Performances Magazine San Diego | The Old Globe, May 2026
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6 In the Wings
Purpose at La Jolla Playhouse; Kim’s Convenience at The Old Globe; and Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at MCASD. (Pictured: they were just hanging out, you know, talking about, when they grow up...) by Ebony G. Patterson.)
8 Feature: Festival Spotlight
A look inside the 14th annual San Diego International Fringe Festival: dubbed as “a global cross-border celebration of unjuried, uncensored creativity,” May 12-24.
13 Dining
Dining gems around town for fabulous Italian cuisine, such as SONO in North Park, Dora Ristorante in La Jolla, Romanissimo Cucina Italiana in the Gaslamp Quarter, Amuri Italian Cuisine in Mira Mesa, and Colosseo Cucina Italiana in Solana Beach.
CLOCKWISE
KIMBERLY MOTOS; THE DEAN COLLECTION / SWIZZ BEATZ AND ALICIA KEYS
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PHOTO BY ADAM REICH;
MICHAEL PRINE JR.
The best weekends start in Balboa Park. After-hours access. Rooftop drinks. Half-price admission. Nat at Night is every Friday this summer.
Secure your spot at sdnat.org/natatnight
Every event deserves a view. Learn more about renting the roof—or the whole Museum.
“BY THE ARTISTS, for the artists, with the people.” Set to the soundtrack of legendary musician Marvin Gaye, an extraordinary traveling exhibition makes its West Coast debut at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD): Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. On view through Aug. 9, this landmark exhibit comprises 130 works from the personal art collection of music icons Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean)—exploring themes of Black joy, cultural legacy and more. Peruse creations by 37 Black American and diasporic artists from Africa, Europe, the U.S. and Caribbean—sculptures, photographs, paintings and installations—including the debut of a large-scale piece by Mickalene Thomas. Artists also include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gordon Parks, Amy Sherald, Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Odili Donald Odita, Malick Sidibé, Lorna Simpson, Sanlé Sory, Vaughn Spann, Kwame Brathwaite and many more. 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858.454.3541, mcasd.org
THE DEAN COLLECTION / SWIZZ BEATZ AND ALICIA KEYS. FROM TOP: GLENN STEIGELMAN; JOSHUA WHITE.
From top: “Place” by Odili Donald Odita; and “Untitled (Model Who Embraced Natural Hairstyles at AJASS Photoshoot),” circa 1970, by Kwame Brathwaite. Both are featured in the new art exhibit Giants at MCASD.
ART
Sounds of Music
THREE JACOBS MASTERWORKS concerts await at Jacobs Music Center in May, presented by San Diego Symphony. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins the Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rafael Payare, May 9-10, for a repertoire that includes Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Dzonot by Gabriela Ortiz, and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Violinist Jeff Thayer takes the stage May 15-16 for Berg’s Violin Concerto; along with Peru Negro by Jimmy Lopez; and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3. Payare conducts the Symphony May 22 and 24 for performances of R. Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle—featuring mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and baritone Mark Stone. sandiegosymphony.org Broadway San Diego presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at the Civic Theatre, May 26-31. The nostalgic tale follows nun Maria and the von Trapp family, with a score of classics like “Edelweiss” and “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.” broadwaysd.com
Clockwise from top: Jeff Thayer; Ins Choi; The Sound of Music.
Must-See Local Shows
THE TONY AWARDwinner for “Best Play” in 2025, Branden JacobsJenkins’ Purpose runs at La Jolla Playhouse, May 12-June 7. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the play also garnered a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2025. It centers on the Jasper family of Chicago, well known as a pillar of Black American politics. Tensions erupt in the family when youngest son Nazareth brings an uninvited friend home. lajollaplayhouse.org The Old Globe stages the San Diego premiere of Kim’s Convenience, May 15-June 14. Ins Choi’s award-winning comedy that inspired the Netflix series follows Mr. Kim, a Koreanborn operator of a convenience store in Toronto, who is challenged by issues of gentrification while raising his children with traditional values. theoldglobe.org New Village Arts in Carlsbad Village brings us the epic musical Hairspray, June 5-July 19, following a Baltimore teenager with big hair and bigger dreams, circa 1962. newvillagearts.org THEATER
F R I N G E BENEFITS
ELEVEN DAYS. SEVENTY-FIVE shows. $13 tickets. More than 5,000 attendees. No auditions, no restrictions, no censorship. This can only be the Fringe Festival.
There’s no way to know what to expect when the San Diego International Fringe Festival returns for its 14th groundbreaking year,
launching May 12 with Fringe Previews; and continuing through May 24, 2026. And that’s on purpose, as one of the foundational principles of Fringe is there is no gatekeeping. Provided you get in early as one of the applicants or win a spot through the lottery system, you can put literally anything on stage and be
ALL PHOTOS ARE BY MICHAEL PRINE JR. / COURTESY OF SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The San Diego International Fringe Festival: All the Boys I Blocked (top); and Alteration (below).
The San Diego International Fringe Festival Returns for Its 14th Year by STEPHANIE SAAD
ARSILDA | A. Vivaldi
American Premiere
May 15 & 16 | 7:30 PM | First Unitarian Universalist Church, Hillcrest FAUSTO | Louise Bertin
American Premiere
June 26 & 27 | 7:30 PM | Old Town Theatre IL TURCO IN ITALIA | G. Rossini
July 24 & 25 | 8:00 PM | Spanish Village Art Center | Balboa Park
July 18 | 7:30 PM | La Jolla Woman’s Club ARIA GALA
July 12 | 6:00 PM | La Jolla Woman’s Club
sure of an audience.
You may have heard of Edinburgh Festival Fringe, founded in 1947, when eight theater groups appeared uninvited to the newly formed Edinburgh International Festival and performed “on the fringe” of the festival: in church basements, storefronts, streets and alleys. The Edinburgh Fringe is now the largest performing arts festival in the world. More than 500 companies from around the globe give literally thousands of performances during its five-week run.
Edinburgh Fringe has launched such shows as Stomp, Flight of the Conchords, Taskmaster, Fleabag, Six: The Musical, and Baby Reindeer; and served as an early platform and tryout spot for talents like Robin Williams, Billy Connolly, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Lenny Henry, Rachel Weisz, Graham Norton, Cillian Murphy, Adam Scott, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Hanna Gadsby. But Edinburgh Fringe has also given birth to an international network of 250 Fringe festivals on five continents. They were established to provide an opportunity for artists to showcase their works and performances in a setting unconstrained by censorship, judgment, or the status quo. Fringe Festivals
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— CHICAGO TRIBUNE
APRIL 22-MAY 24
Fall under the spell of this effervescent romantic comedy where Jewish-American traditions and love playfully intertwine. The delightful story, sizzling chemistry, and joyous celebrations create a warmhearted theatrical treat. Fresh, funny, and deeply heartfelt, BEAU JEST delivers the perfect blend of humor and heart that will leave you smiling long after the final bow.
DIRECTED BY OMRI SCHEIN
“One of the Greatest Musicals Ever!”
JUNE 3-28
Set against the sun-drenched Napa Valley vineyards, this lush romantic masterpiece by Broadway’s famed Pulitzer-prize winning Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls) weaves a passionate tale of unexpected love. With soaring melodies and vibrant Broadway showstoppers, this musical radiates with the timeless message that true affection sees beyond outward appearances to the real beauty within. Come see what makes this fella so happy!
DIRECTED BY JEFFREY B. MOSS
Welcome to The Old Globe and this production of Kim’s Convenience. Our goal is to serve all of San Diego and beyond through the art of theatre. Below are the mission and values that drive our work. We thank you for being a crucial part of what we do.
OUR MISSION
The mission of The Old Globe is to preserve, strengthen, and advance American theatre by: Creating theatrical experiences of the highest professional standards; Producing and presenting works of exceptional merit, designed to reach current and future audiences; Ensuring diversity and balance in programming; Providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences, and the community at large.
OUR VALUES
The Old Globe believes that theatre matters. Our commitment is to make it matter to more people. The values that shape this commitment are:
TRANSFORMATION
Theatre cultivates imagination and empathy, enriching our humanity and connecting us to each other by bringing us entertaining experiences, new ideas, and a wide range of stories told from many perspectives.
INCLUSION
The communities of San Diego, in their diversity and their commonality, are welcome and reflected at the Globe. Access for all to our stages and programs expands when we engage audiences in many ways and in many places.
EXCELLENCE
Our dedication to creating exceptional work demands a high standard of achievement in everything we do, on and off the stage.
STABILITY
Our priority every day is to steward a vital, nurturing, and financially secure institution that will thrive for generations.
IMPACT
Our prominence nationally and locally brings with it a responsibility to listen, collaborate, and act with integrity in order to serve.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are making theatre matter to more people on the ancestral home and unceded lands of the Kumeyaay, also known as Tipai-Ipai, a tribe of Indigenous peoples who live at the northern border of Baja California in Mexico and the southern border of California in the United States. The Kumeyaay have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now known as San Diego.
SOCIAL JUSTICE ROADMAP
The Old Globe has embarked on a series of steps to intensify and accelerate change at all levels of our institution. Learn more about this work by visiting TheOldGlobe.org/Roadmap
THEATRE THAT LIVES BEYOND THE STAGE
Beyond the stage is where our work begins. Learn more at TheOldGlobe.org/Beyond.
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FROM BARRY
The symbol of drama is a pair of masks, one smiling and the other frowning. They represent Thalia and Melpomene, two classical Greek figures who are, respectively, the muses of Comedy (smiley) and Tragedy (frowny). In the symbol the masks are the same size, but in practice at theatres around the world, the comedy mask looms larger. People would rather laugh than cry. That’s why there’s a Thalia Theater in Hamburg, one of the most famous theatres in the world, and a cherished Thalia on Manhattan’s West Side. I don’t know of any Melpomene theatres.
The Globe’s 2026 season began with an emphasis on Melpomene: the intense ending of Hedda Gabler; a sad and lonely office clerk in Bartleby; and in August Wilson’s Fences, a brooding father tearing through his family and himself. But with Alien Girls in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, and Kim’s Convenience in the Globe, we step firmly over to Thalia’s side, where we’ll stay for the rest of the year.
Elsewhere in this program, you can read about the trajectory of this delightful play, which began when actor Ins Choi decided to write himself a great role. (He played the son when the show premiered, but so successful has Kim’s Convenience been, and over such a span of time, that now he’s playing the father.) He did so because in Canadian theatre at that time, there simply weren’t a lot of great roles for Asian actors. We in the U.S. may not be aware of immigration patterns in our neighbor to the north: in the 1960s, a wave of Koreans settled in Toronto, seeking better lives for themselves and their families. Before long, many had opened small businesses, especially neighborhood grocery stores. In writing Kim’s Convenience, Ins did two things simultaneously: he gave himself a wonderful role to play, and shone a light on the Korean-Canadian community’s unique story.
