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San Diego Symphony’s February Jacobs Masterworks concerts; world premieres of Hedda Gabler at The Old Globe and The Recipe at La Jolla Playhouse; Mark Twain Tonight! at the Balboa Theatre; and more.
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Martha Gilmer, president and CEO of San Diego Symphony, on her recent honor by Musical America and a bright future ahead.
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MUST-SEE SHOWS
SAN DIEGO WELCOMES actress Katie Holmes, who stars in the title role in Hedda Gabler, which receives its world premiere at The Old Globe, Feb. 7-March 8. Henrik Ibsen’s famed 1890 play about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage comes to us in a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson; Barry Edelstein directs. theoldglobe.org At La Jolla Playhouse, Feb. 10-March 22, The Recipe—the world-premiere play written by Claudia Shear and directed by Lisa Peterson—centers on a girl from Pasadena who became one of the world’s
most beloved chefs and TV personalities: Julia Child. lajollaplayhouse.org Written (and originally performed) by Hal Holbrook, Mark Twain Tonight!, presented by Broadway San Diego, is a one-man show performed by Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas; catch the special production at the Balboa Theatre on Feb. 12. Broadway San Diego also brings us the hilarious musical BEETLEJUICE (don’t say it three times fast unless you dare!), based on the 1988 Tim Burton film, Feb. 24-March 1 at the Civic Theatre. broadwaysd.com
From left: Justin Collette and Isabella Esler in Broadway’s BEETLEJUICE; Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight!
Symphonic Delights
FEBRUARY IS IN full swing at Jacobs Music Center, with fabulous Jacobs Masterworks concerts presented by San Diego Symphony. In “Storms and Fireworks: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique,” Feb. 21-22, the Symphony Orchestra showcases Tchaikovsky’s epic composition; as well as Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, featuring pianist Benjamin Grosvenor; and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. Next up, a “Brahms Festival” spans several days, paying homage to 19th century German composer Johannes Brahms. A German Requiem, Feb. 27 and March
1, features the San Diego Symphony Chorus, soprano Julie Boulianne and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel; followed by Brahms’ Symphonies 1 and 2, Feb. 28; Symphony No. 4 and Violin Concerto in D Major, with
violinist Leonidas Kavakos performing, March 6; and Symphony No. 3, with Kavakos again performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto, March 7. 750 B St., downtown, 619.235.0804, sandiegosymphony.org
Clockwise from top: Benjamin Grosvenor; Leonidas Kavakos; Julie Boulianne.
BEATS & BALLET
ROOTED IN AFRICAN American and Latinx street and social dances, Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) collaborates with pianist Arturo O’Farrill for a special show presented by La Jolla Music Society at The Conrad on Feb. 22: Shadow Cities, featuring a cast of seven dancers and four musicians. It’s a powerful meld of live music by O’Farrill—the Grammy Award-winning jazz musician, composer and director of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra—and exciting choreography by EAD— known for its inspiring storytelling via breakdancing, hip-hop, house and “waacking” street dance style. theconrad.org California Center for the Arts, Escondido hosts World Ballet Company on Feb. 22 for Tchaikovsky’s spellbinding Swan Lake. The production features a cast of 50 international dancers and more than 150 hand-sewn costumes—all accompanied by a live orchestra. artcenter.org
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Ephrat Asherie Dance and Arturo O’Farrill (below) perform in Shadow Cities at The Conrad on Feb. 22.
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY SOARS
“Impresario
of the Year” Martha Gilmer Looks Ahead to the Symphony’s Future
by STEPHANIE SAAD
WHEN MARTHA GILMER was interviewed by the San Diego Symphony search committee for a CEO in 2014, she was told the new leader would be assigned three goals: 1) to create a permanent outdoor site at the Embarcadero, where the
Symphony had performed at a seasonal summer pops site for years; 2) to improve the acoustic environment at Copley Hall; and 3) to start a search for a new music director, as it was anticipated the director at the time, Jahja Ling, was going to be stepping down soon.
Gilmer, who was at the time closing on 35 years at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where she rose to vice president for artistic planning and audience development,
says, “I remember flying back to Chicago and thinking, ‘when do you get an opportunity to do such good work with an orchestra?’ The San Diego Symphony was at a real inflection point. There was really good work to be done. I thought that would be a tremendous opportunity, and it has been.”
By any measure, in her 11 years as the Symphony’s president and CEO, Gilmer has fulfilled her mandate with spectacular success. That
has just been recognized by Musical America—the oldest American magazine on classical music and a leading voice in the industry—which named her “Impresario of the Year” for 2026. Gilmer, who has headed the Symphony since 2014, is only the second person in Musical America’s 127-year history to earn this honor. The first, in 2007, was Michael Kaiser—who, from 2001 to 2014, was the president of the John F. Kennedy San Diego Symphony at The Rady Shell; Martha Gilmer.
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Darwin†°
Ann Davies†°
George S. Davis†
Mark Delfino
Pamela A. Farr†
Harold W. Fuson Jr.†°
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Paula Powers† SECRETARY
Susan Hoehn
Dana Hosseini
Jeff Hughes
Daphne H. Jameson
Evelyn Olson Lamden†°
Noelle Norton, Ph.D.
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Nancy A. Spector
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Keiko Green
Shelley Butler
Aaron Coleman
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EMERITUS DIRECTORS
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Gordon Luce*
Dolly Poet*
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Deborah Szekely
Hon. Pete Wilson
Garet B. Clark
J. Dallas Clark*
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Bernard Lipinsky*
Delza Martin*
Conrad Prebys*
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Patsy Shumway
Harvey P. White*
Carolyn YorstonWellcome*
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Dea Hurston*
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Tony Meneses
Richard Nelson
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Heather Raffo
Tori Sampson
Eddie Torres
Daniel J. Watts
Sam White
Whitney White
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Laura Winters
Craig Wright
Powers Playwriting Fellows
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Nimisha Ladva
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William Anton
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Jacqueline Brookes*
Lewis Brown*
Victor Buono*
Wayland Capwell*
Kandis Chappell
Eric Christmas*
Patricia Conolly
George Deloy
Tim Donoghue
Richard Easton*
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Monique Fowler
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Ralph Funicello
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Joseph Hardy*
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Nicholas Martin*
Dakin Matthews
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Katherine McGrath*
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Robert Morgan
Patrick Page
Ellis Rabb*
Steve Rankin
William Roesch*
Robin Pearson Rose
Marion Ross
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Ken Ruta*
Douglas W. Schmidt
Seret Scott
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Richard Seger*
Diane Sinor*
Don Sparks
David Ogden Stiers*
Conrad Susa*
Deborah Taylor
Irene Tedrow*
Sada Thompson*
Paxton Whitehead*
James Winker
Robert Wojewodski
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*In memoriam
FROM BARRY
Hedda Gabler is on a short list of plays that are the Mount Everests of the theatre, the impossible ones that artists choose to climb because they’re there. It’s a classic and it’s eternal. When there’s a theatre on Mars, Hedda Gabler will be in the repertoire.
This is so partly because of Henrik Ibsen’s stature as “The Father of Modern Drama” who brought psychological realism onto the stage and reoriented the work of playwrights in the 150 years since. It’s also because of the play itself, and its seemingly endless richness and depth.
Hedda Gabler is a story about an extraordinary woman living in decidedly ordinary surroundings. She’s looking for something more, for a life whose dimensions transcend the quotidian and the banal. But Hedda’s world isn’t interested. The small university town in which she’s settled and the marriage to which she’s agreed share an interest in shutting-down people like Hedda. For Ibsen, and for generations of interpreters since, these forces of conventionality, these powers aligned against Hedda, can be summed up in one idea: the patriarchy. Hedda lives in a world of men who keep her down, who exercise power over her, who rob her of agency, options, even free will.
A century and a half later, this remains a feminist play about the repressive powers of the patriarchy. But in our world, in which women’s lives are so very different from what they were in 1890s Norway, the play expands to consider something else. Hedda Gabler wants to know what happens to people of creativity and uniqueness in a world that sees imagination itself as the enemy. Hedda is blessed with a capacious vision, an ability to see beyond the normal. But her society forecloses originality. In such a place, idiosyncrasy must be crushed.
Erin Cressida Wilson’s new English-language version of this play crystallizes this big idea in a question that’s asked repeatedly in the play: “What kind of person does something like that?” There are people who seem to make no sense. And there
are people who cannot abide the absence of sense being made. These people are the agents of Hedda’s tragedy.
Erin and I first talked about working on Hedda Gabler way back in the antediluvian era of New York in the late 1990s. Just when we were about to get started, a major Hedda appeared on Broadway, and we delayed our plans. I am delighted that all these years later the circle closes in a triumphant new adaptation that will make us all think differently about this iconic work.
Another leading artist joining this production is the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, whose musical score manages to express both Hedda’s inner life and also the formidable forces aimed at containing it. The Globe and I are honored that she’s here.
But you can’t do Hedda Gabler without a Hedda Gabler, and we have a great one. I directed Katie Holmes in the 2023 New York production of The Wanderers, which premiered here at the Globe a few years prior. I marveled at an actor of immense imagination, charisma, kindness, and grace, and I asked if she’d ever consider bringing her gifts to the Globe and San Diego. We’re here tonight because she agreed. Her Hedda is deep, engaging, complicated; she’s simultaneously sympathetic and imperious, loving and dangerous, victim and tyrant. Katie stakes out new ground. I’m happy to publicly and fulsomely express my admiration and my gratitude.
Erin, Caroline, and Katie are but three of dozens of major artists and theatremakers working on this production. It’s a special gift in my life. Now it’s my honor and my privilege to share it with our audiences.
Thanks for coming. Enjoy the show.
Barry Edelstein is the Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director of The Old Globe. Any feedback on tonight’s show or any of the Globe’s work? Email Barry at HiBarry@TheOldGlobe.org and he’ll get back to you!
Barry Edelstein
ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PRESENTS
Timothy J. Shields
AUDREY S. GEISEL MANAGING DIRECTOR
HENRIK IBSEN’S HEDDA GABLER
IN A NEW VERSION BY
ERIN CRESSIDA WILSON
Mark Wendland SCENIC DESIGN
David I. Reynoso COSTUME DESIGN
Emmelyn Thayer VOICE AND TEXT
Heather Gilbert LIGHTING DESIGN
Caparelliotis Casting CASTING
Chelsey Arce MOVEMENT
Jessica Paz SOUND DESIGN
Jess Slocum PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Caroline Shaw ORIGINAL MUSIC
DIRECTED BY BARRY EDELSTEIN
This new adaptation of Hedda Gabler is commissioned by The Old Globe.
Platform translation provided by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey.
UNDERSTUDIES ............................................................ for George Tesman – Lance D. Bush†; for Judge Brack – Thomas Edward Daugherty*; for Ejlert Lövborg – Ethan Fox†; for Thea Elvsted – Stephanie Hinck†; for Hedda Gabler – Fiona Robberson*; for Pianist – Sonya Schumann
Production Stage Manager ................................................................. Jess Slocum*
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
†Student in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.
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Director Barry Edelstein dives into the complex world of HeddaGabler
By Danielle Mages Amato
What was the spark that made you turn to Hedda Gabler at this moment?
Katie Holmes. I had a wonderful experience directing her in The Wanderers at Roundabout, and after it was over, we sat down and said, “We should really do something together again.” So, I made a short list of plays, and sent it to her, and she said, “Wow, Hedda would be amazing, I’d love to do that.” So that was the immediate spark. It’s been a play that’s been on my to-do list for a long, long time. Ibsen, generally, has been on my list. So, it was lurking there in the recesses of my mind, but it was Katie’s desire to take on this massive thing that really brought it to life.
What do you love about Ibsen, and about this play in particular?
There’s just something about the emotional temperature of the people, and the psychic intensity of the world that Ibsen conjures that I feel simpatico with. Two things in particular. One, the central idea of Ibsen is that our pasts are inescapable and the choices that we make in our lives stay with us and have this habit of lying dormant for years, and then suddenly erupting and changing everything. Second is that Ibsen, like Shakespeare, goes through this weird progression where the later into his career you get, the less naturalistic the writing becomes. Those late Ibsen plays – of which Hedda is one – leave naturalism behind in the same way that the four late Shakespeare plays do. There’s some symbolism there, there’s some expressionism there, but mostly, there’s a sense of wonder at the inexplicable nature of human actions. And so, the question of Hedda is, “Why is she acting like this? What is this?” Erin Cressida Wilson’s new version asks, “What kind of person does something like that?” and captures Ibsen’s late period precisely.
What did Erin ’ s new translation unlock for you?
For my entire career in the theatre, whenever I’ve directed a classic play not written in English, I’ve done a new translation. I think that’s important. I think the way that the theatre stays alive is that contemporary writers need to bring these old plays to life. The existing translations just all feel stuck in whatever time it was when they were made. Ibsen, in particular, suffers from this. Mostly, we know him through Victorian English translations that just layer these accretions of barnacles onto his plays. If you talk to somebody who reads Norwegian, they will be appalled at what the Victorians did, because the language of Ibsen is much blunter. You see this with the sexual content in the play, which is far more veiled in English translations of the late 19th and earlier 20th century than it is in the Norwegian itself. You read these early Ibsen translations, and everything is weirdly hidden behind this sort of gauzy, non-direct stuff. That’s not at all what he was doing. So, if you’re going to honor what Ibsen really is, you have to find an equivalently direct sort of blunt speech.
That’s the interesting thing about what Erin has done; I mean 95, percent of the lines of Ibsen are in there. This is absolutely Ibsen’s play, but it’s been—thought by thought and statement by statement—filtered through the sensibility of this very provocative writer who made a reputation for writing sexually frank and crisply expressed material when she first hit the scene in the 1990s and 2000s. Erin has just blown the dust off it. The sentences are short; the locution is not flowery in the way that Victorian Ibsen is.
How does that tone of this translation impact the production?
A fully decorated drawing room just didn’t seem to make any sense. I would read Erin’s script and think, well, you can’t have a 19th century box set with ornately upholstered Victorian fabrics and layered clothing and all that. It’s not going to make sense. There needs to be something visually spare and stripped away that is the analogy of what Erin has done with the language of Ibsen’s play. So, we just decided to pull everything out and put in only the things that you need, which are a sofa to sit on, a piano to be played, and a stove in which...well, no spoilers! There’s very little there. It’s going to be different from the ways in which our Globe audience has experienced revivals of classics, which tend to be really upholstered. This is not that. This is something very, very spare.
Hedda has been a polarizing character in the history of the play. What do you find compelling about living with Hedda for an entire rehearsal and production process?
She can be incredibly difficult to be around! People call her the female Hamlet, and it’s true. She’s unbelievably mysterious. She’s many, many things. She’s a victim. She’s a tyrant. She’s violent. She’s soft. She’s inexplicably brutal to other people, and yet deeply, deeply sympathetic. She’s just an unbelievably complicated human being in the most
Barry Edelstein in rehearsal during Henry6 , 2024. Photo by Rich Soublet II.
THE MANY LIVES OF HEDDA GABLER
By Danielle Mages Amato
Hedda Gabler is a live wire, a character so electrically charged she has become one of modern drama’s defining roles. Since she first stepped onto the stage in 1891, Hedda has shocked, delighted, and confounded audiences around the world.
EARLY REACTIONS
Since it was first published in 1891, Hedda sparked a chorus of both outrage and fascination.
• Norwegian critic Alfred Sinding-Larsen dismissed Hedda as “a horrid miscarriage of the imagination,” a “monster in female form.”
• English writer Clement Scott exclaimed: “What a horrible story! What a hideous play!”
• After the London premiere, playwright George Bernard Shaw declared: “I never had a more tremendous sensation in a theatre,” praising Elizabeth Robins’ portrayal of this “sympathetically unsympathetic” character.
• That same year, novelist Henry James called Hedda “irresistible”: “She is various and sinuous and graceful, complicated and natural; she suffers, she struggles, she is human.”
HENRIK IBSEN, THEATRICAL GIANT
By 1891, Henrik Ibsen was already an international institution. His plays were widely produced across Europe; each new work was translated with speed and debated with intensity.
Modern audiences often meet Ibsen first through his so-called “problem plays,” works like A Doll’s House, Ghosts, and An Enemy of the People, which place uncomfortable moral questions directly center stage.
In his early notes on the play, Ibsen wrote: “The play shall deal with ‘the impossible,’ that is, to aspire to and strive for something which is against all the conventions, against that which is acceptable to conscious minds.”
PRODUCTIONS AROUND THE WORLD
January 1891: Munich. Hedda Gabler premieres at the Residenztheater, with Ibsen in attendance.
April 1891: London. The play’s English-language life begins at the Vaudeville Theatre, led by Elizabeth Robins and Marion Lea.
1899: Moscow. The Moscow Art Theatre includes Hedda in its first season, a sign that artists drawn to psychological acting approaches already recognize the play’s power.
1903/4: New York. Minnie Maddern Fiske, one of America’s leading Ibsen interpreters, produces and plays Hedda at the Manhattan Theatre.
1970: London. Landmark stagings keep resetting the bar, including Ingmar Bergman’s production with Maggie Smith, reasserting Hedda as both a director’s play and an acting tour de force.
HEDDAGABLERAT THE OLD GLOBE
The Old Globe has staged the play two other times in its 90-year history:
1938, directed by Luther M. Kennett, Jr.
1995, directed by Sheldon Epps, featuring CCH Pounder in the title role.
TRANSLATION AT THE CENTER
Questions of translation sit at the center of Hedda Gabler’s performance history, as Ibsen communicates meaning through tone and rhythm as much as through plot events. This production began with a “platform translation” by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey, built as a flexible working document with multiple options for writers, directors, and actors to explore. From that foundation, playwright and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson crafted a vivid, speakable stage text, aiming less to “update” Ibsen than to give contemporary American actors and audiences access to Ibsen’s muscular and vibrant original.
WHY HEDDA KEEPS RETURNING
From its first scandalized reviews to its long repertory life, Hedda Gabler has survived by remaining newly alive in translation and interpretation. Its history is a chain of choices: what each director emphasizes, what each translation makes audible, what each actor discovers in the title role.
When did you first encounter Henrik Ibsen?
My mother was an English professor at San Francisco State and – for better or worse – named me Cressida because she related so deeply to the character in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. I was raised in a world of complex female characters – both in real life and in the pages of the books that were stacked around our house. That included not only Cressida, but Nora and Hedda. These women define female desire in a way that we long to see dramatized so that we know that we’re not alone. One of my favorite Hedda lines is, “Why is it so hard to understand a young woman’s curiosity? Does it have to involve love?” It’s fascinating to watch the men surround Hedda like bees, trying to pin her down to a single definition, when in fact, she is a kaleidoscope. The kaleidoscope of Hedda.
What was it about his work that stayed with you enough to draw you back again as a playwright?
When The Old Globe asked me to adapt Hedda Gabler, I was doing a rewrite on a war film. So I was ensconced in a very different world by day – one that had little to do with my inner life. But Hedda would wake me up at night, and it was then, in the darkness, that I wrote her story. It felt like a wonderful secret, this affair with Hedda.
Though it was my dear friend and collaborator, Barry Edelstein, who finally lured me back to the theatre. There’s something both grounding and inspiring about working hand-in-hand with someone whose intellect is so vast, whose soul is so empathetic, so human. And then there’s Katie Holmes…
Katie imbues Hedda with a wisdom, revelation, but also a level of relatability that is, in my point of view, pure Ibsen. Perhaps she is the Hedda that should have been here all along and has finally arrived.
Ibsen wrote many extraordinary women. What is it about Hedda that continues to demand new language and new approaches?
A collaborator of mine once told me that any intelligent woman relates to Hedda Gabler. We think that we’re so different than the women of the 19th century, but in many ways, we aren’t. We’re still pigeonholed. Marriage can still be constricting. And the patience that our culture has for intricate women is not as deep as we think. It’s getting better, but the better it gets, the bigger the backlash. We need to hear Hedda speak in our language so that we can see that she still exists in all of us.
Can you talk about what it means, for you, to work from a “ platform translation ” rather than an existing English version?
Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey’s platform translation was exciting because it was almost as if it wasn’t in English or even Norwegian. It was a whole new arena of linguistics – like writing from the raw nerve of Ibsen. It was a puzzle, a beautiful one. I felt like I was piecing together the bits and pieces of torn language, just as George and Thea do with Lövborg’s book.
What guided your decisions as you shaped the adaptation — content, rhythm, character, tone, or something else?
Simplicity, humor, subtext, rhythm, urgency, and a certain ferocity guided my decisions. But most importantly, my decisions were driven by searching for words that a real person might utter.
What do you hope your adaptation makes newly possible for this production, for this play, or for how we think about translating canonical work more broadly?
I would like to see the percentage of plays about women get translated by women more often, if not all the time.
(left) Adaptor Erin Cressida Wilson and director Barry Edelstein in rehearsal for Hedda Gabler, 2026. (above) The company of Hedda Gabler at first day of rehearsal, 2026. Photos by Chanel Cook.
CELESTE ARIAS
(Thea Elvsted) The Old Globe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Uncle Vanya. Off Broadway: Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic Theater Company), Superstitions (New Ohio/Pool Plays), Uncle Vanya (Hunter Theater Project), The Three Seagulls or MASHAMASHAMASHA! (HERE Arts Center/ TRE). Regional: The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Yale Rep). Film: The Post, The Big Sick, Rebel in the Rye, Kate Can’t Swim. TV: “Paper Girls” (Amazon), “NOS4A2” (AMC), “Evil,” “The Code,” “Bull,” “The Good Wife” (CBS). B.F.A. New York University, M.F.A. Yale School of Drama.
CHARLIE BARNETT
(George Tesman) is honored to be performing at The Old Globe for the first time. And he is loving San Diego! Notable TV: “Chicago Fire” (Mills), “Tales of The City” (Ben), “Arrow” (Diggle Jr.), “YOU” (Gabe), “The Acolyte” (Yord), and most notably the Emmy and TCA-winner “Russian Doll” (Alan). Film: Dreams in Nightmares (Reece; Berlin Best Film nominee), Imposters (Paul), Men in Black 3. Education: B.F.A. Juilliard.
SAIDAH ARRIKA EKULONA
(Aunt Julie Tesman) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Well Off Broadway: Ruined (MTC); An American Daughter (Williamstown); Othello, Unconditional, Well, The Square, Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater/NYSF); The Thugs (Soho Rep); Fabulation (Playwrights Horizons); A Streetcar Named Desire (NYTW); more. Film: Life of Chuck, Amber Alert, Raccoons, Righteous Kill, Taking of Pelham 123, more. TV: “Bob ♥ Abishola,” “A League of Their Own,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Haunting of Hill House,” more. Honors: Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, more. Education: B.A. and Honorary Doctorate from Albright College, M.F.A. in Acting from University of Minnesota. @ms.saidah on Instagram.
KATIE HOLMES
(Hedda Gabler) made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, later returning in Dead Accounts and The Wanderers. She most recently appeared in the Tony-nominated 2024 revival of Our Town. Her television credits include “Dawson’s Creek,” “Ray Donovan,” and “Poker Face,” and her film work includes Pieces of April, Go, and Batman Begins. Under her Noelle Productions banner, she stars in the upcoming film Happy Hours, which she also wrote and directed. She recently released Rare Objects and previously wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Alone Together, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
ALEXANDER HURT
(Ejlert Lövborg) recently starred in Larry Fessenden’s film Blackout and was also recently seen in Maria Schrader’s film She Said In television, he was a regular in the hit Netflix series “Bonding.” Other TV credits include “Homeland,” “Super Pumped,” “Billions,” “Law & Order: SVU,” and “The Good Fight.” He was nominated for an Emmy for Lead Actor in a Digital Drama Series for “The Rehearsal.” Broadway: Peter Morgan’s Patriots. Off Broadway: Wild Duck directed by Simon Godwin, Scenes from a Marriage directed by Ivo Van Hove, Hamish Linklater’s The Whirligig, Placebo directed by Daniel Aukin, Mike Bartlett’s Love, Love, Love directed by Michael Mayer, and Continuity directed by Rachel Chavkin.
KATIE MACNICHOL
(Berte) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, All’s Well…, Cyrano, All in the Timing. London: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Shakespeare’s Globe). Broadway: The Green Bird, Two Shakespearean Actors. Off Broadway: Cider House Rules, King John, The Food Chain. Regional: The Waverly Gallery (Backyard Renaissance), Fallen Angels (Pasadena Playhouse), The Molière Comedies (Mark Taper Forum), Good People (La Mirada), North Coast Rep, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Denver Center, Yale Rep, Williamstown, Westport, McCarter. Education: NYU Experimental Theatre Wing. Podcast: Act Like A Mother, @actlikeamotherpodcast.
