Culture OC Ovations

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 - 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…

Nov 06, 2026 - Nov 07, 2026 Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Join powerhouse multi-hyphenate Idina Menzel in a night of hits spanning her Tony Award-winning career. Best known for her iconic performances as the original Elphaba in the smash musical Wicked and Elsa in Disney’s Oscar-winning Frozen, Menzel brings her signature strength and emotional depth to…

Nov 06, 2026 - Nov 14, 2026 Canvas

Six world premiere plays: How May I Help You? Between Colleagues and Confessions Bite the Hand Parental Guidance Suggested It’s Not You, It’s Me Metathesiophobia In How May I Help You?, today’s leading artificial-intelligence assistants become human employees of an advice hotline, each certain that…

Nov 06, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026 Arts & Learning Conservatory

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda Jr., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the "revolting children" who are out to teach the grown-ups a…

Nov 06, 2026 Campus JAX

Bob Seger's name evokes a flood of memories: of growing up, first love, and unforgettable moments when music defined who you were. Turn the Page—A Tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band faithfully recreates classics like "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "Night Moves". Based in Southern…