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TOM BLOOM
(Henry) Broadway: Henry IV, Cyrano, Racing Demon. Off Broadway: Man from Nebraska (Second Stage), Smokefall (MCC), The Big Meal (Playwrights Horizons), Arms and the Man (Roundabout), Widow’s Blind Date (Circle in the Square), Lips Together (MTC), The Lights (Lincoln Center), Winter’s Tale (Classic Stage), Timon of Athens (NYSF), All’s Well (TFANA). Regional: ACT, Yale Rep, Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Hartford, Williamstown, Baltimore Center Stage, Portland Stage (ME), Portland Center Stage (OR), Huntington, McCarter, Two River, others. Film/television: Thomas Crown Affair, Swan Song, “Elementary,” Joshua, Emperor’s Club, Sly Like a Fox, Best Thief in the World, “Law & Order: SVU,” “Criminal Intent,” “Ed,” “Max Bickford,” “The Jury,” “Wonderland.” |
KEVIN ISOLA
(Al Manners) The Old Globe: The Glass Menagerie. Broadway: Brooklyn Boy. Off Broadway: Life Sucks (Wheelhouse), Our Lady of 121st Street (Signature), Almost, Maine (Transport Group), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage), Water Children (Playwrights Horizons), Twelfth Night, Venus, WASP and Other Plays (NYSF/The Public Theater), Everett Beekin (Lincoln Center). Regional: The Panties, The Partner and The Profit (STC), Disgraced (Guthrie, McCarter), Forum (Two River), Twelfth Night (McCarter), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (STNJ), Brooklyn Boy (South Coast Rep), The Rainmaker (Center Stage), Venus (Yale Rep). Film: Miles, The Grinch (2020). Television: “The Equalizer,” “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Billions,” “Bull,” “The Blacklist,” “Elementary.” |
RAMONA KELLER
(Swing) 13-year-old at Black Mountain Middle School. The Old Globe: Betty- Lou Who in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Other theatre: Ensemble in Allegory (La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival), backing vocalist in Kathryn the Grape: Let’s Sing Together (award-
winning album), Broadway Medley (Grove of Anaheim), Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Oz and Professor Marvel in The Wizard of Oz (Kids on Stage Productions), Street Urchin “Feed the Birds” Soloist in Mary Poppins (CYT). Thank you to everyone at The Old Globe, Becky Baird, Michele McConnell, and her family. Merry Grinchmas! |
BIBI MAMA
(Swing) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Rocky Horror. Other performances: 33 1/3 House of Dreams, Manifest Destinitis, Violet (San Diego Rep), Rocky Horror, Spring Awakening, Assassins, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd,
A Christmas Carol, The History Boys (Cygnet Theatre), West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre), Homos, or Everyone in America, Marry Me a Little, Harmony, Kansas, Twist, Yank!, The Daddy Machine (Diversionary Theatre), Spelling Bee, A Christmas Carol (North Coast Rep), An American Christmas, Les Misérables, Twelfth Night, The Festival of Christmas (Lamb’s Players). |
JAKE MILLGARD
(Swing) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! On the Radio (KPBS Radio), Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas. Regional: Fun Home (SD Rep), Matilda the Musical (Moonlight), Camelot, The Last Wife (Cygnet), The Music
Man (Welk), South Pacific (SDMT), Rent, Beauty and the Beast (J*Company). Honors: 2021 NATS Youth Classical second place. Many thanks to James, Jonathan, Lara, The Bishop’s School, and little siblings Cody and Dani. Merry Grinchmas! |
VICTOR MORRIS
(Annie Who, Pink Team) The Old Globe:
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2019). CYT: Bird in The Lion King, Butterfly and Pansy in Alice in Wonderland, Fish and Cadet in Seussical. Ecstatic to be returning to The Grinch this season and thankful to be a part of the holiday magic! |
MIKE SEARS
(Danny Who, Pink Team) The Old Globe:
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(Boo Who in 2018, Danny Who in 2019, On the Radio 2020). New York: Young Tom and Young Son in reading of The Undertaking (LAByrinth Theater Company). Regional: Bruce Bogtrotter
in Matilda the Musical (Moonlight Stage Productions). Youth theatre: Who and Cadet in Seussical, Bank Teller and Ensemble in Mary Poppins, Mayor of Munchkin City in The Wizard of Oz. Voice-over: Judd in “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” podcast (Nickelodeon). Commercial: NTT DATA, plus a fun new commercial coming out this holiday season. Thank you to The Old Globe for this incredible opportunity. @alexanderdaltonofficial, @voicesinmyheadtheseries on Instagram. |
MICHAEL ZACHARY TUNSTILL
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) Recent: Hud in Hair (The Old Globe), Tonton Julian in Once on This Island (Moonlight Stage Productions), Benedick in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (San Diego State University), Billy Nolan in Carrie the Musical (Onstage Playhouse), Georg
in Spring Awakening (Grossmont College). @ItsJust_Leooo on Instagram. |
MAGGIE WALTERS
