Barry Edelstein
ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Timothy J. Shields
AUDREY S. GEISEL MANAGING DIRECTOR
PRESENTS
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
SCENIC DESIGN Diggle
COSTUME DESIGN Lex Liang
LIGHTING DESIGN Mextly Couzins
SOUND DESIGN Melanie Chen Cole
VOICE AND TEXT COACH Ursula Meyer
CASTING Tara Rubin Casting/Claire Burke, CSA
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Chandra R.M. Anthenill
DIRECTED BY JAMES VÁSQUEZ
Cast
FENTON
Jose Balistrieri†
BOBBIE
Luana Fontes†
MRS. QUICKLY
Jenn Harris*
ANNE PAGE
Camilla Hsieh†
PISTOL
Madeline Grace Jones†
BARDOLPH
Sarah Joyce†
SHALLOW
Becca Lustgarten†
FALSTAFF
Tom McGowan*
SIR HUGH EVANS
Matt McGrath*
FORD
Dion Mucciacito*
DR. CAIUS
Jesse J. Perez*
MRS. FORD
Angela Pierce*
ROBIN
Carter Piggee†
MRS. PAGE
Ruibo Qian*
SLENDER
Jeffrey Rashad†
NYM
Bernadette Sefic†
JOHN
Vandous Stripling II†
SIMPLE
Emma Svitil†
ENSEMBLE
Jude Tibeau†
RUGBY
Michael Underhill†
HOSTESS
Maggie Walters†
PAGE
Cornell Womack*
UNDERSTUDIES
for Page – Jose Balistrieri†;
for Nym, Rugby – Luana Fontes†;
for Anne Page – Madeline Grace Jones†; for Shallow, Mrs. Page, John, Simple – Sarah Joyce†; for Mrs. Ford – Camilla Hsieh†; for Hostess – Becca Lustgarten†; for Fenton, Bardolph – Carter Piggee†; for Ford – Jeffrey Rashad†; for Mrs. Quickly – Bernadette Sefic†; for Pistol, Robin, Slender – Vandous Stripling II†; for Bobbie – Emma Svitil†; for Falstaff – Jude Tibeau†; for Sir Hugh Evans, Dr.Caius – Michael Underhill†;
Production Stage Manager
Chandra R.M. Anthenill*
Assistant Stage Manager
Sam Allen*
This production contains two acts with one 15-minute intermission.
This production includes brief moments of flashing lights and light haze.
Production Staff
Associate Director Noelle Marion
Assistant Scenic Design KIMKIM (Juhee Kim)
Assistant Costume Design Natalie Barshow
Associate Lighting Design Joel Britt
Assistant Lighting Design Pablo Diego Anton
Assistant Sound Design Caleb Foley
Stage Management Swing Kendra Stockton*
Stage Management Apprentice Jayda Alvarez
Stage Management Apprentice Bruno Díaz Miranda
*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.
Si desea una sinopsis de esta obra en Español o en Inglés, favor de pedírsela al acomodador que le entregó este programa. If you would like a synopsis of this production in English or Spanish, please request it from an usher.
