News & Reviews from San Diego Junior Theatre

Spotlight on Junior Theatre’s Wig & Makeup Designer, Meg Woodley!

Oct 31, 2023

San Diego Junior Theatre has had the pleasure of working with Wig & Makeup Artist, Meg Woodley on each of our productions since we reopened in September 2021. We thought it would be fun to shine the spotlight on Meg, ask her some questions and take a look at some...

SDJT Alum Returns to Compose Original Music for “Gruesome Gallery”

Jan 11, 2023

San Diego Junior Theatre’s world premiere production, Edgar Allan Poe’s Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie, is based on Poe’s works but was devised from scratch by director Blake McCarty in collaboration with the cast. An original play wouldn’t be quite as original...

Announcing “The George E. Oswell Box Office at San Diego Junior Theatre”

Dec 28, 2022

George Oswell was a two-term member of the SDJT Board of Trustees, dedicated volunteer, alumni parent and annual donor. George ran the Junior Theatre box office as a volunteer starting in the 1970s, long before computerized ticket systems, credit card purchases or the...

To Be Seen, To Be Heard: Spotlight on Young Black Voices

Mar 1, 2022

To Be Seen, To Be Heard: Spotlight on Young Black Voices 7pm Saturday, Mar 19, 2022 Casa del Prado Theatre, Balboa Park This is a free event. Donations gratefully accepted. Please reserve your seats today! RESERVE SEATS

Spotlight on THE SNOWY DAY Director, Kandace Crystal

Jan 6, 2022

Kandace Crystal is an SDJT teaching artist and is currently working with Junior Theatre as the director of The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats. She was recently recognized by the Times of San Diego for directing two of San Diego’s top plays of 2021!...

Junior Theatre Welcomes New Education Director, Elissa Russell!

Dec 6, 2021

San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, welcomes Elissa Russell as its new Education Director. Elissa comes to SDJT from Theatre Aspen in Colorado, where she held the position of Director of Education Programming and...

Spotlight on FROG & TOAD Choreographer, Emily Shackelford

Oct 18, 2021

Get to know Emily... Emily Shackelford is a professional actor, teaching artist and San Diego Junior Theatre alum who spent 10 years with JT growing up. After earning her B.F.A. in Theatre from Stephen’s College, Emily went on to perform with many theatre companies in...