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RELEASE DATE
February 10, 2016
WICKED ANNOUNCES LOTTERY FOR $25 SEATS AT
SEGERSTROM CENTER
PERFORMANCES FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 6
SEGERSTROM HALL
COSTA MESA, CA – A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for
WICKED, which is returning to Segerstrom Center for the Arts with performances from February 17 –
March 6. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the
Segerstrom Hall box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will
be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only inperson at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo
ID when submitting their entry form and, if chosen, when purchasing tickets.
The surprising tale of an unlikely friendship between two women in the Land of Oz, WICKED tells the
untold story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, long before Dorothy drops in.
Elphaba, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. Glinda is beautiful, ambitious
and very popular. The remarkable odyssey of how these unexpected friends changed each other’s lives
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for good has made WICKED one of the world’s most popular musicals.
Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED is the winner of over 100
international major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Academy Award®-winner for Pocahontas
and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and
“thirtysomething”), WICKED is directed by two-time Tony® Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out,
Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony® Award
winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed…).
WICKED has been declared “A Cultural Phenomenon” by Variety and “The Best Musical of the Decade”
by Entertainment Weekly. WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 13 countries around the
world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, and Mexico) and has thus far been translated into five
languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Korean.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary
cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages, offering unsurpassed
experiences, and to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of
live performance and a diverse array of inspiring programs.
Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County’s
largest non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also
home to the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School, where students ages 3 – 14 are taught
by acclaimed teachers utilizing the renowned ABT National Training Curriculum in studios utilized by the
world’s greatest dancers and choreographers.
The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, including international
ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret,
contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, familyfriendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on
the plaza and many other special events.
The Center’s education programs are designed to inspire young people through the arts and reach
hundreds of thousands of students each year. In addition to the presenting and producing institution
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the 14-acre campus also embraces the facilities of two independently
acclaimed organizations: Tony Award®-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the
future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region’s major
performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and
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the Pacific Chorale, who contribute greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons at
Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
WICKED
Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Segerstrom Hall
February 17 – March 6, 2016
Tuesday – Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m.
There will be an additional matinee (2 p.m.) performance on Thursday, February 18.
The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, March 5, 2016 will include audio description, open captioning and
sign-language interpretation.
Note to all calendar listing editors: the title of the show is WICKED (not WICKED: A New Musical
or WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz).
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Tickets -
Start at $49
In person -
The Box Office
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily
Online -
SCFTA.org
Phone -
(714) 556-2787
Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily
TTY number - (714) 556-2746
Group Sales - (714) 755-0236
Information provided is accurate at the time of printing, but is subject to change. Segerstrom Center for
the Arts is a private, non-profit organization. “Segerstrom Center for the Arts” is a registered trademark.
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Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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F (714) 556-8984
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