(Colonel Arbuthnot) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Jane (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Henry IV, Parts I and II, Henry V (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Hamlet (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), Tom Jones (Northlight Theatre), The Bungler (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Sense and Sensibility (People’s Light), The Merchant of Venice (Gulfshore Playhouse), The Liar (Writers Theatre), Twelfth Night (American Players Theatre), To Master the Art (TimeLine Theatre), Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Julius Caesar (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks). Film: Ruin Me. Education: M.F.A. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.F.A. from Southern Oregon University. samashdown.net.

(Understudy) Regional: Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Murder on the Links (North Coast Rep), 2023 POP Tour Jin vs the Beach (La Jolla Playhouse), Cabaret (Cygnet, ion), 42nd Street (Moonlight), Spamalot (Welk), Catch Me If You Can (SDMT), Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, And the World Goes ’Round (Coronado Playhouse). One-woman show: Always a Banana, Never the Bride: An Ode to Broadway’s “Lesser Ladies” (2023 BroadwayWorld San Diego Award for Best Cabaret/Concert/Solo Performance). Education: Penn State University. AlyssaAnneAustin.com.

(Marcel, Michel) Broadway: Life of Pi. Off Broadway: Pygmalion, The Crucible, Julius Caesar, Persuasion (Bedlam), Henry VI (NAATCO), Indian Ink (Roundabout), Against the Hillside (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regional: This Much I Know (Aurora), King Lear (Northern Stage), Oslo (Rep Theatre of St. Louis), Guards at the Taj (Capital Stage), Mary Stuart (Folger), Disgraced (PlayMakers Rep, Huntington, Long Wharf; Connecticut Critics Circle Award), Invisible Hand (Westport, Hartford TheaterWorks), The Who and the What (Gulfshore Playhouse, Hartford TheaterWorks). Film/television: Frozen River, “Bull,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Blue Bloods,” “Quantico,” “Damages,” “Elementary,” “The Sopranos.” Education: Emerson College.

(Monsieur Bouc) The Old Globe: debut. Asolo Repertory Theatre: 85 productions in 25 years; Murder on the Orient Express (also Maltz Jupiter), Rhinoceros directed by Frank Galati (also American Conservatory Theater), Inherit the Wind, The Little Foxes, Both Your Houses, The Grapes of Wrath, Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park, God of Carnage, Once in a Lifetime, Twelve Angry Men, A Flea in Her Ear, Art, Hobson’s Choice, Nicholas Nickleby. Broadway first national tour: Spring Awakening. Television/film: “Frasier,” Taken, “Law & Order,” “Fame.” Honors: 2013 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship from the prestigious Ten Chimneys Foundation.

(Princess Dragomiroff) Theatre: Jelly’s Last Jam (Pasadena Playhouse, Alliance, Taper; Suzi Bass Award). 1776 (Broadway national tour), Lady Day (Cygnet, freeFall, ICT, Ebony Repertory, PCPA; Ovation Award), A Few Good Men (La Mirada), Blues in the Night (ICT, Ebony Rep, SCR), A Little Night Music (SD Theatre Critics Award nomination), Stupid F***ing Bird (Cygnet), Porgy and Bess, Sweeney Todd, Intimate Apparel (ETC), Fences (PCPA, ICT; NAACP Award nomination), Wedding Band (Antaeus; Stage Raw Award nomination), The Comedy of Errors, Blood Wedding (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Parade (Taper), Mamma Mia! (Vegas). Television/film: “Days of Our Lives,” “Monster,” “The Conners,” “Good Trouble,” “NCIS,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Rebel,” The Banality, 42.

(Hector MacQueen) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Fat Ham. Off Broadway: Fat Ham (Public), reading of Tré (Playwrights Realm), reading of Tank Stranger (NBT/NYTW). Regional: Fat Ham (Helen Hayes Award nomination), Wig Out (Studio Theatre), Toni Stone (ACT), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Marin Shakespeare), Sex with Strangers, The Christians (Hippodrome), 295N (Signature Theatre, DC), The Piano Lesson (Cape Fear Regional Theatre). Education: B.A. from Howard University.

(Daisy Armstrong) Professional debut. Credits: Layele in Hereville (JFest), Liza, Mrs. Darling, Toodles in Peter Pan, Anna in Frozen, Abuela Alma in Camp Encanto (Kids on Stage Productions), Pearl in Finding Nemo (J*Company Youth Theatre), Dreamcoat Choir in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The Roustabouts Theatre Co.), Young Anna in Frozen, Nessarose in Camp Wicked (CMC Theater). Third grader who enjoys reading, writing stories, helping others, and making music. @Maya.Gimbel on Instagram.

