Cast
(in ALPHABETICAL order)
PETE
Patrick Marron Ball*
NEVILLE
Christian Coulson*
JESSE OWENS
Michael Early*
JOHN CARLOS (LOS)
Biko Eisen-Martin*
TOMMIE
Korey Jackson*
AVERY
Mark Pinter*
DORA
Kimberly Scott*
UNDERSTUDIES
for Avery – Manny Fernandes; for Dora – Sarah Joyce†; for John Carlos (Los) – Jeffrey Rashad†; for Tommie – Vandous Stripling II†, for Jesse Owens – Jude Tibeau†, for Pete, Neville – Michael Underhill†
Production Stage Manager
Marie Jahelka*
Assistant Stage Manager
Kendra Stockton*
This production contains one act with no intermission.
Production Staff
Movement Coordinator Javier Velasco
Dialect Coach Jane Fujita
Assistant Director Kanika Asavari Vaish
Assistant Scenic Design Eileen McCann
Associate Costume Design Charlotte Devaux
Assistant Lighting Design Shelby Thach
Assistant Lighting Design Stephanie Lasater
Script Assistant Mojo Vance
Stage Management Swing Anjee Nero*
Stage Management Apprentice Lindsey Harford
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
†Student in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.
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| THE XIXTH CAST AND CREATIVES |
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 | PATRICK MARRON BALL (Pete) (he/him/his) Education: recent graduate of Yale School of Drama. Theatre credits: The Collection, The Lover (Shakespeare Theatre Company), All My Sons (Rep of St. Louis), Shining City (Barrington Stage), Sex with Strangers (TheaterWorks, Theatre Aspen), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Passion of Theresa Rae King, The Illusion, Dial M for Murder (Triad Stage), Tanika Gupta’s Doll’s House, Red Speedo, We Are Proud to Present, Elon Musk and the Plan to Blow Up Mars: The Musical (Yale Cabaret). Television/video games: “Law & Order,” Red Dead Redemption, “Cram.” Honors: Ron Van Lieu Scholar (2018). |
 | CHRISTIAN COULSON (Neville) Theatre: Constellations (The Old Globe), Richard II (Pennsylvania Shakes), The Changeling (Red Bull), Travesties (McCarter), Everything You Touch (Rattlestick), A Picture of Autumn (Mint), Ghosts (The Gate, London), Journey’s End (West End), more. Television: “The Equalizer,” “High Fidelity,” “Blue Bloods,” “Nashville,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife,” The Last King, Forsyte Saga, “Little Britain,” Love in a Cold Climate, more. Film: Bite Me, Love Is Strange, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Hours, more. Audiobooks: Carmageddon, The Winter Soldier, In Memoriam, The Stars We Share, Fireborne, Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, more. Directing: numerous shows with Cole Escola; Off Broadway: Dying City (as associate director), The Effect (as assistant director), Man from Nebraska (as assistant director); more. Based in NYC. |
 | MICHAEL EARLY (Jesse Owens) Off Broadway: Satchmo at the Waldorf (Westside Theatre), The Three Musketeers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry V, Trojan Women, Mother Courage, Dream on Monkey Mountain (Classical Theatre of Harlem), A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White (Signature), Woyzeck (Public). Regional: Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Our Town (Triad Stage), Hedda Gabler (Studio Theatre), Katherine’s Colored Lieutenant (Geva), The Comedy of Errors, Ohio State Murders (Yale Rep), Oedipus the King, Macbeth (Hartford Stage), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ohio State Murders (Great Lakes). Television: “Godfather of Harlem,” “Forever,” “Royal Pains,” Damages,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Early Edition.” Education: M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. |
 | BIKO EISEN-MARTIN (John Carlos (Los)) (he/him) Off Broadway: MCC, The Public, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 59E59. Regional: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Folger, Crossroads Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Syracuse Stage, Cleveland Play House, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Gulfshore Playhouse, Olney Theatre Center, Marin Theatre Company, Chautauqua, Pioneer Theatre Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, Campo Santo. Film/television: Buck (Sundance), “East New York” (CBS), “Dietland” (AMC), “Modern Love” (Amazon), “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz), “Blue Bloods” (CBS), Testament (Via Brooklyn). Education: B.A./M.A.T. from Brown University, M.F.A. from National Theatre Conservatory. bikoeisenmartin.com, @saybiko. |
