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NICOLETTE BURTON
(Swing) The Old Globe: The Heart of Rock & Roll, October Sky. Regional: Spamalot (Park Playhouse), 42nd Street (Kasser Theater). Film/television: Broadway or Bust (PBS), Big Love (i.am.MEDIA). Honors: The Jimmy Awards/National High School Musical Theatre Awards finalist, Old Globe Honors Best Actress winner. Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Montclair State University, Theatre Academy London (study abroad), Florida State University. nicoletteburton.com, @nicolettejburton on Instagram.
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LEO EBANKS
(Ensemble) Recent: 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.
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ALEX JOSEPH GRAYSON
(Hud) Broadway: A Bronx Tale. Off Broadway: Toni Stone (Roundabout). National tour: Once on This Island. Regional: Camelot (Asolo Rep), Spring Awakening (Argyle Theatre), Choir Boy (JAG). Education: SUNY Fredonia, Matthew Corozine Studios.
@alexjgsings on Instagram, @sonofterrycrews on TikTok.
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KEVIN HAFSO KOPPMAN
(Swing) The Old Globe: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Twelfth Night (Globe for All), Hamlet, The Imaginary Invalid, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth. Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, The Seagull, Acquainted with the Night. Regional: The Addams Family (Welk Resort Theatre), Young Frankenstein (SDMT), Pride and Prejudice (Cygnet), West Side Story, The Foreigner (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Ether Dome, His Girl Friday (La Jolla Playhouse), Zoot Suit (San Diego Rep), A Funny Thing…, This Random World (North Coast Rep), Birds of a Feather, Speech and Debate (Diversionary), The Sunshine Boys, Deathtrap (Scripps Ranch). Honors: 2018 Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year.
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Tyler Hardwick
(Claude) Broadway: Storyteller in Once on This Island (OBC), Eddie Kendricks in Motown The Musical. Tours: Daniel in Once on This Island, C.C. White in Dreamgirls, Norman Whitfield in Motown The Musical. New York: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Toby in Bliss, Robby in Popstar, featured ensemble in New York, New York. Regional: Gilbert in Marie, Dancing Still. Television/film: FX’s “Pose,” NBC’s “The Blacklist.” @tylerhar on Instagram, @tylerhardwick1 on Twitter. |
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Luke H. Jacobs
(Ensemble) San Diego: On the 20th Century, Pageant (Cygnet Theatre), Henri Labisse in Victor/Victoria, Franz Liebkind in The Producers, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (Moonlight Stage Productions), Dames at Sea, A Funny Thing… (NCRT), Chantal in La Cage aux Folles (San Diego Musical Theatre). Choreography: La Cage aux Folles, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Cygnet), It’s Christmas and It’s LIVE! (Lamb’s Players), Sister Act (San Diego Musical Theatre). National tours: In the Mood!, All Shook Up. Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from CSU Fullerton. @thenameisdiane on Instagram. |
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Patricia Jewel
(Ensemble) 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 Oliverio: 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. |
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Storm Lever
(Sheila) The Old Globe: Polexia in Almost Famous. Broadway: Duckling Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Off Broadway: Dorothy in The Wringer (City Center). Regional: Wendy in Fly, Duckling Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse), Savannah and ensemble in Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre, Alley Theatre, Cleveland Play House, La Jolla), Emotional Creature (Berkeley Rep). Film/television: Tasha in “The Home” (upcoming), Jane in No One Called Ahead. Education: B.F.A. from University of Michigan. @_stormieweather. |
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Delaney Love
(Ensemble) Regional: In the Heights (Dallas Theater Center), Flashdance, Cabaret (Gateway Playhouse), Oklahoma! (Ogunquit Playhouse), In the Heights (John W. Engeman Theater), Chicago (Highlands Playhouse). @delaneylovee on Instagram. |
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Angel Lozada
(Woof) (he/him/his) Television: NBC’S Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Regional: Unmasked (Paper Mill), Evita (Riverside Theatre), West Side Story (Maltz Jupiter), Jesus Christ Superstar (Chicago Lyric). Industry/staged readings: Victory Train (Amas Musical Theatre), The Nutty Professor (Ogunquit Playhouse), Eighty-Sixed (Musical Theatre Factory). Education: B.M. in Music Theatre from Florida State University. @imangellozada on Instagram. |
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Jaygee Macapugay
(Jeanie) Broadway: School of Rock. Off Broadway: Soft Power, Here Lies Love, Wild Goose Dreams (Public), Cinderella, Hello, Dolly! (National Asian Artists Project), Honor, The Rockae (Prospect Theater Company). Regional: Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love (Seattle Repertory), Brenda in Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Maltz Jupiter, Riverside), Theresa Liu in Working (Berkshire Theatre Group), Soft Power (Ahmanson, Curran), Miss Saigon (Muny, 5th Avenue), The King and I (KC Starlight). Other work: USO singer. Film/television: False Positive, “Watch What Happens: Live,” The Language Lesson. @jaygeemacapugay on Instagram. |
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Alfie Parker, Jr.
