Program News

The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program is excited to announce the appointment of Nathan Crocker as the new Head of Voice and Speech. Nathan Crocker will be joining our Faculty Fall 2024. Nathan is a voice and dialect coach, teacher and actor based out of Los Angeles. A sampling of his coaching credits include (pre-Broadway) A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical; Ain’t Too Proud; Regional - The Old Globe (Familiar), McCarter Theatre (Bulrusher, A Christmas Carol, The Gods Of Comedy), Utah Shakespeare Festival (Othello, Henry VI Part 1, Twelfth Night, The Price), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers, Confederates, Once On This Island), Huntington Theatre Company (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), American Players Theatre (The Brothers Size), Chautauqua Theatre Company (Detroit ’67), Roundabout Theatre Company (Too Heavy For Your Pocket); Film/TV: An Intent To The Spirit (written/directed by Saheem Ali – The Public Theatre). Previously, Nathan taught voice, speech and dialects for Mason Gross School for the Arts/Rutgers University and NYU’s Meisner Studio, Atlantic Theatre Studio and Graduate Acting Programs. Nathan serves on the Executive Council of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and teaches several core workshops for them. He also is an Executive Presentation coach for the coaching company Ignite CSP. A native of Winston-Salem, NC, he received his MFA in Acting from the University of California, Irvine and a BFA in Theatre from UNC-Greensboro. Nathan is a Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice® Voicework, and a Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. AEA.

The Old Globe Shiley Graduate Theatre ProgramPresents Director Lamar Perry's production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Friday February 16th, 7:30PM Saturday February 17th , 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM Sunday February 18th , 2:00PM Judas is on trial for his betrayal of Jesus, his soul is left in the balance. What will the verdict be?Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis’ provocative and irreverently funny play forces us to examine our ideas of love, divine mercy, free will and forgiveness, searching for the line between good and evil. What does reconciliation look like after betrayal?

The Old Globe is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for The Merry Wives of Windsor. Under the direction of Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez, mistaken identities, romance, and an unforgettable gallery of Shakespeare’s most vivid characters fill the stage for a theatrical rollercoaster ride that’s raucous, kooky, and entirely bewitching. The Merry Wives of Windsor completes The Old Globe’s 2023 Summer Shakespeare Festival under the stars in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Performances begin July 30 and play through September 3, 2023, with the opening on Saturday, August 5. Tickets are available at www.TheOldGlobe.org. Shakespeare meets “I Love Lucy” in this 1950s spin on one of the Bard’s wildest and most appealing comedies. The notorious John Falstaff, larger-than-life in every way, leaves the big city to work his charms on the suburban inhabitants of Windsor. Always hustling for his next buck, he sets his sights on two of Windsor’s ladies-who-lunch, but when they figure out Falstaff’s game, they decide to teach him a lesson he won’t forget. “The Old Globe last produced The Merry Wives of Windsor in 2008, and it’s way, way overdue for another look,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez brings a wild, even bonkers imaginative twist to it, moving the farcical action of Shakespeare’s silliest play to the sitcom world of California in the 1950s. Roller skates, poodle skirts, and perms lift the antics of Falstaff and his friends into an ‘I Love Lucy’–ish romp that’s just perfect entertainment on a summer San Diego evening under the stars.” The cast for The Merry Wives of Windsor includes, in alphabetical order, Jenn Harris as Mrs. Quickly, Tom McGowan as Falstaff, Matt McGrath as Sir Hugh Evans, Dion Mucciacito as Ford, Jesse J. Perez as Doctor Caius, Angela Pierce as Mrs. Ford, Ruibo Qian as Mrs. Page, and Cornell Womack as Page. The cast also includes students in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Jose Balistrieri as Fenton, Luana Fontes as Bobbie, Camilla Hsieh as Anne Page, Madeline Grace Jones as Pistol, Sarah Joyce as Ensemble, Becca Lustgarten as Shallow, Carter Piggee as Robin, Jeffrey Rashad as Slender, Bernadette Sefic as Nym, Vandous Stripling II as John, Emma Svitil as Simple, Jude Tibeau as Bardolph, Michael Underhill as Rugby, and Maggie Walters as Hostess. In addition to James Vásquez, the creative team includes Diggle (Scenic Design), Lex Liang (Costume Design), Mextly Couzin (Lighting Design), Melanie Chen Cole (Sound Design), Ursula Meyer (Voice and Text Coach), Tara Rubin Casting/Claire Burke, CSA (Casting), and Chandra R.M. Anthenill (Production Stage Manager). Bios and photos of all participants can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room. The Old Globe’s 2023 Summer Shakespeare Festival kicked off earlier this month with Twelfth Night, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. The festival also features the Globe’s popular annual event Thinking Shakespeare Live! directed by Barry Edelstein. The event will be held on Saturday August 5, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Drawn from Edelstein’s approachable and inviting book Thinking Shakespeare: A How-To Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable with the Bard, Thinking Shakespeare Live! will feature Edelstein, who will be joined by three professional classical actors. Immediately after the event, Edelstein will sign copies of Thinking Shakespeare, which will be available for purchase at the theatre. Tickets are now on sale at TheOldGlobe.org. The Merry Wives of Windsor will play in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at The Old Globe in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances play from July 30 through September 3, 2023, with the official opening on Saturday, August 5 at 8:00 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or at our Box Office in Balboa Park. Ticket prices vary. The Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar, scheduled for Tuesday, August 1 at 7:00 p.m., will provide patrons an exploration of the themes and background of the The Merry Wives of Windor from selected artistic company members. Post-Show Forum events will be held on Tuesday, August 8; Tuesday, August 15; and Wednesday, August 23. Community Nights at The Old Globe will provide festive opportunities to connect over refreshments and conversation for BIPOC community on Friday, August 4 and LGBTQIA+ community on Friday, August 11. For additional information about The Merry Wives of Windsor, visit TheOldGlobe.org.

