friday, july 5
Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon
This show tells a deeply personal account that spans from Seattle playwright and actor Kimball Allen’s childhood as a young Mormon boy growing up in Blackfoot, Idaho, to his teenage gay awakening, to his drug abuse later in life, and ends with his eventual arrest and trial that led him to write the story in the first place. The show provides the audience with a deeply personal and affecting rollercoaster ride of naivety, pain, sorrow and redemption.
Cabaret Theatre, 10th Ave Theatre, 930 10th Ave. in San Diego, 6:30 p.m., tickets $10, sdfringe.org
saturday, july 6
Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, acting and writing. His clever, quiet style has made him one of the top most successful touring comedians in the country today and his CDs and DVDs have reached platinum sales.
Humphreys Concerts by the bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., tickets $62, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com
sunday, july 7
FINAL PERFORMANCE!
The Warriors’ Duet
This is a celebration of love, life and language. While a mother searches for her missing daughter the story unfolds, enhanced by movement and music. Theirs was a fraught, competitive relationship. The Warriors’ Duet is the act they never performed, the book they didn’t have time to write. Written by Charlene Baldridge, directed by Anne Gehman and produced by Circle Circle dot dot.
Cabaret Theatre, 10th Ave. Theatre, 930 10th Ave. in San Diego, 5 p.m., tickets $10, sdfringe.org
monday, july 8
Cosmic Collisions
The new digital show Cosmic Collisions launches you on a thrilling trip through space and time to explore the astronomical impacts that drive the dynamic and continuing evolution of the universe. From subatomic particles to the largest galaxies, cosmic collisions are a universal force of nature. Both creative and destructive, dynamic and dazzling, collisions have resulted in many things we take for granted – the luminescent moon, the sun’s warmth and light, our changing seasons and waves washing up on a sandy shore.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, 1875 El Prado in Balboa Park, 3 p.m., adult gallery admission plus one Giant Dome Theater show $15.75, 619-238-1233, rhfleet.org
tuesday, july 9
30x: Three Decades
In 2013, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) celebrates 30 years as a museum in Balboa Park dedicated to exhibiting photography, film, and video. Prior to MOPA’s founding in 1983, it existed as the Center for Photographic Arts, a nonprofit organization created in the early 1970s which exhibited and promoted photography as an art form. Since its founding, MOPA has presented dynamic world-class photography exhibitions in San Diego and built a world class photography collection. 30x: Three Decades highlights one acquisition from each of MOPA’s 30 years, showcasing a selection of influential figures in the history of photography, including works by Alexander Rodchenko, Loretta Lux, Thomas Struth, Lee Friedlander, Robert Adams, Marian Drew and other influential artists.
The Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., adult admission $8, 619-238-7559, mopa.org
wednesday, july 10
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Fast-paced and irresistibly funny, Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning farce turns Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside out. Two clowns wake up one morning only to discover that they are minor characters in the greatest tragedy ever written. As the story of Hamlet plays out all around them, they struggle to figure out what is happening, what it all means and whether they can escape their ultimate fate.
Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, 8 p.m., tickets from $29, 619-234-5623, theoldglobe.org