ALFREDO NARCISO
(Judge Brack) (he/him) Broadway: Time and the Conways, A Streetcar Named Desire (Roundabout), The Motherf@#er with the Hat (The Public/LAByrinth). Off Broadway: Measure for Measure, Chair, The Merchant of Venice (TFANA), Moscow Moscow… (MCC), Red Dog Howls, Misanthrope (NYTW), Tiny Beautiful Things (The Public), Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons), Chimichangas & Zoloft (Atlantic), The Ugly One (Soho Rep/Play Company), The Good Mother (New Group), more. Film/TV: Our Son, A Stage of Twilight, Demolition, The Dark Tower, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” “Manifest,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Elsbeth,” “Homeland,” “House of Cards,” “Jessica Jones,” more. Proud member of LAByrinth Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and The Actor’s Studio. alfredonarciso.com, @alfredo.narciso on Instagram.
KORRIE YAMAOKA
(Pianist) (she/her) Regional: White Christmas, Phantom (Gateway Playhouse), Beth Malone: So Far (Diversionary), Everybody’s Talkin’: The Music of Harry Nilsson, Violet, The Who’s Tommy (San Diego Rep), Fun Home, Singin’ in the Rain (New Village Arts). Film/TV: VO Music Direction on “Blippi,” “Cocomelon Lane” (Netflix) Original works: White Space: A Song Cycle. Education: M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. korrieyamaoka.com, @korrieyamaoka on Instagram.
LANCE D. BUSH
(u/s George Tesman) The Old Globe: The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well. The Old Globe/ USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Titus Andronicus, Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII. NYC: Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Mabou Mines), Overdose (Playwrights Horizons), Grace’s Birthday (HERE Arts Center). Education: B.A. The New School; The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, second year. @LanceDBush.
THOMAS EDWARD DAUGHERTY
(u/s Judge Brack) The Old Globe: debut. Laguna Playhouse: Beside Myself, The Angel Next Door. North Coast Rep: Beside Myself, The Angel Next Door. New Village Arts: The Ferryman. National tour: Ragtime, Showboat. Kennedy Center: Bounce. Goodman: All’s Well That Ends Well, Bounce. Chicago Shakespeare: As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, Troilus and Cressida. Drury Lane Theatre: 1776, The Foreigner. Marriott Theatre: Houdini. Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Macbeth, Country Wife. Education: B.F.A. MT, University of Michigan; J.D, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
ETHAN FOX
(u/s Ejlert Lövborg) The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Titus Andronicus. Off Broadway: The Second Woman (BAM), Blood, Sweat, and Queers (Bohemian National Hall), Murder on the Links (The Players Theatre). OffOff Broadway: Shylock and the Shakespeareans (New Ohio Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Players Theatre), Titus Andronicus (The Gene Frankel), Experiments in Afropessimism (Hi-Arts), These and Those (Teatro LATEA). Honors: Molly Thacher-Kazan Memorial Prize. Education: B.A. in Drama from Vassar College. @3thanfox.
STEPHANIE HINCK
(u/s Thea Elvsted) The Old Globe: All’s Well That Ends Well (u/s Helena, performed), The Comedy of Errors, Empty Ride (u/s). Theatre: Titus Andronicus (Tamora), Wolf Play (Wolf), Orlando, Tiger at the Gates, Henry VIII (The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program), Year of the Solar Eclipse (The Wild Project), I Met You On TV (The Tank), Into the Woods (Rauh Studio Theatre). Film/ TV: “Do It to Me If You Want” (Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival). Education: The Old Globe and USD Shiley M.F.A. Program second-year candidate. Maggie Flanigan Studio Conservatory in NYC. B.S. in Psychology from University of Pittsburgh. @stenck on Instagram.
FIONA ROBBERSON
(u/s Hedda Gabler) Broadway: John Proctor is the Villain. New York: Confederates (Signature Theatre), Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love (Roundabout), Three Texas Women (Teatro LATEA), The Bacchae (La MaMa). Regional: Rope, All My Sons (Hartford Stage), True Art (Dorset Theatre Festival), A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Chessman (B Street Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Dallas), Easter (Undermain Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center). Film: Plano (dir. Danya Taymor). Education: B.F.A. from NYU Tisch and M.F.A. from The Juilliard School (Group 50). fionarobberson.com, @fionamr on Instagram.
SONYA SCHUMANN
(u/s Pianist) (she/her) Performances: Red Rocks Music Festival, Keys Fest, CornishAmerican Song Institute, the Gilmore. Honors: Yamaha 40 under 40, Canada Council for the Arts grant awardee, Keys to Inclusion faculty founder. Education: B.Mus. in Piano Performance from the University of South Carolina, M.Mus. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Michigan, D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Michigan. sonyaschumann.com.
HENRIK IBSEN
(Playwright) (1828-1906) was a celebrated Norwegian playwright regarded as the founder of modern drama. Emphasizing character over plot, Ibsen addressed social issues such as political corruption, the changing role of women, and psychological conflicts stemming from frustrated love and destructive family relationships. His best-known works include Peer Gynt (1867), A Doll’s House (1879), Ghosts (1881), An Enemy of the People (1882), The Master Builder (1892), and When We Dead Awaken (1899), among others.
ERIN CRESSIDA WILSON
(Adaptor) Film/TV: Secretary, The Girl on the Train, Chloe, Men, Women, and Children, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Eleanor the Great, Snow White, “Vinyl.” Stage: Hurricane (Classic Stage Company), Wilder (Playwrights Horizons), CrossDressing in the Depression (SoHo Rep, Traverse), The Erotica Project (Joe’s Pub), The Trail of Her Inner Thigh (Labyrinth, Campo Santo), Elsewhere (BAM). Honors: Independent Spirit, Rockefeller, NEA. Professorships: Brown, Duke, Stanford, UCSB. Advisor, Sundance.
BARRY EDELSTEIN
(Director; Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, the two-part epic Henry 6, and, during the pandemic, Hamlet: On the Radio. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour, and he oversees the Globe’s Classical Directing Fellowship program. In addition to his recent Globe credits, he directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018 and The Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2023. As Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater (2008–2012), Edelstein oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions as well as its educational, community outreach, and artist-training programs. At The Public, he staged the world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and Steve Martin’s WASP and Other Plays. He was also Associate Producer of The Public’s Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. From 1998 to 2003 he was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. His podcast “Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare” was produced by the Globe and Pushkin Industries. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
MARK WENDLAND
(Scenic Design) With Barry Edelstein: The Tempest (LA Philharmonic), Rain (The Old Globe). The Old Globe: The Gardens of Anuncia. Broadway: Rose Tattoo, Six Degrees of Separation, Significant Other, Heisenberg, If/Then, The Merchant of Venice (Tony nomination), Next to Normal (Tony nomination), Talk Radio, An Almost Holy Picture, Death of a Salesman New York: The Gardens of Anuncia (Lincoln Center), Vladimir, Murder Ballad (MTC), The Mother (Atlantic), Unknown Soldier (Playwrights Horizons), Moscow Moscow Moscow..., Yen, Punk Rock (MCC), I Can Get It For You Wholesale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, Hamlet (CSC), The Layover (Second Stage), The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide..., Satellites, Fucking A, Pericles, A Dybbuk, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens (Public Theater), Angels in America (Signature).
DAVID I. REYNOSO
(Costume Design) The Old Globe: The Janeiad, Regency Girls, Henry 6, Midsummer, El Borracho, Scrooge, Hair, As You Like It, The Tempest, The Wanderers, more. Theatre: Water for Elephants (Broadway; Tony nomination), La Lucha, Optika Piñata, Portaleza, Las Quinceañeras, Waking La Llorona (as creator/director, Optika Moderna/ La Jolla Playhouse), The Burnt City, Sleep No More (Punchdrunk), ACT, A.R.T., Arena, Finnish Ballet, Portland Center Stage, WP, Seattle Rep, Roundabout, others. Further work: Teatro Piñata (New Children’s Museum), Hostile Terrain 94, PostSecret, Living with Animals (Museum of Us). Honors: Obie Award, Creative Catalyst Grant. davidreynoso.com, @designreynoso on Instagram.
HEATHER GILBERT
(Lighting Design) Broadway: Bug (Manhattan Theatre Club), Little Bear Ridge Road, Good Night and Good Luck, Dead Outlaw, Parade, The Sound Inside, Cult of Love (Second Stage). Regional: Steppenwolf, Goodman, The Muny, Center Theatre Group, Studio Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Magic Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and many storefronts and basements all over the country, particularly in Chicago. Awards: 3 Tony nominations, 3 Drama Desk nominations (1 Award), 1 Jeff Award, 1 Outer Critics Circle Award. Heather teaches lighting at the University of Michigan.
JESSICA PAZ
(Sound Design) The Old Globe: Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical. Broadway: Hadestown (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), POTUS, A Beautiful Noise, Dear Evan Hansen (as associate), Bandstand (as associate), Disaster! (as associate), Fela! (as associate). Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Ugly Lies the Bone, Becoming Dr. Ruth, A Sucker Emcee, The Muscles in Our Toes, The King’s Whore The Public Theater: As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Othello. Regional: Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre), Water for Elephants (Alliance Theatre); productions at Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theater, others.
CAROLINE SHAW
(Original Music) Theatre: The Crucible (National Theatre), Four Portraits (Chicago Lyric). Dance: collaborations with Justin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, Tiler Peck, NYC Ballet, more. Concerts: NY Phil, LA Phil, Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Sō Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, Attacca Quartet, more. Film/TV: “Leonardo Da Vinci” (PBS/Ken Burns), “Fleishman is in Trouble” (FX/Hulu), The Sky is Everywhere (A24/Apple), more. Honors: Pulitzer Prize in Music (2013), 5 Grammy Awards, Watson Fellowship, Honorary Doctorate (Yale). Education: Rice (B.M.), Yale (M.M.), Princeton. @carolineadelaideshaw on Instagram.
CHELSEY ARCE
(Movement) The Old Globe: Henry 6, Bartleby (upcoming). Broadway: revival of Sweeney Todd (associate choreographer), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (associate movement director). Off Broadway: Anna Christie (St. Ann’s Warehouse). Opera: Carmen (assistant choreographer; The Met). First national tour: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (associate movement director). Regional: Gun and Powder (associate choreographer; Paper Mill Playhouse). International: Paramour, ’Twas the Night Before (assistant director/choreographer; Cirque du Soleil). TV/film: “Germany’s Next Top Model” finale (associate choreographer), Love in Klinerry (choreographer). Workshops: WANTED (choreographer), Almost Famous (choreographer; The O’Neil). Education: B.F.A. in Dance from Boston Conservatory. chelseyarce.com, @chelseyarce
ARTISTS
EMMELYN THAYER
(Voice and Text) The Old Globe: Huzzah!, Henry 6, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, Ride, Cabaret, Murder on the Orient Express, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dial M for Murder. San Diego: Noises Off, Sweeney Todd, Man from Nebraska, History Boys, Private Lives (Cygnet Theatre), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (North Coast Rep), The Glass Menagerie (Diversionary). The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Professor of Practice; Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Mother Courage and Her Children, more. Recipient of the Craig Noel M.F.A. Fellowship. emmelynthayer.com.
CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING
(Casting) The Old Globe: Deceived, The Janeiad, One of the Good Ones, Empty Ride, Appropriate, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B, Fat Ham, Stir, King James, English, The Age of Innocence, Exotic Deadly, Under a Baseball Sky, What We Talk About…, Dial M for Murder, Mala, Shutter Sisters, Hurricane Diane, others. Select Broadway: Punch, Good Night and Good Luck, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Grey House, Ohio State Murders, Macbeth, The Minutes, King Lear, Hillary and Clinton, Ink, The Waverly Gallery, Meteor Shower, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Jitney, Blackbird, Disgraced. Additional theatre: MTC, Signature, Atlantic. TV: “New Amsterdam” (NBC), “American Odyssey” (NBC).
JESS SLOCUM
(Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Henry 6, The Age of Innocence, Under a Baseball Sky, Dial M for Murder, El Borracho, Noura, They Promised Her the Moon, The Imaginary Invalid, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, tokyo fish story, In Your Arms, Bright Star, Water by the Spoonful, Pygmalion, over 40 more. Regional: The Heart; The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical; Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord; Indecent; Side Show; Ruined; The Third Story; Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), Noura (Shakespeare Theatre Company). Education: Vanderbilt University.
KENDRA STOCKTON
(Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Noises Off, Regency Girls, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Henry 6, The Age of Innocence, The XIXth, Come Fall in Love, Trouble in Mind, Hair, Almost Famous, October Sky, Bright Star, more. Regional: House of Joy (San Diego Rep), Home of the Brave, #SuperShinySara, Guards at the Taj, The Orphan of Zhao, The Who & The What (La Jolla Playhouse), The Loneliest Girl in the World (Diversionary), mixtape (Lamb’s Players), White Christmas (San Diego Musical Theatre).