For one night only - the Class of 2023 presents "THESIS NIGHT." An evening of solo plays written, directed, and performed by the Class of 2023. With guidance from Daniella Mages Amato - Old Globe New Play Development and Dramaturgy Director, each MFA Actor writes and converses in Thesis Class to create their solo play for performance. Truly an exciting night! Jeffrey Rashad: "The District" Becca Lustgarten: "Dear Auntie Bee Jude Tibeau: " L.I.T. liberation in Tibeau Bernadette Sefic: "The Sun Also Sets" Maggie Walters: " The Great Green Room" Camilla Leonard: " To Catch A Cricket" Sarah Joyce: Wayfarer

Spring 2023, The MFA program performed this Classic Brecht masterpiece with one of the American Theatre's most innovative Classical Director in the country, Rosa Joshi. Rosa’s directing work spans from Shakespeare to modern classics and contemporary plays. Throughout her career she has created work independently through self-producing, and in 2006 she co-founded upstart crow collective a company that produces classical plays with diverse casts of women and non-binary people. With upstart crow she has directed King John, Bring Down the House, Richard III, Titus Andronicus. She is committed to creating ambitious productions of classical work featuring women, non-binary and BIPOC artists. Perfomances run for one weekend only at USD. March 3-5th 2023.

San Diego, November 19th and 20th 2022 Sarah Joyce, Class of 2023 takes over the MFA Instagram Stories on November 19th and 20th 2022 for the Old Globe Theatre Production "Measure for Measure." Sarah gives a riveting performance as Isabella, a woman destined to change the course of Power and Identity. To experience her Instagram Story Takeover, head over to our Instagram Highlights "FALL 2022" and catch up on all the fall action!

The Old Globe University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program proudly presents the Class of 2022 Showcase! Catch this amazing class IN PERSON in NYC on September 19th! There will be two free showings at The Mainstage Theater, 416 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036. Tickets are available at our Eventbrite Profile! The showcase has a running time of 35 minutes. If you can't make our NYC showcase, please watch our VIRTUAL SHOWCASE anytime available via Breakdown services! Congratulations to this wonderful class of artists!

SAN DIEGO (May 19, 2022) — The Old Globe announced a fall full of Shakespeare with the return of the Globe for All Tour, our free Shakespeare tour that reaches locations throughout San Diego County, now in its eighth year of making theatre matter to more people! The tour will run from Tuesday, November 1 through Sunday, November 20, with opening night on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The Globe will present Henry 5 in the run-up to the previously announced production of Henry 6 next year, which will mark the Globe’s completion of the entire Shakespeare canon during its 2023 Summer Shakespeare Festival. In addition, the talented students from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program will present their M.F.A. fall showcase of Measure for Measure, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg. This limited engagement will run from Saturday, November 12 through Sunday, November 20 2022. “It’s always exciting to announce The Old Globe’s next productions of Shakespeare, and these two shows are no exceptions,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Measure for Measure, with its complex views of how gender and power intersect, feels more contemporary than ever at a moment when our society is reckoning with precisely these questions. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg’s production will be bracing, fresh, and alive, and the students in training at The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program will bring urgency and skill to this rich text. Henry 5 is particularly exciting this year, as the Globe prepares to produce its sequel, Henry 6, in the summer of 2023. Shakespeare’s most exacting look at war and its consequences is deeply interested in heroism, leadership, and the impact of war on the citizens of the countries that wage it, and touring this play to venues throughout our community will spark urgent and extraordinary conversations. This is what theatre is meant to do. All of us at the Globe are looking forward to sharing both of these wonderful productions with San Diego.” The Globe for All Tour company will bring this production to various economically, geographically, and culturally diverse communities throughout San Diego County, including Old Globe Community Partner venues from San Ysidro to Oceanside. The free-admission Globe for All Tour will run for three weeks. Venue dates, times, and locations will be announced at a later date. No tickets or registrations are required to attend the free, open performances in the community. Seating will be first-come, first-served and will depend on the venue’s capacity. More information will be available at www.TheOldGlobe.org at a later date. A joint venture of The Old Globe and the University of San Diego, the Shiley Graduate Theatre Program nationally recruits seven students each year to participate in an intensive two-year, year-round course of graduate study in classical theatre. In 1987, The Old Globe and the University of San Diego established a graduate acting program. The result has been one of the most acclaimed classical training programs in the United States, receiving hundreds of applications each year. It has become one of the most competitive graduate acting programs in the country. The program’s graduates have made their mark in the profession. They have performed extensively on and Off Broadway, in regional theatres, in feature films, and on television. They have also founded successful theatre companies, written award-winning plays and screenplays, and performed throughout Europe and Canada. One notable graduate is Jim Parsons, the Golden Globe and Emmy Award–winning star of “The Big Bang Theory.” Tickets for Measure for Measure will become available at www.TheOldGlobe.org or (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623) in the fall. Casting will be announced at a later date. Arts Engagement programs are supported in part by Price Philanthropies, Qualcomm, U.S. Bank, and Viasat. Major underwriting of The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program at The Old Globe is provided by Darlene Marcos Shiley. Additional support for the program is provided by the Globe Guilders, the Dorothy Brown Endowment Fund, and the Louis Yager Cantwell Foundation. Financial support is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional not-for-profit regional theatres. Now in its 87th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

