LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Original Producer) has received more than 300 awards for theatre excellence, including the 1993 Tony Award as America’s Outstanding Regional Theatre, and is nationally acclaimed for its innovative productions of classics, new plays and musicals as well as its education and outreach programs. Led by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, artistic director, Terrence Dwyer, managing director, and Shirley Fishman, associate artistic director, the Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer. Among the more than 30 Playhouse productions that moved to theatres from Broadway to Moscow are Big River, The Who’s Tommy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Walk in the Woods, Thoroughly Modern Millie and the Tony Award-winning I Am My Own Wife, which was developed at La Jolla Playhouse as part of its Page to Stage new play development program. For more information: www.LaJollaPlayhouse.com.