That story, in its broadest outline, is one Americans know well—and one very much front-of-mind in our current political conversation: immigration and assimilation, and how they reshape cities, the economy, and even families. Ins understands that these are generational stories, and this insight drives what’s joyous about his play. The children of immigrants and their parents often have entirely different relationships to the language, food, history, and culture of their new country. A complicated struggle arises between a father’s desire to preserve tradition and a son’s determination to become something new. For writers like Amy Tan, Oscar Hijuelos, Junot Díaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and even Saul Bellow, these stories can be angry and dark: the realm of Melpomene. But Ins Choi is a Thalian, all the way. He finds laughter in a Korean family’s relationship to Canadianness, and warmth, and joy.
He also finds love. Kim’s Convenience is, in the end, a family love story. The Kims love each other, perhaps in direct proportion to the degree they drive each other crazy. The abundant love flowing through the aisles of potato chips, soda, and cigarettes in their corner store is what makes the play so special. This love—of father for son, of mother for daughter, of siblings for each other, and of husband for wife—becomes in the play a metaphor for something larger: the love of a people for their culture, for their countries, old and new, and for their future. What a necessary story to tell.
Thanks for coming. Enjoy the show.
Barry Edelstein
ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Timothy J. Shields AUDREY S. GEISEL MANAGING DIRECTOR
Soulpepper Theatre Company & Adam Blanshay Productions in association with American Conservatory Theater and Just for Laughs, You Productions, Henderson Theatrical Productions
PRESENT
KIM’S CONVENIENCE
WEYNI MENGESHA BY INS CHOI
DIRECTED BY
Joanna Yu* SCENIC DESIGN
Ming Wong* COSTUME DESIGN
Aaron Jan ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Becca Trimbur COMPANY MANAGER
Wen-Ling Liao LIGHTING DESIGN
Fan Zhang SOUND DESIGN AND ORIGINAL MUSIC
David S. Franklin PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Cath Bates PRODUCTION MANAGER
Nicole Eun-Ju Bell
VIDEO AND PROJECTION DESIGN
Angela Mae Bago ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Doreen Sayegh for Pemberley Productions
Rosie Bross-Rice, Associate TOUR GENERAL MANAGER
This production of Kim’s Convenience premiered at Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 2025 (Weyni Mengesha, Artistic Director; Gideon Arthurs, Executive Director).
Kim’s Convenience was originally produced as part of the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival.
The premiere production of Kim’s Convenience was produced by Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto ON.
Soulpepper Theatre Company is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement. Kim’s Convenience is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals company. concordtheatricals.com.
*Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, Local ADC659.
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center
May 15 – June 14, 2026
CAST
APPA .................................................................................................................................... Ins Choi
JANET ............................................................................................................................. Kelly J. Seo
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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(Ins)ide Kim’s Convenience
《김씨네 편의점》
스토리
KIM’S CONVENIENCE ’S INS CHOI ON FINDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THEATRE.
By Jessica Doherty
Ins Choi introduces himself as an actor, a writer, and a husband and father of two teenagers. “I don’t know, it kind of makes me seem like a more regular person,” he chuckles. It’s a fitting introduction to the playwright of Kim’s Convenience, a play about a family-run convenience store in Toronto that explores themes of family and community.
“It’s a unique show that features five people of color telling this story of this working-class immigrant family, trying to make ends meet, trying to love each other without necessarily the words to express it,” Choi said of the show he created and stars in.
Choi was born in Korea and raised in Toronto, where his father is a pastor at a Korean church. “He’s a funny guy, so comedy came naturally to me through him,” Choi said. His father on stage in front of the congregation felt like his first theatre experience.
작가 최인섭이 연극 속에서 발견한 ‘커뮤니티’
글: 제시카 도허티 한국어 번역 권소영 원작 디자인: Deanna McClure
최인섭 작가는 자신을 배우이자 작가, 그리고 두 명의 십대 자녀를 둔 가장이라고 소개한다. “글쎄요, 이렇게 말하면 좀 더 평범한 사람처럼 보이지 않을까요(웃음)” 가족이 운영하는 토론토의 한 편의점을 배경으로, 가족과 공동체의 의미를 파고드는 연극 《김씨네 편의점》을 만든 최인섭 작가에게 이보다 더 잘 어울리는 소개도 없을 것이다.
“좀 독특한 연극이죠. 다섯명의 유색인종 배우들이 노동자 계층 이민 가족의 이야기를 펼칩니다. 하루 벌어 하루 살기 바쁘고, 표현에는 인색해도 서로 사랑하려 애쓰는, 그런 가족의 이야기입니다.” 자신이 쓰고, 직접 출연하기도 한 이 작품에 대해 그는 그렇게 말했다.
최인섭 작가는 한국에서 태어났고 토론토에서 자랐다. 아버지는 한인 교회의 목사이셨다. “아버지가 워낙 재미있는 분이셔서, 저도 자연스럽게 코미디가 몸에 밴 것 같아요.” 강단에서 회중들을 상대로 설교하시던 부친의 모습. 그것이 사실상 그의 첫번째 연극 경험이었다.
Korean Translation By Esther Kwon Original design by Deanna McClure
“I think that’s the theatre,” he recalled. “Someone on stage, speaking to an audience and making the audience laugh, think deep thoughts...making the audience feel like we are a part of a community. We are not alone in this world, our struggles are not singular, we share a common humanity with different people who look differently than we do.”
Choi was drawn to the stage in search of that sense of community. Auditioning for a production of Damn Yankees at his new high school felt like a great way to reinvent himself and make friends. And he did—the cast hung out after rehearsals every day. “I think that kind of community-building and friendship won me over to theatre,” he said.
When he graduated college for acting, it was “a rude awakening” to find there weren’t many roles for him as a Korean Canadian actor. But he found community with other Asian theatre graduates in the area. “We gathered and started to read mostly Asian American plays, because there were no Asian Canadian plays back then,” he said.
“연극이란 그런 거 같아요. 무대위의 누군가가 관객에게 말을 건네고, 웃게 하고, 깊은 생각에 잠기게 하죠. 그러면서 관객들은 어떤 커뮤니티에 ‘속해 있다. 함께 있다’ 라고 느끼게 됩니다. 우리는 혼자가 아니고, 인생의 고단함 또한 자기만 그런 건 아닙니다. 모습은 달라도 같은 인간성을 공유하는 사람들인 거죠”.
최작가는 이후 이런 연극 특유의 ‘소속감’에 이끌려 연극 무대로 향하게 된다. 새로 전학한 고등학교에서 뮤지컬 댐 양키스(Damn Yankees) 오디션을 보게 되는데, 새롭게 거듭나고 친구도 사귈 수 있는 좋은 기회라고 생각했다. 기대는 현실이 되었고, 출연한 배우들과 연습이 끝난 뒤에도 매일같이 어울리는 사이가 되었다. “어떤 커뮤니티, 우정 같은 것이 만들어 졌고, 저를 연극으로 이끌었던 것 같습니다.”
연기 전공으로 대학을 졸업하고 나니, 한국계 캐나다 배우인 자신에게 허락되는
배역이라는 것이 그리 많지 않다는 “냉혹한 현실”을 맞닥뜨려야만 했다. 대신에 자기와 비슷한 다른 아시아계 연극 전공 졸업자들을
찾아 커뮤니티를 형성하게 된다. “우리는 함께 아시아계 미국 연극 대본들을 읽기 시작했어요. 그때는 아시아계 캐나다 연극이 별로 없었거든요”
(from left) Ryan Jinn, Esther Chung, Ins Choi, Kelly J. Seo, and Brandon McKnight. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
"We are not alone in this world, our struggles are not singular, we share a common humanity with different people who look differently than we do.” "우리는 혼자가 아니고, 인생의
고단함 또한 자기만 그런 건 아닙니다. 모습은 달라도 같은 인간성을 공유하는 사람들인 거죠”.
—Ins Choi
The reading group evolved into fu-GEN Theatre Company in 2002, Canada’s premier Asian Canadian theatre company. Choi got his start as a playwright through the company. “We were mostly actors who could kind of write, most of us were writing so that we would have something to cast ourselves in,” he said.
It was with that playwrighting cohort that Kim’s Convenience came to be. It took Choi around seven years to finish the play, and it was then rejected by many theatre companies in Toronto. So, he staged the play himself at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2011, playing the role of Jung and directing the production. From there, the show took off—with a professional production at Soulpepper Theatre Company, a Canadian tour and TV show, a U.K. Tour, and now remounted by Soulpepper for a North American Tour. In that time, Choi has gone from playing the youthful Jung to patriarch Appa.
“Even when I wrote the play, I wanted in the future to play Appa one day when I got old. And lo and behold—I got old,” he said. “[Playing Appa] just felt very comfortable, very at home. It just felt right.”
대본 읽기 모임은 2002년에 이르러 캐나다 최초의 아시아계 캐나다 극단, “푸젠(fu-GEN) 시어터 컴퍼니”로 발전하게 되고, 이 극단을 통해 극작가 최인섭의 첫발을 내딛게 된다. “우리는 대부분 연기자였고, 다들 조금씩은 연극 대본도 썼어요. 결국 자기가 연기할 배역을 스스로 써낸 거였죠.”
이 ‘대본 쓰기 동료’들과 함께하면서 《김씨네 편의점》이 태어나게 된다. 작품을 완성하는 데에 걸린 시간은 7년 남짓. 하지만 작품은 토론토 여러 극단들로부터 퇴짜를 맞는다. 그렇게 그는 2011년, ‘토론토 프린지 페스티벌 (Toronto Fringe Festival)’에 이 작품을 직접 무대에 올렸다. 아들 ‘정’의 역을 맡아 연기하는
동시에 연출도 겸했다. 이후 이 연극은 극단
소울페퍼 ( Soulpepper Theatre Company)에서의
정식 프로덕션을 시작으로, 캐나다 투어와
TV 시리즈 제작, 영국 투어로까지 성공을
이어갔다. 작품은 극단 소울페퍼를 통해 북미
투어 버전으로 다시 연극 무대로 돌아왔다.
그리고 이렇게 시간이 흐르는 동안, 최인섭의
배역은 젊은 아들 정( Jung)에서, 한 가족의
가장인 아빠(Appa)로 바뀌게 된다.
