PRODUCTIONS
Community Performances
Current productions
Beyond Prison Walls
Beyond Prison Walls at SDSU is currently scheduled for September 2026.
Community Performances
Recent productions
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
Presented by The Old Globe’s 360 Project in 2026
Playwrights Project Shifting Perspectives is presented as part of The Old Globe’s 360 Project. These staged readings feature scripts from across Playwrights Project’s various playwriting programs—including the California Young Playwrights Contest, in-school youth programs, adult prison programs, and more!
PERFORMED
Friday, January 30, 2026
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
WHERE
The Old Globe, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Beyond Prison Walls
Playwrights Project partners with San Diego State University to present the annual production of Beyond Prison Walls, staged readings featuring scripts written in our Out of the Yard program at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility and Centinela State Prison. These heartfelt and inspiring plays demonstrate the compassion and creativity of the writers in our arts in corrections programs. Students in SDSU’s School of Theatre, Television, and Film direct and perform these short plays with support from SDSU’s Project Rebound.
PERFORMED
Wednesday, September 24
Thursday, September 25
Friday, September 26
Saturday, September 27
WHERE
Prebys Stage, at San Diego State University
JEWELS
Jewels performances are informal readings of scripts written in our Returned Writers Circle, a playwriting group for writers who have returned home after incarceration.
PERFORMED
Saturday, September 24
WHERE
Trinity Theatre Company
Artists Everywhere 2025
Presented by La Jolla Playhouse’s 2025
Without Walls Festival
Artists Everywhere tells the stories from formerly incarcerated writers in the community through professionally produced films. Originally written as plays, five scripts were adapted to films by teaching artist and filmmaker Chris Boyd.
PERFORMED
Thursday, April 24
Friday, April 25
Saturday, April 26
Sunday, April 27
WHERE
Atkinson Hall, in the UCSD Qualcomm Institute
The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats
Presented by The Old Globe’s 360 Project in 2025
When Quincy is assigned to work with Victor in a weekend program for teens who have been arrested for drug-relatedcrimes, a friendship is the last thing she expects. The pair soon discovers two stray cats, and Quincy finds that sheand Victor may work well together after all. The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats is a funny and heartbreaking tale about friendship, choices, and cats. This two-person play runs about 45 minutes and is followed by a 15-minute talkback discussion.
Written by Christian St. Croix
Directed by Marc Caro-Willcox
PERFORMED
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
WHERE
The Old Globe, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre