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Recent Press Releases

Please explore this page for past press releases and announcements. For press tickets, photos and additional information, please contact Becky Biegelsen, Public Relations Director at (619) 231-1941, x2352 or bbiegelsen@theoldglobe.org.

Date Press Release Title
4/24/08 Old Globe Names Award-Winning Actor Charles Janasz As Newest Associate Artist
4/9/08 Acclaimed Local Director Esther Emery to Helm Globe’s Sight Unseen
4/8/08 Old Globe Presents World Premiere of Hershey Felder’s Beethoven, As I Knew Him as First Movement of His
Thrilling “Composer Sonata”
4/2/08 Globe Announces Cast for Summer Shakespeare Festival  
3/18/08 Old Globe Announces Extension for World-Premiere Musical: Dancing in the Dark
2/26/08 Old Globe Announces Cast of The Glass Menagerie Led by Two-Time Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham
1/23/08 Old Globe Presents West Coast Premiere of The American Plan
1/22/08 Old Globe Wins 14 San Diego Critics Circle “Craig Noel” Awards for Theatre Excellence
1/18/08 Globe Hosts Press Conference on January 30 Showcasing New Technical Center in Southeastern San Diego
1/14/08 Old Globe Continues Free Matinee Series with In This Corner, Featuring Post-Show Event with Former Olympic Boxer Paul Vaden
12/12/07 Old Globe Presents Playwright-in-Residence Howard Korder’s Sea of Tranquility
12/7/07 Old Globe Presents World Premiere of In This Corner—Commissioned Work about Famed Boxer Joe Louis
12/6/07 The Old Globe Announces the Reorganization of its Leadership Team
11/18/07 Old Globe Announces 2008 Summer Season
11/15/07 Old Globe’s Founding Director Craig Noel to Receive National Medal of Arts
10/23/07 Old Globe Cancels Two Nights of Sold-Out Performances Due to Fire Emergency
10/5/07 Old Globe Acquires New Technical Center in Southeastern San Diego
10/2/07 Old Globe Announces Extension for World-Premiere Musical A Catered Affair
9/12/07 Old Globe Awarded $1.635 Million Grant by the State through the California Cultural and Historical Endowment to Support Facilities Project
9/10/07 Old Globe Celebrates 10th Year of San Diego’s Favorite Holiday Tradition: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; 2007 Production to Feature New Songs and Updates
8/28/07 Internationally-Renowned Actress Rosemary Harris to Star in Old Globe’s American Premiere of Oscar and the Pink Lady
8/13/07 World-Premiere Musical, A Catered Affair, By Harvey Fierstein, To Open Globe’s 2007/8 Season; Faith Prince, Tom Wopat and Fierstein to Star
8/8/07 2007 Globe Gala To Celebrate Broadway-Bound Musical, A Catered Affair
7/5/07 Old Globe and UCSD-TV Create New “Backstage at the Globe” Program on 2007 Shakespeare Festival
7/3/07 Old Globe Presents John van Druten’s Delightful Comedy, Bell Book and Candle August 4 – September 9
6/28/07 Renowned Actors Tom Wopat and Faith Prince to Star in Old Globe’s World-Premiere Musical, A Catered Affair
6/14/07 Old Globe/University of San Diego MFA Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary; Globe to Dedicate Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage as Part of Anniversary Celebration
6/8/07

Old Globe Presents Noel Coward's Hay Fever, July 14 - August 19, 2007

6/8/07 Old Globe Unveils Construction Plans for Capital Campaign Facilities Project
6/6/07 Old Globe Hosts Free Open House on Saturday, June 9
5/11/07 Old Globe Announces 2007/8 Winter Season, Including 4 World Premieres!
5/7/07 Old Globe Announces Cast for Avenue Q
4/20/07 Old Globe Announces Cast of 2007 Summer Shakespeare Festival
4/18/07 Globe Creates Unique Avenue Q-Mobile in Celebration of Theatre’s Presentation of Tony Award-winning Musical
4/18/07 Old Globe Presents Edward Albee’s Searing Drama, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, May 19 – June 24
3/27/07 Old Globe Revives August Wilson’s Acclaimed Play, Two Trains Running, April 21 – May 27
3/21/07 World Premiere Musical: A Catered Affair, Written by and Featuring Harvey Fierstein, to Open Globe’s 2007/2008 Season
3/12/07 Globe Announces 2007 Season Update: Noel Coward’s Hay Fever to Round Out Summer Festival in Old Globe Theatre
3/2/07 The Old Globe Announces Amy Freed as Newest Playwright-in-Residence
2/28/07 Old Globe Presents Annie Weisman’s Hilarious Hold Please March 31 – May 6
1/31/07 Old Globe Presents Amy Freed's Restoration Comedy, Directed By Tony Award-Winner John Rando
1/12/07 Old Globe Announces 2007 Summer Season Schedule Update: Summer Production of Barnum cancelled. The Globe and director John Doyle will announce replacement in coming weeks
1/9/07 Old Globe Presents World Premiere of Itamar Moses' The Four of Us