Now Playing - April 12, 2009 From the book by STUDS TERKEL Adapted by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ and NINA FASO Directed by GORDON GREENBERG Old Globe Theatre
From the creator of Wicked, Godspell and Pippin. HURRY FINAL WEEK! MUST CLOSE SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Photos (L-R): Danielle Lee Greaves, Adam Monley, Wayne Duvall and Donna Lynne Champlin;Nehal Joshi;Marie France Arcilla, Adam Monley, Nehal Joshi and Danielle Lee Greaves. Photos by Craig Schwartz.

CRITIC'S CHOICE! San Diego Union-Tribune

CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ARE RAVING ABOUT WORKING!

MARY ANN BLAIR
Mary Ann Blair has supported theatre in San Diego, including The Old Globe, for the past ten years. Through her support of the Globe’s Education and Community programs, Mary Ann has made it possible for thousands of children to experience the magic of theatre, and she often attends with them and delights in seeing their reactions to a performance. She believes that the arts are an important part of education and that theatre enriches children’s lives. Mary Ann’s childhood memories include her father listening to Studs Terkel’s radio program. The Old Globe is very pleased to recognize Mary Ann Blair as a Production Sponsor for Working.

GLOBE GUILDERS
The Globe Guilders have been an essential part of The Old Globe family for more than 50 years. Hundreds of dedicated members provide invaluable assistance to the Globe through their notable annual Fashion Show and other fundraising activities, community events, and gracious hosting of the Theatre’s Company Calls. This year’s Globe Guilders Fashion Show will be held on Tuesday, July 21 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. Presented by Neiman Marcus, the Fashion Show will feature designs by Naeem Khan. Proceeds from the event will support the Globe’s education programs. To become a Globe Guilder, please contact Joyce Nash, Globe Guilders Vice President of Membership, at jnash1@san.rr.com and for more information on the Globe Guilders Fashion Show, contact Suzie Turner at suziepoet@cox.net.

STUDS TERKEL (1912 - 2008)

The radio personality and author Louis Terkel was best known for his oral histories of ordinary Americans. These anthologies of interviews show how people felt about key historical events and everyday struggles and dreams.

Initially a Chicago radio personality, in mid-career Studs Terkel acquired a national reputation as a people's historian through a series of books that relied on taped interviews to document the experiences, memories, dreams, and fears of a wide cross-section of Americans.

Louis Terkel was born on May 16, 1912, in the Bronx, New York. In 1923 his family moved to Chicago, where his mother managed a hotel for blue-collar and skilled workers. Mr. Terkel often said that the characters he encountered and the disputations he witnessed at the Wells-Grand Hotel on the Near North Side were his real education.

Though he graduated from college and law school at the University of Chicago, Terkel never practiced law. Instead, taking his nickname from a famous literary character of the day, Studs Lonigan, he succumbed to the lure of the stage, acting in radio and community theater productions and even in the exciting new medium of television. From 1949 until 1951, he had his own weekly show on NBC, Studs' Place, an innovative, improvisational situation comedy about “regular folks."

In 1951, anticommunist fever was rising, and Terkel's television career was cut short when NBC discovered he had signed leftist petitions seeking reform on such controversial issues as rent control and segregation. With his typical stubborn conviction, Terkel refused to renounce the petitions, and his show was canceled. His next step was to approach radio station WFMT with a proposal for an hour-long interview show. The station hired him and became Terkel's home for the next 45 years, until his retirement in 1997.

Terkel produced a series of books that gave voice to the experience of the “regular folks," including Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (1974). His books depict a multifaceted picture of the historical period they cover and the society that lived through it.

“Oral journalism is associated with me," Terkel has said, “and I like that, and it's true. Because it's the sound of the voice that I'd like to capture." Studs Terkel passed away at 96 on October 31, 2008.

PROGRAM NOTES - Working

OPUS
By MICHAEL HOLLINGER
Directed by KYLE DONNELLY
Old Globe Arena Stage at James S. Copley Auditorium, SDMA

Three members of a world-renowned string quartet bring in a female violinist to replace their volatile fourth player, as they ready themselves for an upcoming nationally-televised performance at the White House. Soon, the offstage travails of these five extraordinary individuals prove to be as complex and compelling as the Master’s Grand Fugue. Rivalries, ambition, mortality, and their passions ignite and clash – in a world where harmony is easier in the spotlight than it is offstage.
For Mature Audiences.
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CRITIC'S CHOICE! San Diego Union-Tribune
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The Prado at Balboa Park is one of the most frequently visited restaurants by Globe patrons for lunch or dinner before Globe performances. Cohn Restaurant Group operates 12 San Diego restaurants including The Prado, Corvette Diner, Dakota Grill, Gaslamp Strip Club, Indigo Grill, Island Prime, Kemo Sabe and Thee Bungalow. The newest Cohn restaurant, 333 Pacific offers stunning views of the famous Oceanside Pier. Lesley and David Cohn, owners of Cohn Restaurant Group have attended Globe productions for more than a decade. The Old Globe greatly appreciates Cohn Restaurant Group’s financial and in-kind Annual Fund contribution to support the Theatre.

