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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God of Carnage
South Coast Repertory

Jan 23 - Mar 21

Big Fish

Alchemy Theatre

Mar 13 - Mar 29

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The Last Days of

Judas Iscariot

The Larking House

Apr 16 - 25

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Cowgirl Katarungan's Recipe for Adobo

Curtis Theatre

May 17

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Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?South Coast Repertory

Jan 24 - Mar 21

I Love My Wife

No Square Theatre

Mar 13 - Mar 29

The Birds

Cabrillo Playhouse

Apr 27 - May 3

The Cottage

Cabrillo Playhouse

Feb 27 - Mar 22

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Newport Theater Arts Center

Mar 13 - Apr 5

Orchestra Collective of OC - M, M, & M

Curtis Theatre

Apr 25

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The Shark is Broken

Laguna Playhouse

Mar 4 - Mar 22

Disconnected:
The stories we stand

to lose...

Irvine Theater Company

Mar 20 - 28

Jerry's Girls

No Square Theatre

May 1- May 17

OCTG Recommended!

In The Green

Ophelia's Jump

March 6 - Mar 29

The Messenger

Chance Theater

Mar 27 - Apr 19

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Sanctuary City

Chance Theater

May 1- May 24

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Leading Ladies

Westminster Community Playhouse

Mar 13 - Mar 29

Punk AF -

A Staged Singing

Chance Theater

Apr 8

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Because You're Mine -

The Music of June Carter and Johnny Cash

Curtis Theatre

May 9

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‘Leading Ladies’ at Westminster Community Playhouse

Mistaken identities, theatrical ambition and a dash of Shakespearean mischief. From Left: Bobby D Lux & 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

‘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 act

‘The Messenger’ at Chance Theater

Four women. One truth. And the dangerous cost of carrying it. From left, Rori Flynn, Kallie Pong and Megan Sigler . Photo courtesy of Timothy Huynh. 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 c

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‘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

‘Bug In Mouth Disease’ at The Larking House

When the Truth Won’t Stay Buried From Top Left: Feyara Bellefleur, Zion Aguilar, Lars Toler, Sophia Gonzalez. From Bottom Left: Jarid McCarthy, Josh Causley, Mae Montgomery, and Rosa Sandoval . Photo courtesy of Lizzy McCabe. By MaryAnn DiPietro Family reunions are rarely clean and simple, and in “Bug In Mouth Disease,” the sharp, dark yet funny new play making its world premiere, the secrets are undeniably messy. Produced by The Larking House, “Bug In Mouth Disease” arrives