“작품을 처음 쓸 때부터, 언젠가 나이가 들면 ‘
아빠(Appa)’ 역을 한 번 해 보고 싶다는 생각을 했었어요. 말 그대로 이젠 세월이 흘렀죠. 제가
어느새 나이가 들었더라고요. 아빠 역할은 그냥 편했고 잘 맞았어요. 딱 맞는 옷을 입은 것처럼 자연스러웠죠.”
While Kim’s Convenience garnered acclaim for its TV adaptation and Netflix syndication, Choi was excited to return to the stage—and the magic the medium provides.
“I missed...being in a room with a bunch of strangers...all experiencing something together,” he said. “When film was invented, it was like, ‘Oh, it’s the death of theatre.’ And then TV shows came out, ‘Oh, it’s the death of theatre.’ And yet. COVID—‘the death of theatre.’ And yet, theatre continues and has a unique charm most art forms don’t.”
And that sense of Damn Yankees childhood camraderie seems to live on with the current Kim’s Convenience cast—and audiences, too.
“It’s been a real family—we care for each other, we have communal meals and movie nights, and we play a lot of games,” he said. “It’s been [a] really fun and nourishing time.”
The cast also gets to sightsee together in each of the cities they visit—especially through food. Trying contemporary American twists on Korean food or “really expensive hot dogs” at a baseball game were just some highlights. In San Francisco, one audience member owned a cafe and invited the cast to breakfast the next day.
《김씨네 편의점》이 TV 시리즈로 제작되고
넷플릭스 방영을 통해 큰 호평과 사랑을
받았지만, 최인섭 작가는 작품이 다시
연극 무대로 돌아오는 이 일이 무척 설레고 기뻤다고 한다. 연극이라는 매체만이 줄 수
있는 ‘매직’이 기대되었던 것이다.
“그리웠던 거 같아요. 낯선 사람들과 한 공간에 있으면서 무언가를 함께 경험하는 시간이 말이죠. 영화가 발명되었을 때도 사람들은
말했어요 ‘이제 연극은 끝났어’. TV가 처음
나왔을 때 또 그랬죠. ‘이제 연극은 끝났어’. 그리고 코로나 19가 찾아오고 또 같은 말을 합니다. ‘이제 연극은 끝났어’. 하지만 연극은
끝나지 않고 계속되고 있고 다른 예술
매체에서 찾기 힘든 고유한 매력을 계속해서
이어가고 있어요.”
고등학생 시절의 연극, 댐 양키스(Damn Yankees) 를 통해 느꼈던 어릴 적 동료애가 《김씨네 편의점》 출연진들에게 여전히 이어지고 있다.
그리고 아마도, 관객들에게도 그런 것 같다.
“지금까지 진짜 가족처럼 지내 왔죠. 서로
챙기고, 같이 밥 먹고, 영화도 보고, 게임도
정말 많이 했습니다. 재밌게 지내면서도
서로에게 힘이 되는 시간을 함께 보냈어요.”
출연진들은 방문하는 도시마다 같이 관광을 즐기곤 했다. 현지 음식을 함께 맛보는 재미가
특히 컸는데, 현대 미국식으로 변주한 한국
음식이나 어느 야구 경기장에서 먹었던 ‘엄청
비싼 핫도그’ 등이 하이라이트였다고 한다.
샌프란시스코에서는 카페를 운영하고 있던 한 관객분이 공연 다음날 출연진들을 아침 식사에 초대한 일도 있었다.
"we’ve had such incredible audiences who have shared back with us all their stories and we’ve experienced that together.”
—Ins Choi
“Particularly with theatre that is centered around, created by, and involving many people of color, there’s a unique quality to it,” Choi said. “There’s a deeper, ‘we’re in the trenches together’ feeling... we’ve had such incredible audiences who have shared back with us all their stories and we’ve experienced that together.”
“유색인종이 중심이 되어 창작하고 참여하는 연극에는 어떤 특유의 질감이 있습니다. 참호속에서 함께 고생한 깊은 전우애 같은 것이랄까요. 우리 관객분들께서도 자신의 이야기를 감사히도 많이 들려주셨고, 그 모둔 순간을 저희와 함께 나눠 주셨습니다. ”
Brandon McKnight and Kelly J. Seo. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Brandon McKnight
Ins Choi and Esther Chung. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
This timeline traces the journey of Kim’s Convenience from its beginnings as a play, to its rise as a hit television series, to its continued international impact across platforms.
2005 INSPIRED BY HIS EXPERIENCE, INS CHOI WRITES KIM’S CONVENIENCEAT SOULPEPPER ACADEMY
Ins Choi begins writing Kim’s Convenience while attending the Soulpepper Academy in Toronto, inspired by his experience as a Korean Canadian and his family’s history working in convenience stores.
2011 KIM’SCONVENIENCE PREMIERES AT THE TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL
It wins the New Play Contest and is remounted later that year by Soulpepper Theatre, Toronto. It becomes Soulpepper’s most commercially successful production.
2012-2015 KIM’SCONVENIENCETOURS CANADA!
The play tours across Canada to sold-out audiences, praised for its cultural authenticity and humor. It builds national momentum and earns recognition as a landmark piece of Asian Canadian theatre.
2016 PREMIERES ON CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Kim’s Convenience premieres as a television series on CBC Television (Oct. 11, 2016). The show features the original stage cast, including Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Appa) and Jean Yoon (Umma), and becomes the first Canadian scripted TV show led by an all-Asian cast.
2018 NETFLIX RELEASE!
Kim’s Convenience becomes available to stream internationally on Netflix, bringing the show to a wider global audience and gaining a passionate fan base outside of Canada. It garners acclaim for its heartwarming portrayal of an immigrant family and its sharp, character-driven humor. The show runs for five successful seasons.
2024-2025 KIM’SCONVENIENCEGOES TO THE UK
Kim’s Convenience experiences a revival in UK theatres in 2024-2025, starting at Park Theatre and transferring to Riverside Studios before embarking on a UK regional tour. Audiences continue to embrace the story’s humor and heart as it reenters the live stage circuit.
2025-2026 KIM’SCONVENIENCEON TOUR
Soulpepper revives the acclaimed production of Kim’s Convenience as the start of a tour across Canada and the United States. In September, Kim’s Convenience premieres at A.C.T. in San Francisco, bringing the beloved story to California audiences. The production explores the play’s continued relevance in a multicultural, intergenerational America. Since opening at A.C.T., this production continued at The Huntington in Boston, McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey, Kravis Theatre in West Palm Beach Florida, and Center Theatre Group in L.A.
This timeline is used with permission from American Conservatory Theater.
INS CHOI
(Playwright, Appa) was born in Korea but grew up and lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife and two children. His debut play, Kim’s Convenience, won the Best New Play Award and the Patron’s Pick at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival. It then launched Soulpepper Theatre Company’s 2012 season, toured across Canada, and was adapted into a TV series on CBC and Netflix for five seasons. Ins was a writer, executive producer and co-creator of the series. He also wrote the plays Subway Stations of the Cross, Bad Parent, Son of a Preacherman, and co-created the plays Alligator Pie, re(birth): ee cummings in song, Window on Toronto (Soulpepper), and 2000 Candles (Brookstone). He taught screenwriting at the National Screen Institute and the Canadian Film Centre. @choiinsurp.
KELLY J. SEO
(Janet) was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in North York, ON. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (Janet). Select other theatre: The Melville Boys, Jenny’s House of Joy (The Foster Festival), Kim’s Convenience (The Grand Theatre), Twelfth Night (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), Kim’s Convenience, Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Fables for the Future (Clay and Paper Theatre). Select film and TV: If I Go Missing, “In the Dark,” “Most Dangerous Game,” “Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan,” “Designated Survivor.” Graduate of York University’s Theatre Program. This is for my Umma and Appa. 엄마, 아빠 감사하고 사랑해요. @kellyjseo.
ESTHER CHUNG (Umma) was born in South Korea and raised in Thornhill, Ontario. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (Umma). Other theatre: world premiere of Bigfoot! (Port Stanley Festival Theatre), Calendar Girls, Noises Off, Five Alarm, One Slight Hitch, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Film and TV: “Cross,” “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” “The Boys,” “Children Ruin Everything,” “Shelved,” Let’s Get Merried. @estherthechung.
RYAN JINN 진윤섭 Jung) was born in Los Angeles and raised in Vancouver, BC. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (Jung). Other theatre: Kim’s Convenience (Arts Club), An Assertive Girl (Pull Festival). Film and TV: “Reginald the Vampire,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “Van Helsing,” “The Good Doctor,” “Charmed,” 2 Hearts, “Arrow,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Man in the High Castle.” Animation: “CoComelon Lane.” Awardwinning short films: So-Ri (소리), Songbird @ryanjinnstagram.
BRANDON MCKNIGHT
(Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, Mike) is a Canadian actor with Jamaican roots, born and raised in Toronto, ON. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, and Mike). Other theatre: Judas Noir (Tarragon Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Unit 102 Actors Co.). Select film and TV: “The Flash” (CW), The Shape of Water (FOX Searchlight), Morningside (Elevation Pictures), “Most Dangerous Game” (Tubi), “Kim’s Convenience” (CBC). McKnight is an alumnus of the prestigious CFC Actors Conservatory founded by Norman Jewison (Class of 2018). Manager is Daniel Abrams at OAZ and agent is Innovative Artists. @mrmcknight.
JAMES YI
(Appa alternate) Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, James now calls Vancouver home, where he has been acting for almost two decades. Having been in numerous productions of this award-winning play, as well as playing Jimmy Young on the TV series, James is thrilled to reprise the role of Appa. Select film and TV: The Interview, “Kim’s Convenience,” “Gabby Duran & The Unsittables,” “Siren,” “Flashpoint.” Upcoming films: Any Other World, Win, Lose or Die, Surrender, His & Hers, Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story. James is an avid golfer who can be spotted on courses, usually in treelines and bunkers.
ROSIE SIMON
(u/s Janet/Umma) is a Korean Canadian actor for stage and screen. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience, Cowboy Versus Samurai. Other theatre: Dinner with the Duchess (HFN/Crow’s Theatre), The Chinese Lady (Studio 180/fu-GEN/ Crow’s Theatre), The Three Musketeers, John (Royal MTC), Lady Sunrise, Aquiesce (Factory Theatre), Urinetown (Firehall Arts Centre), The King and I (Gateway), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Arts Club). Film/TV: “Slasher: Solstice,” “Doc,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Motive,” “Good Witch,” “Killjoys,” Wynonna Earp: Vengeance, “Carter,” “Hudson & Rex,” “Shadowhunters,” The Face I Can’t Forget, To Have and to Holiday, “That Lion Show.”
