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THE WAYWARD ARTIST

125 N Broadway Ste. E Santa Ana, CA 92701
Santa Ana, CA 92701


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The Wayward Artist Offers Free Live Theater Summer Camps for Kids


by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2024

The Wayward Artist, Santa Ana’s own ensemble theater company, is offering two week long sessions of FREE summer camp for 4th and 5th graders throughout the region at its exclusive theater venue at the Grand Central Arts Center....

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Comes to The Wayward Artist in April


by Stephi Wild - March 13, 2024

The Wayward Artist, Santa Ana’s own ensemble theatre company, will present the acclaimed play The Motherf**ker with the Hat April 12 - 21 at its exclusive theater venue at the Grand Central Arts Center in Downtown Santa Ana, 125 N. Broadway #E....

The Wayward Artist Announces Season Seven Line Up Featuring THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT And More


by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2024

The Wayward Artist has announced its slate of shows for the theater's seventh season.  ...

PIRATES VS LEPRECHAUNS Opens At The Wayward Artist


by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2023

​​​​​​The Wayward Artist presents Pirates vs. Leprechauns, a theatre for young audiences musical comedy by Craig Holland. Performances begin Friday, December 8th and run through Sunday, December 17th at the Grand Central Art Center in downtown Santa Ana. ...

YELLOW FACE Comes to Grand Central Art Center


by Stephi Wild - August 30, 2023

The Wayward Artist presents the Obie Award winning play Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang. Also selected as a “finalist” in the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Yellow Face performances begin Friday, September 15th and run through Sunday, September 24th at the Grand Central Art Center in downtown Santa Ana....

Unpredictable Comedy UNDER THE SKIN By Michael Hollinger Gets West Coast Premiere At International City Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2023

What does it mean to give a part of yourself to someone else? International City Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of Under the Skin, a surprising new comedy by Michael Hollinger (Opus). caryn desai [sic] directs the three-week run, April 28 through May 14, at ICT's home in the Long Beach Con...

The Wayward Artist Announces Season Six; AVENUE Q, YELLOW FACE, and More


by Stephi Wild - January 18, 2023

After its first five years of success in bringing “wayward” theatre to Orange County audiences, The Wayward Artist announces its most ambitious season yet. In Season Six, The Wayward Artist will bring nine different shows to its stage, including six main stage shows and three shows from Wayward Voic...

The Wayward Artist Presents QUEER - A DANCE COLLABORATIVE


by Stephi Wild - September 09, 2022

The Wayward Artist announces “QUEER: A Dance Collaborative” will open for six performances beginning September 23, 2022 at the Grand Central Arts Center in Santa Ana.  ...

The Wayward Artist Announces COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BETTIES


by Stephi Wild - June 20, 2022

The Wayward Artist announces “Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties” by Jen Silverman will open for eight performances beginning July 15, 2022 at the Grand Central Arts Center in Santa Ana.   ...

EMERGENCE: FIRST FLIGHT Comes To Hollywood Fringe


by Stephi Wild - May 31, 2022

Back in the fall of 2018, artist and spiritual therapist Jenna Wadsworth McCarty received what felt like a divine message about spreading art and healing across the nation (using a yurt––two in fact––of all things!)....

Past Shows

The Motherf*cker with the Hat


Drama and deception unravel in a tumultuous clash of trust and betrayal as volatile souls confront past demons in a battle of wits, love, and ...

Identity: A Dance Collaborative


Opening September 18, 2020, The Wayward Artist's Director of Dance Natalie Baldwin McAllen directs the companys third dance concert Identity: A Dance Collaborative. In order ...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


The Wayward Artist's Resident Artist Reed Flores directs The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The musical features music and lyrics by William Finn and ...

Feliz
Feliz
4/17 - 5/1/2020


To launch the season of identity, the Wayward Artists are holding strong to their mission to produce works unknown with the second world premiere in ...

God of Carnage
11/8 - 11/17/2019


A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are ...

NEXT TO NORMAL
4/12 - 4/28/2019


In this over-stimulated and pharmaceutically-obsessed world, one almost average suburban family comes to grips with a long buried secret in this haunting and darkly funny ...

GODSPELL
4/13 - 4/29/2018


Godspell is a unique and joyful musical based on the Gospel of Matthew. Debuting Off-Off-Broadway in 1971, it features a catchy and eclectic score by ...

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