Diversionary Theatre gets set to stage the local premiere of Joshua Harmon comedy 'Significant Other'

May 31, 2019 1:46 PM PT

The work of the versatile playwright Joshua Harmon was last seen in town two years ago with the raw and funny “Bad Jews” at Cygnet Theatre.

Now, Diversionary stages Harmon’s first Broadway play, “Significant Other,” the story of a young New Yorker who’s watching his gal pals get married off and wondering if he’ll ever meet Mr. Right.

Anthony Methvin directs the 2017 piece for the LGBT-focused theater; his cast includes Jamie Criss, Andréa Agosto, Tom Zohar, Megan Carmitchel, Bryan Banville, Dagmar Krause Fields and Wil Bethmann.

The show closes Diversionary’s 33rd season; next up is the third annual Spark Festival of new plays, running June 13-15 in the theater’s Black Box space.

“Significant Other”

When: In previews. Opens Saturday. 7 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through June 23.

Where: Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights

Tickets: $15-$50 (discounts available)

Phone: (619) 220-0097

Online: diversionary.org

James Hebert

James Hebert is The San Diego Union-Tribune’s theater critic, and has covered the San Diego arts scene for more than two decades. He earned his master’s degree at Columbia University in New York and worked as a magazine editor in Boston before joining the U-T. Hebert’s awards include a national arts-writing prize from the Society for Features Journalism (for a profile of the choreographer Twyla Tharp), and some two dozen local and regional journalism honors; his work also has been republished in two college writing textbooks. In 2009, Hebert served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.