(Old Max) Broadway: My Fair Lady, Casa Valentina, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde, Bye Bye Birdie. Off Broadway: Clinton The Musical, When Pigs Fly, Disaster!, Bat Boy: The Musical. Television: “Gotham,” “Younger,” “The
Good Wife,” “The Knick,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Nurse Jackie,” “30 Rock,” “Cupid,” “Law & Order.” Film: Last Night, The Producers. Other work: many theatrical recordings, solo albums Count the Stars and On Christmas Morning, available on iTunes and cdbaby.com. |
ALICE CHILDRESS
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2013–2020). Regional: Cats (San Diego Musical Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Moonlight), American Rhythm, Les Misérables, Fiddler on the Roof, Pete ’n’ Keely, Joe vs. the Volcano (Lamb’s Players),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Intrepid Theatre), King O’ the Moon (North Coast Rep). As music director: As You Like It (The Old Globe), Beehive (New Village Arts), Girlfriend (Diversionary), The Mad Ones, Spring Awakening, The Little Mermaid (Grossmont College). Education: B.A. in Vocal Performance from Whitworth University, M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from SDSU. Other: member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. |
DELICIA TURNER SONNENBERG
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) The Old Globe: Hair. Regional: Mama Euralie in Once on This Island, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Moonlight Stage Productions), Matron Mama Morton in Chicago (Plan B Entertainment), Iemanja in OLIVÉRio: A Brazilian Twist (MainStreet Theatre
Company), Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors (New Village Arts), Ragtime (Candlelight Pavilion), Mama Ogre and Dragon in Shrek The Musical (Center Stage Theater), The Magic of Making Musicals (Apples and Oranges Arts), Muzzy van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray (Performance Riverside). Education: B.A in Music and Psychology from University of Redlands. patriciajewel.com, @ iampatriciajewel on Instagram. |
LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) The Old Globe:
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2017). Broadway national tour: The Book of Mormon. Regional: Oedipus (American Players Theatre), How to Fight Loneliness, King John, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare), Wild with Happy
(Pittsburgh City Theatre), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Dallas Theater Center), The Color Purple (Celebration Theatre), Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Repertory), Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Macbeth, Ragtime (PCPA), Williamstown, Illinois Shakes, Chautauqua. Education: M.F.A. from University of Texas at Austin. |
NICOLE JESCINTH SMITH
(Boo Who, Pink Team) Professional performance debut. Theatre: love for musical theatre began at the age of seven with J*Company Youth Theatre; 17 shows, including The Wiz, The Lion King, Les Misérables, Newsies, Matilda, title role in My Son Pinocchio. Other interests: loves
to tap dance and play piano. Very thankful to The Old Globe for the opportunity to play the role of Boo Who in The Grinch. |
SHERRICE MOJGANI
(Mama Who) Education: recent graduate of UC Irvine with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and Honors in Acting. Recent credits: Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet! (Moonlight Stage), Ana Hernandez in Living Out, Catherine in the West Coast premiere of Parliament Square,
Rosa, Rebecca, and Junior in Plumas Negras (UCI), Menas in Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare Orange County), Velma Kelly in Chicago, Vivienne Kensington in Legally Blonde (SDSCPA), Brooklyn the Musical (MOXIE). ariellakvashny.com, @ariellakvashny on Instagram. Merry Grinchmas! |
LUQMAN BROWN
(Grandma Who) Off Broadway: The Marvelous Wonderettes (also cast recording). International: Fame, 42nd Street. Regional: Beauty and the Beast, Victor/Victoria, Fun Home, Mamma Mia!, Aida, Titanic, Seussical, Big Fish, Pride and Prejudice, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal,
Sweeney Todd, 1776, Once Upon a Mattress, Evita, Ragtime, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun, All Shook Up, Children of Eden. Voice-over: Barbie as the Island Princess, Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire. Proudly married to Steven Glaudini, Artistic Director of Moonlight Stage Productions, and mom to Sami the wonder dog. |
KELLY GILLESPIE, CSA
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) (she/her) The Old Globe: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like it. Off Broadway: Caps for Sale the Musical (The New Vic), Owen and Mzee (Vital Theatre). Regional: Julius Caesar (The Gallery Players), Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 (The Kennedy Center), Richard III, Enchanted April, Pride@Prejudice (The Theatre at Monmouth), Cloud 9 (Studio Theatre). Education: M.F.A. in Acting from Globe/USD Shiley Program, B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. bibi-mama.com, @heybibimama on Instagram. |
