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South Coast Repertory company history timeline

1965

It opened on March 12, 1965, with a production of Waiting for Godot.

1967

The building, adapted to hold 217 seats, opened in 1967.

1977

Buy 1977, the company was outgrowing its space again.

1978

In September 1978, the theatre opened with a production of William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life.

1985

The 1985-86 Season saw Colab's first two public programs: the NewSCRipts play reading series and the Hispanic Playwrights Project.

1988

Then, in 1988, SCR earned the highest recognition in regional theatre: a Regional Theatre Tony Award for its achievements.

1998

By the end of 1998 SCR could begin to pursue its long-held expansion goal when the Segerstrom family donated land.

2000

Donald Margulies, whose Sight Unseen and Collected Stories originated at SCR before meeting with New York success, won the 2000 Pulitzer for Dinner With Friends.

2001

At the ground breaking ceremony in July 2001, a US$5 million naming gift for the new stage was announced from George and Julianne Argyros.

2002

In April 2002, Board President and Campaign Chairman Paul Folino announced the campaign's largest gift — and the largest single gift ever to a regional theatre by an individual.

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1964
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David Emmes,Martin Benson
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