FRANK CHUNG
(u/s Jung) was born in Toronto and raised in Mississauga, ON. Theatre: The New Canadian Curling Club (Lighthouse Festival, Magnus Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2018 and 2023, Romeo and Juliet (Canadian Stage/ Dream in High Park), Kim’s Convenience (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Timothy Findley’s The Wars (The Grand Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre Project). Film and TV: “Bakugan” (Netflix), “Lyla in the Loop” (PBS Kids), “Ginny and Georgia” (Netflix), Dancing Through the Shadow (Independent Feature), “Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan” (Smithsonian Canada/Netflix). Graduate of York University, B.F.A. Theatre, Class of 2018.
NGABO NABEA
(u/s Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, Mike)
Though born in Toronto, Ngabo Nabea spent much of his childhood traveling and studying abroad, before returning to study performance at Ryerson University. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (understudy for Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, Mike), Three Sisters. Other theatre: Twisted (Factory Theatre), The Numbers Game (Storefront Theatre), I and You (Globe Theatre), August Wilson’s Fences (The Grand Theatre), The Tragedy of King Lear (Shakespeare BASH’d), Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre Project).
WEYNI MENGESHA
(Director) is a stage and screen director who has directed acclaimed productions across Canada, London, New York, and Los Angeles including ‘da Kink in my Hair, Kim’s Convenience, A Streetcar Named Desire, Queen Goneril, and Power of Sail. Honors: Dora Mavor Moore Awards, NAACP nominations, Drama League (NY) and Drama Critics Circle (LA) recognition, 2024 Trailblazer Award (CBC Legacy Awards), 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award. A committed educator, mentor, and producer of youth arts initiatives, Weyni was the Artistic Director of the AMY (Artists Mentoring Youth) Project for seven years and co-founded a platform for young Ethiopian and Eritrean artists. She has trained young artists at the National Theatre School of Canada, Canadian Film Centre, and The Soulpepper Academy. @weynimengesha.
JOANNA YU 余頌恩 (Scenic Design) was born in Hong Kong, raised in Thornhill, Ontario. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience, ‘da Kink in My Hair, Three Sisters. Other theatre: Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, National Arts Centre, Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, Arts Club, The Belfry Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Royal MTC, The Grand Theatre, Tapestry Opera, Factory Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Tarragon Theatre, Obsidian, fu-GEN, Cahoots, Nightwood, many others. Honors: Dora Award, The Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design, and the Pauline McGibbon Award. Joanna is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC659) and sits on the Board of Directors. joannayudesign.com, @joannayudesign.
MING WONG 黄慧明
(Costume Design) is an award-winning Toronto costume designer working in theatre, dance, opera, film and television for over 15 years. She is a graduate from the Ontario College of Art & Design. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience, A Strange Loop, The Master Plan, Three Sisters, De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Pipeline Other theatre: Crow’s Theatre, YPT, Stratford Festival, Company Theatre/Mirvish, Ross Petty Productions, Canadian Stage, Obsidian, Necessary Angel, Shaw Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Citadel Theatre/Royal MTC. Upcoming: Trident
ARTISTS
Moon, Flex, (Crow’s Theatre), Wait Until Dark (Shaw Festival). 2021 Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award recipient, two-time Dora Award winner. mingwongdesign.com. @mingwongdesign.
WEN-LING LIAO 廖雯伶
(Lighting Design) was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. She is based in the Bay Area. Her works can be seen across the United States, including American Conservatory Theater, Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks Silicon Valley, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, People’s Light, Marin Theatre Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Dallas Theater Center, Huntington Theatre Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Magic Theatre, Center REP, and San Francisco Playhouse. She got her B.A. from National Taiwan University and her M.F.A. from University of California, San Diego. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience (Soulpepper debut). wenlingliao.com.
FAN ZHANG
(Sound Design and Original Music) is a New Yorkbased sound designer and composer. Honors: Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes, AUDELCO Awards. Recent NYC: At the Wedding (LCT), Good Bones, Jordans (Public), Trophy Boys (MCC), The Far Country, Paris (Atlantic), This Land Was Made (Vineyard Theatre), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Second Stage), Pumpgirl (Irish Rep), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi & A.R.T.), and more. Regional: A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Steppenwolf, Seattle Rep, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf, Alliance, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Studio Theatre D.C., Yale Rep, Huntington, The Old Globe. Faculty at Purdue University. Education: M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. Member of TSDCA and Local 829, IATSE. fanzhangsound.com.
NICOLE EUN-JU BELL
(Video and Projection Design) is a mixed-race multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto, ON. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience; Billie, Sarah, and Ella: Revolutionary Women in Jazz (2023, Assistant Projection Design). Other theatre: White Muscle Daddy (Buddies in Bad Times), A Perfect Bowl of Pho (Kick & Push), Encounters at the “Edge of the Woods” (Hart House). As an assistant designer: The Cave (Luminato/JMar Electric), Ephemeral Artifacts (Theatre Passe Muraille). As an XR artist, she performed in the award-winning VR show
Uncanny Alley: A New Day (Ferryman Collective). @rodneydiverlus.
BECCA TRIMBUR
(Company Manager) is thrilled to be joining Kim’s Convenience for her tour debut! Born and raised in Northern Kentucky, she has spent most of her career in company management at regional theatres in the U.S. She could not do this without the unwavering support of her friends and family, especially her mom Annette, who’s always been ready to pack up the car on a moment’s notice. Regional: Capital Repertory Theatre (NY), Florida Repertory Theatre (FL), Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY). Summer stock: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PA), Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA).
DAVID S. FRANKLIN
(Production Stage Manager) is happy to make his way to The Old Globe, having been in LA for the majority of his career, stage managing over 100 productions for Center Theatre Group over the past 30 years. Favorites include Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, God of Carnage, Red, Bent, Linda Vista, and King James. Over at the Pasadena Playhouse, David just finished working with Darko Tresnjak on Amadeus. Pasadena Playhouse highlights include Eureka Day, Inherit the Wind, The Father, and Sisterella. Also: Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 19851990. New York: Public Theater. European tours: Quotations from a Ruined City (with Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz company).
ANGELA MAE BAGO
(Assistant Stage Manager) is a proud FilipinoCanadian woman who’s manifesting a fantastic life thanks to the nurture of her partner, family and friends. She’d like to shoutout her cousin, Janica Mae Trono, and partner, David See Jr, for supporting her and being her partners in crime. She is so incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be touring this beloved Canadian show all over North America and wherever it leads her next. Selected Credits: The Seagull, Draw Me Close (Soulpepper Theatre); Prison Dancer The Musical (National Arts Centre); Carmen (Canadian Opera Company); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Thousand Islands Playhouse); 15 Dogs (Crow’s Theatre); Little Women (Stratford Festival).
AMANDA SALMONS
(Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Fiasco Theater’s Bartleby, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Henry 6, Ride, Come Fall in Love, Life After, The Blameless, October Sky, The Metromaniacs, The White Snake, Inherit the Wind, over 40 more productions. Regional: The Heart, Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin (La Jolla Playhouse), Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford Stage), The Foreigner, See How They Run, The Rivalry (Lamb’s Players Theatre). Education: UC San Diego.
AARON JAN
(Assistant Director) was born in Hamilton, Ontario. Soulpepper: Kim’s Convenience, Yellow Rabbit. Other theatre: Woking Phoenix (TPM/Silk Bath Collective), Give ‘Em Hell (Theatre Direct), Cockfight, The Servant of Two Masters (Theatre Erindale), From Up Here (University of Winnipeg), The Standard Sing (Factory Theatre), Hockman (TMU), Ga Ting (The ARTillery Collective), Lucky (rEvolver Festival). Honors: Ken McDougall Directing Award, Johanna Protege Award, Urjo Kareda Award, Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Dora Award for Woking Phoenix, Rita Joe Award, Aubrey and Marla Dan fund co-recipient. Stratford’s Langham Director’s Workshop 2025 Cohort. aaronchihojan.wixsite.com/home.
PEMBERLEY PRODUCTIONS
(Tour General Manager) is a producing, general management, and tour booking company based in NYC/Chicago. Pemberley collaborates with overseas companies and U.S.-based productions to bring theatre across North America as well as internationally. Highlights include the West End production of The Woman in Black (Off Broadway at NYC’s McKittrick Hotel and across the U.S.); the U.S. Tours of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights, the National Theatre’s An Inspector Calls and The Last Ship. Pemberley is also looking after Heathers The Musical (Off Broadway), Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile (U.S.Tour), Elizabeth McGovern’s Ava: The Secret Conversations (U.S./Canada Tour), the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamnet (U.S. Tour), and more. pemberleyproductions.com.
SOULPEPPER THEATRE COMPANY
(Producer) is Canada’s leading artist-driven theatre company. A dynamic cultural hub that brings artists and communities together to spark connection, inspire change, and elevate the power of storytelling. Led by Artistic Director Paolo
Santalucia and Executive Director Gideon Arthurs, Soulpepper is Canada’s hub for developing and producing some of the nation’s most compelling and innovative works, while championing a diversity of voices and perspectives. The company also offers an abundance of free education and community programs that nurture creativity for all and foster connection. Soulpepper touches the lives of hundreds of thousands each year across Canada, inspiring both audiences and artists to celebrate the transformative power of theatre.
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS
(Producer) is a UK based company with over 60 productions worldwide to date Recipient of 8 Tonys, 10 Oliviers, and one Helpmann Award. ABP produced the highly acclaimed 2024 UK première of Kim’s Convenience starring Ins Choi, directed by Esther Jun at Park Theatre and Riverside Studios in London, as well as the UK Tour which began in March 2025. This production won the 2025 Stage Award for Campaign of the Year. Originally from Montreal, Adam has an EMBA from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and received The Linbury Scholarship for his studies. Full bio: adamblanshay.com He dedicates this to his Umma, Roni.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
(Co-Producer) is the world’s leading comedy brand, best known for its iconic Montreal festival–the largest international comedy festival in the world. JFL has launched the careers of countless comedians and produces acclaimed live shows, television, and stage productions. Led by Sylvain Parent-Bedard and Jerome Tremblay, recent stage credits include Waitress, Chicago (Montreal), and Real Women Have Curves (Broadway).
YOU PRODUCTIONS
(Co-Producer) Terence Rodia began as an actor before becoming a choreographer, director, and founder of the YOU brand, an international talent agency and production company. He won the Forty Under Forty Award in 2023 and was a 2024 finalist for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards’ Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year.