SAN DIEGO (April 22, 2022) — The Old Globe announced today the cast and creative team for Mala by Melinda Lopez (adaptation of Yerma, Becoming Cuba) and directed by David Dower (original production of Mala and Founding Artistic Director of ArtsEmerson). The Globe will present both English- and Spanish-language performances during the five-week limited engagement. Performances begin May 7 and run to June 12, 2022. The opening dates for Mala are Thursday, May 12 for the English performances featuring Lopez (Many Colors Make the Thunder King at Guthrie Theater) and Thursday, May 19 for the Spanish performances featuring Yadira Correa (Romeo and Juliet at The Old Globe). Correa will also serve as the understudy for the English performances. The production will play in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. For Mala tickets and a schedule of the Spanish and English performances, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org. She was always the good daughter. But now her mother, in the twilight of her life, calls her “mala”—bad to the core. Melinda Lopez’s funny, brutally honest, and ultimately cathartic solo play Mala is an irreverent exploration of how we live, cope, and survive in a challenging moment, and what happens when we strive to be good but don’t always succeed. TheaterMania calls it “deeply affecting,” while The Boston Globe named it “one of the best plays of the year. Piercingly honest and exquisitely moving.” “Mala is a gorgeous and touching play about caregiving, parenthood, and the cycle of life,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Melinda Lopez has drawn on her own experiences to fashion a powerful solo show that’s life-affirming and deep. That she will be in San Diego to perform her own work is a gift to our audiences. But we’re also grateful for her translation of her play into Spanish, which will have a number of performances during Mala’s run, performed by a Globe family member, Yadira Correa. This will allow the Globe to deepen its commitment to serving the Spanish-speaking audiences of San Diego, an important part of our city and our constituency. We are happy to make this lovely piece of theatre, and excited to share it with the widest part of our community.” In addition to director David Dower, the creative team for the Globe’s production of Mala includes scenic design by Alexander V. Nichols, costume design by Faith A. James, lighting design by Jason Lynch, original music and sound design by Arshan Gailus, casting by Caparelliotis Casting, and production stage management by Jynelly Rosario. Mala, written by Melinda Lopez, originally opened in 2016 at ArtsEmerson in Boston. The world premiere was directed by David Dower and performed by Lopez. Mala will play in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances run May 7 – June 12, 2022, with the official English-performance press opening featuring Melinda Lopez on Thursday, May 12 at 8:00 p.m. and the Spanish-language performance press opening featuring Yadira Correa on Thursday, May 19 at 8:00 p.m. The English performance schedule is Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Old Globe will present Mala in Spanish on the following dates: Thursday, May 19 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 21 at 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 28 at 2:00 p.m.; Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 5 at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, June 10 at 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or in person at The Old Globe Box Office in Balboa Park. Regular ticket prices start at $30. The Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar, scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., will provide patrons an exploration of the themes and background of Mala from selected artistic company members. For additional information, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org. After its run on The Old Globe’s stage, Mala will embark on a invitation-only spring Globe for All Tour, which will visit multiple venues across the binational region. The tour will run from June 15 to June 19 and will perform in English at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility and at the San Diego Rescue Mission; and in Spanish at the following venues: San Diego Rescue Mission, Lauderbach Park, Otay Mesa-Nestor Branch Library, and Centro Cultural de Tijuana (CECUT) in Tijuana, Mexico. Additional information on the binational partnership with CECUT will be announced at a later date. In alignment with the State of California, which has removed mask and vaccine requirements for indoor events, effective March 21, 2022, The Old Globe will not require patrons to provide proof of vaccination or to wear masks while attending shows or events in either our indoor or outdoor venues. However, the theatre still strongly recommends mask-wearing while at the Globe, and patrons should feel comfortable wearing a mask anywhere on our campus if they choose. Mala is supported by production sponsor Globe Guilders. Mala is a recipient of a 2022 Social Impact Theatre Grant from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation. Financial support for The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. Spanish translation licensed by Audible. Bios and photos of all participants can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room. The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional not-for-profit regional theatres. Now in its 87th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

Erin E. Adams is a first-generation Haitian American writer and theatre artist. She received her BA with honors in literary arts from Brown University, her MFA in acting from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, and her MFA in dramatic writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. An award-winning playwright and actor, Adams has called New York City home for the last decade. Jackal is her first novel. From Erin E. Adams newsletter: "JACKAL, my debut novel comes out on 10.4.22. That’s a little under four months away! So, think of this as my countdown to release day. First order of business, please allow me to introduce myself: My name is Erin E. Adams and I’m a novelist. Reader, those are words I couldn’t type this time two years ago. In the summer of 2020, like most of us, my life was in flux (to say the least). After a decade of being a professional actor, the industry had come to a standstill. My day job had furloughed me. My anxiety was in overdrive. I didn’t know what the next day would bring. But I knew I had time. Lots of it. And I finally had an idea of what to do with it. I started writing because I loved storytelling. I stopped writing because I was afraid. In my early twenties, writing was way too much responsibility. I’d survived my playwriting thesis and, post-graduation, I was supposed to be embarking on my next big project. Despite many valiant attempts, I stalled. I did this because deep down I knew that it was entirely up to me if something got written and finished. That was terrifying. I chose to pursue acting instead. Also risky, I know, but there is something about the collaborative nature of theatre that makes even lofty dreams seem achievable. So, I acted. For years. I got really good at it. I started writing again because I got sick of hearing “no”. As an actor, I ate rejection for breakfast. “You need more credits. You have too many credits. We’re going in a different direction. Not this time.” No matter the amount of daily intake, it doesn’t make rejection any less bitter. To relieve the sting, I said “yes” to myself. The act of making a story exist in the world was what I needed. I was providing the affirmation and that was enough. JACKAL showed up nightmare-first. I knew I had a story to tell about something in the woods. It was up to me to figure out what it was. There was something in the trees, sitting just out of sight, waiting for me to finally turn and look at it. Lucky for me, this was an idea that wasn’t easily ignored. Pieces of the book kept showing up, demanding to be written in notebooks, on napkins, in voice memos, and in fragmented word documents. I’d go for walks and snatches of prose would keep pace with me. All the while, two competing narrators vied for my attention. Both told me the same story from dramatically different perspectives. The book forming in my head was ambitious. It would demand every skill I had and more. I had no idea where to start, but one thing was clear. This story wasn’t going away until I finished it... Best, E"

"CYMBELINE" Modern verse translation by Andrea Thome -commissioned by Play On Shakespeare. Studio Workshop directed by Madison Mae Williams with the Class of 2025 March 22-24, 2024 Studio Theatre- USD

The Old Globe presents Shakespeare’s "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" featuring students from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Directed by Jimonn Cole, the limited engagement will play 11 performances only from October 28 to November 5, 2023 in The Old Globe’s Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Center in beautiful Balboa Park. Tickets go on sale to subscribers and donors on Friday, August 25 at 12:00 noon, and to the general public on Friday, September 1 at 12:00 noon. “The play gives a great opportunity to test old world values, commitment, and friendship for the young people growing up in today’s fast-paced society, and who better to tackle this material but the 14 actors in our professional M.F.A. training program,” said Program Director and Craig Noel Distinguished Professor Jesse Perez. “The Two Gentlemen of Verona marks the start of Shakespeare’s exploration with tangled love, exile, strong heroines, and an irreverent sense of humor. I am extremely excited for director Jimonn Cole, an incredible professional actor and educator from New York, to work with our talented students and perform this romantic comedy in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre this fall.” The Two Gentlemen of Verona will be performed live by the M.F.A. students from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. The cast of 14 features Danny Adams, Jose Balistrieri, Luana Fontes, Chris Hathaway, Madeline Grace Jones, Erick Lindsey, Kevin Minor, Angelynne Pawaan, Carter Piggee, Akoni Steinmann, Vandous Stripling II, Emma Svitil, Michael Underhill, and Lisa VillaMil. Set in a modern-day Italy, we meet two young men in search of identity—and Julia, the first Shakespearean female character to disguise herself as a young man. This company of 14 M.F.A. actors, now in training at The Old Globe and University of San Diego, brings a wild cast of characters to life in a bold staging of this timely, classy comedy that highlights themes of betrayal, loyalty, and friendship. In addition to Jimonn Cole, the creative team includes scenic design by Robin Sanford Roberts, costume design by Elisa Benzoni, lighting design by Jason Bieber, sound design by Evan Eason, vocal and speech coaching by Emmelyn Thayer, text coaching and dramaturgy by Ray Chambers, fight direction by Ka’imi Kuoha, and choreography by Lesa Green. The Two Gentlemen of Verona will play in The Old Globe’s Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre in San Diego’s Balboa Park from October 28 to November 5 for 11 performances only. The schedule isSaturday, October 28 at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, October 31 at 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, November 3 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to subscribers and donors on Friday, August 25 at 12:00 noon, and to the general public on Friday, September 1 at 12:00 noon. They will be available at www.TheOldGlobe.org or (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623). Regular tickets are $15.00; students, Globe subscribers, and donors are $10.00; and groups of 15 or more are $10.00.