July 30 – September 3, 2023
Lowell Davies Festival Theatre
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Jose balistrieri (Fenton) (he/him) The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program student. The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Native Gardens, Henry 6 reading; understudy for Under a Baseball Sky, El Borracho, Dial M for Murder. Shiley M.F.A. Program: 12 Ophelias, Mother Courage, Measure for Measure. Other credits: Blue Period (OnStage Playhouse), Bad Hombres/Good Wives (San Diego Rep), Cloud Tectonics (New Village Arts). Education: B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz, graduate of MiraCosta College. |
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Luana Fontes (Bobbie) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: first-year candidate; Measure for Measure. International: Für Elise (DEART), Os Deuses do Olimpo (Teatro de Cultura Popular), Quando a Vela Apaga (Pinacoteca de Natal), Carne do Mundo (Clowns of Shakespeare). Education: B.A. in Law from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, American Conservatory Theatre. @luanafontes on Instagram. |
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Jenn Harris (Mrs. Quickly) The Old Globe: Hurricane Diane, The Women, In Your Arms. Off Broadway: Silence! The Musical, Modern Orthodox (Lucille Lortel, Theatre World Awards), All in the Timing, The Understudy. Regional: Christopher Durang’s world premiere of Turning Off the Morning News, Blithe Spirit, Hairspray, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Film: Untitled Jeffrey Wright Film, Gayby, Fits and Starts. Television: “High Maintenance,” “Difficult People,” “Search Party,” “30 Rock.” Other: her web series “New York Is Dead” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; “Island Queen”, a short film she co-directed and produced, starred Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rachel Dratch; her film She’s Clean is currently on the film festival circuit. jennharris.me. |
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Camilla Hsieh (Anne Page) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play understudy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Kattrin in Mother Courage, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part I, Juliet in Measure for Measure. Regional: Melissa in Princess Ida (Lamplighters Music Theatre), Wendla in Spring Awakening (The Left-Hand Theatre Co.), Emma in Stupid F**king Bird (UC Berkeley). Education: University of California, Berkeley. camillaleonard.com, @miss.camilla on Instagram. |
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Madeline Grace JOnes (Pistol) (hers/them) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program (Group 36): Gertrude in 12 Ophelias, Lucio in Measure for Measure. Recent: “Legends of the Hidden Temple.” Education: B.F.A. in Acting, minor in Rhetoric, Religion, and MT from Drake University. Regional: Sofia in The Color Purple, The Wiz in The Wiz, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, West Side Story, Godspell, Maggie in Working, 2019 Company Assistant Artistic Director (Hope Rep Theatre), leading actress (Bright Star Touring Theatre), 2019–2020 associate member company, Head Over Heels, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Memphis (Playhouse on the Square). Other: founder, artistic director of Grace Productions, LLC. madelinejones.net, aesthetic_thespian on Instagram. |
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Sarah Joyce (Bardolph) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, understudy for Kemp Powers’s The XIXth. Second-year Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. candidate. Off Broadway: Normalcy (Playwrights Horizons), Brothers from the Bottom (Urban Stages), Flowers... (Abingdon Theatre), Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest in rep (Hip to Hip), Sir Patient Fancy (Wild Project). Film: Sasha Pasternak’s Dream of Me. Web series: “Dependence” (CrizlassicTV), “Roaring Twenties” (Paul Gale Comedy). Education: Stella Adler Studio. sarahjoyce.biz, @butcansheact. |
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becca lustgarten (Shallow) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Mother Courage and Her Children, Macbeth (with Play On Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part I, The Skin of Our Teeth. Regional: One Man, Two Guvnors, Tartuffe (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory), Death of a Salesman (South Coast Repertory), Three Sisters, Small World (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Hangar Theatre). Film: To Us, Mia’s Candy, Otumokpo. Education: B.F.A. from Boston University. @beccalust on Instagram. |
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tom mcgowan (Falstaff) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Rounding Third, Moonlight and Magnolias. Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate, She Loves Me, Casa Valentina, Wicked, Chicago, Ivanov, La Bête (Tony Award nomination). Off Broadway: Judgment Day, The Food Chain (Obie Award), The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus. West End: Wicked. Television: Kenny on “Frasier” (SAG Ensemble Award), Bernie on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Uncle Jax on “The Good Fight,” “American Auto,” “Veep,” “Modern Family,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “CSI.” Film: Freeheld, The Birdcage (SAG Ensemble Award), Heavyweights, Ghost World, Bad Santa, As Good as It Gets, Bean, Family Man, Sleepless in Seattle. Education: B.F.A. from Hofstra University, M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. |