NICHOLAS LAMBROS SMITH
(Stage Management Swing) (he/they) The Old Globe: All’s Well That Ends Well, Empty Ride (Powers New Voices Festival). Circus: O, Mystère (Cirque du Soleil), Absinthe (Spiegelworld), Ignite: Return to the Elements (Ignite LLC). Regional: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, Put Your House in Order (La Jolla Playhouse), Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical (North Coast Repertory Theatre), A Kind of Weather (Diversionary Theatre). Touring: Menopause the Musical (GFour Productions). Education: M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San Diego.
TIMOTHY J. SHIELDS
(Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director) joined The Old Globe as Managing Director in 2017, bringing with him a wealth of theatrical experience and a deep commitment to community service. Since his appointment, he has been actively involved in the San Diego community, currently serving as an executive committee member of the board of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership; as a member of the City of San Diego’s Balboa Park Committee; and as an advisory board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership, following his term as a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program. In his over four decades of service to non-profit theatres, Shields has held several prominent positions. He was the Managing Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center from 2009 to 2017, and held the same role at Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1998 to 2009, and at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, from 1992 to 1998. Additionally, he has held administrative roles at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis; the Denver Center Theatre Company;
and earlier at McCarter Theatre Center. He has been a significant figure in the non-profit theatre field, serving as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as Vice President of the board at Theatre Communications Group, and as a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Other notable roles include being the co-founder and President of Theatre Wisconsin; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; and being a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. Tim holds a B.F.A. in Drama Production from Carnegie Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and remains to this day a die-hard fan of the Steelers and Pirates.
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Directors are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.
This Theatre operates under an Agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 122.
The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
The musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 325 San Diego.
TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE
Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production’s designers by including the names below.
Mark Wendland, Scenic Design markwendland.com
David I. Reynoso, Costume Design @designreynoso, davidreynoso.com
Heather Gilbert, Lighting Design
Jessica Paz, Sound Design jessicapazdesigns.com
Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance. Photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video recording is not permitted at any time in the theatre.
CASTING
Caparelliotis Casting David Caparelliotis, CSA Joe Gery
PATRON INFORMATION
For more information about ticket policies and patron services, please visit TheOldGlobe.org.
shining a light on the arts engagement team introducing managers
randall and erika
The Arts Engagement Department is ready for another year full of events, workshops, classes, and performances throughout neighborhoods in San Diego.
This year, we are highlighting the team that manages these programs, and shout out the impact of the programs they oversee. These arts administrators are a talented and dynamic group of collaborators – they use their creativity to build meaningful programs and projects throughout the region.
First up are Randall Eames and Erika Phillips who manage the Globe’s summer learning programs: Camp Studio and Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio.
arts engagement senior manager
Years at The Old Globe: 7
What is Camp Studio? A two-week immersive theatrical experience where students sing, dance, act, and craft. The camp aims to ignite a passion for the performing arts and creative storytelling in a welcoming and inclusive camp experience.
What are you most excited about for Camp Studio in 2026? The creative energy that fills the air at Camp Studio! I love this program because it’s a place where young artists play, explore, and create lasting memories and friendships with some of the most playful and talented folks in the field, helping them feel, as one student put it, “a sense of belonging.” It’s a true joy to cultivate, celebrate, and witness these young artists experience moments, like them realizing: 2025 was better for me because of Camp Studio.
associate director of arts engagement
Years
at The Old Globe: 13
What is Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio? An engaging pre-professional four-week acting intensive centered on exploring new meaning around classical text. A dedicated cohort of teens study classical acting, voice, dance, and music while devising original work and performing scenes that bring Shakespeare to life.
Why do you love Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio? My favorite part of every year is seeing how each individual student grows in skill and confidence, and how that creates a joyful and powerful ensemble of young performers that support each other to shine as brightly as they can. At the final performance at The Old Globe, it feels like the sky’s the limit! One student said, “If you’re interested in acting (Shakespeare specifically), this is a great opportunity.” Another student said that our intensive was one of the best acting camps/classes they’ve ever taken.
Fun Fact! Our Camp Studio and Summer Shakespeare participants have gone on to be cast in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Globe for All productions. They’ve received scholarships to B.F.A. and B.A. Acting and Musical Theatre programs, and have gone on to teach theatre at prestigious colleges like NYU and SDSU, and work as arts administrators at theatres around the country.
Registration is now open for both Camp Studio and Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio. If you are interested in attending, sign up at TheOldGlobe.org/StudioYouthPrograms
UPCOMING FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS
Lunar New Year Celebration
Saturday, February 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the start of the Year of the Horse with cultural performances by local artists, featuring live music, vibrant dances, delicious food, fun arts and crafts, and more!
Celebration of Spring
Saturday, March 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Honoring the local Indigenous culture with live music performances, storytelling, bird singing, dance performances, arts and crafts, and local vendors.
by Rich Soublet II.
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OUR THANKS
Please join The Old Globe’s generous family of donors and help create theatre that lives beyond the stage. For more information on how to get involved with the Friends of The Old Globe, contact (619) 684-4140 or donate@TheOldGlobe.org. To get involved as a Circle Patron with a gift of $3,000 or above, contact Bridget Cantu Wear at (619) 684-4144 or CirclePatrons@TheOldGlobe.org. Make a gift at any level online at TheOldGlobe.org/Donate. In appreciation of your generosity and impact, all donors receive special benefits and behind-the-scenes experiences that bring you closer to the theatre you love.
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PRESENTING SPONSORS
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LEAD PRODUCTION SPONSORS
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PRODUCTION SPONSOR
MARCOS SHILEY, IN MEMORY OF DONALD SHILEY
LEAD ARTIST SPONSOR
GEORGE C. GUERRA FOR KATIE HOLMES (HEDDA GABLER)
The Old Globe is funded in part by City of San Diego Cultural Affairs. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities.
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OUR THANKS
The Old Globe’s 90th Anniversary Season was one of creativity, collaboration, and growth— and it was made possible by your generosity. Your investment in our theatre supports bold storytelling, accessible art, and a thriving creative community in San Diego.
The Grinch Tree Lighting Ceremony, 2025; photo by Shannon Partrick. Supriya Ganesh, Tommy Bo, Mahira Kakkar, and Deven Kolluri in House of India, 2025; photo by Jim Cox. AXIS Event: Celebration of Spring, 2025; photo by Rich Soublet II. Krystina Alabado, Isabelle McCalla, Ryann Redmond, and Kate Rockwell in Regency Girls, 2025; photo by Jim Cox. Daniel Petzold, Joshua Echebiri, Will Blum, and Brandon Micheal Hall in The Comedy of Errors, 2025; photo by Jim Cox. Steve Kazee and Maggie Lacey in Appropriate, 2025; photo by Jim Cox. Jefferson Mays, Abby Leigh Huffstetler, and Bryonha Marie in Noises Off, 2025; photo by Rich Soublet II. Huzzah! first day of rehearsal, 2025; photo by Stephanie Ochoa. Free Student Matinee performance of Huzzah!, 2025; photo by Stephanie Ochoa. The Old Globe’s Copley Plaza; photo by Roxana Lopez.
HARVEY P. WHITE
1934–2025
With deep sadness we honor the passing on December 18, 2025 of one of the pillars of The Old Globe, Harvey White. Over decades, Harvey’s impact was significant and wide-ranging. An Emeritus Director, he served on our Board from 1996 to 2016 and was Chair in 2000 and 2001.
Harvey and his wife Sheryl’s philanthropic contributions figure among the most generous in the company’s history; most notably their gift naming the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. But most people would agree that Harvey’s happiest moment in his affiliation with the Globe was when he married Sheryl in 2001 on the set of The Grinch on the stage of The Old Globe Theatre!
Harvey’s career spanned decades and industries. He was a visionary leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and one of the seven co-founders of Qualcomm. His later career included executive and Board positions with various communications and aerospace firms, and many philanthropic and entrepreneurial initiatives.
We remember Harvey White with gratitude. His leadership and love of the Globe are felt by all who enter the theatre that bears his name. Rest in peace, our dear friend.
Harvey White, 2014. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe. Sheryl and Harvey White at the 2018 Globe Gala. Photo by Melissa Jacobs. (from left) Harvey White, Don Cohn, and Conrad Prebys, 2009. Photo by Carol Sonstein.
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EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
Since the founding of The Old Globe in 1935, heroic leadership has made the theatre a cultural icon in San Diego and a leader in the American theatre. The following individuals and organizations, recognized for their tremendous cumulative giving, comprise a special group of friends who have played leading “behind-the-scenes” roles, helping to create productions on our three stages and our programs in the community.
— $25 million and higher —
The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund
— $1 million and higher — Mary Beth Adderley
Audrey Geisel Fund
Donald* and Darlene Shiley
Donald* and Darlene Shiley
— $11 million and higher — Conrad Prebys* City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
Conrad Prebys*
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$10 million and higher —
Karen and Donald* Cohn
—
$9 million and higher — Sheryl and Harvey* White
— $9 million and higher —
—
$7 million and higher —
— $7 million and higher —
Kathryn Hattox*
Viterbi Family and The Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Fund
Viterbi Artistic Director Fund
—
$4 million and higher —
The James Irvine Foundation
Paula and Brian Powers
Paula and Brian Powers
The Shubert Foundation
—
$3 million and higher — David C. Copley Foundation County of San Diego
— $3 million and higher —
Terry Atkinson Bank of America
Terry Atkinson Bank of America
Bentivoglio Family Fund
Diane and John* Berol
Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.
Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.
California Arts Council, A State Agency
California Bank & Trust
California Bank & Trust
California Cultural & Historical Endowment
J. Dallas and Mary Clark*
J. Dallas and Mary Clark*
The Roy Cockrum Foundation
Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish
Peter Cooper and Erik Matwijkow
Peter Cooper and Erik Matwijkow
Valerie and Harry Cooper
Elaine and Dave* Darwin
Ann Davies
Una Davis and Jack McGrory
Una Davis and Jack McGrory
Silvija* and Brian Devine
Helen Edison*
Pamela Farr and
Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander
Hal and Pam Fuson
Globe Guilders
Globe Guilders
HM Electronics, Inc.
HM Electronics, Inc.
Joan* and Irwin Jacobs
The Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The Lipinsky Family
Estate of Beatrice Lynds*
Peggy and Robert
Peggy and Robert
Matthews Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Victor H.* and Jane Ottenstein
Victor H.* and Jane Ottenstein
The Parker Foundation
(Gerald T. and Inez Grant Parker)
Prebys Foundation
Price Philanthropies
Estate of Dorothy S. Prough*
Qualcomm
Jeannie and Arthur Rivkin*
Jeannie and Arthur Rivkin*
Jean and Gary Shekhter
Karen and Stuart Tanz
Theatre Forward
Theatre Forward
Gillian and Tony Thornley
Gillian and Tony Thornley
Evelyn Mack Truitt*
United Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Carolyn
Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome*
The Henry Donald Wolpert and Barbara Wolpert Family Trust
Barbara Wolpert Family Trust
Vicki and Carl Zeiger
Vicki and Carl Zeiger
Anonymous (1)
*In memoriam
*In memoriam
THE ARTS ENGAGEMENT GIVING CIRCLE
Thank you to members of The Arts Engagement Giving Circle for ensuring the continued vibrancy and accessibility of the arts by supporting programs that engage, inspire, and make a lasting impact on youth, young adults, and families throughout San Diego and beyond.
families throughout San Diego and beyond.
Dede Alpert
Dede Alpert
Terry Atkinson Bank of America
Will and Nora Hom Newbern
Marguerite Jackson Dill
Patrons of the Prado
Barbara J. Petersen
Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs
Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs
PNC Bank
PNC Bank
Beth and Rich Brenner
Beth and Rich Brenner
Julia Carrington Hall
Julia Carrington Hall
Dale Connelly
Dale Connelly
Elizabeth Cushman
Elaine Bennett Darwin
Ann Davies
Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander
Robert and Dorothy Ganz
Wendy Gillespie and the Capdevilla Gillespie Foundation
Gillespie Foundation
Beth Anne Goodman
Beth Anne Goodman
George C. Guerra
George C. Guerra
The Hearst Foundations
The Hearst Foundations
Jill Holmes
Jill Holmes
The Jules and Gwen Knapp
The Jules and Gwen Knapp
Charitable Foundation
Charitable Foundation
Benjamin and Kimberly Lee
Benjamin and Kimberly Lee
Peggy and Robert Matthews Foundation
Marcia A. Mattson
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Theatre
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Michael and Christine Pack
Michael and Christine Pack
Susan Parker
Susan Parker
The Parker Foundation
The Parker Foundation (Gerald and Inez Grant Parker)
Price Philanthropies
Price Philanthropies
Qualcomm
ResMed Foundation
Qualcomm ResMed Foundation
Russ and Marty Ries
Nancy J. Robertson
Sue and Duff Sanderson
Phyllis Schwartz
Kathleen and Al Steele
U.S. Bank
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Viasat
Viasat
Chris and Pat Weil
Chris and Pat Weil
Jennifer Jackson Werner
Jennifer Jackson Werner
Anonymous (3)
The Old Globe is deeply grateful to our Artistic Angels and Benefactors, whose vital support of the Annual Fund helps us make theatre matter to more people. For additional information on how to support the Globe at these extraordinary levels, please contact Lauren Bergquist at (619) 684-4141 or lbergquist@TheOldGlobe.org.
