THE OLD GLOBE ANNOUNCES 2010-11 WINTER SEASON
The New Season features the United States Premiere of
Alan Ayckbourn’s Life of Riley, West Coast Premieres of
Kristoffer Diaz’s Welcome to Arroyo’s and Ayub Khan-Din’s Rafta, Rafta…
and Regional Premieres of Ian Bruce’s Groundswell
and Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County
Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and
Broadway Bound
will be presented in Repertory
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and a soon
to be announced musical complete the Season
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
returns for its 13th consecutive year
SAN DIEGO (May 21, 2010)—Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced The Old Globe’s 2010-11 Winter Season. The new season features the United States Premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s Life of Riley, the West Coast Premieres of Kristoffer Diaz’s Welcome to Arroyo’sand Ayub Khan-Din’s Rafta, Rafta… and the Regional Premieres of Ian Bruce’s Groundswell, a psychological thriller set in South Africa, and Tracy Letts’Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County. Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, will be presented in repertory. Rounding out the season is an American classic, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, anda soon to be announced musical that will play the Old Globe Theatre in January. Tickets to the Globe’s 2010-11 Winter Season are currently available by subscription only. Subscription prices range from $117 to $571. Subscription packages may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the box office.
“I’m pleased to announce this exciting new Winter Season of premieres, revivals and modern-day classics,” said Spisto. “While putting together our new season, the subject of family, in all of its diverse forms, emerged. Whether it’s New York’s Brooklyn or Lower East Side, England (by way of India), South Africa or Oklahoma—the families that we are born into, marry into, or happen into, each have a unique story. It is with that in mind that we dedicate this season to exploring the dynamics of family life – in all of its loving, infuriating, supportive and complicated manifestations. We’ve assembled a terrific roster of alumni directors: Kyle Donnelly, Pam MacKinnon, Scott Schwartz, Richard Seer and Jonathan Silverstein, and are thrilled to welcome the newest members of the Globe family, Jaime Castañeda and Sam Gold.”
Spisto continued, “The Winter Season reflects a broad range of storytelling from a very diverse group of artists. Over the next 12 months, with our Winter and Summer Seasons combined, we will produce 15 plays that represent virtually every style of theater. Our three stages will offer probing themes and stirring narratives realized by today’s finest theater artists.”
The complete 2010-11 Winter Season is as follows:
- Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound by Neil Simon (Sept. 14 – Nov. 7, 2010) Old Globe Theatre
Two of Neil Simon’s most popular plays will be performed in repertory. The semi-autobiographical plays follow the life of Eugene Morris Jerome, from the foibles of youth in late-1930’s Brooklyn, to a career as a comedy writer for radio. Scott Schwartz, who directed last season’s hit production of Lost in Yonkers, returns to direct.
- Welcome to Arroyo’s by Kristoffer Diaz (Sept. 25 – Oct. 31, 2010) Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre; (Nov. 4 – 7, 2010) Lincoln High School Center for the Arts
A brother and sister attempt to convert their family bodega into New York City’s newest cultural sensation and unexpectedly discover a secret that could change their lives and, possibly, the history of hip hop music. Welcome to Arroyo’s will also be performed at Lincoln High School Center for the Arts as part of the Globe’s Southeastern San Diego Residency Project. Jaime Castañeda who directed the recent Chicago premiere will direct the Globe’s West Coast Premiere. Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist and opens in New York in May.
- To Be Announced(Jan. 15 – Feb. 20, 2011) Old Globe Theatre
A musical will be announced at a later date.
- Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Jan. 22 – Feb. 27, 2011) Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Death of Salesman is an unflinching examination of the American dream that is as relevant today as the day it was written. Pam MacKinnon, who helmed the Globe’s world premiere production of Itamar Moses’ The Four of Us, will direct. She received the 2010 Obie Award for her direction of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park.
- Groundswell by Ian Bruce (March 12 – April 17, 2011) Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Set in a beachfront resort on the jagged edge of west South Africa, a black caretaker and a white ex-cop hatch a get-rich-quick diamond scheme on an unsuspecting guest. This haunting, psychological thriller lends a glimmer of hope and promise for a just post-apartheid society. Director Kyle Donnelly has previously directed Opus, Orson’s Shadow and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe.
- Rafta, Rafta… by Ayub Khan-Din, based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton (March 19 – April 24, 2011) Old Globe Theatre
Winner of the 2008 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Rafta, Rafta… is a hilarious look at the generational divide on sex and marriage within a close-knit Indian family living in London. Jonathan Silverstein will direct this West Coast Premiere.
- Life of Riley by Alan Ayckbourn (April 30 – June 5, 2011) Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of the world’s most successful living playwrights (Absurd Person Singular and the recent Tony Award-winning revival of The Norman Conquests), was recently awarded the U.K.'s Critics' Circle Annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and will receive a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in June. Life of Riley (his 74th play!) looks backwards, forwards and, now and then, sideways with wry comic affection on the lives we lived or might have lived. The Globe has also presented the U.S. premieres of Ayckbourn’s Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays and Intimate Exchanges. Richard Seer directs (his tenth outing at the Globe).
- August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (May 7 – June 12, 2011) Old Globe Theatre
Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The New York Times called August: Osage County "flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years." This epic, modern-day masterpiece is sure to be the theatrical event of the season. Sam Gold, 2010 Obie Award winner for his direction of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation and The Aliens, will direct.
The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program will present Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Nov. 7 – 14, 2010. A joint venture of The Old Globe and the University of San Diego, the nationally-renowned Master of Fine Arts Professional Actor Training Program is an intensive two-year course of graduate study in classical theater. Ray Chambers directs.
The special holiday event, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, will return for its 13th consecutive year. The heartwarming musical, with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason and music by Mel Marvin, was originally conceived and directed by Jack O’Brien and has become a beloved San Diego holiday tradition. The Grinch will run in the Old Globe Theatre Nov. 20 – Dec. 26, 2010.
The 2010 Summer Season features the annual Shakespeare Festival led by acclaimed director Adrian Noble. Noble will direct King Lear (June 12 – Sept. 23) and The Madness of George III (June 19 – Sept. 24). Presented in repertory, the Festival will also include The Taming of the Shrew (June 16 – Sept. 26) directed by Ron Daniels. The Summer Season also includes the World Premiere of the Broadway-bound musical, Robin and the 7 Hoods (July 14 – Aug. 22) directed by Casey Nicholaw with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen, and the West Coast Premiere of The Last Romance (July 30 – Sept. 5), a romantic comedy by Joe DiPietro, directed by Richard Seer and starring television icon and Globe Associate Artist, Marion Ross.
All selections are subject to change.
SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS offer substantial savings with special subscriber benefits. Subscriptions can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE [234-5623] or by visiting the box office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Subscriptions to the Globe’s 2010-11 Winter Season range from $117 to $571. Nine-play packages range from $211 to $571. Five-play packages range from $139 to $388. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and younger, seniors and groups of 10 or more.
LOCATION: The Old Globe’s three theater complex (Old Globe Theatre, Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre and the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre) is located in San Diego’s historic Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. There are numerous free parking lots available throughout the park. Valet parking is also available ($10). For additional parking information visit www.BalboaPark.org.
CALENDAR: Currently playing: Golda’s Balcony (4/28-5/30) and The Whipping Man (5/8-6/13). Upcoming: King Lear (6/12-9/23), The Madness of George III (6/19-9/24), The Taming of the Shrew (6/16- 9/26), Robin and the 7 Hoods (7/14-8/22) and The Last Romance (7/30-9/5).
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The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for 75 years. Under the direction of Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the 580-seat Old Globe Theatre, the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre and the 612-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 300,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theater's education and community programs. Numerous world premieres such as Into The Woods, Pride's Crossing, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Four of Us, A Catered Affair, and the annual holiday musical, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theaters across the country.
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View the 2010-2011 Winter Season Announcement PDF for artist biographies and show descriptions.
PRESS CONTACTS:
Jeffrey Weiser (619) 238-0043 x2352 jweiser@TheOldGlobe.org
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