The J*Company Youth Theatre

About J*Company

J*Company was founded in 1993 as a Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center program by Founding Artistic Director Becky Cherlin Baird and Founding Executive Producer, Melissa Garfield Bartell of which the early participants were predominately members. J*Company has since developed into one of San Diego's leading diverse youth theatre companies.


Designed to engage and motivate youth to express themselves and connect with each other and their community through theatre development and performance, J*Company offers classes in theatre performance and production and has built a solid base of programming that focuses heavily on instruction. With the development of the JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS and the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, J*Company has developed professionally mounted performances, and is now considered one of Southern California's leading family-based youth theatre companies.


Garnering national as well as regional attention, J*Company has become home to many of the region's top youth theatre performers. This professional attraction to J*Company has resulted in a higher level of production than ever before, allowing J*Company to be viewed not only as one of the major components both visually and professionally of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, but also as a professional theatre for youth.

Mission Statement

With respect to the vision of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, the mission of J*Company is to maintain its emphasis as the region's leading culturally diverse youth theatre, fostering respect, and featuring young performers of exceptional potential and talent in the Broadway tradition!

Past Productions

1st Season: 1993–1994
Bye Bye Birdie
Lil' Abner


2nd Season: 1994–1995
Damn Yankees
Fiddler on the Roof


3rd Season: 1995–1996
Oklahoma
The Wizard of Oz


4th Season: 1996–1997
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
The Music Man
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Wiz


5th Season: 1997–1998
Cabaret Dessert Theatre
Aesop's Falables
How to Succeed in Business...


6th Season: 1998–1999
Benjamin and Judah
Annie Get Your Gun


7th Season: 1999–2000
Grand Night of Singing
Joseph and the Amazing...
Number the Stars


8th Season: 2000–2001
Peter Pan
Bagels, Lox, & Broadway...
Singing in the Rain
Pinocchio


9th Season: 2001–2002
Into the Woods
Alexander and the Terrible...
Annie
Hello, Tomorrow


10th Season: 2002–2003
Fiddler on the Roof
Charlotte's Web
The Wizard of Oz
Little Shop of Horrors


11th Season: 2003–2004
Once Upon A Mattress
Benjamin and Judah
Grease
Alice in Wonderland


12th Season: 2004–2005
Seussical
SUDS
Joseph and the Amazing...
Pippi Longstocking

13th Season: 2005–2006
Henry and Ramona
Guys and Dolls
Rumpelstiltskin is My Name


14th Season: 2006–2007
Oliver!
Yours, Anne
Beauty and the Beast
Hansel and Gretel

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Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS

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