May 12, 2023– The Old Globe is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for Twelfth Night. Three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall (Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labor’s Lost) returns to the Globe to direct one of the Bard’s true comic masterpieces. Twelfth Night kicks off The Old Globe’s 2023 Summer Shakespeare Festival under the stars in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Performances begin June 4 and play through July 9, 2023, with the opening on Saturday, June 10. Tickets are available at www.TheOldGlobe.org. One of Shakespeare’s most beguiling plays—romance, music, poetry, comedy, swordplay, and more! Shipwrecked and alone in foreign Illyria, young Viola masquerades as her lost twin brother and becomes the go-between for the lovesick Duke Orsino and the beautiful Countess Olivia. Soon Viola finds herself in the middle of a topsy-turvy love triangle with lunacy and laughs on every side. “In the Shakespeare world we have an old saying: ‘Somewhere in heaven there’s a perfect production of Twelfth Night waiting for us,’” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Well, I’ve got some good news. We don’t need to wait ’til we’re in heaven to see it, because Kathleen Marshall and her amazing collaborators are making that production at the Globe this summer. Shakespeare’s absolutely breathtaking play, full of romance and poetry, love and yearning, and some of the funniest scenes ever written, is, in Kathleen’s hands, just thrilling. And seeing it outdoors, under the stars, on a balmy San Diego summer night, is about as close to perfection as one would dream. I can’t wait to share it with our audiences.” The cast for Twelfth Night includes, in alphabetical order, Biko Eisen-Martin (The Old Globe’s The XIXth) as Orsino, Greg Germann (Fox’s “Ally McBeal”) as Malvolio, Naian González Norvind (NBC’s “Amsterdam”) as Viola, Esco Jouléy (Sundance TV’s “State of the Union”) as Feste, Jason O’Connell (Primary Stages’s Pride and Prejudice) as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Medina Senghore (SYFY’s “Happy”) as Olivia, and Cornell Womack (Broadway’s On Golden Pond) as Sir Toby Belch. The cast also includes students in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Jose Balistrieri as Sebastian, Luana Fontes as Ensemble, Madeline Grace Jones as Curio, Sarah Joyce as Maria, Camilla Leonard as Ensemble, Becca Lustgarten as Priest, Ensemble, Carter Piggee as Officer 2, Ensemble, Jeffrey Rashad as Valentine, Bernadette Sefic as Fabian, Vandous Stripling II as Officer 1, Ensemble, Emma Svitil as Ensemble, Jude Tibeau as Antonio, Michael Underhill as understudy for Sebastian, Orsino, Ensemble, and Maggie Walters as Sea Captain, Ensemble. In addition to Kathleen Marshall, the creative team includes Lawrence E. Moten III (Scenic Design), Michael Krass (Costume Design), Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Design), Melanie Chen Cole (Sound Design), Miriam Sturm and Michael Bodeen (Original Music), Morgan Carberry (Music Director), Ursula Meyer (Voice and Text Coach), Tara Rubin Casting/Claire Burke, CSA (Casting), Jess Slocum (Production Stage Manager), and Chloe Rose Schweizer (Assistant Stage Manager). Bios and photos of all participants can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room. The Old Globe’s 2023 Summer Shakespeare Festival will conclude with The Merry Wives of Windsor, among the Bard’s wildest and most appealing comedies, which will be directed by Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez. Performances run July 30 through September 3, with the Opening on Saturday, August 5. Twelfth Night will play in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at The Old Globe in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances play from June 4 through July 9, 2023, with the official opening on Saturday, June 10 at 8:00 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Schedule notes: There will be no performances on Saturday, June 17 or Tuesday, July 4, and there will be a performance on Monday, July 3 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or at our Box Office in Balboa Park. Regular tickets prices start at $29.00. The Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar, scheduled for Tuesday, June 6 at 7:00 p.m., will provide patrons an exploration of the themes and background of the Twelfth Night from selected artistic company members. Post-Show Forum events will be held on Tuesday, June 13; Tuesday, June 20; and Wednesday, June 28. Community Nights at The Old Globe will provide festive opportunities to connect over refreshments and conversation for LGBTQIA+ community on Friday, June 9 and BIPOC community on Friday, June 16. For additional information about Twelfth Night and The Merry Wives of Windsor, visit TheOldGlobe.org.

