La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls Festival returns to showcase artists throughout the U.S. and abroad. Photo: La Jolla Playhouse

LA JOLLA–La Jolla Playhouse’s fourth biennial Without Walls (WOW) Festival returns to showcase artists from the U.S. and abroad.

The WOW Festival will take place October 17 to 20 at Arts District Liberty Station in partnership with the NTC Foundation.

Like previous WOW Festivals, this year’s event will showcase multiple performances by acclaimed local, national and international artists, as well as a selection of family-friendly offerings, occurring simultaneously throughout the weekend. A complete roster of artists and projects will be announced in the coming weeks.

Since its inception in 2009, the Playhouse’s signature Without Walls series has become one of San Diego’s most popular and acclaimed performance programs. Over the last eight years, the Playhouse has been commissioning and presenting a series of immersive and site-specific productions at locations throughout the San Diego community, including Susurrus (2010), The Car Plays: San Diego (2011), Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir (2012), Accomplice: San Diego (2013), El Henry (2014), The Grift at the Lafayette Hotel (2015), The Bitter Game (2016) and What Happens Next (2018), as well as the biennial WOW Festivals in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

The 2019 Without Walls Festival is supported in part by The James Irvine Foundation and The Wallace Foundation and The Lila Wallace Foundation.

For tickets and information, visit LaJollaPlayhouse.org