HENDERSON THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
(Co-Producer) develops and produces new work for the stage. The company is led by Rupert Henderson, who was previously Producer at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Rupert is passionate about
bringing ambitious, high-quality theatre to a wide audience.
BARRY EDELSTEIN
(Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include Hedda Gabler, The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The TwentySeventh 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.
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 with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 122.
PATRON INFORMATION
For more information about ticket policies and patron services, please visit TheOldGlobe.org.
TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE
Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission.
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.
FOR ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS
Producer Adam Blanshay
General Manager and Associate Producer Jonathan Lee
Assistant Producer Kate Carey
Production Assistant William Shackleton
Bookkeeper Samantha Heynes
Accounts Simon Littlejohns
FOR SOULPEPPER THEATRE COMPANY
Artistic Director Paolo Santalucia
Executive Director Gideon Arthurs
Executive Producer Jonathan Heppner
Producer Robyn Hoja
Associate Producer Julia Carrano
Interim Senior Production Manager Patricia Vinluan
Production Manager Maya Royer
Technical Director Leslie Hernandez
THANK YOU
Korean American Leaders in Hollywood Kymber Lim
The Set, Props, Paint, and Costumes for this production were built by the Soulpepper Theatre Company artists in Toronto, ON, Canada:
Head Carpenter Andy DeVries
First Carpenter Bill Stahl
Head Scenic Artist Paul Boddum
Scenic Painters
Jonathon Parisi, Hilda Chu, Dan Jakobi, Sophie Griffin
Head of Props Lisa Nighswander
First Props Builder/Buyer Greg Chambers
Props Hand Jack Nighswander
Head of Wardrobe Ellie Koffman
Assistant Head of Wardrobe
Claudia Matas
Stitcher Erin Halls
Head of Wigs
Jacqueline Robertson-Cull
THANK YOU
The Kim’s Convenience team would like to extend their thanks to the Alpha Korean United Church for use of their photo archive, the Choi family, Jung A Im, Suzie Kim, Jawon Kang, Kelly McEvenue, Grace Mrkobrada, Julian Ochangco, Hannah and Elizabeth Seo, Danny Seo for additional photos, Neha Ross, Kat Chin, AJ Laflamme, Nancy Dryden, Luke Reece, Jasmine Knox, Rhett Costin, Nick Beardsley, Rohan Kulkarni, the generous support of Sylvia Soyka, Lauren Naus, Riaz Charania, The Foussias Family, The Hallan Family, and Suzanne Cheriton.
shining a light on the arts engagement team introducing blake dye and mayté martinez
Spring has returned, and with it, so has our beloved playwrighting program, Community Voices. After a year of reimagining, we are relaunching this program with new partners from across the region.
The Arts Engagement department is also taking Shakespeare to communities that very rarely engage with his works through the Behind the Curtain program, which will feature our summer shows, Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing
Bringing these programs to life are Blake Dye and Mayté Martinez, two fabulous team members who travel throughout San Diego’s various constituencies sharing their passion for theatre.
community programs manager
Years at The Old Globe: 1
What makes Behind the Curtain so special? I like connecting people with our show designers. It brings sheer joy and excitement to the participants as they engage in the activities throughout the Behind the Curtain workshops.
What are you looking forward to with the re-launch of Community Voices? I’m really excited to hear all the stories the community will tell.
community programs associate
Years at The Old Globe: 4
What excites you the most about Behind the Curtain? I love seeing how Behind the Curtain opens up the world of theatre to people who may have never had access to it. Watching participants connect, ask questions, and realize they belong in these spaces is incredibly meaningful to me.
Why is Community Voices special to you? Community Voices empowers people to tell their own stories. It’s about finding your voice, putting it on the page, and bringing personal and community stories to life.
Fun fact! Behind the Curtain introduces the community to the costume, light, sound, and set designers of the very show you are seeing today. If you would like to join these exclusive moments with the artists, feel free to join us at our next workshop. Register at TheOldGlobe.org/BehindTheCurtain.
Get involved! If you are ready to tell your story, come, and write with us. All Community Voices writing residences culminate with your play being read by local professional actors. Find out more details at TheOldGlobe.org/CommunityVoices.
UPCOMING FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS ON THE PLAZA
Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Now a national holiday, Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States. Celebrate with dance, live music, spoken word, and choir performances with some of the top artists in San Diego.
Globe PRIDE
Saturday, July 18 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The annual Globe PRIDE event honors our LGBTQIA+ community and celebrates diversity and unity. The celebration features iconic drag performances, live music, spoken word, and crafts for all ages.
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.
LEAD PRODUCTION SPONSORS
THE
DAVID MARTIN FINKELSTEIN TRUST
ARTIST SPONSORS
THAO AND JEFF HUGHES FOR INS CHOI (PLAWRIGHT)
SONIA ISRAEL, IN MEMORY OF ANDY ISRAEL FOR WEYNI MENGESHA (DIRECTOR)
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.
ANN DAVIES
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)
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 POWERSEVELYN 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 FUSONJOAN* AND IRWIN JACOBS FUND OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THE JEANNIE POLINSKY RIVKIN ARTISTIC FUND
JEAN AND GARY SHEKHTER
DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY† In memory of Donald Shiley
KAREN AND STUART TANZ
GILLIAN AND TONY THORNLEYSHERYL AND HARVEY* WHITE FOUNDATION In honor of Harvey White
VICKI AND CARL ZEIGER
THE JO BOBBIE MACCONNELL TRUST
THE DAVID MARTIN FINKELSTEIN 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
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
Donald* and Darlene Shiley
—
$11 million and higher — Conrad Prebys*
City of San Diego
— $10 million and higher —
Karen and Donald* Cohn
— $9 million and higher —
Sheryl and Harvey* White
— $7 million and higher —
Kathryn Hattox*
Viterbi Family and The Erna Finci
Viterbi Artistic Director Fund
—
$4 million and higher —
The James Irvine Foundation
Paula and Brian Powers
The Shubert Foundation
—
$3 million and higher —
David C. Copley Foundation County of San Diego
— $1 million and higher — Mary Beth Adderley
Terry Atkinson
Bank of America
Bentivoglio Family Fund
Diane and John* Berol
Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.
California Arts Council, A State Agency
California Bank & Trust
California Cultural & Historical Endowment
J. Dallas and Mary Clark*
The Roy Cockrum Foundation
Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish
Peter Cooper and Erik Matwijkow
Valerie and Harry Cooper
Elaine and Dave* Darwin
Ann Davies
Una Davis and Jack McGrory
Silvija* and Brian Devine
Helen Edison*
Pamela Farr and Buford Alexander
Hal and Pam Fuson
Globe Guilders
HM Electronics, Inc.
Joan* and Irwin Jacobs
The Kresge Foundation
The Lipinsky Family
Estate of Beatrice Lynds*
Peggy and Robert Matthews Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Victor H.* and Jane Ottenstein
Gerald T. and Inez Grant Parker Foundation
Prebys Foundation
Price Philanthropies
Estate of Dorothy S. Prough* Qualcomm
Jeannie and Arthur Rivkin*
Jean and Gary Shekhter
Karen and Stuart Tanz
Theatre Forward
Gillian and Tony Thornley
Evelyn Mack Truitt*
United U.S. Bank
Pamela J. Wagner and Hans Tegebo
Wells Fargo
Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome*
The Henry Donald Wolpert and Barbara Wolpert Family Trust
Vicki and Carl Zeiger
Anonymous (1)
*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.
Dede Alpert
Terry Atkinson Bank of America
Beth and Rich Brenner
Julia Carrington Hall
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
Beth Anne Goodman
George C. Guerra
The Hearst Foundations
Jill Holmes
Will and Nora Hom Newbern
Marguerite Jackson Dill
Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs
The Jules and Gwen Knapp
Charitable Foundation
Benjamin and Kimberly Lee
Peggy and Robert Matthews Foundation
Marcia A. Mattson
Rena Minisi and Rich Paul
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Michael and Christine Pack
Susan Parker
The Parker Foundation (Gerald and Inez Grant Parker) Patrons of the Prado
Barbara J. Petersen
PNC Bank
Price Philanthropies Qualcomm
ResMed Foundation
Russ and Marty Ries
Nancy J. Robertson
Sue and Duff Sanderson
Phyllis Schwartz
Kathleen and Al Steele
The Thursday Club Juniors
U.S. Bank
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Viasat
Chris and Pat Weil
Jennifer Jackson Werner
Anonymous (3)
INSTITUTIONAL DONORS
Artistic Angels
($200,000 and higher annually)
Benefactors
($100,000 to $199,999)
Ovation Circle
($75,000 to $99,999)
Artist Circle ($25,000 to $49,999)
Director Circle ($12,500 to $24,999)
Founder Circle
Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP
Impact Visual Arts Nordstrom Northern Trust
Producer Circle
($50,000 to $74,999)
($7,500 to $12,499)
Snake Oil Cocktail Company Viasat
Craig Noel Circle ($3,000 to $7,499)
Barons Market
Cartier San Diego CIBC
Moss Adams LLP
Ranch & Coast Magazine
RKG Wealth Management
Become a Corporate Partner of The Old Globe. Contact Lauren Bergquist at (619) 684-4141 or lbergquist@TheOldGlobe.org.
The Old Globe is deeply grateful to the many patrons who have made plans to leave a legacy to the theatre they cherish. These gifts ensure that The Old Globe will continue to flourish in the years ahead. Thank you.
Craig Noel Legacy Society Members
Robin L. Allgren, M.D. PhD
Bobbie Ball
Sandra D. Barstow
Jan Bart
Barbara Beaumont
Nancine Belfiore
Barbara Bolt
Richard J. Bonacci
Beth and Richard Brenner
Nancy Brock
Robert and Pamela Brooks
Richard and Eileen Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Canada
Stanley Nadel and Cecilia Carrick
Harry and Sandra Carter
Pamela and Jerry* Cesak
Jean Cheng
Doris and Wayne* Christopher
Garet and Wendy Clark
Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish
Marge Cole
R. Patrick and Sharon Connell
Richard and Stephanie Coutts
Jane Cowgill
Gigi Cramer
Patricia W. Crigler, Ph.D., CAPT, USN (Ret.)