As an association of ten of America’s finest non-profit theatres, the National Corporate Theatre Fund is dedicated to increasing the participation of corporations and their employees in support of theatre in New York and across the country. The Old Globe thanks the National Corporate Theatre Fund for their efforts and is pleased to recognize the organization as a sponsor of Opus.

PROGRAM NOTES - Opus

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Upcoming Shows:

THE PRICE
May 9 - June 14
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Richard Seer
Old Globe Arena Stage at James S. Copley Auditorium, SDMA

The Old Globe’s acclaimed “Classics Up Close” series continues with this stunning and moving drama by one of our greatest American playwrights, Arthur Miller (All My Sons, Death of a Salesman). A protective wife watches as her husband, a policeman nearing retirement, and his brother, a successful brain surgeon, face the truth about themselves when they meet to sell their late father’s possessions. Surrounded by the remnants of their childhood and goaded by an eccentric antiques dealer, each man is forced to examine the life he has chosen. To survive in a family battered by loss and misfortune, who has paid the greater price?

TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 24

CORNELIA
May 16 - June 21
By Mark Olslen
Directed by Ethan McSweeny
Old Globe Theatre

From the creator of the hit HBO series “Big Love” comes an epic slice of history – from an angle you haven’t seen. Welcome to Alabama, 1970. The weather is hot, and recently-divorced beauty queen Cornelia Folsom is hotter still. Cornelia has her eye set on Governor George Wallace, and will do anything to be the next first lady of Alabama. Campaign staffers don’t trust her, and a scandal-tinged love affair is not what any politician needs. But this is the South, and there’s more than hanky-panky going on in this sweeping, provocative tale of sex, power, and bare-knuckled American politics. For Mature Audiences.

TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 24

RESIDENCY PROJECT'S INAUGURAL YEAR IS A HIT WITH THE NEW MUSICAL KINGDOM

Kyle Beltran (standing) as “Andres,” with (L-R) Amirah Vann as “Marisa,” Cedric Leiba, Jr as “Juan” and Gerardo Rodriguez as “Cano”. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

The Globe Technical Center — a scenery buillding and storage facility in southeastern San Diego at Market and Euclid streets – began operations in early 2008 and became nexus for launching the multi-faceted “Southeastern San Diego Residency Project” to establish the Globe as a vital cultural resource for the community.

The Residency Project’s ground-breaking play development series applies the same level of talent seen during the regular Old Globe season with productions that resonate with younger, more diverse audiences.

The first production in the Residency Project was Kingdom, by Aaron Jafferis and Ian Williams - a new musical that won a 2008 Richard Rodgers Award and the “Most Promising New Musical” award at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Kingdom’s original score fuses hip-hop, rock and Latin music to chronicle the lives of two young men caught in the devastating cycle of gang violence.

The southeastern San Diego community played a key role in bringing Kingdom to the stage. Writerz Blok, a non-profit graffiti arts studio, worked with Associate Designer Sean Fanning and other technical staff to create an authentic set. Officers from the San Diego Police Department’s Gang Prevention Unit watched rehearsals of Kingdom, and based on their feedback, a gang sign was changed because it represented a local gang. Additionally, they took the creative team on “ride alongs” through neighborhoods in their precinct to show the realities that some San Diego neighborhoods face. The outpouring of community support helped make Kingdom a great success.
In a first for the Globe, Kingdom was performed both at Lincoln High School Center for the Arts in southeastern San Diego and at The Old Globe Theatre, reaching a total audience of more than 7,536 with a limited-run production of 14 performances. Student matinees on February 12 and 13, 2009 at Lincoln High School reached 2,139 students – nearly the entire school. Many students returned with friends or family to see public performances of Kingdom at Lincoln, February 14 and 15 and at the Globe, February 19 – 22, 2009.

Kingdom performance at Lincoln High School's Performing Arts Theatre.

To help prepare students for seeing Kingdom, Globe teaching artists conducted pre-show workshops in 84 classrooms at Lincoln. Aaron Jafferis worked in residency with students who created their own short theatre piece responding to Kingdom.

The Globe is now working to select material for the 2010 Residency Project through this exciting and innovative new play development process.

20% OFF DINNER at BITE! Old Globe restaurant partner of the month is BITE located at 1417 University Ave. Go to www.bitesd.com for more information. Please print this email and present to your server to receive discount. Does not include alcohol, tax, or gratuity. Offer not valid with other offers or on 1/2 Price Wine Night. ***This offer is good until June 30, 2009***