(Helen Hubbard) Broadway: Present Laughter (Miss Erikson with Kevin Kline), How To Succeed in Business... (Miss Jones with Daniel Radcliffe), The Phantom of The Opera (Madame Giry), The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not. National Tours: Mary Poppins (Miss Andrew), Disney’s High School Musical (Ms. Darbus), Mamma Mia, (Tanya). Regional Favorites: Originated Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano (Mrs. Wiley, Alley Theatre), Sunset Boulevard (Norma Desmond, Broadway Sacramento), Knoxville (Aunt Hannah, Asolo Rep), Company (Joanne, Barrington Stage), Animal Crackers (Mrs. Rittenhouse, Williamstown Theater Festival), Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett, KC Rep). TV: “Blue Bloods,” “WeCrashed,” “House of Cards,” “Blacklist,” “Gotham,” “Younger.” Catherine Braithwaite in Red Dead Redemption II. For mom and dad, retired SDSU professors. @ellenharveynyc

(Understudy) The Old Globe: Cabaret. First national tour: Sunset Boulevard (The Really Useful Group). Notable regional: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (CCAE), Spamalot (Cygnet Theatre, Moonlight Stage), Young Frankenstein, La Cage aux Folles (SDMT), world premiere of 33 1/3 – House of Dreams (SD Rep), Woman in Tomfoolery (NCRT), For Whom the Southern Bell Tolls (as replacement; Roustabouts Theatre), A Little Night Music (Cygnet Theatre), All Shook Up (Moonlight Stage), Eleanor – An American Love Story (Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC), Nunsense (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Singin’ in the Rain (North Carolina Theatre). itschristinehewitt.com.

(Countess Andrenyi) The Old Globe: La Gente, understudy for Victoria, Pilar in Destiny of Desire, Mama Who in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (three years). Recent credits: Daisy Arujo in Mystic Pizza (Ivoryton Playhouse), Ensemble, understudy for Camila, Daniela, Abuela Claudia in In the Heights (Cleveland Play House), Eva Peron in Evita (Cygnet Theatre), Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet! (Moonlight Stage), Cindy Lou Huffington in The Marvelous Wonderettes (Welk), Menas in Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare Orange County), Ensemble, understudy for Faith in Brooklyn the Musical (MOXIE). Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and Honors in Acting from UC Irvine. ariellakvashny.com, @ariellakvashny on Instagram, TikTok.

(Mary Debenham) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Penelopiad (Goodman), Villette (Lookingglass), Sense and Sensibility (Indiana Rep), The Great Leap, Murder on the Orient Express (Asolo). Television: “Emperor of Ocean Park” (MGM+), “Black Lightning” (CW), “Chicago Med” (NBC), “Power Book IV: Force” (Starz), “Work in Progress” (Showtime), “The Chi” (Showtime), “Empire” (Fox). Representation: Stewart Talent Chicago and Atlanta. @helenjoolee on Instagram.

(Ensemble) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Abeba in the Tall Grass (La Jolla Playhouse POP Tour), Urinetown the Musical, Legally Blonde, Fiddler on the Roof (San Diego Musical Theatre), La Lucha (La Jolla Playhouse WOW/MCASD), The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats (Playwrights Project), Pásale Pásale (TuYo Theatre). Film: Why the Nativity. Education: San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. @giancarlo.lugo.

(Greta Ohlsson) (she/her) The Old Globe: The Age of Innocence. Other credits: Hereville (San Diego JFest), Six Characters Looking for an Author (British American Drama Academy), The War of the Worlds (UC San Diego). Education: B.A. in Theatre from UC San Diego. @sophiaiceberg on Instagram.

(Samuel Ratchett) National tours: Hadestown, Finding Neverland, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Scooby Doo Live! Regional: La Cage aux Folles (Riverside), Matilda (Northern Stage), Crazy for You (Pennsylvania Shakespeare), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Engeman), The Addams Family (Ogunquit), Loch Ness (The REV), Peter and the Starcatcher (Playhouse on Park). Other: originated several villainous roles for Disney Cruise Line such as Scar, Jafar, and Captain Hook. @matthewpatrickquinn on Instagram.