Carlos and Patricia Cuellar
Ronald D. Culbertson
Elaine and Dave* Darwin
Ann Davies
Dr. Cynthia and Mr. Martin Davis
Janie DeCelles
Caroline S. DeMar
Douglas Druley and Judee Sedler
Robert and Stacey Foxworth
Hal and Pam Fuson
Alan Gary* and Joanee Udelf
Norman and Patricia Gillespie
Robert Gleason and Marc Matys
Cathryn Golden
Marcy Goldstone
Jim and Linda Good
Laurie Gore
Jeridean Hafter
Cherie Halladay Tirschwell
Bernard* and June Harland
Ellie Lynch and Patrick Harrison*
David* and Debbie Hawkins
Liz and Gary Helming
Char Hersh
Jill Denison Holmes
Bruce* and Jane Hopkins
Daniel Howard
Jeff and Thao Hughes
Craig and Mary Hunter
Sonia and Andy* Israel
Janis N. Jones
David K. Jordan
Robert Kilian and Kathleen M.
Slayton*
Bill and Linda Kolb
Regina Kurtz
James and Jan LaGrone
Jean and David Laing*
Peter and Michelle Landin
Dr. Ronald and Mrs. Ruth W. Leonardi
Jerry Lester Foundation
Pamela Hamilton Lester in memory of Jim Lester
In memory of Mack Lewis
Robin J. Lipman
Jo Bobbie MacConnell*
Richard L. Matta
Dr. Theodore and Mrs. Marcy
Mazer
Cynthia McIntyre
Thomas and Randi McKenzie
Maggi McKerrow
Judith Menzel
Chris and Jill Metcalf
Paul I. and Margaret W. Meyer
Paul Miller and Julie Greb
Chuck and Angela Mol
Laurie D. Munday
Michael G. Murphy
Harvey* and Marsha Netzer
Ronald J. Newell
Jacqueline and Jerome* Niederman
Greg and Polly Noel
Carol Novick*
Rich and June Nygaard
Gale and James Petrie
Paula and Brian Powers
Claudia Prescott
Sarah B. Marsh-Rebelo and John Rebelo
Louis and Nancy Regas
Tom and Mary Roberts
Nancy J. Robertson
Dr. Julie A. Prazich and Dr. Sara Rosenthal
Joan Salb*
Beverly and Warren* Sanborn
Robert and Lisa Shaw
Bruce Sherman
Darlene Marcos Shiley
Dr. Dee E. Silver, M.D.
B. Sy* and Ruth Ann Silver
Stephen M. Silverman
Dolores* and Rodney Smith
Marisa SorBello and Peter Czipott
Nancy A. Spector and Alan R. Spector
Kathleen A. and Thomas E. Stark
Jeanette Stevens
Diane Stocker
Peter Stovin and Marilyn Johns*
Norm and Laura Swauger
Mark Sweeney
Linda Tallian
Anne C. Taubman
Randy Tidmore
Evelyn Mack Truitt*
Suzanne Poet Turner and Michael T. Turner
Ginny Unanue
Albert Velasquez and Elissa Huffstetler
Lian von Wantoch
Pamela J. Wagner
Peggy Ann Wallace
Holly J.B. Ward
Sarah Woodruff Watkins
Joy and Stephen Weiss
Judith Wenker
Lynne Dunaho Wheeler
Sheryl and Harvey* P. White
Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Wolpert*
Chester Yamaga and Jean Samuels
LeAnna S. Zevely
Anonymous (23)
For information on how to leave a legacy gift to the theatre, please call Bridget Cantu Wear at (619) 684-4144 or email bcantuwear@TheOldGlobe.org.
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 David Martin Finkelstein Trust
The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund
George C. Guerra
The Kathryn Hattox
Charitable Trust
HM Electronics, Inc.
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
The Jeannie Polinsky Rivkin Artistic Fund
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
Marian Benassi
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
James Emerson
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
The Estate of David J. Novick and Carol L. Novick
Paula and Brian Powers ♥
Prebys Foundation
Price Philanthropies
The Shubert Foundation
The Estate of Evelyn Mack Truitt
Jean and Gary Shekhter ♥
Darlene Marcos Shiley, in memory of Donald Shiley
Karen and Stuart Tanz ♥
Gillian and Tony Thornley
U.S. Bank
Qualcomm United
Carol and George Lattimer
The Prado at Balboa Park
Reva Event
Sue and Duff Sanderson
Show Imaging
Les J. Silver and Andrea
Rothschild-Silver
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
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
The Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Fund
The Henry Donald Wolpert and Barbara Wolpert Family Trust
The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation, in honor of Harvey White
Vicki and Carl Zeiger ♥
Pamela J. Wagner and Hans Tegebo
Debra Turner
Wilkinson Family Charitable Fund
Brent Woods and Laurie Mitchell
Anonymous
Tom and Lisa Pierce
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)
OUR THANKS
Director Circle ($12,500 to $24,999)
Alicia and Jonathan Atun
Karen and Jim Austin ♥
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
Marguerite Jackson Dill, in memory of George Dill ♥
Nina Doede, in honor of Bob Doede
Leon Embry
Dan and Phyllis Epstein
Susanna and Michael Flaster
Focus Partners Wealth
Richard Forsyth and Kate Leonard
Robin Luby and Geri Musser
Bill and Judy Garrett
Joyce Gattas and Jay Jeffcoat
Carol L. Githens
Kimberly Godwin and Tom Wilcox
Laurie Gore
William D. 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
Hal and Debby Jacobs
John Kikuchi
Robert Kilian, in memory of Kathleen M. Slayton
John Kirby, in loving memory of Anthony Toia
Sherry and Larry Kline
Jules and Gwen Knapp
Charitable Foundation
Curt and Nancy Koch
Brooke Koehler
James and Jan LaGrone
Benjamin and Kimberly Lee
Drs. Janice and Matt Kurth
Laura Kyle, in memory of Bob Kyle
Founder Circle ($7,500 to $12,499)
Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky
Marshall Littman
Susan and John Major
Peggy and Robert Matthews
Foundation
Marcia A. Mattson
Thomas and Randi McKenzie
Mister A’s Restaurant
Judith B. Morgan
Neiman Marcus San Diego
Ron and Joyce Nelson
Darrell Netherton and Robert Wheeler
Caroline and Nicolas Nierenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Jerrold M. Olefsky
Gerald T. and Inez Grant Parker Foundation
Susan Parker
Platt Wealth Management PNC Bank
John and Marcia Price
Family Foundation
Joan and Richard Qualls
Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas
Tom and Jen Ranglas
Jeffrey J Redondo and Vidal Espinosa
ResMed Foundation
Vivian Reznik, M.D. and Andrew Ries, M.D.
Russ and Marty Ries
Robert Rosenberg
Joan G. Salb & Jack B. Salb Trust
San Diego Municipal Employees Association
Joseph Schuman
Richard Shapiro and Marsha Janger
Drs. Joseph and Gloria Shurman
Dee E. Silver, M.D.
Nancy and Alan Spector and Family
Kathleen and Al Steele
Bill and Diane Stumph ♥
Greta and Stephen Treadgold UBS
University of San Diego
Chris and Pat Weil
Shirli Weiss and Sons
Stephen and Joy Weiss ♥
Dr. Steve and Lynne Wheeler
James E. and Kathryn A. Whistler
Chester Yamaga and Jean Samuels
Anonymous (4)
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 • Greg and Loretta Cass ♥ • Vicki Colasurdo ♥ • Marge Cole ♥ • 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 • 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 • Marcia Hyland Green • Guy and Laura Halgren • Julia Carrington Hall • Fred and Alicia Hallett Family Trust • Ivy Hanson • Judy Hertzberg • In memory of James Jessop Hervey • Suzanne and Lawrence Hess • Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP • Dan Howard • 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 • 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 • Christopher Menkov and Jennifer Fisher in memory of Elizabeth Meyer • Paul and Maggie Meyer • Rebecca Moores • 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 • 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 • Mike Stivers • Iris Strauss • William and Shelby Strong • David S. Tam • The Thursday Club Juniors • 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 Samuel L. Westerman Foundation • The Wickline Family • The Willink Family ♥ • Helene and Allan Ziman Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation • Emma and Leo* Zuckerman • Anonymous (6)
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 • Barons Market • Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Bell • Giovanni and Carolyn Bertussi • Sheila Bhalla • Pat and Carol Bivens • Rebecca Blakely Bashforth • Anita Busquets and William Ladd • Raedel Calori • Harry and Sandra Carter • Cartier San Diego • LaVonne and Paul Cashman • Cassatt Family • Gary and Lynette Cederquist • Carol and Jeff Chang • 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. • Cliff and Carolyn Colwell • 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 • Jen and Burke Fisher • 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 ♥ • Jeff and Judy Handler • Norm Hapke and Valerie Jacobs Hapke • Pat and Rick Harmetz • Gordon and Phyllis Harris • Richard and Linda Hascup • Tom and Lynn Hawkins • Jamie Henson and Robert Houskeeper • Jill D. Holmes • 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 • Michael Kossman • Regina Kurtz • Ken and Chantelle Labowe/The Labowe Family Foundation • 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 • Rena Minisi and Rich Paul • 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. • Susan Harrington • Moss Adams LLP • William and Mary-Rose Mueller • Nancy and James Mullen • Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munzinger • Wendy Nash • Lyn Nelson • Michael and Linda Niggli • Noelle Norton and Erwin Willis ♥ • Fi and Jim O’Brien • Micki Olin and Reid Abrams • Penelope Perryman • Gale and James Petrie • Anita Pittman • Dr. Julie A. Prazich and Dr. Sara Rosenthal • 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 • Timothy J. Shields • Mark Silver and Katherine Michaud • Alan and Esther Siman ♥ • Susan and Gerald Slavet • Mark and Elaine Smith • William T. and Gay F. Solomon Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation • DeAnne Steele • Nancy Steinhart and Rebecca Goodpasture • Ms. Jeanette Stevens • Craig and Debbie Stevenson • The Synergy Fund • Phyllis Tachco* • Mary Erlenborn and Thomas Templeton • Peggy Ann Wallace • Jennifer Jackson Werner • Catherine and Frank White • Andrew and Carisa Wisniewski • Cass Witkowski Family • The Witz Family • AC and Dorothy Wood • Howard and Christy Zatkin • Britt Zeller • Anonymous (12)
Friends of The Old Globe donors will be recognized for their total giving from the preceding fiscal year. Your giving in 2026 will be recognized throughout 2027.
