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SDVC - Cygnet Theatre
January 2022
The San Diego Veterans Coalition Salutes Cygnet Theatre’s Community Contributions!
Cygnet Theatre’s Mission
Believing in the power of theatre to startle the soul, ignite debate and embrace the diversity of the community in which it serves, Cygnet Theatre Company is fearlessly committed to the dissection, examination, and celebration of the human story through the medium of live theatre.
Cygnet Theatre seeks to be one of the premiere cultural organizations in San Diego by providing theatre productions that make essential contributions to the quality of life in San Diego.
Cygnet Theatre’s History
Since taking flight in 2003, Cygnet Theatre has grown into one of San Diego’s leading theatre companies and is known for producing adventurous, entertaining and thought-provoking live professional theatre yearround.
Cygnet began life in 2003 producing high caliber work in a 165-seat house located in San Diego’s Rolando area near SDSU. Nearly half of all productions have been local premieres, as Cygnet believes strongly in bringing new voices to the community. These have been balanced with classics and musicals.
The community response from the beginning was tremendous and Cygnet soon needed a larger venue. In 2008, Cygnet moved to the 246-seat Old Town Theatre in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, where Cygnet reaches over 40,000 people annually and remains committed to bringing multiple unique voices to the stage.
SERVING VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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What’s in a name?
When Cygnet Theatre was more of an idea than a reality, they began contemplating what the name of the theater would be. They were very small but ready to announce thier presence. In Elizabethan England, the Swan Theatre was built in 1595. It was a contemporary theatre to William Shakespeare, known for his Globe Theatre.
The Cygnet team had ambitions to rival San Diego’s Old Globe in quality and heart and decided that a “rival” theatre to theirs would be named after the Shakespearean rival, The Swan. Since they were so small at the time, they named ourselves after the young version of a swan, the cygnet. Thus: Cygnet Theatre. When Old Globe founder Craig Noel was told about the origin of their new name, he laughed fully and gave us his whole-hearted approval. It delighted him, he said, and thus a cygnet was born.
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