Along with our commitment to the campus and greater San Diego communities, we care deeply about fostering community within the organization. Muir Musical is proud to be the largest student-directed and produced musical theatre event on campus, comprised of over 100 students per year between all areas of the musical: cast, crew, production team, and orchestra. It is through the work of so many tale
nted, passionate students that the "Muir Musical Experience" can continue to be a staple of so many students' college experiences at UC San Diego. Despite its origins in John Muir College, Muir Musical is recognized as a campus-wide student organization through the Center for Student Involvement and students from all 6 colleges are encouraged to audition/apply to be involved in a hallmark of arts tradition at UC San Diego. The Muir Musical was launched in 1991 by a Muir sophomore, Orren Webber, with a vision for this production to provide an outlet for students interested in musical theatre who were NOT necessarily theatre majors. Before graduating, Orren directed the Muir Musical’s first three productions: Pippin, Into the Woods, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. Except for one single-year hiatus, the Muir Musical has put on a full-scale Broadway musical production every year since its inception. Past musicals have included:
1991 Pippin
1992 Into the Woods
1993 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
1996 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1997 Sunday in the Park with George
1998 Into the Woods
1999 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2000 Little Shop of Horrors
2001 Cabaret
2002 Once on This Island
2003 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
2004 Company
2005 Hair
2006 Once Upon A Mattress
2007 Cabaret
2008 Urinetown
2009 Kiss Me, Kate
2010 Seussical: The Musical
2011 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
2012 Rent
2013 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2014 Gypsy: A Musical Fable
2015 Legally Blonde: The Musical
2016 In the Heights
2017 Spring Awakening
2018 Jesus Christ Superstar
2019 tick, tick... BOOM! / Hairspray
2020 Songs for a New World / Pippin
2021 Project Symphony / Big Fish
2022 A Chorus Line / American Idiot
2023 The Rocky Horror Show / Into the Woods