CHANDRA R.M. ANTHENILL
(Cindy-Lou Who, Red Team) The Old Globe: Cindy-Lou Who in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! On the Radio. Regional: Michael Darling in Peter Pan Jr., Candy Girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Heritage Elementary
School). Film/television: “Superpowers for Good.” Thank you to fellow cast member Kyrsten Hafso Koppman for fantastic vocal coaching, piano lessons, and amazing support. Many thanks to family for their love and continued support. Wishing everyone in Who-ville a very merry Grinchmas! |
KENDRA STOCKTON
(Young Max) Credits: NBC’s Hairspray Live!, national tour of Kinky Boots, Broadway’s Newsies, onstage with Katy Perry, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the voice of Baa Baa the sheep in the live production of Little Baby Bum. @atleastimfunny on Instagram,
@leastimfunny on Twitter, @iwasbornperfect on TikTok, Tommy Martinez on YouTube. Thrilled to be back at The Old Globe again. Thanks to Nimmy, Mom, Nana, Dad, Cricket, James, and everyone at the Globe. |
ALI NELSON
(Danny Who, Red Team) Pershing Middle School: Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Young Simba in The Lion King. Playwrights Project’s The TAG Project: Evan in Shawn Khalifa’s Nature vs. Nurture. Thrilled to be making his professional theatre debut at The Old Globe. Thanks to The Old Globe
for the amazing opportunity, and to his family, friends, and teachers for their love and support. |
ANDREW POLEC
(The Grinch) The Old Globe: Berger in Hair. West End: Strat in Bat out of Hell The Musical (London Coliseum, Dominion Theatre, Manchester Opera House; winner of The Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award). Off Broadway: Matt in The Fantasticks (Theatre Center). Regional:
Legacy of Love (Bucks County Playhouse), John Andre in The General from America (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), Ivanov, A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company), Max in Where the Wild Things Are (Providence Fringe Festival). Film/ television: “Katy Keene,” “Prodigal Son.” Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya Artist, 2021 First Prize Winner of the Lotte Lenya Competition. Education: B.A.s in English and Music from University of Rochester, M.F.A. in Theatre from Brown University/Trinity Rep. @andrewpolec. |
ISABELLA PRUTER
(Betty-Lou Who, Red Team) Small Alison in Fun Home (SD Rep), Lavender in Matilda (Moonlight), Gracie DeMarco and Susan in Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play (Moonlight, SDMT), Ester Jane in A Christmas Story, Ngana in South Pacific (SDMT), Luminisita in
staged reading of Chasing Fear (New Village Arts), Extra Credit from Walks of Life (Blindspot Collective), Junie B. Jones in Junie B. Jones the Musical, Molly in Annie, Chip in Beauty and the Beast (CYT Central). Forever thankful to the Grinch artistic team, crew, and cast. Special thanks to family, friends, and mentors, especially K. Overstreet and S. Markey. Grateful for The Old Globe and you for keeping theatre alive. Enjoy! |
LARRY RABEN
(Grandpa Who) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Sparky in the original Forever Plaid, Mr. Roberts. Broadway: Leo Bloom in The Producers (also the entire Las Vegas run). Other roles: Dirty Blonde, Bright Ideas (Laguna Playhouse), Art, Boeing-Boeing (Coyote
StageWorks), Young Frankenstein (Moonlight), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Off Broadway), The Andrews Brothers (Ovation Award), Spamalot (Musical Theatre West), Bye Bye Birdie (Music Circus), Curtains, Betty Blue Eyes (Music Theatre Wichita), Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits: Vol. 1 (Ovation Award), Vol. 2 (Ovation nom). Film: Forever Plaid: The Movie. Other: Artistic Director of Welk Resort Theatre, author of children’s book Ibby Makes a Wish. |
CHRISTOPHER M. RAMIREZ
(Papa Who) The Old Globe: Hair, Thinking Shakespeare LOVE!, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Twelfth Night. Off Broadway: Icon (The Duke). Regional: Disney’s Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Alley Theatre), Lookingglass Alice (Baltimore Center Stage), Man of
La Mancha (Barrington Stage Company), The Count of Monte Cristo (Pioneer Theatre Company), In the Heights, Fun Home (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Violet (Clarence Brown Theatre Company). Television: “Instinct” (CBS), “FBI” (CBS). Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Boston Conservatory, M.F.A. from Globe/USD Shiley Program. @c_rambrothaman on Instagram. |
BETHANY SLOMKA
(Swing) The Old Globe: Hair, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! New York: Toughest Girl Alive (Fringe). Regional: Hairspray (SD Rep, Welk, SDMT; Craig Noel Award nomination), Sister Act (Moonlight, SDMT), world premiere of 331/3: House of Dreams (SD Rep), Rent,
Grease, How to Succeed... (Welk), Sunset Boulevard (Moonlight), Suds (NVA), Joseph..., 9 to 5, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha (SDMT). TV: “Encore!” on Disney+. @beeslom on Instagram. |