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matt mcgrath (Sir Hugh Evans) The Old Globe: The Rocky Horror Show. Broadway: Girl from the North Country, Boys in the Band, Cabaret, A Streetcar Named Desire. Off Broadway: Jerry Springer: The Opera, Lonely Planet, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Steve, Verite, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Other theatre: Robert Wilson’s The Black Rider in LA, San Francisco, London, Sydney. Film: The Chaperone, Full Grown Men, Boys Don’t Cry, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Anniversary Party, The Broken Hearts Club, The Impostors. Television: The Undoing, “Pose,” “Modern Family, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Cruel Doubt. Award: Lucille Lortel. |
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dion mucciacito (Ford) Theatre: The Cherry Orchard (Lake Lucille Chekhov Project), The Winter’s Tale, (Theatre for a New Audience), Romeo and Juliet, Age of Iron (Classic Stage Company), Golden Boy (Lincoln Center), His Girl Friday (La Jolla Playhouse), Napoli! (American Conservatory Theater), Apple Cove (Women’s Project), The House of the Spirits (Denver Center), The Sins of Sor Juana (Goodman), Finn (Mabou Mines). Film/television: Brawl in Cell Block 99, Locating Silver Lake, Black Site Delta, “The Player,” Day 39, “Criminal Minds,” “The Following,” “Elementary,” “Law & Order.” Education: graduate of The Juilliard School. dionmucciacito.com, @odysseus33. |
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jesse j. perez (Dr. Caius) Craig Noel Distinguished Professor and Program Director of The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. The Old Globe: The Taming of the Shrew, El Borracho, Romeo and Juliet. La Jolla Playhouse: Seize the King. San Diego Rep: JQA. Off Broadway: Party People (The Public Theater), The Father, A Doll’s House (Theatre for a New Audience), Informed Consent (Primary Stages), Triple Happiness (Second Stage Theater), Barrio Grrrl! (Summer Play Festival), Recent Tragic Events (Playwrights Horizons), In the Penal Colony (Classic Stage Company), Up Against the Wind (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: many credits across the country. Education: The Juilliard School. |
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angela pierce (Mrs. Ford) Thrilled to be returning to The Old Globe. Television and film: “Manifest,” “The Blacklist,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Love Life,” “The Deuce,” “Blue Bloods,” “Criminal Minds,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “30 Rock,” “Private Practice,” Delinquent, You Don’t Know Jack. On and Off Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Circle in the Square, The Public, The Flea, The Mint, Irish Rep. Other theatre: along with several Tony-winning regional theatres. Honors: Obie Award winner, Boston Film Festival, Seattle Times, Arizona Theatre Award Best Lead Actress, Connecticut Critics Circle, Drama Desk. Board Member: The Acting Company. Co-Host/Co-Creator: “Someone’s Thunder” podcast: @someonesthunderpodcast, someonesthunder.com, angelakpierce.com. |
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carter piggee (Robin) (he/him) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew. The Old Globe/USD Shiley MFA Program: 12 Ophelias, Mother Courage, Measure for Measure. Regional: Abigail’s Party, Dry Powder (Backyard Renaissance), One in Two (Diversionary Theatre), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (New Village Arts), Ironbound (MOXIE). Education: B.A. in Theatre Performance from San Diego State University (spring 2017). @cjcentric on Instagram. |
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ruibo qian (Mrs. Page) The Old Globe: Dial M for Murder, Water by the Spoonful. Off Broadway: Golden Shield (MTC), F***ing A (Signature Theatre), Bull in a China Shop (LCT3), Henry IV, Part I (Pearl Theatre). Regional: Becky Nurse of Salem (Berkeley Rep), The Great Leap (American Conservatory Theater), The Nether (San Francisco Playhouse), Tiger Style! (Alliance Theatre, Huntington Theatre). Television/film: “Black Mirror,” Manchester by the Sea, “Our Flag Means Death,” “Servant,” “The Sinner,” “Evil,” “New Amsterdam,” “Living with Yourself,” “Broad City,” “The Good Fight,” “High Maintenance,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Jessica Jones.” Education: M.F.A. from New York University Graduate Acting, B.F.A. from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. ruiboqian.com. |
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jeffrey rashad (Slender) Off Broadway: A Christmas Carol in Harlem (Classical Theatre of Harlem). San Diego: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew (The Old Globe). Regional: Choir Boy (DCPA), Treasure Island (MSMT). Film: First Date (JazziDreamer Ent.), Time to Leave (Before the Crown Productions), Generational Curses (Fly in Rice Media/Black Hours). Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Howard University, Current: The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program candidate. [email protected], @jeffyjeff_ on Instagram. |
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bernadette sefic (Nym) (they/them) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew. The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Mother Courage, Measure for Measure, Henry IV, Part I, The Skin of Our Teeth, Macbeth. Regional: Bite Size (Denver Center), Everybody (Catamounts), Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure (Theatreworks), Elizabeth I (Goddess Here), Tempest, Midsummer Night’s Dram, Romeo and Brewliet, Twelfth Pint (Wit’s Shakesbeer), Ladybits (Local Theater), Celebration, Florida (square product theatre), Matt & Ben, Fefu and Her Friends (Broads Theatre), Macbeth, Wish You Were Her/e, Provisioning (The Wit). Comedy: Second City Conservatory, The Crowd Chicago, Chaos Bloom. Education: B.F.A. from University of Colorado Boulder. bernadettesefic.com, @bernadettejolie on Instagram. |