Artistic Angels ($200,000 and higher annually)
Benefactors ($100,000 to $199,999)
(1)
TERRY ATKINSON
THE KAREN AND DONALD* COHN† FUND FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
THE THEODOR AND AUDREY GEISEL FUND
GEORGE C. GUERRA
THE KATHRYN HATTOX CHARITABLE TRUST PAULA AND BRIAN POWERS
THE JEANNIE POLINSKY RIVKIN ARTISTIC FUND
EVELYN MACK TRUITT* TRUST
THE ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FUND In memory of Erna Finci Viterbi
ELAINE BENNETT DARWIN
ANN DAVIES
PAMELA FARR AND BUFORD ALEXANDER
HAL AND PAM FUSON
JOAN* AND IRWIN JACOBS FUND OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
JEAN AND GARY SHEKHTER
DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY† In memory of Donald Shiley
KAREN AND STUART TANZ
GILLIAN AND TONY THORNLEY SHERYL AND HARVEY* WHITE FOUNDATION In honor of Harvey White
VICKI AND CARL ZEIGER
THE JO BOBBIE MACCONNELL TRUST
THE ESTATE OF DAVID J. NOVICK AND CAROL L. NOVICK
THE DONNA VAN EEKEREN FOUNDATION THE HENRY DONALD WOLPERT AND BARBARA WOLPERT FAMILY TRUST
OUR THANKS ANNUAL FUND DONORS
In order to make theatre matter in the lives of more people, The Old Globe—a not-for-profit theatre—relies on the support of our community. We thank our Circle Patrons and Friends of The Old Globe members for these generous annual fund gifts that help us deliver great theatre and life-changing arts engagement programs.
Artistic Angels ($200,000 and higher annually)
Terry Atkinson
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
City of San Diego Cultural Affairs
The Karen and Donald* Cohn Fund for Emerging Artists
The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund
George C. Guerra
Kathryn Hattox Charitable Trust
HM Electronics, Inc.
The Estate of David J. Novick and Carol L. Novick
Benefactors ($100,000 to $199,999)
Elaine Bennett Darwin
Ann Davies ♥
Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander ♥
Hal and Pam Fuson ♥
The Hearst Foundations
Joan* and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
The Jo Bobbie MacConnell Trust
Jean and Gary Shekhter ♥
Ovation Circle ($75,000 to $99,999)
Diane Berol, in memory of John Berol
Elizabeth Cushman
Leonard Hirsch, in memory of Elaine Hirsch
Producer Circle ($50,000 to $74,999)
Alex and Zsuzsanna Balazs
The Geno Barcone and Ed Hastings Fund for Artistic Excellence
Beth and Richard Brenner
Ric* and Eleanor Charlton
Nikki and Ben Clay ♥
The Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish New Play Development Fund ♥
George Davis
Richard and Jennifer Greenfield
Thao and Jeff Hughes
Artist Circle ($25,000 to $49,999)
Jules and Michele Arthur
Break-Away Tours
Bright Event Rentals
Christian and Bridget Buckley
California Bank & Trust
Cox Communications
Brian K. Devine, The Devine Family Fund in memory of Silvija Devine
Elaine Galinson and Herb Solomon
Wendy Gillespie and the Capdevilla Gillespie Foundation
The Gruber Family Trust
Deborah A. and David* A. Hawkins
Hervey Family Fund at San Diego Foundation
Gail and Doug Hutcheson
Sonia and Andy* Israel
Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs
Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden
Paula and Brian Powers ♥
Prebys Foundation
Price Philanthropies
The Jeannie Polinsky Rivkin
Artistic Fund
The Shubert Foundation
The Estate of Evelyn Mack Truitt
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
The Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Fund
The Henry Donald Wolpert and Barbara Wolpert Family Trust
Darlene Marcos Shiley, in memory of Donald Shiley
Karen and Stuart Tanz ♥
Gillian and Tony Thornley
U.S. Bank
The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation, in honor of Harvey White
Vicki and Carl Zeiger ♥ Anonymous
Qualcomm United
Pamela J. Wagner and Hans Tegebo
Carol and George Lattimer
Sue and Duff Sanderson
Show Imaging
Les J. Silver and Andrea
Rothschild-Silver
Debra Turner
Wilkinson Family Charitable Fund
Brent Woods and Laurie Mitchell
Anonymous
Peter and Michelle Landin
Laurents / Hatcher Foundation
Verónica and Miguel Leff
Pamela Hamilton Lester, in memory of Jim Lester
Sandy and Arthur* Levinson
Lilac Grove Entertainment
The Lodge at Torrey Pines
Oscar de la Renta
Michael and Christine Pack
Patrons of the Prado
Barbara J. Petersen
Tom and Lisa Pierce
The Prado at Balboa Park
The Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation
Richard and Shari Sapp
Sempra
Stan Siegel
Urban Kitchen Catering
Karin Winner
Kathie and Jim Zortman
Anonymous (2)
Director Circle ($12,500 to $24,999)
Alicia and Jonathan Atun
Karen and Jim Austin ♥
Rich
Jan and Rich Baldwin
Bank of America
Melissa Garfield Bartell and Michael Bartell
Joan and Jeremy Berg
The Bjorg Family
Robert D. Blanton
Elizabeth Bluhm
Robert and Pamela Brooks
Joanie and Pete Camana ♥
City National Bank
Carlo and Nadine Daleo
DAOU Vineyards
Darlene G. Davies*, in memory of Lowell Davies
Mark and Catherine Delfino
Jeremy Berg Family and Pete Lowell Davies and
Marguerite Jackson Dill, in memory of George Dill ♥
Nina Doede, in honor of Bob Doede
Leon Embry
James Emerson
Dan and Phyllis Epstein
Susanna and Michael Flaster
Focus Partners Wealth
Richard Forsyth and Kate Leonard
Bill and Judy Garrett
Joyce Gattas and Jay Jeffcoat
Carol L.
Carol L. Githens
Kimberly Godwin and Tom Wilcox
William D. Gore
Gore
Nishma and John Held
Laurie Sefton Henson
Kate Herring ♥
Teresa and Harry Hixson, Jr.
Susan and Bill Hoehn
Dana Hosseini and Stacie Young
Arlene Inch
John Kikuchi
George Dill ♥ of Bob Embry and Jay
Hal and Debby Jacobs
Robert Kilian, in memory of Kathleen M. Slayton
John Kirby, in loving memory of Anthony Toia
Sherry and Larry Kline
Hosseini Young and Debby Jacobs memory Kline
Jules and Gwen Knapp
Charitable Foundation
Charitable Foundation
Curt and Nancy Koch
Brooke Koehler
James and Jan LaGrone ♥
Benjamin and Kimberly Lee
LaGrone ♥ Kimberly Lee
Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky
Marshall Littman
Peggy and Robert Matthews Foundation
Founder Circle ($7,500 to $12,499)
Stern
Marcia A.
Marcia A. Mattson
Thomas
Thomas and Randi McKenzie
Christopher Menkov
Christopher Menkov and Jennifer Fisher in memory of Elizabeth Meyer
Vivian Reznik, M.D. and Andrew Ries, M.D.
Russ and Marty Ries
Robert Rosenberg
Robert Rosenberg
Mister A’s Restaurant
Mister
Judith B.
Judith B. Morgan
Neiman Marcus San Diego
Neiman Marcus
Ron and Joyce Nelson
Ron
Darrell Netherton and Robert Wheeler
Darrell Wheeler
Caroline
Caroline and Nicolas Nierenberg
Dr. Mrs. Jerrold
Dr. and Mrs. Jerrold M. Olefsky
The
The Parker Foundation (Gerald and Inez Grant Parker)
Susan Parker
Platt Wealth Management
PNC Bank
Susan Platt PNC
John
John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
Joan Richard Qualls
Joan and Richard Qualls
Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas
Gerry
Tom and Jen Ranglas
Tom
Jeffrey and
Jeffrey J Redondo and Vidal Espinosa
ResMed Foundation
ResMed
Reva Rentals
Reva Rentals
Joan G. Salb & Jack B. Salb Trust
Salb Trust
Diego Municipal
San Diego Municipal Employees Association
Joseph Schuman
Drs. Joseph and Gloria Shurman
Dee E. Silver, M.D.
Nancy and Alan Spector and Family
Kathleen and Al Steele
Steele
Bill and Diane Stumph ♥
Greta and Stephen Treadgold
UBS
University of San Diego
Chris and Pat Weil
Shirli Weiss and Sons
Weiss and Sons
Stephen and Joy Weiss ♥
Dr. Steve and Lynne Wheeler
James E. and Kathryn A. Whistler
Chester Yamaga and Jean Samuels ♥
Kathryn A. Whistler and
Anonymous (4)
James
and Y. and Kurth
Charlie McIntyre McIntyre and Meinzer and Paul Katie
Noel
Rodney and J. Robertson
Carson Blair and Georgia
Family
A.
