Season of Touring Shows Planned for Spreckels

The long under-used Spreckels Theatre will be host to a season of touring shows from Broadway and several American regional theaters beginning next year, owner Jacqueline Littlefield said this week. She has hired a manager and booking agent to set the gears in motion.

“We want to use our stage more,” Littlefield said Tuesday. “It’s been a long time coming, but I think the audiences are here now.”

The theater will house five of the seven attractions for the San Diego Foundation for the Performing Arts this year. By 1992, Littlefield said, the newly renovated downtown facility should be an even more active participant in San Diego’s burgeoning theater scene.