Champion ($1,000 to $2,999)
Helen C. Adams • Jack Adcox • Hon. Louise De Carl Adler • Maria Aguilar Julian • 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 • 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 • 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 • Doug Gillingham and Dana Friehauf • Miranda Godinez • Gayle and Dwight Gordon • Euvoughn Louise Greenan • Somi Han • Eleanor Lynch • Gerald M. Hermanson* and Donna L. Buckner • David and Corinne Hollings • Jane and Bruce* Hopkins • Linda Howard • Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Hueter • 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 • 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 • Ursula and Hans Moede • Martha and Chuck Moffett • Chuck and Angela Mol • 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 Robles • Lynne and Glenn Rossman • Amy Roth •
Champion ($1,000 to $2,999)
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 • The Westgate Hotel • 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 • 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 Eric 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 • 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)
Fan ($250 to $499)
Peter Abdella • Actors’ Equity Foundation • Harlan Aliment • Lynette Allen and Larry Rothenberg • Steve and Judy Altman • Janet Ambrozek • Scott Anderson • Loren Archer • Todd Atteberry • Lynn and Connie Baer • John and Elizabeth Bagby • Christine and David Bagley • Philip and Victoria Barham • Mary Barry • Beverly Bartlett • BenMichel Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation • Jo A. Berman • U. Kelley Berman • Dusty and Lynn Bernard • Evan Bickett • Charlotte Bird • Susan Blackwell • Lisbeth and Larry Blum • Gordon and Leigh Boerner • Kay Faulconer Boger, Ed.D • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boland • Peter and Sheree Bonavich • Robert and Gloria Booth • Arthur Brauner • Jeffrey and Ana Brinkerhoff • Renner Family • Sigurd Lars Carlson • William Carrick • Jack and Judy Cater • Stephen Celniker in memory of Elsa Renee Celniker • Erik and Susan Charles • Don Chase • Laura Choate • Kristen Churchill • Carol Clark • Janet and Doug Clary • Jan Clausen and John Lohr • Mr. and Mrs. J. Conway • Julie Corda • Rick Corlett • Dan Cornthwaite and Alexander Dumas • Anthony and Elizabeth Court • Sheryl Cramer • Patricia and Robb Crowder • Duane and Lauren Crum • Richard and Lynn Cusac • Jeannie Dang • Mary Dawe • Alison de la Vega • Philip H. and Ruth W. Dickinson Family Fund at the San Diego Foundation • Maribel Din • Denise Donato-McConnell • Larry Donofrio • Sandra Drew • Sister RayMonda Duvall • Christina Dyer and Ellen Michaels • Judy and Robert Egenolf • Bill and Susan Ehlers • Peter and Doris Ellsworth • Barbara Enberg • Sara Fitzpatrick • Michael and Therese
Fan ($250 to $499)
Flaningam • Michael and Pamela Foley • John Foltz • Julie and Randy Forehand • Kent H. Foster and Pamela Fairley • Linda and Reginald Frank • Carina Chiang and Ross Frank • Derek Frankforth • Grant and Kathryn Frost • Craig and Meredith Garner • Daryl Gelender • Terrie Georgi • Jeff Geraci • Mark A. Geyer • Stacy Cromidas and Ruth Gilbert • Steve and Deborah Ginder • Charles and Nancy Girvin • Buzz and Peg Gitelson • Robert Glennon • William Goggin • Austin and Jan Gontang • Pamela Goosby • Janet Gorrie • Dana Griffin • Ellen Faye Gross • James Gump and Lee Ann Otto • Jeridean Hafter • Charles and Carole Hair • Angela Hawkins and John Conway • Georgia Hayashi • Sochowski Hefner Family • April F. Heinze • Betty and Kim Hellstrom • Barbara and Kirk Henry • Marilyn and Daniel Herde • Lara Hoefer Moir • Peter Holmes • Terry and Peter Holt • Stephen and Katherine Hon • Tom Horvath and Claudia Baranowski • Kenneth Huff • Lisa and Carl Hulle • Betsy Huntingdon • Summer Iverson • Earl J. Jackson • Stephen and Faith Jennings • Jeanette Seloover Johnson and R. Douglas Johnson • Paula Jolley • Dr. and Mrs. James Justeson • Jasmin Kaeser • Price and Lyn Kagey • Rick and Beth Kent • Kenneth and Edna Kimball • Lucinda King • Jill Kirby • Joy and Jeffrey Kirsch • Danielle Koelbl • The Kovacs Family • Dietrick Lamade • Jose and Cecilia Larroque • Steve and Ginny LaSala • Marc Lawrence • Paul LeBlanc • Celine Lefeuvre • Beth Levine and Henry Abarbanel • Glenn Lipson • José Luis and Jael Lisares • Riley Lively • Jim and Virginia Lloyd • Eli and Diana Lombrozo • Diana Long • William R. Long Charitable Fund • Peter Louch • Dan and Kathy Lunardi • John Lussier • Jim Maczko • Joseph Madrigal and Robert Macias • Drs. Betty Joan Maly and John Meyers* • Kelly Mamer • Carol Mann • Natalie and Richard Mates • Eve Mayall • Vicki McCoy • J. Allen and Emily McCutchan • Cristie McGuire and Cecil Keener • Robert and Amber McLaughlin • Kathy and Jim McNairnie • Melissa McVay • Robert Meier • Jenifer Miller • Shari and Chris Miller • Jason Molnar • Karen Moreland • Laura Morkan • Kevin Morris and Jeff Gering • Mzmrimshine • Mary Naimish • Karen Nard • Nahid Nariman • Randy and Susan Nielsen • William and Catherine Norcross • Mary Norwood • Elizabeth Nutting • Pete Oakley • Sheila Mary O’Boyle • Virginia S. Oliver • Eric and Kathleen Olsen • David and Dianna Orth • Bud and Denise Ovrom • Stanley Papel • Rosemarie Paroz • Barbara Lockhart Parry • Virginia Patch • Debra Patterson • David and Marty Pendarvis • Rachel Peniche • William and Kelly Persky • Frances Phillips • Phipps Family • William and Blaise Pope • Jon and Jane Price • Eve Pritchard • Alex and Eileen Pue • Susan Ranft • Richard Ranger • Leslie Reed • Lu Rehling • Charles and Joyce Revlett • Kathryn K. Richman • Steven and Jeanne Rigler • Ben Roberts and Karen Rodych-Roberts • Sheryl Rowling • Luis Salmeron • Richard Schryer and Ann Loree • Blair Schultze • KL Scott and Dino Serafini • Bill and Tina Shen • William and Lynn Shotts • Ann Sixtus • Christine Skoczek and Doug Kane • Stephen and Deborah Spector • John and Claudia Spencer • Alan and Eve Stall • Robert J. Stall, Jr. and Katherine J. Nutting • Nancy Stirling • David and Hannah Stone • David and Jan Stormoen • Pat Sullivan • Cruz Swedelius • Anne Taylor • Rufus and Charlene Terry • Marvin Todd • William Townsend • Capt. and Mrs. Ben Trovaten • Melissa Usher • Karen Vandenberg • Jodi Wallis • The Ward Family Charitable Fund • Stephanie Webber and Harry Griswold • Drs. Miles and Leslie Weinberger • Andrew Welch and Anne Thompson-Welch • Shana Wells • J.D. and Linda Wessling • Ervin and Laura Wheeler • Maria V. White • Stephanie Wilde • Roger Williams • Chuck and Curry Wolfe • Douglas Worthington • Bennett Wright • Darlene Wyatt • Maria L. Zadorozny • LeAnna S. Zevely • Will Miller and Anna Ziegler • Anonymous (40)
*In memoriam ♥ Globe Sustainers: donors who have pledged multiyear gifts
This list is current as of April 14, 2026. We regret any omissions or errors. Please contact Janet Myott at jmyott@TheOldGlobe.org to make a correction to this list.