Axel Sedgwick and Sheehan Cocktail
Mike
and Snyder
and David Tomaras and Richard C. Anne in Perkins
Anita
In loving memory of Stanley E. Anderson • Sue Ellen and Jack* Benson • The Birch Family ♥ • Gary and Barbara Blake • Dr. Herman and Irene Boschken • Daniel and Linda Bowen • Mr. and Mrs. William Briggs • Rachel and Nathan Briles • Nancy and Matt Browar • Julia R. Brown • Richard and Eileen Brown ♥ • Glenn and Jolie Buberl ♥ • Kathryn Calise • Robert Caplan and Carol Randolph • Douglas Carsten • Harry and Sandra Carter ♥ • Greg and Loretta Cass ♥ • Carol and Jeff Chang ♥ • Vicki Colasurdo ♥ • Marge Cole ♥ • Cliff and Carolyn Colwell • Pamela Cooper • Jane Cowgill • Connie Dale Custer • Brian and Heather Daly • Drs. Charles Davis and Kathryn Hollenbach • Stephen and Sandra Dorros • Chris Duke and Harriet Kounaves • Hilit and Barry Edelstein • Carol Spielman-Ewan and Joel Ewan • Jen and Burke Fisher • Paula Fitzgerald and Christopher Nielsen • Michael and Rocio Flynn • Dr. Ben and Susan Frishberg ♥ • J. M. Gillman • Mr. William and Dr. Susan Glockner • Beth Anne Goodman ♥ • Joy Gorback and Bill Stern • Laurie Gore • Marcia Hyland Green • Guy and Laura Halgren • Julia Carrington Hall • Fred and Alicia Hallett Family Trust • Ivy Hanson • Norm Hapke and Valerie Jacobs Hapke • Judy Hertzberg • In memory of James Jessop Hervey • Suzanne and Lawrence Hess • Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP • Wayne Hyatt • Impact Visual Arts • Paul Jacobs • Janecek Family Charitable Fund • The Jasada Foundation • Carl and Laura Johnson • David K. Jordan • The Judy Family • Cathy Kearns • Michael Keefe • Kerr Family Foundation • Dr. and Mrs. Alex Khalessi • Angela and Matthew Kilman • Webster B. and Helen W. Kinnaird • Gerald Kleinsmith • Jane and Ray* Klofkorn ♥ • Y. Sachiko Kohatsu • Stephanie and Les Kourie • Drs. Janice and Matt Kurth • Laura Kyle, in memory of Bob Kyle ♥ • Paul Levin and Joanna Hirst • Robin and Chuck* Luby • Susan and John Major • Jackie and Charlie Mann • Junius and Mary McElveen • Mrs. Joseph McGreevy • Cynthia McIntyre ♥ • Elizabeth and Edward McIntyre • Diane McKernan and Steve Lyman • Bob Meinzer Jr. and Steve McIntee • Paul and Maggie Meyer • Rebecca Moores • Geri Musser • Mark C. Niblack, M.D. ♥ • Katie and Mike Nicoletti • Polly and Greg Noel • Nordstrom • The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation • Northern Trust • Bernard Paul and Maria Sardina • David and Mary Ann Petree • Dr. Julie A. Prazich and Dr. Sara Rosenthal • Linda Rankin and Rodney Whitlow ♥ • Joseph and Sara Reisman Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation ♥ • Ann and Tim Rice • Jim and Carron Riedman • Nancy J. Robertson • Steve Ross and Hyunmi Cho ♥ • Tina Rounsavell ♥ • Colette Carson Royston and Ivor Royston • Blair and Georgia Sadler • The Schenck Family ♥ • Marilies Schoepflin, in memory of Axel • Karen Sedgwick • Robert and Lisa Shaw • Lari Sheehan • Snake Oil Cocktail Company • Dave and Phyllis Snyder • The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust • Mike Stivers • Iris Strauss • William and Shelby Strong • David S. Tam • Brenda and Robert Tomaras ♥ • Dr. Doris Trauner and Mr. Richard Stanford • C. Anne Turhollow, in memory of Michael J. Perkins • Susan and Larry Twomey ♥ • Stanley and Anita Ulrich • Viasat • Lian von Wantoch, in memory of Jordine and Harvey Von Wantoch ♥ • Judith Wenker ♥ • The Wickline Family • The Willink Family ♥ • The Witz Family • Emma and Leo* Zuckerman • Anonymous (7)
and
♥ The
Family
OUR THANKS
Craig Noel Circle ($3,000 to $7,499)
Diana and Don Ambrose • Drs. Gabriela and Michael Antos • Barry and Susan Austin ♥ • Nancy Back • Dr. Stephen Miller Baird and Carol Davidson Baird • Diana (DJ) Barliant and Nowell Wisch Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Bell • Giovanni and Carolyn Bertussi • Sheila Bhalla • Pat and Carol Bivens • Anita Busquets and William Ladd • Raedel Calori • LaVonne and Paul Cashman • Cassatt Family • Gary and Lynette Cederquist • Janet and Maarten Chrispeels • Doris and Wayne* Christopher • Jan and Tom Ciaraffo • CIBC • Richard Clampitt and Rachel Hurst • Dr. Richard and Linda Claytor ♥ • CM Distributors, Inc. • Ms. Heidi Conlan/The Sahan Daywi Foundation • R. Patrick and Sharon Connell • Gigi Cramer, in memory of Ed Cramer • Donna Cross • Ronald D. Culbertson ♥ • Angie DeCaro ♥ • Michael Meacham and Debbi Dodson • Donna Donati • Susan Dube • Vicki and Chris Eddy • Sindi and Aaron Edelstein • Bill Eiffert and Leslie Hodge • Arlene Esgate • M. Carr Ferguson • Dieter Fischer/Dieter’s Mercedes Service Inc. • Dorothy and Robert Ganz • Tom and Tange Gavin • Jarrod Gerardot and Joel Pasion • Norman and Patricia Gillespie • Robert Gleason and Marc Matys ♥ • Fred and Lisa Goldberg • Louise and Doug Goodman • Edry Goot • Judi Gottschalk • Charles Gyselbrecht and Eric Taylor • Dean J. Haas • Ellen and Herbert Hafter, Jr. • Thomas and Cristina Hahn ♥ • Pat and Rick Harmetz • Gordon and Phyllis Harris • Richard and Linda Hascup • Tom and Lynn Hawkins • Jamie Henson and Robert Houskeeper • Jill D. Holmes • In memory of John Howell • Gary and Carrie Huckell • Martin and Susan Hupka • Joseph and Eileen Innecken • Erick Johnson and Thomas Diethert • Ralph Johnson • Marge Katleman and Richard D. Perlman, M.D. • Jo Ann Kilty • Ken and Sheryl King • Bill and Linda Kolb • Regina Kurtz • Kenneth Labowe • Dan and Maria Lai • The Leist Family ♥ • Ronald and Ruth W. Leonardi • Jeffrey and Hillary Liber Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation • Robin J. Lipman • Pamela Maher • Sally and Luis Maizel • Eileen A. Mason • Rev. Stephen J. Mather and Ms. Anastasia Rechif • Dennis A. McConnell • Oliver McElroy and Karen DeLaurier • Brad and Cindy McGowan • Don and Judy McMorrow • Kursat Misirlioglu and Gabriela Contreras-Misirlioglu • Ilene Mittman in memory of Dr. Charles Mittman • Charlie Mize • Brad Monroe and Dr. Therese Botz • Akiko Charlene Morimoto and Hubert Frank Hamilton, Jr. • Moss Adams LLP • William and Mary-Rose Mueller • Nancy and James Mullen • Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munzinger • Lyn Nelson • Michael and Linda Niggli • Noelle Norton and Erwin Willis ♥ • Micki Olin and Reid Abrams • Penelope Perryman • Gale and James Petrie • Anita Pittman • Gina Purlia and Kent Johnson Family Donor Advised Fund • Pam and Raghu Rau • F & M Reynolds • RKG Wealth Management • The Ralph B. Rogers Foundation• Rana Salimi and Arash Mirbagheri • Julie and Jay Sarno • Robert Schapiro • Harold and Linda Scott • Richard Shapiro and Marsha Janger • Timothy J. Shields • Mark Silver and Katherine Michaud • Alan and Esther Siman ♥ • Susan and Gerald Slavet • Mark and Elaine Smith • DeAnne Steele • Nancy Steinhart and Rebecca Goodpasture • Ms. Jeanette Stevens • Craig and Debbie Stevenson • Phyllis Tachco • Mary Erlenborn and Thomas Templeton • Peggy Ann Wallace • Jennifer Jackson Werner • The Samuel L. Westerman Foundation • The Westgate Hotel • Catherine and Frank White • Andrew and Carisa Wisniewski • Cass Witkowski Family • AC and Dorothy Wood • Howard and Christy Zatkin • Britt Zeller • Helene and Allan Ziman Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation • Anonymous (11)
Friends of The Old Globe donors will be recognized for their total giving from the preceding fiscal year. Your giving in 2025 will be recognized throughout 2026.
Champion ($1,000 to $2,999)
Helen C. Adams • Jack Adcox • Hon. Louise De Carl Adler • Robin Allgren • Alpert-Von Behren Family • Dede Alpert • Lucy Anderson • William Anton and Bonnie Johnston • Lynell Antrim • Uma and Raghu Ayer • Chris Babcock and Megan Freitas • Sandra D. Barstow, in memory of Margaret Peninger • Judy and Larry Belinsky • Jane Benton • The Bergquist-Minkin Family • Edgar and Julie Berner • Darcy Bingham • Rebecca Blakely Bashforth • Norma and Craig Blakey • Joye D. Blount and Jessie J. Knight Jr. • Austin and Liza Blue • Robert S. Boltax, M.D. • Gaylyn Boone • Stewart Bornhoft and Stephen McNabb • Paige Bosacki • Beth Bruton • Marc and Patty Brutten • Laurie Burgett • A. William and Carol Caporizzo • Cappetta Family Foundation • Oleg and Ruth Carleton • Kenneth Casey • Lisa and David Casey • Michael and Cathy Casteel • Ms. Lisa Churchill and Dr. Susan Forsburg • Garet and Wendy Clark • Katharine Cline and Michael Lee • Jacqui Clippinger • Sue Lasbury • Stanley Cohen • Bruce and Ann Cole • Gail Conklin and David Hamilton • Emery and Georgia Cummins • John and Michelle Dannecker • Caroline DeMar • Steven and Terri Dickson • Hon. Vincent Di Figlia • Denis and Joan Dowd • Jacqueline* and Stanley Drosch • Scott and Candi Drury • Robert Kenneth Dunn • Dan and Aileen Emer • Arthur and Danielle Engel • Ronald and Susan Ferrari • Jean and Sid* Fox • Catherine R. Friedman • Lawrence Fritz and Stephanie Kogan • Cheryl and Steven Garfin • Harriet Gerza • Doug Gillingham and Dana Friehauf • Miranda Godinez • Gayle and Dwight Gordon • Euvoughn Louise Greenan • Somi Han • Eleanor Lynch • Brent and Dina Helbig • Gerald M. Hermanson* and Donna L. Buckner • David and Corinne Hollings • Jane and Bruce* Hopkins • Linda Howard • Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Hueter • Stephanie and Carl Hurst • Larry Imrie and Ingrid Nielsen • Susan and Charlie Inot • Dr. Steven Jaeger and Joe Zilvinskis • Cynthia M. Jones • Janis N. Jones • Kenneth and Catherine Jones • Mike and Carol Kearney • Wilfred Kearse and Lynne Champagne • Dennis Kern • Janet and Jane Kerr • Kate Kidd and Tom Jenkins • Michael Kossman • Guliz Kuruoglu • Susan L. Leone • Gail and Marty Levin • Stephen Levy and Daryl Nann • Marshall and Judy Lewis • Don and Roni Lincoln • Sande L. Hall and Kyle E. Lovel • Charles Mabry • Ben Macias • Chana Mannen • J. Markovac and G. Miller • Nathan McCay • Janice McElroy • Rena Minisi and Rich Paul • Ursula and Hans Moede • Martha and Chuck Moffett • Chuck and Angela Mol • Mimi and Ernie Mortensen • Ben Myers • National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Impact & Exploration Fund • Gloria Nedell • Marsha J. Netzer • Joan and Charles* Neumann • Laura Nichols • Bob Nowlan • Kimberly and David Ohanian • Linda and Larry Okmin • Christopher and Susan Pantaleoni • John and Diane Parks • Irwin and Maryanne Pfister • Wendy Pomerantz • The Praggastis Family • Jim* and Claudia Prescott • Peggy and Peter Preuss • Adele Rabin • Yanula and Alfredo Ramirez • Janet Eileen Turley Raschke • Donald and Kimberly Reckles • Patrick and Marti Ritto • John and Johanna Roach • Christine Hargrove Roberts • Catherine Brown-Robinson • Rudy and Erica
Champion ($1,000 to $2,999)
Robles • Lynne and Glenn Rossman • Amy Roth • Todd and Marie Ruth • Ryde Family Memorial Foundation at The San Diego Foundation • Susan Salt • Sheryl and Bob Scarano • Joyce Schiffer • Kathy Schneider • Sharry Seal • Jennifer and Kenneth Sghia-Hughes • Marivi and Ruey Shivers • Michele and John Shumate • John and Laura Sinnema • Lupe Smith • John and Lynn Spafford • Mark Luers and Kent Springer • John and Gail Steel • Steve Steinke • Chris and Michele Steward • Paul Strand and Sarah Hillier • Louise and Jack Strecker • Lisa Striebing • Steve and Gia Stuckey • Martin and Karen Surtes • Dr. Eric H. Swanson in honor of Andrew Swanson • Norm and Laura Swauger • David Sweet • John and Gail Tauscher • Janet and Brian Taylor • Sandra Timmons and Richard Sandstrom • Jeffrey Treut • Dean Ujihara • Natalie C. Venezia and Paul A. Sager • Tom and Alyce Vessey • Vladimir and Letty Victorio • Gretchen Vik • Karen Walker • John Robert Wallace • Diana Weinrieb and John Flannery • Drs. Christine White and Joseph Traube • Carol and Dennis Wilson • Joseph and Mary Witztum • Daniel Wojta • Charles and Patricia Zellerbach • Anonymous (15)
Advocate ($500 to $999)
