(Kisa) is a Chinese-Indonesian-American actor and writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Performance from Fordham University. Her acting work can be found on Netflix’s hit drama “13 Reasons Why” and CBS’ “Elementary.” On the film side, you can find her in the indie movie “How I Learned to Fly” on Apple TV. Michele has originated lead roles in new work at acclaimed venues like Lincoln Center, Yale Rep, East West Players and now, The Old Globe. You can keep up with her at michelesang.com!

(Toru) is a multi-disciplinary mixed Asian-American actor and storyteller who has collaborated on numerous projects for theatre, film, television, and voiceover. Select credits: KPOP (Broadway); The Little Mermaid (Broadway); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Off-Broadway); Dilton Doiley in “Riverdale” (CW); Arlo in “Atypical” (Netflix); “You Don’t Belong Here” (film). Major can be found recurring on multiple Nickelodeon shows, starring in several web-series, voicing numerous video game characters, and narrating a half-dozen audiobooks. Inaugural Member of the Anna Ats Deadline Awards’ Trailblazer Cohort. Inaugural mentee and emerging artist of The Actors Center. Alumnus of Carnegie Mellon, SITI Skidmore, and NHSI Cherubs.

(Isamu) Old Globe debut. Recently played Duch in TheatreSquared’s Cambodian Rock Band. Awards: Obie (The Romance of Magno Rubio). Jojo has performed at La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep, LA Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater NY, Long Wharf Theatre, DR2, Culture Project, Queens Theatre. International: Thalia Hall (Romania), The Cultural Center of the Philippines (Manila). TV credits: recurring roles in “Maniac” (Netflix, with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill) and “The Path” (Hulu). Guest star roles in “New Amsterdam,” “Madame Secretary,” “The Blacklist,” “Blindspot,” “Mysteries of Laura,” “Deadbeat,” “White Collar,” “Without a Trace,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Film credits: “Going in Style” (with Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman), “Pirates of Somalia” (with Al Pacino), “Antarctica,” “The Smurfs Movie,” “A Kiss for Jed,” and “Disoriented.”

(Sachiko) is an Ovation-nominated actor and resident director with Playground-NY. She is thrilled to return to Empty Ride, after having performed in the Powers New Voices Festival at The Old Globe in 2024. Theatre credits include: KPOP (Broadway), Parity (Pan-Asian Rep), Coleman ’72, Aubergine, tokyo fish story (South Coast Rep), Ladies (Boston Court), Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Ovation nomination, Fountain/East West Players). TV credits include recurring roles on “Young Sheldon,” “The Kicks,” and “Gang Related,” as well as appearances on “S.W.A.T.,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Jane the Virgin,” “Veep,” “This Is Us,” “Henry Danger,” and “The Kominsky Method.” jullylee.com

(Alex) Broadway: Death of a Salesman. Off-Broadway: Vladimir (MTC), Lies My Father Told Me. Regional: Williamstown, Chautauqua, GableStage. TV: “The Good Fight,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Film: “The Toast,” “People People”. As playwright: What Else is True? (Egg & Spoon, ART/NY), Wicked Child (Zoetic Stage). Member of the 24-25 OP Greenhouse Lab. MFA: Juilliard. BFA: NYU. davidsethrosenberg.com.

(Sachiko u/s) (she/her/hers) Theatre: Henry VIII (The Old Globe), Year of the Solar Eclipse (The Wild Project), I Met You On TV (The Tank), Intervention (Plaxall Theatre), Phoenix Paper (Off-Broadstreet Theatre) Into the Woods (Richmond E. Rauh Studio Theatre). Film/TV: “Do It to Me If You Want” (Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival) Education: The Old Globe and USD Shiley MFA Program first-year candidate. Maggie Flanigan Studio Conservatory in NYC. BS in Psychology from University of Pittsburgh. @stenck on Instagram.

(Alex u/s) Justin is grateful to return to the Globe where he was recently an understudy in Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt 2B. Favorite credits include; Winner for Outstanding Dramatic Production August: Osage County with Backyard Renaissance. Critics Circle nominations for Outstanding Dramatic Productions include George Milton in Of Mice and Men at NVA and Eddie Fenton in Trouble In Mind at Moxie. Other credits: Backyard Renaissance, Common Ground, Diversionary, ion, Lamb’s, Moxie, New Fortune, North Coast Rep, Playwrights Project, Roustabouts, Sierra Rep. He was a founding member of Critics Circle Award winning New Fortune, and is a teaching artist with La Jolla Playhouse.

(Kisa u/s) Theatre: Henry VIII (The Old Globe), Kim’s Convenience (Laguna Playhouse), Coleman ‘72 (u/s, South Coast Rep), 4000 Miles (Sierra Madre Playhouse), What’s Wrong with Angry? (Celebration Theatre). Television/film: “Madam Secretary,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “The Mindy Project,” “Snowfall,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Gilmore Girls,” “The Soloist.” Education: BS in Psychology, Minor in Theatre from Duke University and The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program first year candidate (Group 38). susane-e-lee.com, @susanelee on Instagram.

(u/s Toru) (he/him) Theatre: Henry 6 (The Old Globe), Henry VIII, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Globe/USD Shiley MFA Program), Anytown, The Trial of Donna Caine, The Immigrant, New Kid (George Street Playhouse), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Island of the Blue Dolphins (Laguna Playhouse), All’s Well That Ends Well, King Lear (Hip to Hip Theatre), Julius Caesar (StormSeller). Short films: “Big Canvas,” “White Ferrari.” Education: The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, BFA from Marymount Manhattan College. @akoni.steinmann on Instagram.

(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, 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 BFA 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.