LANCE ARTHUR SMITH
(Grown-Up Who Ensemble) The Old Globe: October Sky, Life After. Local: La Cage aux Folles, Bed and Sofa (Cygnet), Intimate Apparel (San Diego Rep), Victor/ Victoria, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls (Moonlight), Tomfoolery, Romance/Romance (North
Coast Rep), My Fair Lady, Mamma Mia! (Welk), A Piece of My Heart (Mo`olelo), Tuesdays with Morrie (Vista’s Broadway Theater), Million Dollar Quartet, Around the World in 80 Days (Lamb’s Players). Regional: Julius Caesar (Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival), The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice (ARK Theatre Company), Carousel, Grease (PCPA). lanceasmith.com. |
MAYA WASHINGTON
(Betty-Lou Who, Pink Team) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Other theatre: Once on This Island (Moonlight Stage), Annie (Blue Rose Theatre). Film/television: Men’s World Cup Expert commercial (Fox 5). Big thanks to her family and her vocal coach,
Kayla Schaffroth. Happy holidays! |
JOHN PERRY WISHCHUK
(Boo Who, Red Team) Ninth grader attending Coronado School of the Arts’s musical theatre and drama conservatory. The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Boo Who in 2016 and 2017, Danny Who in 2018). Other work: Ralphie in A Christmas Story, Fletcher in
pre-professional Freaky Friday (San Diego Musical Theatre), Nigel in Matilda (Moonlight Stage Productions), Simba in the feature-length film Disney’s The Lion King (Classical Academy Middle School). Thanks to The Old Globe for this opportunity. Thanks to his mom and dad, his sister Ella, and all of his teachers for their love and support. |
TIMOTHY MASON
(Book and Lyrics) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Broadway: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Circle Repertory: Levitation, Only You, Babylon Gardens, The Fiery Furnace. Actors Theatre of Louisville: In a Northern Landscape. American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory: Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley, My Life in the Silents, The Life to Come. Other titles: South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, Victory Gardens, Jungle Theatre, Royal National Theatre. Novel: The Darwin Affair (Algonquin Books). |
MEL MARVIN
(Composer) The Old Globe: Tintypes, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Broadway: Yentl, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award nomination), Fascinating Rhythm, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Cymbeline. Off Broadway: 11 shows. Other credits: 11 Off Broadway shows, dozens of scores for America’s best-known regional theatres, including Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, ART, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum (including the original music for the world premiere of Angels in America). Opera: Guest from the Future, Buwalsky, Truth and Reconciliation. Other work: Head Faculty Composer at the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. |
JACK O’BRIEN
(Conceived and Directed Original Production) The Old Globe: Artistic Director, 1981–2007. Broadway: All My Sons, Carousel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Catch Me If You Can, The Coast of Utopia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Henry IV, Hairspray, Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love, The Full Monty, Porgy and Bess, more. Other work: national tours, West End, Metropolitan Opera, San Diego Opera, PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Other awards: three Tony Awards, five additional nominations, 2008 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Memoir: Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director, about the early years of his career. |
JAMES VÁSQUEZ
(Director, Swing) The Old Globe: Resident Artist; Hair, American Mariachi (world premiere), Hurricane Diane, Tiny Beautiful Things, Rich Girl (West Coast premieres), The Rocky Horror Show, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Regional: American Mariachi (Denver Center Theatre Co.), In the Heights (Dallas Theater Center, Moonlight Stage Productions), Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (associate director, Children’s Theatre Co.), West Side Story, Cats (SD Musical Theatre), Pageant, Hedwig... (Cygnet Theatre Co.), Next Fall, Pippin (Diversionary Theatre). Other works: Goodspeed Musicals, La Jolla Playhouse. Education: The Juilliard School, Drama Division. jamesvasquez.com. |
JOHN DELUCA
(Original Choreography) Current: Producing The Little Mermaid (live action). Film: Mary Poppins Returns, Into the Woods, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, The Terminal. Television: Tony Bennett: An American Classic, “The 75th Annual Academy Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors.” Awards: two Emmys, three Golden Globe Best Film noms, three AFI Top Ten Best Films, three National Board of Review Top Ten Films, four Critic’s Choice Best Film noms, Choreography Media Honors, two American Choreography, Hamilton Behind the Camera, Humanitas Writing, Chita Rivera Award. Theatre director/choreographer: Broadway, Off Broadway, City Center’s Encores!, The Public Theater, regionally. |
