In the News

Media Coverage Around Building 178
San Diego Union-Tribune: Year in review: The biggest San Diego theater stories of 2025 – December 21, 2025
Ranch and Coast: Cygnet Theatre takes center stage at The Joan, San Diego’s new performing arts landmark – October 23, 2025
Point Loma OB Monthly: Two with Point Loma-OB ties win People in Preservation awards – October 5, 2025
San Diego Business Journal: The Joan Opens Its Doors After 8 Years of Development – September 19, 2025
American Theatre: Cygnet Theatre Unveils New Home at The Joan – September 8, 2025
ABC10: $43.5M performing arts center known as The Joan opens at Liberty Station – September 5, 2025
KPBS: Cygnet Theatre opens ‘The Joan’ at Arts District Liberty Station – September 5, 2025
NBC 7/39: Dilapidated Liberty Station building now a multi-million-dollar performance center – September 5, 2025
San Diego Union-Tribune: Take a peek inside The Joan, the $43.5 million new theater at Liberty Station – September 5, 2025
LA Times: The Joan raises its curtains after massive overhaul of dilapidated Navy facility – September 2, 2025
San Diego Magazine – First Look: The $43.5M Joan & Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center – August 25, 2025
Forbes: San Diego Unveils A New Stage: ‘The Joan’ At Liberty Station – June 30, 2025 
Feel Good Friday: 10 Things About Trulette M. Clayes & Cygnet Theatre – Giving Back Magazine (Email) – May 16, 2025
A Personal Journey: Trulette Clayes and The Future of Cygnet Theatre – Giving Back Magazine – May 2025
Joansing For The Arts In San Diego – Pollstar – April 2025

Media Coverage Around the Launch of the Building 178 Groundbreaking Ceremony and Capital Campaign
Print and Digital
The Joan of Arts – San Diego Business Journal Online – January 2024
The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center Officially Breaks Ground – THERE San Diego – January 2024
Construction begins on new arts center at Liberty Station – KPBS Arts Newsletter – January 25, 2024
Cygnet Theatre and NTC Foundation break ground on ‘The Joan’ arts center – Peninsula Beacon – January 26, 2024
Cygnet Theatre and NTC Foundation break ground on ‘The Joan’ – San Diego Metro Magazine – January 26, 2024
$43.5M PROJECT GETS STARTED – San Diego Union-Tribune (Print Feature) – January 24, 2024
Cygnet Theatre breaks ground on $43.5 million theater project at Liberty Station – SDUT Essential San Diego Newsletter – January 24, 2024
$43.5M Project Gets Started – Point Loma/OB Monthly – January 24, 2024
Cygnet Theatre and NTC Foundation break ground on ‘The Joan’ – SDNews.com – January 24, 2024
Construction begins on new arts center at Liberty Station – KPBS Headlines Newsletter – January 24, 2024
The Lineup: Local news you should know – Axios San Diego Online – January 24, 2024
The Lineup: Local news you should know – Axios San Diego Newsletter – January 24, 2024

Media Coverage Around the Building 178 Naming Announcement
Print and Digital
NTC Foundation and Cygnet Theatre teaming up to open $39 million performing arts center at Liberty Station – San Diego Union-Tribune (Exclusive) – November 16, 2022
Jacobs Performing Arts Center Set to Debut in Liberty Station in 2024 – Times of San Diego – November 16, 2022
Liberty Station to Renovate Building Into State-of-the-Art Performing Arts Center – NBC7-TV Online – November 16, 2022
Jacobs Performing Arts Center Set To Debut In Liberty Station In 2024 – Patch San Diego – November 16, 2022
Art & Culture – San Diego Union-Tribune Email Newsletter – November 17, 2022
Peninsula News – Point Loma Association Newsletter – November 2022