Theater can explore the profoundest depths of the human condition, much like a submarine diving into a surging sea of carnival-goers. Take a deep look into modern theater with today's Groupon to South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Choose between the following options:

• For $26, you get one ticket to a performance of How the World Began (up to a $62 value). Click here for show dates on which you may redeem your Groupon.
• For $26, you get one ticket to a performance of The Trip to Bountiful (up to a $62 value). Click here for show dates on which you may redeem your Groupon..
  
  

Groupon customers will be seated in section A of the Segerstrom Stage for The Trip to Bountiful, section A of the Argyros Stage for How the World Began, or the best available seat at the time they confirm their reservation.

For more than 47 years, South Coast Repertory has produced Broadway-caliber entertainment, utilizing the talents of immersive storytellers and passionate performers. How the World Began, a world premiere by Catherine Trieschmann, follows a Manhattan-raised biology teacher after her offhand comments on evolution, expressed in a Kansas town devastated by a tornado, incite more uproar than a lion cub declaring its vegetarianism. Penned by Pulitzer Prize–winner and South Coast standby Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful unspools Carrie Watts’ journey to an idyllic Gulf Coast hamlet in a critically acclaimed yarn teeming with tenderness and humor. Dedicated to cutting-edge art and world premieres, the Julianne Argyros Stage’s intimate 336-seat theater will present How the World Began, and Foote’s soul-warming saga will unfurl across the Segerstrom Stage, a 507-seat space that boasts a lobby bar for short-form cocktail parties during intermission.