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About Mandell Weiss Forum at Mandell Weiss Center
The Mandell Weiss Forum at Mandell Weiss Center is an intimate, immersive thrust-stage venue housed in UC San Diego’s Jacobs Theatre District in La Jolla. With a seating plan that orients around the stage on three sides, the Forum is designed to bring audiences close to the action, creating a dynamic, engaging experience for world premieres, immersive works, and regionally acclaimed productions like Fandango for Butterflies and Coyotes. The standard configuration seats 380, with up to 20 additional seats available in certain setups, giving the forum a flexible capacity of around 400. This page covers seating, parking, transit, and nearby hotel and dining options to help you plan a smooth, no-fuss visit.
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Seating, Parking & Venue Information
- Capacity: 400 seats (Forum); standard configuration listed as 380 with an additional 20 seats available in certain setups.
- Address: UC San Diego, Jacobs Theatre District, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
- Venue type: Thrust-stage theatre with seating around three sides; designed for intimate, immersive performance.
- Seating chart: Audience surrounds the stage on three sides; some front-row seats may be removable depending on setup.
- Parking: Theatre District Parking Structure, 9135 S Scholars Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093; pay stations or ParkMobile (zone 4752).
- Transit: Triton Transit Inside Loop/Outside Loop from Gilman Transit Center to the Theatre District; nearby Blue Line trolley access and other MTS/NCTD service.
- Nearby hotels: Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego La Jolla (4550 La Jolla Village Dr) and San Diego Marriott La Jolla (4240 La Jolla Village Dr).
- Notable events hosted: World premieres and immersive works; Without Walls (WOW) festival; regional productions such as Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes).