Cast
Simeon
David Bishins
David Bishins was recently seen at the Globe as Jack Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. His New York theater credits include The Glass House with Harris Yulin (Clurman Theatre), We Declare You a Terrorist (Summer Play Festival at The Public Theater), Incident at Vichy andHenry Miller in Anais Nin: One of Her Lives (The Beckett Theatre), Catch-22 (Lucille Lortel Theatre), A Mother, a Daughter and a Gun with Olympia Dukakis (Dodger Stages), Sympathetic Magic by Lanford Wilson (Second Stage Theatre), Bad Girls (The Directors Company), The Nest (directed by Moisés Kaufman), The Boys in the Band (WPA Theatre and Lucille Lortel Theatre), Teibele and Her Demon (Jewish Repertory Theatre) and Tower of Evil (Classic Stage Company). His regional credits include Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird (Intiman Theatre), Place Setting (directed by Evan Bergman), The Great Game (directed by Wilson Milam), Lee in True West (Vermont Stage Company), Rag and Bone (directed by Tina Landau), A Month in the Country (Long Wharf Theatre), As Bees in Honey Drown (directed by Evan Bergman), Arcadia (The Wilma Theater), The Dybbuk (Pittsburgh Public Theater) and Reckless (Hartford Stage). Bishins’ film and television credits include Salt, The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon, Henry’s Crime with Keanu Reeves, Sorry, Haters, The War Within, Tracks, “Liberty! The American Revolution” (PBS), A Magic Helmet, “Fringe,” “Babylon Fields,” “Law & Order,” "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Trial by Jury."
Jack
Ray Chambers
Ray Chambers has worked as a classical actor and director with numerous regional theaters across the country since first training with The Old Globe in the mid-‘80s. For nearly two decades as an Associate Artist with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Chambers has worked as an actor, director, writer and instructor. He also served as Director of the Master of Fine Arts/Professional Actor Training Program at ASF from 2001 to 2009. His regional acting credits include title roles in Hamlet, The Count of Monte Cristo, Richard III, Coriolanus, King John, Henry V and Tartuffe and leading roles in Julius Caesar, The Winter's Tale, The Rivals, Henry IV, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Great Expectations, The Importance of Being Earnest and Saint Joan, among many others. His credits at The Old Globe include Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, The School for Scandal, Coriolanus, Love’s Labours Lost, Hamlet and Macbeth. Mr. Chambers is a faculty member of The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program.
Tilly
Rebecca Gold
Rebecca Gold is a senior at The Bishop's School in La Jolla and will be attending college in the fall. She played Celia in The Old Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Intensive production of As You Like It and most recently played Yvette in her high school's production of Mother Courage and Her Children. This is her first professional performance and her Globe debut.
Tamsin
Dana Green
Dana Green is delighted to be back at The Old Globe where she was last seen in the 2012 Summer Shakespeare Festival as Rosalind in As You Like It and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. Her other Globe credits include Tamsin in Life of Riley and Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and Viola in Twelfth Night in the 2009 Shakespeare Festival. Ms. Green has spent four seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where some of her favorite roles included Isabella in Measure for Measure, Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending, Princess in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Viola in Twelfth Night. Her regional theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Portland Center Stage), Pride and Prejudice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (South Coast Repertory), The 39 Steps (La Mirada Theatre), All’s Well That Ends Well (Yale Repertory Theatre), Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Twelfth Night (California Shakespeare Theater), Love’s Labour’s Lost and Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), The Constant Wife and The Play’s the Thing (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Hay Fever (Court Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Meadow Brook Theatre) and Twelfth Night and Macbeth (Shakespeare Festival of Dallas). She is a proud member of The Antaeus Company in Los Angeles.
Colin
Colin McPhillamy
Colin McPhillamy trained at Central in London, U.K. His Broadway and Off Broadway credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, Waiting in the Wings and House and Garden. His American regional credits include When We are Married and The Constant Wife (Guthrie Theater), The Play’s the Thing, Amadeus and Servant of Two Masters (New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), Hamlet and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons (Wilma Theatre), Arsenic and Old Lace (Alley Theatre), Sedition and Scramble (Westport Country Playhouse), The Drawer Boy, Hanging Fire and The Hatchetman (Florida Stage), The Likely Lad and The Faculty Room (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and The Molière Comedies (Mark Taper Forum). McPhillamy has appeared on television in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” In the U.K., he spent five seasons with the Royal National Theatre and has extensive West End, regional, festival and television credits. In Australia he appeared in Democracy with Sydney Theatre Company. His film credits include The Madness of King George. McPhillamy has taught and guest directed at London University, University of San Diego and in Beijing. His plays and short stories for BBC Radio were nominated for the Prix Italia and the Writers’ Guild Comedy Award. He has a portfolio of comedy shorts on YouTube. www.mcphillamy.com.
Kathryn
Henny Russell
Henny Russell is thrilled to be back in San Diego and is grateful to the producers of Lombardi on Broadway for granting her a leave of absence as standby for Judith Light. Her other Broadway credits include The Royal Family, Impressionism and Major Barbara. Off Broadway, she appeared in Fuddy Meers (Minetta Lane Theatre), Boy Gets Girl, (Manhattan Theatre Club) and Marion Bridge (Urban Stages). Previous Globe productions include The Constant Wife, Sylvia, The Comedy of Errors, Dracula, Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew. This play marks her fourth Ayckbourn, after Absurd Person Singular (Barrington Stage Company), Season’s Greetings (Denver Center Theatre Company) and the American premiere of Things We Do For Love (Studio Arena Theater). She has also worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pittsburgh Public Theater, George Street Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Cleveland Play House, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, TheaterWorks, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater Company and Paper Mill Playhouse. On television, Russell can be seen in You Don’t Know Jack (HBO movie), “Law & Order,” “Gossip Girl,” “Possible Side Effects,” “Hope & Faith,” “Pensacola: Wings of Gold” and numerous commercials. Her film credits include Revolutionary Road, Tie a Yellow Ribbon, Loopy and Corn. www.hennyrussell.com.
Monica
Nisi Sturgis
Nisi Sturgis loves returning to The Old Globe, where she has been seen as Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf? and Monica in Life of Riley, both directed by Richard Seer, Loves & Hours directed by Jack O’Brien, Pentecost directed by Mark Lamos, The Taming of the Shrew directed by John Rando, Much Ado About Nothing directed by Brendon Fox and Pericles directed by Darko Tresnjak. Her Broadway and New York credits include The Woman in The 39 Steps directed by Maria Aitken, Laura in The Pretty Trap (Theatre Row), Mrs. Van Buren understudy in Intimate Apparel directed by Daniel Sullivan (Roundabout Theatre Company and Mark Taper Forum) and Dsyphoria and The Less We Talk directed by Alec Duffy (Ontological-Hysteric Theater). Ms. Sturgis’ regional credits include three seasons with Denver Center Theatre Company as Vivie Warren in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Alice Sycamore in You Can’t Take It with You, Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Sister James in Doubt, Lady Anne in Richard III and four seasons with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Jean Louise in To Kill a Mockingbird, Raina in Arms and the Man and Rose Trelawny in Trelawny of the Wells. This summer Ms. Sturgis will play Lady Macbeth at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. In HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” she has the recurring role of June Thompson. She received her M.F.A. from The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program.
Team
Playwright
Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn wrote his first play, The Square Cat, in 1958 for Scarborough's Theatre In the Round at the instigation of his then employer and subsequent mentor, Stephen Joseph. Some 74 plays later, his work has been translated into over 35 languages, is performed on stage and television throughout the world and has won countless awards. There have been English and French screen adaptations, the most notable being Alain Resnais’ fine film of Private Fears in Public Places. Major successes include Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval, The Norman Conquests (recently revived to great acclaim by Matthew Warchus), A Small Family Business, Henceforward…, Comic Potential, Things We Do For Love, House & Garden and My Wonderful Day. He is also a noted director and it was only in 2009 that he retired as Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, a post he held for 37 years. Indeed, he would perhaps consider his greatest achievement to be the establishment of this permanent home for the Theatre in the Round company he first worked for all those years ago when the splendid two auditoria complex fashioned from a former Odeon Cinema opened in 1996. His current plans include the world premiere of Dear Uncle, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and, in the autumn of this year, the premiere of his 75th play Neighbourhood Watch. In addition to the many honorary degrees and other awards he has received, he was recently inducted in to American Theatre's Hall of Fame, received the Society of London Theatres' Special Award and this year has been honoured with a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre as well as the Critics' Circle Award for services to the arts. He was knighted in 1997. www.alanayckbourn.net.
Director
Richard Seer
Richard Seer is an award-winning director and actor and has directed and/or performed on Broadway, Off Broadway, on film and television and in over 70 productions at regional theatres in this country and Great Britain, including The Kennedy Center, Goodman Theatre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Huntington Theatre Company, Playwrights Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Sybil Thorndike Theatre in England. He originated the role of Young Charlie in the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hugh Leonard’s Da and received the Theatre World Award for his performance. At The Old Globe, he has directed productions of God of Carnage, Life of Riley, The Last Romance, The Price, Romeo and Juliet, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Trying, Fiction, Blue/Orange (San Diego Critics Circle Award), All My Sons, Da and Old Wicked Songs. Recent directing assignments also include Third (Huntington Theatre Company) and Bill W. and Dr. Bob and Sonia Flew (San Jose Repertory Theatre). He received his M.F.A. in directing from Boston University, where he was awarded the prestigious Kahn Directing Award in 1985. In 1990, Mr. Seer was invited to return to Boston University’s School for the Arts as an Associate Professor of Acting and Directing. He has been Director of the Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program since 1993. In 2010, he was awarded the Craig Noel Distinguished Professorship.
Scenic and Costume Design
Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan is an Old Globe Associate Artist and has designed the Globe productions of God of Carnage, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Life of Riley, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Bus Stop, Love & Hours and Imaginary Friends, among others. He has designed the Broadway productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I’m Not Rappaport and Sherlock’s Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Loves of Anatol (Circle in the Square Theatre). His television credits include American Playhouse, The Skin of Our Teeth and A Christmas Carol. He has designed internationally for the West End and Maria Theresa’s Schönbrunn Palace Theater in Vienna. His regional credits include Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has received two Drama Desk nominations, 12 Drama-Logue Awards and has exhibited at Prague Quadrennial. He is the former Director of Boston University’s Theatre Arts Division, School for the Arts.
Lighting Design
Chris Rynne
Chris Rynne has designed several shows for The Old Globe including God of Carnage, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings — A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, The Last Romance, Boeing-Boeing, I Do! I Do!, the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Opening Gala, The Price, Sight Unseen, The American Plan, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Two Trains Running, Lincolnesque (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), Pig Farm, Trying, Vincent in Brixton (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), The Lady with All the Answers, The Food Chain, Two Sisters and a Piano, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Knowing Cairo, Beyond Therapy and The Santaland Diaries, and he is the Associate Lighting Designer for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Rynne has also designed productions for The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program including The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, All in the Timing, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth and Getting Married. His other credits include San Diego Opera, South Coast Repertory, Madison Opera, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Cygnet Theatre Company, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Diversionary Theatre and Starlight Musical Theatre.
Sound Design
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson has designed over 100 productions at The Old Globe, including The Brothers Size, God of Carnage, Nobody Loves You, Anna Christie, Odyssey, Engaging Shaw, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings — A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Last Romance, Lost in Yonkers, I Do! I Do!, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cornelia, Kingdom, Six Degrees of Separation, The Women, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bell, Book and Candle, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Boswell Sisters, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and many more. His regional credits include designs for Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Malashock Dance, University of San Diego, San Diego State University and Freud Playhouse at UCLA. Mr. Peterson received his B.F.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.
Dialect Coach
Jan Gist
Jan Gist has been Voice, Speech and Dialect Coach for Old Globe productions since 2002. She has coached at theatres around the country including Ahmanson Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC, The American Shakespeare Center, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre and Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. Ms. Gist has been a guest on KPBS radio’s “A Way with Words,” narrated San Diego Museum of Art documentaries, coached dialects for the film The Rosa Parks Story and recorded dozens of Books To Listen To. She is a founding member of The Voice and Speech Trainers Association and has presented at many national and international conference workshops for them and for The Voice Foundation. She has taught workshops in Russia for the International Voice Teachers Exchange at The Moscow Art Theatre and at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. She has been published in VASTA Journals, and chapters in books include The Complete Vocal Warm-Up, More Stage Dialects and an interview in Voice and Speech Training in the New Millennium: Conversations with Master Teachers. She is a professor in The Old Globe/USD Graduate Theatre Program. www.jangistspeaking.com.
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Stephens
Elizabeth Stephens recently stage managed the Globe’s productions of Life of Riley and Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid. She has stage managed locally for North Coast Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. Ms. Stephens was the Production Stage Manager for the San Diego Symphony for four years. She has also stage managed for Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company and The Acting Company.