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vandous stripling II (John) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night. The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: current student; Measure for Measure. Regional theatre: Pass Over (Second Thought Theatre), What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Stage West), Berta Berta (Jubilee Theatre), FLY, Court-Martial at Fort Devens (African American Repertory Theater). @vandousstriplingii on Instagram. |
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emma svitil (Simple) The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: 12 Ophelias, Mother Courage, Measure for Measure. The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show (understudy), The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (understudy). Collegiate: Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Ubu Rock, Head Over Heels, Pippin, An Experiment (NYU). Education: B.F.A. in Drama from NYU Tisch/New Studio on Broadway (2022). |
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jude tibeau (Ensemble) Off Broadway: Dead Dog Park (59E59). Regional: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew (The Old Globe), Brother Toad (KC Rep), Road Weeps… (Perseverance), Ruined (Arena Stage), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre). Television: “Elementary,” “Happy!” Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Howard University. @mrbeau24 on Instagram. |
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michael underhill (Rugby) The Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program: Measure for Measure, Mother Courage, 12 Ophelias. The Old Globe: Twelfth Night (understudy), The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (understudy), The XIXth (understudy), Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show (understudy). Regional: Witch (Elliot Norton nomination for Best Actor), Man in the Ring, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Huntington), Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Cymbeline, Richard III (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth (CSC2), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Gamm Theatre), King John (Praxis Stage), Necessary Monsters (SpeakEasy Stage), Back the Night (BPT). Education: Northeastern University. michaeljunderhill.com. |
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maggie walters (Hostess) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Trouble in Mind. myShakespeare: Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Juilliard: Cinderella in Into the Woods, Bolingbroke in Richard II, Masha in Three Sisters, Rita Hayworth in Rita También Rita. Marina in Pericles, Queens Boulevard, Julius Caesar, Top Girls, Our Lady of 121st Street, others. Honors: British American Drama Academy award. Education: Juilliard Drama. maggiewalters.wixsite.com/maggiewalters. |
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cornell womack (Page) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Tempest. Broadway: On Golden Pond, Talk Radio. Off Broadway: Yellowman, Thunder Knocking at the Door, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey. Television/film: “Barry,” “The Shrink Next Door,” “Rescue Me,” “Better Call Saul,” “Flaked, Suits,” “The Newsroom,” “The Fosters,” “Body of Proof,” “Criminal Minds,” “Medium,” “Boston Legal,” “CSI: Miami,” “Law and Order: SVU,” Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, State of Play, The Happening. Narration: “Money Court,” “Corrupt Crimes,” “Motive to Murder,” “Gangster: America’s Most Evil,” “Hangar 1: The UFO Files.” @cornellwomack1 on Instagram. |
James Vásquez
(Director) The Old Globe: Resident Artist; Under a Baseball Sky, 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: Cabaret (Goodspeed Musicals), Damn Yankees (Marriott Theatre), 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). Education: The Juilliard School, Drama Division. jamesvasquez.com.
diggle
(Scenic Design) (he/him/his) Proud Gay Mexican designer with Indigenous Mexica (Aztec) roots. Selected credits: The Harder They Come (Public Theater), Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre, NAMT), Hair, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really (Portland Center Stage), Gruesome Playground Injuries (St. Louis Rep), Fires in the Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre), Shakespeare: Call and Response (Public’s Mobile Unit), The Conversationalists (Bushwick Starr), Decky Does a Bronco (Royal Family Productions), Red Emma and the Mad Monk (Tank, ANT Fest), Electra, Fade (DTC). diggledesigns.com.
lex liang
(Costume Design) The Old Globe: debut. Off Broadway: more than 50 productions; Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! directed by BD Wong (Primary Stages), Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, Antigone, 9 Circles, The Bacchae. Selected regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Rep, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center, Geva, Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Woolly Mammoth. Other: founder/owner of LDC Design Associates, an experiential event design and production company in New York City. Recent projects: A&E, Absolut, Operation Smile, Invesco, Tony Awards Gala, New York Fashion Week, New York City Wine & Food Festival, William Hill Winery. lexliang.com, @lex924 on Instagram.