BOB RICHARD
(Additional Choreography) Broadway/tour: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for the past 15 years. Off Broadway: directed/choreographed Inventing Mary Martin: The Revue of a Lifetime (Joseph A. Callaway Award nomination), The Road to Qatar! As director: North Shore Music Theatre, Ordway Center, Theatre By The Sea, 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under The Stars, Pioneer Theatre Company. International: Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Awards: Footlight Award, Gypsy Rose Lee Award, Ivey Award, Ernie Award, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. Coming soon: new national tour of An American in Paris, South Pacific. |
ELAN MCMAHAN
(Music Director) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, As You Like It, Inherit the Wind, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Regional: In the Heights, West Side Story, Titanic, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, 50 more productions (Moonlight Stage Productions), Into the Woods (New Village Arts). Education: B.Mus. in Piano Performance from Brigham Young University, M.Mus. in Piano Performance from St. Louis Conservatory of Music. Awards: San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Musical Direction (2012, 2015, 2017). Other work: associate faculty at MiraCosta College. |
JOHN LEE BEATTY
(Scenic Design) The Old Globe: The Underpants, Much Ado, Richard II, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Redwood Curtain. Broadway: 115 productions, Sweat, Disgraced, The Nance, Good People, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Chicago, Proof, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Most Happy Fella, Burn This, Ain’t Misbehavin’,Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July, Crimes of the Heart. Off Broadway: The Whipping Man, Sylvia, The Substance of Fire, A Life in the Theater, Lips Together..., MTC, Circle Rep, Encores! Awards: Tonys, Obies, Drama Desks, Outer Critics Circles, Theater Hall of Fame. Education: Brown, Yale School of Drama. |
ROBERT MORGAN
(Costume Design) The Old Globe: Associate Artist. Broadway: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I’m Not Rappaport, Sherlock’s Last Case. Off Broadway: Pride’s Crossing, Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center), The Loves of Anatol (Circle in the Square). Television: American Playhouse’s The Skin of Our Teeth, A Christmas Carol. West End: The Full Monty. Regional: Ahmanson, American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, Denver Center, Guthrie, Huntington, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter, Milwaukee Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, Studio Arena Theater, Williamstown. Awards: two Drama Desk nominations, 12 Drama-Logue Awards. |
PAUL PETERSON
(Sound Design) The Old Globe: The Brothers Size, God of Carnage, Nobody Loves You, Welcome to Arroyo’s, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Kingdom, The Women, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, many more. Regional: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Center Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre. Education: B.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University. |
ANITA RUTH
(Orchestrator) As orchestrator/arranger/musical director: over 150 musicals in the last 30 years. As musical director: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (1968–1988). As freelance music director/orchestrator: Children’s Theatre Company, Bloomington Civic Theatre, Theatre Mu, others. Guthrie Theater: three Shakespeare productions (as arranger/music director), A Christmas Carol for many years (as music director). Other work: orchestrated two operas composed by Mel Marvin: one presented in Holland, one at Bard College (2004). |
JOSHUA ROSENBLUM
(Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music) Broadway, as conductor: Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Wonderful Town, The Music Man, Falsettos, Anything Goes. Off Broadway, as composer/lyricist: BUSH IS BAD, Fermat’s Last Tango, Einstein’s Dreams (Drama Desk nomination). As guest conductor: Brooklyn Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, American Repertory Ballet. As pianist: New York Pops (Carnegie Hall), City Center Encores! Faculty member: NYU (conducting), Yale University (composition). Music director: Pit Stop Players. Contributing writer: Opera News. Education: B.A. in Music from Yale (summa cum laude), M.Mus. in Piano from Yale School of Music. Wonderful family: Joanne, Julian, Phoebe. |
DAVID KRANE