The First Year Reading Workshop Spring Project 2023. Twelve Ophelias by Obie Winner, Caridad Svich.Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises up out of the water dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy, and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself. First year MFA Actors take the stage with script in hand to explore this fabulous play with MFA Program Director, Jesse Perez. This staged reading is the culmination of a three week discovery process. Cast as listed: Ophelia - Emma Svitil Rude Boy Hamlet- Vandous Stripling II Gertrude - Madeline Grace Jones Mina - Luana Fontes Horatio - Carter Piggee G/Ophelia's Double- Jose Balistrieri R - Michael Underhill

Power, sex, consent, double standards in leadership -all the themes are as current now as ever in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley's Graduate Theatre Program's production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the cast talks about their experience working on the play, which is playing through November 20th. Madeline Grace Jones, Sarah Joyce, Jeffrey Rashad, and Michael Underhill all play key characters in the show but took the time from their performance schedule to chat a bit about this play and working with their Director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg.

SAN DIEGO (October 10, 2022) — The Old Globe presents Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure featuring students from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Globe Resident Artist Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (The Old Globe’s Trouble in Mind) directs a cast of 14. The limited engagement will play nine performances only from November 12 to 20, 2022 at The Old Globe’s House of Charm Rehearsal Hall. Situated across from the Globe’s main campus and located three stories below Balboa Park, this space is rarely opened to the public, yet it is where world premieres have been developed for decades. Tickets go on sale on Friday, October 14 at 12:00 noon. “Shakespeare is central to The Old Globe, and so is the professional actor training we do at The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “A highlight of each year here is our chance to watch the great classical actors of tomorrow engage with a major Shakespeare play as part of their development. Measure for Measure, with its unusual comic tone and its charged insights into the intersections of sexuality and power, is one of Shakespeare’s most provocative plays, and it’s sure to be a memorable evening in the theatre, especially in the capable hands of director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, a Globe Resident Artist. I look forward to sharing it with our audiences” Measure for Measure will be performed live by the M.F.A. students from The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. The cast of 14 features Jose Balistrieri, Luana Fontes, Madeline Jones, Sarah Joyce, Camilla Leonard, Becca Lustgarten, Carter Piggee, Jeffrey Rashad, Bernadette Sefic, Vandous Stripling II, Emma Svitil, Jude Tibeau, Michael Underhill, and Maggie Walters.

SAN DIEGO (July 12, 2022) – The Old Globe is thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor (The Old Globe’s Krapp’s Last Tape, Measure for Measure, Broadway’s 24 Hour Plays), who was recently named Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop, directs a cast of 20. The Bard’s beloved comedy is the concluding production of the Globe’s 2022 Summer Shakespeare Festival under the stars in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will begin performances on July 31 and run through September 4, 2022, with the opening on Saturday, August 6. Tickets are available at www.TheOldGlobe.org. Fall under the spell of Shakespeare’s most joyful and popular comedy. Filled with magic, humor, music, and spectacle, the merriment unfolds in an enchanted forest where fairies play tricks on unsuspecting lovers and bumbling actors are transformed beyond their wildest dreams. With a magic potion that grants love at first sight, anything can, and does, happen! “Patricia McGregor has graced San Diego and the Globe with her abundant talent for years now, and as she departs our city to become Artistic Director of the great and important New York Theatre Workshop, we can’t imagine a better curtain call than her amazing new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Shakespeare is one of Patricia’s loves, and this magical, funny, and totally marvelous play will allow her abundant talents to flourish. From the romantic lovers to the winsome fairies to the slapstick ‘mechanicals,’ Midsummer is chock full of delights. It really is the perfect play for this director, and the perfect Shakespeare to experience under the starts on a balmy San Diego summer night. This is a show that’s certain to be unforgettable.” McGregor directs a cast of 20, which includes Karen Aldridge as Titania (Broadway’s Matilda The Musical, FX’s “Fargo”), Celeste Arias as Helena (The Old Globe’s Uncle Vanya, Off Broadway’s Anatomy of a Suicide), Paul James as Oberon (Showtime’s “I Love That for You,” Netflix’s “Soundtrack”), Jake Millgard as Bottom (The Old Globe’s Trouble in Mind, Macbeth), Victor Morris as Egeus (The Old Globe’s Trouble in Mind, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Twelfth Night), Carter Piggee as Fairy (The Old Globe’s The Taming of the Shrew, MOXIE’s Ironbound), Christopher Michael Rivera as Puck (Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’s Henry IV, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Jamie Ann Romero as Hermia (Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare in Love, Off Broadway’s Dracula), and Miki Vale as DJ (The Old Globe’s Globe for All Tour’s Measure for Measure, Shakespeare: Call and Response). The cast also includes students in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Brett Cassidy (Theseus, Mustardseed), Jacqui Dupré (Peaseblossom), Savannah Faye (Starveling), Komi M. Gbeblewou (Snout),Camilla Leonard (Hippolyta, Cobweb), Becca Lustgarten (Quince), Jeffrey Rashad (Demetrius), Bernadette Sefic (Lysander), Jude Tibeau (Snug, Fairy), Nathan VanAtta (Flute), and Maggie Walters (Moth, First Fairy). In addition to McGregor, the creative team includes scenic and costume design by David Israel Reynoso, lighting design by Stephen Strawbridge, sound design and additional music by Melanie Chen Cole, original music by Mike Vale, choreography by Paloma McGregor, vocal coach Emmelyn Thayer, fight consultation by Ka’imi Kuoha, fight consultation by Jake Millgard, casting by Alaine Alldaffer, CSA and Lisa Donadio, production stage manager Chandra R.M. Anthenill, and assistant stage manager Avery James Evans. The Old Globe’s 2022 Summer Shakespeare Festival kicked off last month with The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Shana Cooper. The Festival also features the Globe’s popular annual event Thinking Shakespeare Live!, hosted and directed by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. This 90-minute exploration of the language of Shakespeare will be held on Sunday, July 17 at 11:00 a.m. on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at The Old Globe in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances play from July 31 through September 4, 2022, with the official opening on Saturday, August 6 at 8:00 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Schedule note: The performance on Sunday, September 4 will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or at our Box Office in Balboa Park. Regular tickets prices start at $30.00. The Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar, scheduled for Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., will provide patrons an exploration of the themes and background of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from selected artistic company members. For additional information, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org. In alignment with the State of California, which has removed mask and vaccine requirements for indoor events, The Old Globe will not require patrons to provide proof of vaccination or to wear masks while attending shows or events in either our indoor or outdoor venues. However, the theatre still strongly recommends mask-wearing while at the Globe, and patrons should feel comfortable wearing a mask anywhere on our campus if they choose. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamis supported by lead production sponsor Darlene Marcos Shiley, with additional support from Ann Davies, Hal and Pam Fuson, Globe Guilders, The Estate of Ann Steck and Family, Gillian and Tony Thornley, Vicki and Carl Zeiger, and artist sponsors Sue and Edward “Duff” Sanderson (for director Patricia McGregor). This production is supported in part by the Jean and Gary Shekhter Fund for Classic Theatre.The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. Financial support for The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. Bios and photos of all participants can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room. The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional not-for-profit regional theatres. Now in its 88th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