Mio Aldana • Derek Van Woelderen and Brent Amerman • Weston Anson • J.M. Ascenzi, Ph.D. • Kelli Bailey • Balelo Family • Francis and Linda Bardsley • Tania and Greg Batson • Sharon Beamer • Blue Family • Joyce and Bob Blumberg • Denise Bowman • Mary Brewer • Cliff and Lorie Briggs • Claire Broad • Terri Bryson • Gordon Carrier, FAIA • Margaret Carroll • Doreen Casuto • Paul Chambers and Kate Belan • Jean Cheng • Drs. Mark and Laura Clapper • Eddie and Gayle Cohen • Sandra Comrie • Caroline Connor • Mary Curran • Steve and Susan Davis • Don and Julie DeMent • Marcia Diamond • Mary Donnelly • Carol L. Dunbar • Jeff Dunigan • Gary and Rachel Edwards • Marie Tartar and Steven Eilenberg • Douglas William Eisberg • Jay Evarts and Susan Aurand • Cheryl and Chris Farber • Bill and Mary Farrell • Isabella Ferrera and Jody Rogers • Carmen Figueroa Young • Monica Singh Foerster • Francis Parker High School • Betsy Frank and John Kafka • Judith and Dr. William Friedel • Dr. Richard and Randee Friedman • Gloria Garcia and Anthony Da Silva • Drs. Jane and Tom* Gawronski • Grant Gelvin and Kat Vaughan • Dr. and Mrs. Michael Goldbaum • Chuck Graham • George D. Hardy • Karen Hartz • Brooks and Joanna Herman • Laura Herron • Christine Hickman and Dennis Ragen • Sara Hickmann • Robert and Sabine Hildebrand • Ken Jackson • Steven Jones and Marcia Dordahl-Jones • Russell and Judith Kantor • Chuck and Laurie Katz • Richard Keenberg • Paul Keljik and Kathleen Medina • Cynthia King and John Graul • Kay Krueger and John Krueger • Robert and Elena Kucinski • Lura Kulhavy • Ellie Kussman • Marsha and Karl Landgraf • Larios Consulting Services, LLC • Alexis Lasheras • Rebecca Levasseur • Zita Liebermensch • Ron and Gaye Lingley • Eric and Lori Longstreet • Leanne Lynn in memory of Dr. David Lynn • Johnny Mah • Pamela Partlow and Bruce Maigatter • Jeanne Maltese • Russell Mangerie • Scott Markus and Luci Lander • Wendy Martinez • Harold and Beverly Martyn • Joanne Marugg • Ronald McCaskill and Robyn Rogers • Wallace McCloskey • Douglas and Edie McCoy • Mac George McKay • Maggi McKerrow • Laura and John McWilliams • Emma Melton • Nathan Meyers and Vicki Righettini • Bevey Miner • Betsey and Craig Monsell • Thomas Moore • JR Morgan • Dr. Robert and Ms. Anne Morrison • Charles and Susan Muha • Rich and June Nygaard • Thomas and Tanya O’Donnell • Stephen O’Neill and Judy O’Neill • Beth Ott • Tim and Leslie Paul • Eileen Hay and Andy Peifer • Kathleen and Cameron Jay Rains • Dr. and Mrs. Louis and Nancy Regas • Vivien Ressler • Sasha Richards • Deborah Jaffey and Jeffrey Roberts • John Rogers and Joshua Casto • Bingo and Gino Roncelli • Dan and Laura Roos • Marcelle and Adam Rossman • Dr. Norman and Barbara Rozansky • Jeffrey and Suzanne Russell • Ted Rutter • Connie Schroeder in memory of Martin Schroeder, Jr. • Peter and Jocelyn Schultz • Jacqueline Schwoerke • Natalie H. Service • Teresa Shaffer • Georgina and Lu Sham • Morgan Shekhter • Mitchell and Elizabeth Siegler • Darren and Debra Sigal • Beverly and Howard Silldorf • Anne and Ronald Simon • Margaret Singleton • Malcolm E. Smith • Norman and Judith Solomon • Victoria Spilkin • Dr. Bradley Sptiz and Jo Guinn • Bob Stefanko • James and Paula Stinnett • Shauna Stokes • Patricia Stromberg • Ronald and Susan Styn • Eric and Marian Suggs • Dan and Katie Sullivan • Clifford and Kay Sweet • Kim and Leigh Thaeler • Michelle Tharayil • William Tong • Michael and Marla Vandling • Katie Wallace • John Walsh • Rex and Kathy Warburton • Rosanne and Dean Weiman • Michael S. and Paula D. West • Joseph and Julie Wetherell • Tom Williams • Anita Wilson • Carole Wilson • John and Jillian Wilson • Maggie Wolfe-Johnson • Jessica Woodward Mazalewski • Wright Family • James Wurzbach • Brendan M. and Kaye I. Wynne • Helena Yao • Barry and Barbara Zemel • Anonymous (26)
*In memoriam ♥ Globe Sustainers: donors who have pledged multiyear gifts
This list is current as of January 17, 2026. We regret any omissions or errors. Please contact Janet Myott at jmyott@TheOldGlobe.org to make a correction to this list.
Rio Villa Ezell · Arts Engagement Producing Associate
Denise Lopez · Arts Engagement Administrative Associate
James Pillar · Arts Engagement Artist in Residence
Askari Abdul-Muntaqim, Kayla Adorno, Sam Ashdown, Summer Broyhill, Veronica Burgess, Lettie De Anda, Thelma Virata de Castro, Sebastian Dillingham, Gerardo Flores Tonella, Samantha Ginn, Jazmine Huerta, Erica Kann, Kimberly King, Molly Maslak, Jake Millgard, Kayla René, Tara Ricasa, Isabel Rodriguez, Soroya Rowley, Jassiel Santillán, Catherine Hanna Schrock, Winnie Sherrod, Gill Sotu, Amira Temple, Scott Tran · Teaching Artists
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS
Jamila Demby · Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access
FINANCE
Michelle Yeager · Director of Finance
Miranda Osguthorpe · Accounting Manager
Melanie Burke · Interim Accounting Manager
Eugene Landsman · Payroll Manager
Trish Guidi · Accountant
Lisa Sanger-Greshko · Accounts Payable/Payroll Assistant
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Alexander Orbovich · General Manager
Alexandra Hisserich · Associate General Manager
Jeff Sims · Assistant General Manager
Carolyn Budd · Assistant to the Artistic and Managing Directors
Tim Cole · Receptionist
FACILITIES
Crescent Jakubs · Facilities Director
TJ Miller · Custodial Supervisor
Patrick Aguayo, Raul Alatorre, Arturo Barajas, Natalie Barraza, Violanda Corona, Milton Johnson, Carolina Lopez de Orellana, Steve Navarro, Kevin Ortiz, Carlos Perez, Victor Quiroz, Vicente Ramos, Laura Vela, Ellie Webb · Building Staff
Grace Herzog · Facilities Assistant
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Dean Yager · Information Technology Director
Justin Brown · Systems Administrator
Brittany Summers · Information Technology Assistant
PATRON SERVICES
Katie Lugo · Patron Services Director
Oliver de Luz · Associate Front of House Manager
Lex Bezdeka, Jillian Jones, Darcy Kaufman, Victoria Weller, Arianna Yunker · House Managers
Shea Husted · Public Safety Supervisor
Dan Steinshouer · Public Safety Team Lead
Ethan Aguayo, Perla Aguilera, Janet Larson, Chris Moore, Omar Ortega, Erik Pardinas, Aisha Parker, Omar Parsa, Andrew Vargas · Public Safety Team
HELEN EDISON GIFT SHOP
Barbara Behling, Joey Ramone Ugalde, Chris Woodward · Gift Shop Supervisors
LADY CAROLYN’S PUB
Patrice Aguayo · Pub Manager
Darlene Barnes, Deborah Montes, Rashad Williams · Pub Shift Supervisors
Maria Altamirano, Cole Christensen, Isabel Dominguez, Sade Espinoza, Elizabeth Herrera, Nathan “Shah” Kalbassi, Lachlan MacDonald, Michelle Portillo, Lea Rodriguez, Bert Rotzler, Casper Smith · Pub Staff
HUMAN
RESOURCES
Timothy J. Shields
Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director
Sandy Parde · Director of Human Resources
Lorraine Gutierrez · Human Resources Generalist
MARKETING
Dave Henson ·
Director of Marketing and Communications
Patty Onagan Consulting · Public Relations Director
Nina Garin · Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
Joyelle Cabato · Marketing Manager
Chanel Cook · Digital and Print Publications Designer
Rita Corona · Communications Associate
Hotaru Morita · Marketing Database Analyst
Stephanie Ochoa · Public Relations Associate
Katie Rodriguez · Communications Assistant
Shoshi Fleury · Marketing Assistant
SUBSCRIPTION SALES
Scott Cooke · Subscription Sales Manager
Catherine Andrews, Arthur Faro, Janet Kavin, Ken Seper, Grant Walpole · Subscription Sales Representatives
TICKET SERVICES
Brianne Siegel · Director of Ticket Services
Cynthia Navarro · Assistant Director of Ticket Services
Mio Rose Aldana, Junior Denton, Veronica Gehlken · Lead Ticket Services Representatives Matt Pequeno ·
Group Sales Manager/Lead Ticket Services Representative
Manuel Aguilar, Charlie Amon, Kari Archer, Gabriella Barbosa, Tyler Blevins, Blair Brightwell, Alex Gehrdau, Kelsey Gonzalez, Caroline Hyatt, Cyrille Morales, Alexa Oviedo · Ticket Services Representatives
NEW PLAYS AND DRAMATURGY
Danielle Mages Amato · Director of New Plays and Dramaturgy Leo Angulo · Literary Associate
PHILANTHROPY
Lauren Bergquist · Director of Philanthropy
Bridget Cantu Wear · Deputy Director of Philanthropy
Anne Myers · Associate Director of Philanthropy, Major Gifts
Sydne Sullivan · Associate Director of Philanthropy, Operations
Jes Wade · Associate Director of Philanthropy
Janet Myott · Philanthropy Administrator
Kathy Fineman · Donor Stewardship Coordinator
Caren Dufour · Philanthropy Assistant
Jerilyn Hammerstrom · Special Projects Manager
Jyothi Doughman · Lipinsky Family Suite Coordinator
Kaya Ortega · Institutional Giving Manager
Frankie Mananzan · Institutional Giving Associate
DONOR SERVICES
Adriane Carneiro, Alex Gehrdau, Felicita Johnson, Brad Justice. Emilie Le Saux, Isabella Pimentel, Josh Rodriguez, Barry Rose, Kasey Schmidt, Vanessa Vargas · Suite Concierges
PRODUCTION
Robert Drake · Senior Producer
Benjamin Thoron · Production Manager
Leila Knox · Associate Production Manager and Production Stage Manager
Debra Pratt Ballard · Producing Associate Ron Cooling · Company Manager
Kristi Hummel-Rosen · Company Management Assistant
Justin Allen, Sam Gillespie, Cain Hause, Eddie Hernandez, Sloan Holly, Michael Lovett, Michael Przybylek, Albert Rubidoux, Richard Saiba, James Seiveno, Jazen Sveum, Matt Worden · Carpenters
Katie Radford, Susan Sachs, Abagail Zielke · Firsthand/Assistant Cutters
Nunzia Pecoraro, Heather Premo, Veronica von Borstel · Stitchers
Kristin Womble · Craft Supervisor/Dyer/Painter
Christian Woods · Lead Craft Artisan
Megan Woodley · Wig, Hair, and Makeup
Designer and Supervisor
Jazmine Choi, Chanel Mahoney · Wig Assistants
Beth Merriman · Wardrobe Supervisor
Kelly Marie Collett-Sarmiento · Wardrobe Crew Head, OGT
Sunny Haines · Wig Crew Head, OGT
Maggie Allen · Wardrobe Crew, OGT
Chanel Mahoney · Wardrobe Swing, OGT
Rue Easter Jarrett · Wardrobe Crew Head, SHW
Teresa Jove · Wardrobe Crew, SHW
Ashley Bowen-Piscopo · Wardrobe Swing, SHW
PROPS
David Buess · Props Director
Kayleb Kirby, Carolina Lopez
Assistant Props Directors
Jeff Rockey · Supervising Lead Props Artisan
Kevin Hoffman, Heather Larsen Lead Props Artisans
Del Hanson, Ryan Grant, Jeff Neitzel, Trish Rutter · Props Artisans
James Ramirez · Props Crew Head, OGT
Val Philyaw · Props Crew Head, LDF
Robert Martinez · Props Run Crew Swing
LIGHTING
Stevie Agnew · Lighting Director
Stephanie Lasater · Assistant Lighting Director
Deanna Trethewey · Lighting Assistant
Ryan Osborn · Head Electrician, OGT
Jessica Dean · Head Electrician, SHW
Michael Anderson · Head Electrician, LDF
Ugo Akabike, Giovanni Castillo, Sandra Navarro, Kevin Orlof, Helen Strickland, Robert Thoman, Aaron Pavlica · Electricians
SOUND
Erin Paige-Bhamrah · Sound Director
Jennifer Lopez · Head Sound Technician, OGT
Matt Lescault-Wood · Head Sound Technician, SHW
Brandon Ali Boomizad · Head Sound Technician, LDF and Audio Swing
Marilynn Do · Deck Audio, OGT
Maggie Allen, Chloe Lias · Deck Audio, LDF
Aaron DeMuth, Adrian Ricks, Pablo Sepulveda · Sound Technicians
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Jesse Perez · Director of Professional Training
Nicole Ries · Program Coordinator
Danielle Mages Amato, Sherri Barber, Emmanuel Brown, Ray Chambers, Nathan Crocker, Gerhard Gessner, Jenn Harris, Alex Henrikson, Jesse Marchese, Emmelyn Thayer, Eileen Troberman, James Vásquez · M.F.A. Faculty
Elisa Benzoni, Jacob Bruce, Danielle Dudley, Ellie Evans, Nate Parde · M.F.A. Production Staff
Jack O’Brien · Artistic Director Emeritus
Craig Noel · Founding Director
OGT = Old Globe
SHW = Sheryl and Harvey
LDF = Lowell Davies
FEBRUARY FOOD FINDS
From SoCal-Inspired French Cuisine to a Hidden Vietnamese Pop-Up by
SOCAL MEETS THE sun-soaked French-Italian Riviera at Fleurette the anticipated new culinary offering from Travis Swikard, chef and owner of Michelin-recognized hotspot Callie in East Village. Designed by Studio UNLTD, the 120-seat restaurant and lounge looks and feels like a seaside Mediterranean escape—boasting a wave-like lighting installation, a stone and copper bar, travertine-clad walls,
and a greenhouse-inspired glassenclosed patio. Dine on Swikard’s “cuisine du soleil,” with dishes like the Provencal lamb duo with persillade-crusted lamb rack and glazed collar; and egg-yolk fettuccine with Golden Ossetra caviar and Meyer lemon butter. 4727 Executive Drive, Suite 100, La Jolla, 858.332.2655, fleurettesd.com
The team behind Cori Pastificio
Trattoria brings a new restaurant to UCSD’s Jacobs Theatre District. Savor flavors of coastal Sicily at Dora, named after chef Accursio Lota’s grandmother, with “nonna chic” decor designed by Bells + Whistles —including a patio, central bar, an open kitchen and private dining. Indulge in pastas, grilled octopus and crispy-skin branzino; plus cocktails like the Negroni Nero and Limoncello.