Barry Edelstein
Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Kim Heil · Associate Artistic Director Becks Redman · Associate Producer
ARTS ENGAGEMENT
Adena Varner · Director of Arts Engagement
Erika Phillips · Associate Director of Arts Engagement
Randall Eames · Arts Engagement Senior Manager
Blake Dye · Community Programs Manager
Valeria Vega · Family and Cross-Cultural Programs Manager
Eric Hagen · Arts Engagement Producer Mayté Martinez, Zhiely Monraz · Arts Engagement Programs Associates
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, Lyric Boothe, 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, Rebecca Myers, Kayla René, Tara Ricasa, Isabel Rodriguez, Soroya Rowley, Sarah Jane Salonga, Jassiel Santillán, Catherine Hanna Schrock, Winnie Sherrod, Gill Sotu, Keomi Tarver, Amira Temple, Scott Tran · Teaching Artists
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS
Jamila Demby · Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access
FINANCE
Miranda Osguthorpe · Interim Finance Director
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
Jane Reagan · General Management and Operations Associate
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, Paul Reid, 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, Darcy Kaufman, Melyssa Mason, Brandy Song-Corona, Victoria Weller, Arianna Yunker · House Managers
Shea Husted · Public Safety Supervisor
Dan Steinshouer · Public Safety Team Lead
Ethan Aguayo, Perla Aguilera, Rosalba Godoy, Janet Larson, Megan Mair, Chris Moore, Omar Ortega, Erik Pardinas, Aisha Parker, Omar Parsa, Andrew Vargas · Public Safety Team
HELEN EDISON GIFT SHOP
Barbara Behling, Ricardo Rodriguez, 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, Sade Espinoza, Maria Gonzalez, Desirae Herrera, Elizabeth Herrera, Nathan “Shah” Kalbassi, Lachlan MacDonald, Lea Rodriguez, Bert Rotzler, Molly Sheridan · 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
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
Charlie Amon, Kari Archer, Gabriella Barbosa, Tyler Blevins, Blair Brightwell, Kelsey Gonzalez, 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
Isabel Contreras · Annual Giving Manager
Janet Myott · Philanthropy Administrator
Kathy Fineman · Donor Stewardship Coordinator
Caren Dufour · Philanthropy Assistant
Jerilyn Hammerstrom · Donor Relations and Stewardship Manager
Jyothi Doughman · Events and Suite Manager
Kaya Ortega · Institutional Giving Manager
Frankie Mananzan · Institutional Giving Associate
DONOR SERVICES
Alex Gehrdau, Felicita Johnson, Brad Justice, Tati Kuroiwa, Isabella Pimentel, Josh Rodriguez, Barry Rose, Kasey Schmidt, Jess Seguin, Kia Szpak, Vanessa Vargas · Suite Concierges
PRODUCTION
Robert Drake · Senior Producer
Benjamin Thoron · Production Manager
Leila Knox · Associate Production Manager and Production Stage Manager
Ron Cooling · Company Manager
Austin “Auz” Mahn · Assistant Company Manager
Kristi Hummel-Rosen · Company Management Assistant
Chandra Anthenill · Production Management Assistant
Justin Allen, Evan Gove, Cain Hause, Eddie Hernandez, Sloan Holly, Michael Lovett, Michael Przybylek, James Seiveno, Jazen Sveum, Matt Worden · Carpenters
Helen Strickland · Lead Electrician / Assistant Head
Ugo Akabike, Giovanni Castillo, Sandra Navarro, Kevin Orlof, Robert Thoman · Electricians
SOUND
Erin Paige-Bhamrah · Sound Director
Dani Chaparro · Assistant 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
Aiko Whitmore · Deck Audio, LDF
Aaron DeMuth, Conrad Hack, 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, Lesa Green, Alex Henrikson, Jesse Marchese, Emmelyn Thayer, Eileen Troberman, James Vásquez · M.F.A. Faculty
Elisa Benzoni, Jacob Bruce, Danielle Dudley, Ellie Evans, Becca Moore, Nate Parde · M.F.A. Production Staff
Jack O’Brien · Artistic Director Emeritus
Craig Noel · Founding Director
OGT = Old
BUON APPETITO
Essential Italian Eats for Spring, from New Restaurants to Established Staples by
THE HUSBAND-WIFE team behind North Park brunch spot Flora, Ocean Mohamadi and Nino Cusimano, have opened their second restaurant in the ‘hood. Welcome to SONO (Italian for “I am”), a modern outpost serving southern and central Italian cuisine, from Sicily to Rome to Naples. Feast on dishes like Polpo Croccante: pan-seared octopus, potato coulis and green-pea puree; Cavatelli Gratinati: fried eggplant, tomato sauce, bread crumbs and moz-
zarella; and artisanal pizzas such as the signature Sono with porchetta, roasted rosemary potatoes, smoked gouda, mozzarella and caramelized onions; plus seasonal craft cocktails like the Fuoco made with tequila, passionfruit, lime, agave, chili oil and tajin. 2835 University Ave., North Park, 619.782.9786, sononorthpark.com
The team behind Cori Pastificio Trattoria in North Park brings a new restaurant to UC San Diego’s Jacobs Theatre District. Savor flavors of
SARAH DAOUST
coastal Sicily at Dora Ristorante, named after chef Accursio Lota’s grandmother, complete with “nonna chic” decor designed by Bells + Whistles (Lilo, Animae, Starlite, Jeune et Jolie)—including a patio, central bar, an open kitchen and private dining. Savor scratch-made pastas such as fettuccine with local sea urchin, lemon confit and paddlefish caviar; and plates like Cous Cous di Pesce, Pollo alla Griglia, and a daily catch; plus cocktails like the Negroni
Bucatini at Dora Ristorante
Classico and Margarita Siciliano; and a thoughtfully curated selection of Italian and West Coast wines. After dining and imbibing, catch a live theater production at La Jolla Playhouse located just steps away. (Dora also offers a special three-course “Pre-Theater Experience” menu for $65 per person; with add-ons such as wine pairings and theater-themed cocktails.) 9165 Theatre District Drive, La Jolla, 619.387.0230, doralajolla.com
Travel to the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome via Romanissimo Cucina Italiana, ideal for date night in the Gaslamp. The quaint urban outpost focuses on Roman cuisine, from Roman-style “pinsa” pizzas to handcrafted pastas‚ including cheesewheel pasta prepared tableside; plus specials like $39 lobster fettuccine. A must-try: the Pinza La Mortazza: a Roman-style pizza with imported mortadella, ricotta, pistachios, pesto and extra-virgin olive oil. Pair with a selection of Italian wines and
cocktails, such as the Giardino Spritz and Smoke of the Gods made with tequila blanco and mezcal. 644 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter, 619.235.8144, romanissimosd.com
Find authentic Sicilian fare in Mira Mesa, thanks to Amuri Italian Cuisine. The restaurant’s rustic-mod decor sets the stage, complete with warm-wood flooring, industrial ceilings, pops of blue and yellow, and transportive artwork capturing
the Mediterranean island of Sicily. Menu highlights include the Gnocchi Sorrentina, Spicy Vodka Rigatoni and Pollio Parmigiana; plus the signature Amuri pizza with mozzarella, pro sciutto, roasted peaches and burrata. Scripps Highlands, 9932 Mercy Road, Unit 109, Mira Mesa, 858.397.2199, amurisd.com
“Where the spirit of Rome meets the soul of Solana Beach,” Cucina Italiana
subtly refined restaurant—think: white-washed brick, red pinstriped banquettes and imagery of Rome’s Colosseum warming the walls—and delicious Roman cuisine. Indulge in pappardelle with slow-cooked, braised short ribs; the wood-fired Pizza Palermo with mozzarella, provolone, gorgonzola, parmigiano and Bronte pistachio cream; grilled Roman-style lamb chops; and Salmon al Limone.
Fe Drive, Solana Beach, 619.997.2629, colosseosd.com
Enjoy Neapolitan-inspired Italian fare by the bay, courtesy of Pizza & Pasta
The casually elegant restaurant offers cozy indoor dining, a 45-seat,
From top: pizza and plates at Bianchi; cocktail time at Colosseo Cucina Italiana; chef Pietro Gallo.
DINING
piazza-style patio, private dining for groups, and a marble bar. On the dinner menu: artisanal pizzas that are wood-fired in a Marra Forni oven; pasta dishes such as spaghetti with clams, and pesto penne with panko Parmesan crumble; tableside tiramisu and classic panna cotta for dessert; and Italian cocktails including spritzes, negronis and limoncello. Try the wood-oven-baked zucchini starter with spiced ricotta, spinach, white-winelemon sauce, and herbed crumbs; and the signature Bianchi pizza with smoked mozzarella, prosciutto cotto, fennel sausage, Italian speck and mushrooms. 998 W. Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay, 858.539.7646, bahiahotel.com/bianchi
A culinary staple of Little Italy serving up authentic Calabrian cuisine since 2015, Civico 1845 helmed by owner and general manager Dario Gallo
and his brother, executive chef Pietro Gallo—has remained a hot spot of the ‘hood for the last 11 years and counting. In addition to favorites like the house-made ravioli filled with ricotta and shrimp, and oven-baked Lasagna Della Nonna with rich meat sauce and bechamel, Civico 1845 also offers a separate plant-based menu—from vegan pastas to pizzas to pea-protein “calamari.” 1845 India St., Little Italy, 619.431.5990, civico1845.com
At Marisi in La Jolla, known for its refined coastal Italian cuisine, enjoy fun new offers such as a prix fixe “Girl Dinner” menu, available every Wednesday; and weekend brunch, serving lemonricotta pancakes, Eggs Napolitana, Carbona Bucatini, and cocktails such as the Marisi Spritz and the Bellini. 1044 Wall St., La Jolla, 858.401.6787, marisilajolla.com
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provide platforms for artists of all origins and disciplines to collaborate and share their art with each other and with the local community.
San Diego Fringe joined this community in 2012, founded by Kevin Patterson. A couple of years later, Patterson recruited Shaun Davis— a well-known house manager and operations director in the San Diego theater community—to be San Diego Fringe’s producing director and run the executive team.
“The Fringe is a great way to bring performing arts to the masses,” Davis says. “We present work people might not have an opportunity to see, especially the national and international acts. And we keep ticket prices accessible for the mass audience. But it is also about supporting artists. One hundred percent of ticket proceeds go to the performers.”
The process is simple: Each year, San Diego Fringe puts an application online, and the first 50 percent of local applicants automatically get in; as well as the first 50 percent of national acts, and the first 50 percent of international acts. Then whatever slots are left are put into a lottery. Davis says this year his goal was to turn no one away who wanted
to perform. As a result, San Diego Fringe 2026 will host about 75 acts. Applicants are not screened in any way.
“There is no jury, no selection process, no screening, no censorship,” Davis says. “We are completely open. It’s a bit
of a gamble—it could be the best or worst thing you’ve ever seen. Some are absolutely crazy; there’s no denying it.”
For the artists, performing at Fringe can be a resume builder. They can also try out new material, paying attention to the feedback they get from the audience and fellow Fringers to tweak their acts.
It’s impossible to fully describe the range of performances Fringe offers. But a look at recent lineups shows everything from stand-up and one-person shows; to short plays, musical performances, dance, opera, mime and clown, kids’ shows, and much more. It’s in no way your average theater-going experience. Most shows run 45 to 60 minutes, and patrons see
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Contemporary acrobatic show Alteration
was most recently at San Diego Fringe prior to the pandemic shutdown, but “he doesn’t come to Fringe anymore because he’s playing stadiums now,” Davis says.
A nonprofit in the truest sense of the word, San Diego Fringe receives funding from grants and donors, as well as some funds from the City of San Diego. Its performance venues, which range from private theater spaces, to the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theatre in Balboa Park, to venues at San Diego State University, are sometimes donated. Participating artists pay an application fee and a production fee to help cover costs such as rent, technicians, advertising, and marketing, but the artists keep all proceeds from ticket sales. Aside from technicians, Fringe staff are for the most part volunteers. Administrative costs are partially
defrayed by the sale of Fringe tags—required as a pass for the ticketed shows—a one-time $7 purchase that can be picked up at any Fringe venue. (Tags are not required for Family Fringe, Street Theatre or free programming.)
Seven years ago, San Diego Fringe was also the first Fringe festival to go binational, taking performances to Tijuana, Ensenada, and soon, Mexicali. Donations are accepted at those venues to support a Tijuana orphanage for HIV-positive children.
As an additional sign of its growing importance, this year San Diego Fringe is also hosting the World Fringe Congress, slated for May 19-23.
The largest international gathering of Fringe festival leaders, producers, artists and cultural policy makers will meet in our city, with cross-border programming extending into Tijuana. “The selection of San Diego signals international confidence in the region’s cultural leadership,” Davis says.
The exciting part of Fringe is not knowing what you’re going to get. “I’m looking forward to being surprised this year, like every year,” Davis says. “It’s always something different, and that’s what we look for. You need to put your expectations
aside and be open.
“I really do believe what we do is important for the arts and for San Diego. Arts are underfunded across the board, but without the arts, we are destined to be not a well-rounded and intellectual society. This is my small way of trying to perpetuate an interest in the arts and make it accessible for everyone. Fringe gives people an opportunity to broaden their artistic horizons all the way around. The arts open your mind to other ways of thinking, other cultures, a greater view of yourself and the world around you. It helps break you out of the box and drop your fourth wall. That’s why it’s important.”
The 14th annual San Diego International Fringe Festival runs May 12-24, 2026. For more info, visit sdfringe.org
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