 | KOREY JACKSON (Tommie) Off Broadway: The Hot Wing King (Signature), Wild with Happy (Public), Far from Heaven (Playwrights Horizons), Sex of the Baby (Access). Regional: Wine in the Wilderness, School for Wives (Two River Theater), Macbeth (Berkeley Rep). Film/television: 5 Flights Up, “Godfather of Harlem,” “House of Cards,” “The Blacklist,” “Daredevil,” “Homeland,” more. Honors: Leonore Annenberg Artist Fellow. Education: M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting program. |
 | MARK PINTER (Avery) The Old Globe: Native Gardens, Red Velvet, Macbeth, Othello, Two Gents, Hamlet, Charley’s Aunt. Off Broadway: Rothschild & Sons, My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon, Three on the Couch. Regional: Book of Days (Arena Stage), Clybourne Park (SD Rep), The Price (Northern Stage), Sound of Music (Syracuse Stage), West Side Story (Pittsburgh CLO), Victor/Victoria (North Shore), Equus (Arizona Theatre Company), Lion in Winter (North Coast Rep). World premieres: Manifest Destinitis, Federal Jazz Project (SD Rep), Another Way Home (Magic Theatre), Becoming Cuba (North Coast Rep). Television: “Narcos: Mexico,” “Grace and Frankie,” “Mad Men,” “Reverie,” “NCIS: LA,” “Cold Case,” “Law & Order,” “All My Children,” “Another World.” Films: Other People’s Money, Vanilla Sky, The Eden Myth, Season of Youth, The Driver Is Red. Education: M.F.A. from Hilberry Theatre/Wayne State University. |
 | KIMBERLY SCOTT (Dora) The Old Globe: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Restoration Comedy, Voir Dire. International: Gospel at Colonus (Mabou Mines, Moscow Art Theatre). Broadway: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony, Drama Desk nominations). Regional: Her Portmanteau (ACT Strand), A Raisin in the Sun (Huntington), Familiar (Yale Rep), Sweat (Arena Stage), Head of Passes (Berkeley Rep), American Night (Kirk Douglas), Ruined, The Liquid Plain, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Henry V (OSF). Television: “Bob Hearts Abishola.” Film: Respect, The Abyss, Flatliners, Love and Other Drugs, Guess Who, K-PAX, Sam I Am, The Client, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin. Education: M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. |
KEMP POWERS
(Playwright) London: One Night in Miami… (Donmar Warehouse; Olivier nom). Regional: Little Black Shadows (South Coast Rep), Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue (CTG Digital Stage), One Night in Miami… (Rogue Machine Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Denver Center; Ted Schmitt Award, Ovation nom). Film/television: One Night in Miami... (Oscar nom), Soul (Golden Globe, NAACP Image Award), “Star Trek: Discovery.” Upcoming: Director of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse.
CARL COFIELD
(Director) Chair of Graduate Acting at NYU, Associate Artistic Director of Classical Theatre of Harlem since 2018. CTH directing credits: Twelfth Night, Seize the King, The Bacchae, Antigone, Macbeth, The Tempest, Dutchman. Other directing: the world premiere of Kemp Powers’s One Night in Miami… (Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles, later iterations at Miami New Drama, Denver Center); productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Yale Repertory. Other positions: faculty at Yale School of Drama, Columbia School of the Arts, Manhattan School of Music, The New School. Education: M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia University.
RIW RAKKULCHON
(Scenic Design) (pronounced Ree-you; he/they) Set a costume designer, animator, chef from Bangkok, Thailand. Theatre: Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, Portland Stage, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theater, amongst others. Board member: WithAll, a not-for-profit organization fighting to end eating disorders. Member: United Scenic Artists 829. @riwrdesign on Instagram.