SARAH DAOUST
Duck liver with bone marrow pâté at Fleurette
After dining and imbibing, catch a show at La Jolla Playhouse just steps away. 9165 Theatre District Drive, La Jolla, 619.387.0230, doralajolla.com
The Westgate Hotel debuts an all-day dining outpost helmed by executive chef Fabrice Hardel: Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar. The contemporary restaurant with elegant European touches is lovely: glowing chandeliers, plush velvet seating, and earth tones punctuated by deep blue and gold accents. On
the menu: refined French fare inspired by coastal California—from classics like Burgundy Escargot and French onion soup, to braised short ribs, to seafood specialties such as Icelandic Cod Meunière. 1055 Second Ave., downtown, 619.238.1818, westgatehotel.com
Pacific Beach welcomes a contemporary American izakaya, Cherryfish, by chef Marcus Twilegar. The black-walled space is brightened by pops of fuchsia, emerald and
gold; anchored by a large koi mural, pink cristallo bar top, live fish tank, and patio with olive trees and a firepit. Feast on inventive sushi rolls, charcoal-grilled plates, and dishes such as the Uni Okinawa potato dumplings; and shoyubraised beef cheek atop kimchi flatbread with burnt pineapple; plus playful cocktails like the “Nigoreo”
with Oreo-washed nigori sake. 966 Felspar St., Pacific Beach, 858.788.3000, cherryfishsd.com
In La Jolla, an iconic dining destination has returned. First opened in 1998 and closed since 2015, restaurateur Sami Ladeki’s Roppongi Restaurant & Lounge has reopened at its original location at the corner of
Clockwise from left: short-rib tomahawk at Cherryfish; octopus at Dora; “Tea Ceremony” at Roppongi; bar seating at Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar.
Prospect Street and Fay Avenue. Its familiar casual elegance is very much intact, along with some modern spruces—complete with ethereal, cloudlike lighting floating from the ceiling, and spacious patio dining. Indulge in Roppongi’s modern Asian dishes such as the famous crab stack, seared scallops and Mongolian shrimp.
DINING
875 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858.551.5252, roppongiusa.net
Chef Sebastian Becerra debuts a new Peruvianinspired eatery/cafe and bakeshop, Pepino, in La Jolla’s Sycamore Court. Enjoy seasonally driven Peruvian fare for breakfast and lunch, bread and baked goods sourced from Sadie Rose Bakery, and Talitha Coffee—amid warm, coastal-inspired decor. 7556 Fay Ave., La Jolla, pepinosd.com
Carté Hotel downtown unveils a new restaurant and bar in partnership with local hospitality outfit RMD Group: Canvas Café + Lounge. (The hotel has also refreshed its first-floor lobby, lounge and reception spaces.) The contemporary dining and imbibing destination serves an all-day menu. For breakfast, fuel up on steak and eggs, chilaquiles, banana-bread French toast, and blueberrylemon pancakes. For lunch and dinner: shareables like meat and cheese boards, roasted bone marrow and tuna tostadas; plus salads, bowls, sandwiches, burgers and San Diego-themed cocktails. 401 W. Ash St., Little Italy, 619.546.9600, cartehotel.com/dining
Taco Centro—the modern Mexican street food concept by Adrian Gutierrez—has opened its second San Diego location. The casual taqueria and
cerveceria offers more than a dozen tacos made with fresh corn tortillas: carne asada, carnitas, grilled mahi mahi, nopal (cactus) and more. The menu also boasts burritos, taco bowls, quesadillas, nachos and fries; plus a birria pizza, birria ramen and quesabirria; and churros, paletas and bunuelos for dessert. To drink: Mexican beers, margaritas and palomas. 2171 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy, 619.915.5049, tacocentro.com
The same owner behind Crab Hut and Kingfisher, Kim Phan, has launched a fun takeout pop-up experience tucked inside Crab Hut Mira Mesa: Pho Gà Go. Enjoy the same culinary excellence for which Kingfisher is known, but in a convenient mobile format. Choose from an array of bowls like Pho gà đùi (Vietnamese chickennoodle soup with leg and thigh), chicken salad, egg rolls and more. Orders are available for pickup on select days and must be placed one day in advance (see website). 8280 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa, Suite E, phogago.com
WRITTEN BY CLAUDIA SHEAR
BASED ON THE BOOK DEARIE BY BOB SPITZ DIRECTED BY LISA PETERSON
How a girl from Pasadena became the world’s most beloved chef.
Before Julia Child became the TV personality that we all know, she was a rambunctious rebel against the privileged but bland Pasadena life expected of her. An award-winning creative team return to the Playhouse with a funny, colorful and delicious new play about the early life of an endlessly fascinating character and her path from confusion to discovery, fear to strength, failure to success.
The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Photo: Paul Child. Source: Schlesinger Library at Harvard Radcli e Institute
Fish carpaccio at Canvas
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Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
In its announcement, Musical America wrote: “How else to describe an individual who transformed an orchestra from mid profile to high, artistically, economically, architecturally, and, perhaps most impressive, civically. With its snazzy new outdoor Rady Shell planted in one of the city’s most popular public parks, the SDSO [San Diego Symphony Orchestra] is hard to miss, aurally (they rehearse there, too) or visually. Gilmer also renovated the downtown concert hall, and hired the orchestra’s fast-rising Music Director, Rafael Payare. Call her a brilliant talent scout, fundraiser and collaborator.”
“I think it is a funny word, ‘impresario,’” Gilmer says. “All the other Musical America awards are given to music cre-
Rafael Payare and the Symphony in concert
ators or music makers. So this category identifies the people behind the scenes, who make sure everything comes together in the highest possible way. And I approach that role—the first CEO role I’ve had—as centered on facilitating music-making. The artistic experience, the artists themselves, are still at the core of what we do.”
The first goal Gilmer achieved was the selection of Music and Artistic Director Rafael Payare, who came on board with the Symphony in 2019.
“We saw more than 20 conductors over a threeyear period,” Gilmer says. “Then toward the end of the search, in January 2018, we saw Rafael [Payare], and I instantly felt the connection and the results. He was exactly what we were looking for. Rafael’s vision for the orchestra and his inspiring musicianship have transformed our orchestra,
deepening both the artistic excellence our musicians regularly bring to the stage; as well as our bond with the San Diego community.”
Next came the 2021 opening of The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park (222 Marina Park Way), the orchestra’s $85 million outdoor concert venue alongside San Diego Bay. “From our first conversation with Port staff, we shared our dream of how we could activate that park year-round and have the combination of great music and natural beauty of that site coincide; and how important that would be for San Diego. We wanted it to be San Diego’s front porch. We have so many wonderful cultural institutions in this city, so many things to offer our residents and visitors; and we wanted this to be a memorable, impactful venue for tour-
Cynthia Erivo with the Symphony at the Shell
ists and residents alike.”
The Rady Shell made an immediate mark on the city’s architectural and cultural landscape. It now features prominently in San Diego tourism efforts and has attracted views and visitors from all over the world.
With the opening of The Rady Shell as the pandemic lockdown was in full force, Gilmer sensed it was the right time to proceed with the renovation of Copley Symphony Hall. A study into improving the acoustics quickly led to the decision to do a major overhaul of the 100-year-old theater; while performances could be moved to the outdoor venue. After four years of redesign work and construction, the $163 million transformation and rebuilding of Jacobs Music Center (750 B St., downtown) was complete. It reopened to great acclaim
STREET DANCE MEETS LATIN JAZZ
EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE WITH ARTURO O’FARRILL: SHADOW CITIES
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 • 3 PM & 7 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
MONTH
GRAMMY® award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill collaborates with esteemed choreographer Ephrat Asherie for Shadow Cities, a reflection on the beauty, vastness and joy
Juan Diego Flórez
Rhapsody in Blue
INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION ON STAGE
March 7,8 & 11, 2026
Balboa Theater and California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Program includes: Geoffrey Gonzalez’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s ‘Ecliptic’ and the San Diego premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The American’
FEATURE
in September of 2024.
“Because Martha didn’t know our objectives were impossible, she led us to achieve them,” says David Snyder, Chair of the Symphony’s Board of Directors. “I cannot imagine another person with the vision and boldness to achieve those goals.”
“None of it would have happened had it not been for the steadfast support of the leadership, the board, the key donors,” Gilmer says. “You can have all the wonderful ideas in the world and a belief in what should be; you can create a vision, but then it has to be embodied by the inspiration of others.”
Snyder adds, “I believe this well-deserved recognition helps us share the message of our organization’s accomplishment and promise with our concertgoers, supporters and community at large. Martha represents a real treasure and is the best possible advocate for support of our mission. The external recognition helps us all believe in ourselves and embrace our challenges and opportunities.”
Is Gilmer taking a break to rest on her laurels? “ I would never do that; it would be so boring. We’re embarking on some strategic planning, which I’m very excited about. Next for us is a sort of Act III. We’ve planned,
Photo by Chelsea Penyak
we’ve built, and now we’re looking at the future and assuring the longterm sustainability of the orchestra.”
“Through Martha’s leadership, we see in our future recording, touring, greater community engagement for our ensemble, and, most importantly, better compensation for our world-class musicians,” says Snyder.
The 115-year-old San Diego Symphony’s season continues into spring 2026 with classical concerts, including: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique; pianist Yefim Bronfman in recital; pianist Conrad Tao performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3; and a Brahms Festival—among other offerings. Things get eclectic at The Rady Shell, where the Symphony will back up Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foreigner, celebrating their 50th anniversary by playing their greatest hits; and perform the John Williams score of Star Wars: A New Hope to accompany the film on the big screen; plus so much more. Also coming through town and performing at the Shell are rockstar Yungblud, former One Direction frontman Louis Tomlinson, and the iconic Weird Al Yankovic. For concert tickets and detailed info on San Diego Symphony’s many upcoming offerings in 2026, visit sandiegosymphony.org
REPROGRAMMED!
Performances Magazine unveils a digital program platform for shows and concerts
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CONTRIBUTORS
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NO RUSTLING PAGES, no killing trees . . . the digital Performances program platform has proved to be one of the more enduring recent theater innovations.
The touchless platform provides the programs for 20 Southern California performing-arts organizations, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ahmanson Theatre to San Diego Opera, where the app made its debut.
Among a variety of features, it provides cast and player bios, donor and season updates, and numerous
other arts-centric features.
Audiences receive a link and a code word that instantly activate the app; QR codes are posted, too.
Screens go dark when curtains go up and return when house lights come back on.
Updates—such as repertory changes, understudy substitutions and significant new donations —can be made right up to showtime, no inserts necessary.
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For those who consider printed programs to be keepsakes, a limited number, as well as commemorative issues for special events, continue to be produced. Collectibles!
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