Culture OC Ovations

Nov 02, 2026 - Nov 27, 2026 Student Center and Langson Library, UC Irvine

UC Irvine Libraries presents a new exhibit, Crystal Cove and the California Dream drawn from the Laura Davick's Crystal Cove Historical Archive and Orange County Regional History. Crystal Cove and the California Dream ... with its blue waters, white sands, and seaside bungalows, Crystal Cove State…

Nov 02, 2026 - Nov 18, 2026 Muckenthaler Cultural Center

This ECT-centric adaptation will follow a group of underfunded performers as they attempt to pull off this classic comedy with the limited resources they have. ECT will perform this on The Muck amphitheater stage, but not in the traditional sense - the audience will also sit on the stage, as the…

Nov 05, 2026 - Nov 14, 2026 CSUF – Hallberg Theatre

Macbeth By William Shakespeare; Directed by Beth Lopes November 5–14, 2026 Hallberg Theatre 8 PM: 11/5^, 11/6, 11/7, 11/10, 11/12*, 11/13, 11/14 2 PM: 11/7, 11/14 ^Opening Night Post-show Reception *ASL Interpreted William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a dark, bloody tragedy exploring the corrosive…

Nov 05, 2026 Campus JAX

Guerrero’s resume reads like a who’s who of contemporary music. He’s worked with a diverse roster of artists, including jazz legends Freddie Hubbard, Tom Scott and Joe Sample, rock icons Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Slash and Billy Idol, pop sensations Chance the Rapper, The Jonas Bros and the…

Nov 05, 2026 - Nov 14, 2026 Irvine United Congregational Church (IUCC)

The Wayward Artist closes its season with What Every Girl Should Know by Monica Byrne. Four girls. One Catholic reformatory. A world they were never supposed to imagine. Set in 1914, Monica Byrne’s provocative and deeply moving play follows four teenage girls who discover the writings of birth…

Nov 06, 2026 Biergarten at Old World HB Concert Venue

The ultimate 80’s vs 90’s throwback showdown featuring New Wave Kids and Living In Stereo at Old World Biergarten in Huntington Beach  Celebrate Oktoberfest at Old World Biergarten on November 6, 2026 with the Ultimate Throwback to the 80’s and 90’s music. Enjoy authentic German beer, traditional…

Nov 06, 2026 - Nov 22, 2026 No Square Theatre

Raising a child is hard. Raising a child when absolutely no one knows what they're doing? That's comedy. ​Christopher Durang's wildly funny and wonderfully off-kilter dark comedy follows Daisy from infancy to adulthood though a bizarre childhood filled with clueless parents, eccentric caretakers…

Nov 06, 2026 - Nov 14, 2026 Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

By Bess Wohl, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Liberation. As an exhausted film crew races through magic hour to finish an artsy action blockbuster in the New Mexico desert, artistic ambition, Hollywood pressures and environmental realities collide. A darkly comic “play in…