mextly couzin
(Lighting Design) Mexican lighting designer based in New York and Los Angeles. The Old Globe: El Borracho, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet (assistant lighting designer). Broadway: Camelot, Birthday Candles (associate lighting designer). Off Broadway/New York: Straight Line Crazy (The Shed), Peerless (Primary Stages), 53% Of (Second Stage), Tambo and Bones (Playwrights Horizons), Which Way to the Stage? (MCC). Regional: Opera Parallèle, The Kennedy Center, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Symphony, Malashock Dance. Education: M.F.A. from UC San Diego (2020). mextlycouzin.com.
melanie chen cole
(Sound Design) (she/her) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noura, Tiny Beautiful Things, The Imaginary Invalid. Regional theatre: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center, Geffen Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Indiana Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Northern Stage, PlayMakers Rep, South Coast Rep, Studio Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival. Education: M.F.A. in Theatre and Dance from UC San Diego. melaniesound.com, @melaniechencole.
ursula meyer
(Voice and Text Coach) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, more. Other: Head of the M.F.A. Acting program at UC San Diego, Chair of the Mentorship Committee for Voice and Speech Trainers Association, over 35 years of teaching voice and coaching Shakespeare, TEDx’s “Shakespeare Plays with Words.” Education: graduated with distinction from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, designated Linklater teacher. Professional credits: La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Yale Rep, Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 16 seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Awards: UCSD Distinguished Teaching Award, Anti-Racist Changemaker Fellow.
tara rubin casting
(Casting) The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Dancin’, Scrooge, Despereaux, Gods of Comedy, Life After, Heart of Rock & Roll, Much Ado, Tempest, Guys and Dolls, Othello, Two Gentlemen, Dog and Pony, Room with a View, others. Selected Broadway: Back to the Future, Here Lies Love, Bad Cinderella, Dancin’, KPOP, Mr. Saturday Night, Six, Ain’t Too Proud, Band’s Visit, Sunset Boulevard, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, Falsettos, School of Rock, Aladdin, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera. Selected Off Broadway: Sing Street, Trevor, Between the Lines, Gloria: A Life. Film: Here Today.
chandra r.m. anthenill
(Production Stage Manager) (she/her/hers) The Old Globe: Exotic Deadly, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, Krapp’s Last Tape, What You Are, Tiny Beautiful Things, Globe for All (2017–2022), Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Guys and Dolls, Camp David, The Comedy of Errors. Regional: The Garden, 2020 POP Tour, Junk (La Jolla Playhouse), Fun Home, Beachtown, Roz and Ray, Into the Beautiful North, Outside Mullingar, The Oldest Boy, Oedipus El Rey, Honky (San Diego Rep), El Huracán, Mud Row, The Last Wife, Bad Jews, Sons of the Prophet, True West, Fool for Love, Spring Awakening, Assassins, Company (Cygnet), Pippin (Diversionary).
sam allen
(Assistant Stage Manager) (he/him/his) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Animals Out of Paper, Flowers of Hawaii (Chautauqua Theater Company), #SLACabaret (Salt Lake Acting Company), Cherry Wine in Paper Cups (Sackerson Theatre), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (West Valley Performing Arts), The Audacity, Where Are You From?, Flora Meets a Bee, P.G. ANON, (Plan-B Theatre), Prometheus Bound, Women of Trachis (Classical Greek Theatre Festival). Education: B.F.A. in Stage Management and Directing (Westminster College), M.F.A. in Stage Management from University of California, Irvine.
kendra stockton
(Stage Management Swing) The Old Globe: The XIXth, 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).
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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 Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company this year and The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018. 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. |
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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
Tara Rubin Casting
Tara Rubin CSA;
Merri Sugarman, CSA; Claire Burke, CSA;
Peter Van Dam, CSA; Felicia Rudolph, CSA;
Xavier Rubiano, CSA; Kevin Metzger-Timson, CSA;
Louis DiPaolo; Spencer Gualdoni;
Olivia Paige West; Frankie Ramirez
Becca Lustgarten, Jeffrey Rashad, Vandous Stripling II, Jude Tibeau, and Michael Underhill appear in this production courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
taking Photos in the theatre
Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production’s designers by including the names below.
Diggle, Scenic Design
www.diggledesigns.com
Lex Liang, Costume Design
www.lexliang.com, @lex924
Mextly Couzin, Lighting Design
www.mextlycouzin.com
Melanie Chen Cole, Sound Design
www.melaniesound.com, @melaniechencole
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.
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Directors are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.
This Theatre operates under an Agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 122.
The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

