SAN DIEGO (May 18, 2022) – The Old Globe is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Shana Cooper (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare, Yale Rep) directs a cast of 20. The Bard’s popular comedy kicks off the return of the Globe’s Summer Shakespeare Festival under the stars at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. The Taming of the Shrew will begin performances on June 5 and run through July 10, 2022, with the opening on Saturday, June 11. Tickets are available at www.TheOldGlobe.org. “After a two-year absence, Shakespeare returns to the Globe’s outdoor Festival stage with a riotous and deeply inventive new production of The Taming of the Shrew,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “One of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies, it’s given a fresh, modern, and wildly energetic production by Shana Cooper, a renowned interpreter of the Bard’s works. She takes the play very seriously even as she mines new levels of romance and laughter in its complex views of gender, power, and love. San Diego audiences will enjoy this Shrew under the stars, and we could not be happier to welcome them again.” “Come on, and kiss me, Kate.” Is anyone a match for the brash and strong-willed Katherine? The dashing adventurer Petruchio thinks he’s up to the challenge. Two of the sexiest figures in all of world theatre set off sparks in a clash of wills that is as bold as it is uproarious. Shakespeare’s masterful comedic take on “the battle of the sexes” turns everything we think about love, marriage, and gender on its head. Director Shana Cooper, brings to the Globe her daring and contemporary staging, which The New York Times praised as “an exhilarating new way to look at the comedy through modern eyes,” and The Wall Street Journal’s theatre critic called “the best Shrew I’ve ever reviewed.” An earlier version of this production of The Taming of the Shrew premiered at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Davis McCallum, Artistic Director; Kate Liberman, Managing Director) in June 2018. Cooper directs a cast of 20, which includes Armando Durán as Baptista (Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s A View from the Bridge), Felicity Jones Latta as Tranio (Broadway’s Metamorphoses), Orville Mendoza as Grumio (Broadway’s Pacific Overtures), Jesse J. Perez as Gremio (The Old Globe’s El Borracho, Romeo and Juliet), Cassia Thompson as Bianca (The Book Club Play), John Tufts as Hortensio, Biondello, and Merchant (Pride and Prejudice, Lucille Lortel nomination), James Udom as Petrucio (Joel Coen’s Macbeth with Denzel Washington, Lincoln Center’s The Rolling Stone), and Deborah Ann Woll as Katherine (Karen Page in Netflix’s “Daredevil,” Jessica Hamby in HBO’s “True Blood”). The cast also includes students in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Henian Boone (Vincentio, Ensemble), Brett Cassidy (Peter, Ensemble), Jacqui Dupré (Tailor, Nicholas, Ensemble), Savannah Faye as (Philip, Ensemble), Komi M. Gbeblewou (Nathaniel, Ensemble), Camilla Leonard (Ensemble), Becca Lustgarten (Widow, Joseph, Ensemble), Jeffrey Rashad (Haberdasher, Ensemble), Bernadette Sefic (Curtis, Police Officer, Ensemble), Jude Tibeau (Lucentio), Nathan VanAtta (Sugarsop, Police Officer, Ensemble), and Maggie Walters (Ensemble). In addition to Cooper, the creative team includes scenic design by Wilson Chin, costume design by Ásta Bennie Hostetter, lighting design by Stephen Strawbridge, sound design by Paul Peterson and Paul James Prendergast, original music by Paul James Prendergast, voice and text coach Ursula Meyer, movement consultant Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, casting by Alaine Alldaffer, CSA and Lisa Donadio, production stage manager Marie Jahelka, and assistant stage manager Kendra Stockton. The Old Globe’s 2022 Summer Shakespeare Festival will conclude with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Bard’s most joyful and popular comedy, which will be directed by Old Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor. Performances run July 31 through September 4, with the opening on Saturday, August 6. And the Globe’s popular annual event, Thinking Shakespeare Live!, hosted and directed by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, will be held on Sunday, July 17 at 11:00 a.m. on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. The Taming of the Shrew will play in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at The Old Globe in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances play from June 5 through July 10, 2022, with the official opening on Saturday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Schedule note: There will be no performance on Saturday, June 18. Tickets are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or at our Box Office in Balboa Park. Regular tickets prices start at $30.00. For additional information about The Taming of the Shrew, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org. In alignment with the State of California, which has removed mask and vaccine requirements for indoor events, The Old Globe will not require patrons to provide proof of vaccination or to wear masks while attending shows or events in either our indoor or outdoor venues. However, the theatre still strongly recommends mask-wearing while at the Globe, and patrons should feel comfortable wearing a mask anywhere on our campus if they choose. The Taming of the Shrew is supported by lead production sponsor Darlene Marcos Shiley and production sponsors Diane Berol in memory of John Berol, Karen and Donald Cohn, Silvija and Brian Devine, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Jean and Gary Shekhter, and the Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Fund, with additional artist sponsors The Lodge at Torrey Pines (for director Shana Cooper) and Lisa and Tom Pierce (for actor Deborah Ann Woll as Katherine). This production is supported in part by the Jean and Gary Shekhter Fund for Classic Theatre. Financial support for The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional not-for-profit regional theatres. Now in its 87th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

