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The Old Globe’s Annual Meeting was held on Monday, March 4, 2024 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Board Chair Evelyn Olson Lamden welcomed the members of The Old Globe Board of Directors, along with donors, subscribers, and guests, to this concluding event in her two-year term of office, and announced newly elected and returning Directors. Globe senior staff members presented highlights of 2023, and Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields spoke about the future of the Globe and its place in the San Diego community.
Ride cast and creative team on first rehearsal. Photo by Chanel Cook.
The Old Globe is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the American premiere of Ride. Rehearsals are currently underway for the smash-hit London musical featuring book, music, and lyrics by Freya Catrin Smith (London’s Network Theatre’s The Limit,Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s Part A), music and lyrics by Jack Williams (London’s Network Theatre’s The Limit,Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s Part A), and direction by Sarah Meadows (U.K. premiere of Marie Curie, U.K. tour of The Good Enough Mums Club). Ride is produced by The Old Globe by special arrangement with DEM Productions and Wagner Johnson Productions. The five-week limited engagement plays on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, from March 30 toApril 28, 2024, with the official opening night on Friday, April 5. Tickets are now on sale.
The Old Globe is pleased to announce the inaugural Powers Playwriting Fellowship, a new program committed to supporting playwrights, fostering relationships and collaborations, and establishing The Old Globe as a center for the creation of new plays. The Fellowship is generously funded by Paula and Brian Powers and will be managed by The Old Globe’s New Plays and Dramaturgy Department under the direction of its Director of New Plays and Dramaturgy Danielle Mages Amato. In its first iteration, the nominated and selected Fellows for the 2024 cohort are Mathilde Dratwa, Nimisha Ladva, and Seayoung Yim.
Thinking Shakespeare Live! with Jose Balistrieri, Angela Pierce, and Cornell Womack, 2023. Photo by Rich Soublet II.
The Old Globe is thrilled to announce that the popular annual event Thinking Shakespeare Live!, directed by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024 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. This program is part of a milestone celebration in Globe history surrounding a once-in-a-generation event, as The Old Globe becomes the 11th theatre company nationwide to complete Shakespeare’s canon with Henry 6, a new two-play adaptation of Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, directed and adapted by Edelstein, as part of the Globe’s 2024 Summer Shakespeare Festival. The celebrations also include the free, family-friendly Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare! AXIS event, an exciting and festive occasion to celebrate the Bard’s countless contributions to arts and culture around the world, on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Globe’s outdoor Copley Plaza. Tickets for Thinking Shakespeare Live! are now on sale for Globe subscribers and donors at www.TheOldGlobe.org. Tickets will be available to the public on Friday, April 5 at 12:00 noon.
(from left) Caleb Foote and Joshua Echebiri. Photo by Chanel Cook.
The Old Globe is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for King James. The play is written by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Rajiv Joseph (Broadway’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Off Broadway’s Guards at the Taj) and is directed by Justin Emeka (Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Sweat and American Son). King James plays at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, from March 9 through March 31, 2024, with the official opening night on Thursday, March 14. Tickets are now on sale.
(from left) Pooya Mohseni, Tara Grammy, Ari Derambakhsh, Joe Joseph, and Mary Apick in The Old Globe’s production of English. Photo by Rich Soublet II.
Even before the 2024 Season begins public performances, The Old Globe is pleased to announce that, due to popular demand in seasonal tickets, there will be a one-week extension for three of its productions, including the critically acclaimed play English, written by Sanaz Toossi and directed by Arya Shahi; Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, a new play by Kate Hamill and directed by Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez; and the West Coast premiere of Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, written by Gordon Greenberg and Steven Rosen and directed by Greenberg. All three productions play in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park.