MIKA EUBANKS
(Costume Design) Currently located in New York, hailing from Maryland. Education: M.F.A. in Costume Design from Yale School of Drama. Theatre design credits: Feeding Beatrice (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Fires in the Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre), King Lear starring Andre De Shields (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis), Grand Horizons (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Seize the King (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Lessons in Survival: 1971 (Vineyard Theatre), Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre; Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design). Film: short film Candace, Hulu miniseries Initiative 29.
ALLEN LEE HUGHES
(Lighting Design) Broadway: Topdog/Underdog, Ohio State Murders, A Soldier’s Play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Clybourne Park, Having Our Say, Mule Bone, Once on This Island, K2, Strange Interlude, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Quilters. Regional theatre: ACT, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons. Honors: four Tony nominations, an Outer Critics Circle Award, USITT Distinguished Achievement Award, Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, two Helen Hayes Awards. Other: The Fellows Program at Arena Stage bears his name.
DAVID R. MOLINA
(Original Music and Sound Design) The Old Globe: El Borracho. Regional: King Lear (STL Shakespeare Festival), Quixote Nuevo (Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Round House), Hotter than Egypt (DCPA), Mojada (Rep of St. Louis, CTG, OSF), Two Trains Running (Seattle Rep, Arena Stage), Macbeth (Next Chapter Podcasts/Play On Podcasts), La Mezcla’s Pachuquismo tours (Brava Theater). Resident Artist: Brava Theater, NAKA Dance Theater, Human Shakes. Awards: L.A. Ovation, Creative Capital, InterMusic SF Musical Grant Program, San Francisco Arts Commission, MAP Fund. Instrument design/multimedia art: SFMOMA, The Broad, Oakland Museum of California, McLoughlin Gallery. Music collaborations: Tau (Berlin), Emanative (U.K.), El Paso (Peru), The Pyramids. Bands: Impuritan, Ghosts and Strings, Transient. drmsound.com.
CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING
(Casting) The Old Globe: Exotic Deadly, Under a Baseball Sky, What We Talk About…, Dial M for Murder, Mala, 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: Ohio State Murders, Macbeth, 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, Goodman, Vineyard. Television: “New Amsterdam” (NBC), “American Odyssey” (NBC).
MARIE JAHELKA
(Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: The Taming of the Shrew, Shutter Sisters, The Underpants, Native Gardens, The Wanderers, Red Velvet. Regional: The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse), Once on This Island (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Put Your House in Order, Hollywood, Ether Dome (La Jolla Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Moonlight Stage Productions), The Humans, Aubergine, Evita, Violet (San Diego Repertory Theatre), The Last Five Years, HIR, Shakespeare’s R&J, Mistakes Were Made (Cygnet Theatre Company), Hairspray, The Full Monty (San Diego Musical Theatre). Education: B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of San Diego.
KENDRA STOCKTON
(Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Come Fall in Love, The Taming of the Shrew, Trouble in Mind, Hair, Almost Famous, As You Like It, The Gods of Comedy, Familiar, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Much Ado About Nothing, Benny & Joon, October Sky, Bright Star, Dog and Pony, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (as production assistant). Regional: House of Joy (San Diego Rep), Home of the Brave, #SuperShinySara, Guards at the Taj, The Orphan of Zhao, The Who & The What (La Jolla Playhouse), The Loneliest Girl in the World (Diversionary Theatre), miXtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre), White Christmas (San Diego Musical Theatre).
ANJEE NERO
(Stage Management Swing) The Old Globe (as Production Stage Manager): Come Fall in Love, Almost Famous, The Gardens of Anuncia, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Bright Star, Allegiance, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Benny & Joon, October Sky, The Rocky Horror Show, Life After, The Wanderers, Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, The Twenty-Seventh Man, A Room with a View, Kingdom, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Be a Good Little Widow, more. Broadway: Bright Star. Regional highlights: Bright Star (Kennedy Center), Fly, Sideways, Ruined, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Herringbone, The Seven (La Jolla Playhouse), Ruined (Huntington Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford Stage), Venice (Center Theatre Group, Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Antigone (SITI Company).
 | barry edelstein (Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, 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 he will next direct 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. 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. |
Casting
Caparelliotis Casting
David Caparelliotis, CSA
Joseph Gery
Elena Sgouros
SPECIAL THANKS
Scott Delman
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