SAN DIEGO (January 14, 2022) — The Old Globe announced today the cast and creative team for the world premiere of El Borracho by Tony Meneses (Guadalupe in the Guest Room) and directed by Edward Torres (world premiere of the critically acclaimed The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity). The five-week limited engagement, which began rehearsals today, runs from February 17 to March 20, 2022, with the opening on Thursday, February 24. El Borracho will play in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Single tickets go on sale January 21 and will be available at www.TheOldGlobe.org. In El Borracho, Raul is ill. He drinks, because he always drinks, just like el borracho on the lotería card. In his final months, Raul moves in with his ex-wife, who swore she’d never see him again, and their son, who’s longing to connect with his father at last. Developed as part of the Globe’s 2020 Powers New Voices Festival, the world premiere of Tony Meneses’s vibrant dramedy follows one family’s journey to come together so they can finally say goodbye. “El Borracho tells a story of family that sweeps from recrimination to redemption, suffused with music, vibrancy, and a great, great deal of love,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Playwright Tony Meneses celebrates his Mexican American heritage as he brings it center stage and fuses it with forms we’re familiar with in American drama, forging something special that we’ve not seen before. The play’s characters are fresh and brilliant, and director Eddie Torres has assembled a company of actors and designers who breathe life into them and their story with immense talent and skill. They will launch our 2022 Season in our intimate Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre in a beautiful way.” The cast for El Borrracho includes Matthew Martínez as David (Off Broadway’s Generation Rise), Zilah Mendoza as Alma (Off Broadway’s Living Out, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress), and Jesse J. Perez as Raul (The Old Globe’s Romeo and Juliet,The Public Theater’s Party People). Understudies for El Borracho include Jose Balistrieri, Marcel Ferrin, Javier Guerrero, and Sandra Ruiz. In addition to director Edward Torres, the creative team for the Globe’s production of El Borracho includes scenic and costume design by David Israel Reynoso, lighting design by Mextly Couzin, original music and sound design by David R. Molina, guitar instruction by Heather Nation, movement consulting by Regina Fernandez, fight coordination by Jake Millgard, casting by Caparelliotis Casting, and production stage management by Jess Slocum. El Borracho will play in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park (1363 Old Globe Way). Performances run February 17 – March 20, 2022, with the official press opening Thursday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m. The performance schedule is Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale January 21, 2022 and will be available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE (234-5623), or in person at our Box Office in Balboa Park. Regular ticket prices start at $29. An open-caption performance will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. El Borracho contains strong language. For additional information, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org. The Old Globe continues to prioritize the safety of its audiences, artists, and staff. All patrons who attend the El Borracho will be required to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and present proof of vaccination, or provide proof of the negative results of a COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of entering the theatre. Masks are required at all times while indoors. El Borracho is supported by production sponsors The Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish New Play Development Fund and Univision. Financial support for The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. Bios and photos of all participants can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room. The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional not-for-profit regional theatres. Now in its 87th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.