7 . San Diego Repertory Theatre

San Diego Repertory Theatre is located at the Lyceum Theatre Horton Plaza in the Historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego. San Diego Repertory Theatre is the largest professional San Diego theater company producing and hosting over 350 San Diego art events and live San Diego theater productions each year. San Diego Repertory Theatre produces intimate and provocative San Diego theatre celebrating the creativity of San Diego and giving voice to live art productions in San Diego. Between San Diego Repertory live theater productions and its duties as manager of the Lyceum Gallery art exhibitions, San Diego Repertory Theatre is responsible for presenting art in San Diego in one form or another to more than 150,000 people. San Diego Repertory Theatre also holds the distinction of producing the longest running show in San Diego theater history, "Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know." Since its 1976 founding, San Diego Repertory Theatre has received over 200 awards for artistic excellence.