thursday, feb. 23
Tower After Hours: Ireland
Discover Balboa Park’s most popular cultural attraction: Tower After Hours: Ireland. The San Diego Museum of Man and the Irish community of San Diego invite you to experience the best of traditional Irish music, dance and story-telling performed by our city’s top talent. Part of an ongoing series highlighting San Diego’s diverse and vibrant ethnic mix, this colorful celebration of Irish culture will showcase an array of regional food and drinks provided by the local Irish pubs and restaurants.
The San Diego Museum of Man, Grand Rotunda, 1350 El Prado in Balboa Park, 6-8 p.m., tickets $10 members, $20 non-members, 619-239-2001 x10, museumofman.org.
friday, feb. 24
In the Wake
San Diego REPertory Theatre presents In the Wake, the fifth production of the company’s 36th season. In the Wake is a searing new play laced with incisive humor and surprising revelations about the assumptions of comfort and privilege that lie at the heart of the American character. An epic tale set in the turbulent Bush years of 2000 to 2005, In the Wake asks us individually and collectively to look for the blind spots that mask us from ourselves.
The Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $32, 619-544-1000, sdrep.org.
saturday, feb. 25
The Blood Countess
DangerHouse Productions presents The Blood Countess. Three American college students travel to Transylvania and Castle Bathory to bring the Blood Countess the same kind of fame that Bram Stoker brought to Dracula … but the Blood Countess has other plans. Please note this play contains sexual situations, violence and some strong language. Ages 16 and older only.
Victory Theater, 2558 Imperial Ave. in Sherman Heights, 8 p.m., tickets $15, 619-236-1971, victorytheatersd.com.
sunday, feb. 26
How I Got that Story
An eager newspaper reporter from Dubuque travels to fictional war-torn “Am-bo Land” to cover the country, but the country ends up covering him. This fast-paced “nightmare comedy” asks, where is the boundary between historical fact and subjective experience? What is the human impact of war and the role of the media?
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company, The 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Ave. in San Diego, 2 p.m., tickets from $15, 619-342-7395, moolelo.net.
monday, feb. 27
Next Fall
Diversionary Theatre presents the Tony-nominated play, Next Fall , a witty and intelligent play about faith, devotion and unconventional love. Luke believes in God. Adam believes in everything else. Next Fall portrays the ups and downs of this unlikely couple’s five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. When an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke’s family and friends for support … and answers.
Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd. in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets $31, 619-220-0097, diversionary.org.
tuesday. feb. 28
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter has long been known for his mind-boggling guitar technique. The guitarist, composer and bandleader plays custom-made seven and eight string guitars, and will play bass lines, rhythm guitar and solos simultaneously.
Anthology, 1337 India Street in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $10, 619-595-0300, anthologysd.com.
wednesday, feb. 29
June Moon
On his way to make it big in New York, aspiring lyricist Fred Stevens meets Edna, a gal with a heart of gold. But the promise of success with a Tin Pan Alley down-and-out songwriter and his glamorous relative deters Fred from the woman who really loves him. Kaufman and Lardner’s classic comedy with music directed by Quinn Martin Fellow and UC San Diego MFA alum Jonathan Silverstein.
Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre, Scholars Drive, UCSD campus in La Jolla, 8 p.m., tickets $20, 858-534-4574, theatre.ucsd.edu.
