alanis Morissette’s

Jagged Little Pill

The Musical

Chance Theater

Jul 10 - Aug 9

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Disney's The Little Mermaid

Rose Center
Theater's Rose Kids

Apr 30 - May 3

Saint Vegas -

A Staged Reading

Chance Theater

May 13 - 17

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The Spitfire Grill

American Coast Theater Company

Jun 5 - Jun 28

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Falsettos
The Wayward Artist
Jul 23 - Aug 2

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‘Sanctuary City’ at Chance Theater

Two teenagers confront identity, belonging and change in post-9/11 New Jersey. From left, Kallie Pong, Megan Sigler, Juliet Fischer and Rori Flynn. Photo courtesy of Shinshin Tsai. 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 tee

‘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 ei

‘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 J

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‘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 monologue

‘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

‘Something Rotten!’ at Curtis Theatre

A riotous Renaissance comedy that’s rip-roaring fun. From left, Spike Pulice and Taras Wybaczynsky Jr. Photo courtesy of Francis Gacad and Jon Infante. By Anne Reid The Curtis Theatre is about to be taken over by ruffs, tights, tap shoes and an avalanche of theatrical inside jokes as “Something Rotten!” takes the stage in a collaboration between Southgate Productions and the City of Brea. Set in the bustling world of Renaissance England, “Something Rotten!” centers on Nick an