(Dance Music Arranger) (he/him/his) Film/television: Best Picture Oscar winner Chicago, Nine, Into the Woods with Meryl Streep, My Week with Marilyn with Michelle Williams, Mrs. Santa Claus with Angela Lansbury, Cinderella with Whitney Houston, Annie with Kathy Bates, Mary Poppins Returns with Emily Blunt. Upcoming: live-action The Little Mermaid with Melissa McCarthy. Broadway: 35 shows including Cabaret with Alan Cumming, Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews, She Loves Me with Laura Benanti. Original shows: Aspire, The Road to Qatar!, Goin’ Hollywood (premieres in 2023 in Dallas). goinhollywood.com, davidkrane.com, @davidkranemusic on Twitter and Instagram. |
CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING
(Casting) The Old Globe: Shutter Sisters, Hurricane Diane, Noura, They Promised Her the Moon, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, The Wanderers, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Skeleton Crew. Select Broadway: The Minutes, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, King Lear, Hillary and Clinton, Ink, The Waverly Gallery, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women, Meteor Shower, A Doll’s House Part 2, Jitney, The Glass Menagerie, Blackbird, Fish in the Dark, Disgraced, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Additional theatre: MTC, Signature, Atlantic, McCarter, Goodman, Berkeley Rep. Current television: “New Amsterdam” (NBC), “American Odyssey” (NBC). |
JESS SLOCUM
(Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Hurricane Diane, Noura, As You Like It, They Promised Her the Moon, Familiar, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Imaginary Invalid, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Love’s Labor’s Lost, tokyo fish story, In Your Arms, Bright Star, Othello, Water by the Spoonful, Pygmalion, A Room with a View, Robin and the 7 Hoods, dozens more. Regional: Noura (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Indecent, Side Show, Ruined, The Third Story, Memphis, Most Wanted (La Jolla Playhouse), Post Office (Center Theatre Group). Education: Vanderbilt University. |
AMANDA SALMONS
(Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: The Gardens of Anuncia, Life After, The Blameless, American Mariachi, The Heart of Rock & Roll, October Sky, Rain, The Metromaniacs, The White Snake, Inherit the Wind, Somewhere, Lost in Yonkers, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet. Regional: 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), The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Candide, Trial by Jury (Lyric Opera San Diego). Education: UC San Diego. |
LYNDON PUGEDA
(Associate Music Director) Part of The Grinch since 2014. Music direction: Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Old Globe), On Your Feet!, Once on This Island (Moonlight Stage Productions), Gutenberg! The Musical! (Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company), Man of La Mancha (Oceanside Theatre Company), Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings (New Village Arts). Associate: Benny & Joon (The Old Globe). Honors: Craig Noel Award nomination and three National Youth Arts Awards for Outstanding Musical Direction, 2020 Who-ville Hall of Fame inductee. Education: B.A. in Music: Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts from UC San Diego. @lyndonpugeda on Instagram. |
BARRY EDELSTEIN
(Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. He has directed nearly half of the Bard’s plays. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet,
and the world premiere of The Wanderers. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour. In January he oversaw the Globe’s inaugural Classical Directing Fellowship program. He recently directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. 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, which was rereleased in a second edition in June, is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. 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. In his time in San Diego, he has enjoyed becoming involved in the community. He currently serves as a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program; an advisory board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership; and Vice President of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership. He brings to San Diego many decades of not- for-profit theatre experience. He was Managing Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center (2009-2017); Milwaukee Repertory Theater (1998–2009); and Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York (1992–1998). He has also held administrative positions at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Denver Center Theatre Company, and McCarter Theatre Center in an earlier period of his career. He served as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as Vice President of the board at Theatre Communications Group. He has been the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; and a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. He holds a B.F.A. in Drama Production from Carnegie-Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