(Ensemble) (she/her) Regional credits: Crimes of the Heart, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Patchwork Theatre). U.K. credits: The Unravelling (Rekindled Ensemble, Blue Orange Theatre), solo show Thank You for Calling (The Crescent Theatre). Education: M.F.A. in Acting from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, B.A. in Theatre (Performance Emphasis), minor in French from San Diego State University. @larissagsryan on Instagram.

(Hercule Poirot) (he/him/his) The Old Globe: debut. Poirot previously: Maltz Jupiter Theatre. NY/regional: Polonius in Hamlet, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (The Curtain Theatre), Fool in King Lear (NY Classical), Vanya in Vanya and Sonia…, Jim Casy in The Grapes of Wrath (Asolo), Senex in Forum, Charlie in The Foreigner (Carbonell nominations), Bazzard in Drood (Maltz), Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace (Barnstormers; BWW nomination), Clown in The 39 Steps (Gulfshore), I Am My Own Wife (Vermont Stage). Television/film: Mr. Penn/The Ventriloquist/Scarface on “Gotham,” “Blacklist,” “Divorce,” “The Good Fight,” Halston, Begin Again, The Smurfs. Education: M.F.A. in Acting from UNC-Chapel Hill, B.A. cum laude in English from Harvard. andrewsellon.com, @AndrewSellon on Instagram, Twitter.

(Daisy Armstrong) San Diego Opera: Madama Butterfly. Kids on Stage Productions: Peter Pan. Junior Actors Company: Aladdin, Jr. San Diego Civic Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker. @addisonsmyres on Instagram.

(Ensemble) The Old Globe: debut. Theatre: Felicia in Star of Ocotillo (OnStage Playhouse), Mimi in Rent (San Diego Musical Theatre), Anita in West Side Story (Teatro San Diego), Jazzlyn in Pásale Pásale (TuYo Theatre), Greta in Antigone: Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine’s, Olympe in The Revolutionists (CSUSM Theatre Department). linktr.ee/mayasofiae.

(Understudy) Native San Diego actor, singer, and director. Notable roles: Professor Bhaer in Little Women, Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Freddy in My Fair Lady, Fred in Miracle on 34th Street. Co-founder: Lighthouse Players, a performing arts organization based in Vista. Other: directing projects; co-produced and written original immersive productions including the premiere of Valentine Mystery at the Speakeasy. Education: B.A. in Theatre Arts from Cal State Long Beach. 

(Understudy) (he/him/his) Theatre credits: Outside Mullingar, Jane: A Ghost Story (Lamb’s Players), Cabaret, Our Town (Cygnet), Dance Nation, Diary of Anne Frank, Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence, Enron (Craig Noel Award) (MOXIE), Buddy Holly Story (New Village Arts/Intrepid), The Car Plays (La Jolla Playhouse), Miss Firecracker Contest, Circle Mirror Transformation, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Wait Until Dark, Much Ado, Seven Year Itch, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Golden Boy (New Village Arts), Midsummer, Hamlet, Richard II, King John, Macbeth (Intrepid), In the Heat of the Night (ion), Now or Later, Side Man (Diversionary). 

(Ensemble) The Old Globe: understudy for Exotic Deadly, Or the MSG Play. Theatre: Kagitingan (Blindspot Collective), Return Engagements (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Tuck Everlasting, Murder on the Orient Express, King Charles III, Macbeth, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing (Coronado Playhouse), To Kill a Mockingbird (Pickwick Players), Maple and Vine (Trinity Theatre), The Sound of Music, Inherit the Wind, Lord of the Flies, Witch of Blackbird Pond (Wheelock Family Theatre), Take Me Out (SpeakEasy Stage), Letters to a Student Revolutionary, The Creation of the World and Other Business, Romulus, Signs, Measure for Measure (Theater Cooperative), Macbeth, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale (Industrial Theatre).

(Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, the two-part epic Henry 6, and, during the pandemic, Hamlet: On the Radio. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour, and he oversees the Globe’s Classical Directing Fellowship program. In addition to his recent Globe credits, he directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018 and The Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2023. As Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater (2008–2012), Edelstein oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions as well as its educational, community outreach, and artist-training programs. At The Public, he staged the world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and Steve Martin’s WASP and Other Plays. He was also Associate Producer of The Public’s Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. From 1998 to 2003 he was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. His podcast “Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare” was produced by the Globe and Pushkin Industries. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

(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 a board and executive committee member 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.