(Ensemble) Broadway: Genie understudy in Aladdin, Chicago, South Pacific revival. National tours: Miss Saigon, Memphis, Evita. Regional: Sunset Boulevard (North Shore), The Wiz, Guys and Dolls (Sacramento MC), Damn Yankees (Goodspeed), Ragtime, Barnum (Asolo), H.M.S. Pinafore (Guthrie), Seven Brides... (Lyric), Aida (Media). Dance: Pilobolus PCS. Television: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Modern Love.” Education: B.A. from Penn State. alfieparkerjr.com, @alfpjr and @parisandthemagicballoons on Instagram. |
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Andrew Polec
(Berger) 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.” Andrew Polec, the Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya Artist, is a Finalist in the 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition. B.A.s in English and Music from University of Rochester, M.F.A. in Theatre from Brown University/Trinity Rep. @andrewpolec. |
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Christopher M. Ramirez
(Ensemble) The Old Globe: 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. |
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Bethany Slomka
(Ensemble) The Old Globe: 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. |
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Bailey Day Sonner
(Crissy) Regional: Velma in West Side Story (La Mirada), Sillabub in Cats (SDMT), Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (Welk), Rock of Ages (Cygnet), Parade (3DT), Spring Awakening (Barn Stage), Newsies, Beauty and the Beast (Candlelight). National tour: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (McCoy Rigby). Film: The Prom, Bathtubs over Broadway. baileydaysonner.com, @magicalbay on Instagram. |
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Nyla Sostre
(Dionne) National tour: Peggy Schuyler in Hamilton (2016–2019). Other work: two albums, and produced, composed, and starred in her own visual album. Education: CUNY 2016. NylaSostre.com, @Nylanana on Instagram. |
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Justine Vasquez
(Ensemble) Theatre debut. Television: “Empire,” “Lip Sync Battle,” “Saturday Night Live,” ”America’s Got Talent,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “The Get Down.” Dance: Latin artist Don Omar’s “Salio El Sol” music video. Other work: performed with Madonna, Drake, Coldplay, Zara Larsson, Neil Patrick Harris. @justinestrut on Instagram. |
Gerome Ragni
(Book and Lyrics), 1935–1991, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of a large family with six sisters and two brothers. After four years as a medic in the United States Air Force, he began acting and was recognized by winning the Barter Theatre Award as Outstanding Young Actor. He appeared on Broadway in John Gielgud’s Hamlet featuring Richard Burton, and he starred Off Broadway in The Knack. Ragni was involved with The Open Theater (which he named), studying experimental theatre techniques with Nola Chilton and Joseph Chaikin. With James Rado, he co-created the American tribal love-rock musical Hair, and their lyrics were set to music by Galt MacDermot. A dynamic stage and life presence, Ragni originated the role of Berger in Hair. On his own, he authored the Broadway musical Dude, with score by MacDermot. He teamed up with another composer, Steve Margoshes, who wrote the music for the opus Jack Sound and His Dog Star Blowing His Final Trumpet on the Day of Doom. Soon thereafter, he and Rado rejoined forces to collaborate on a new musical they called Sun. A gifted actor and prolific writer and painter, Ragni originated “paper-napkin art,” and he wrote a volume of dynamic poetry under the pen name Virginia Miller. His son, Erick Ragni, is an innovative architect. |
James Rado
(Book and Lyrics) is an actor, songwriter, and co-creator of the characters, story, dialogue, and lyrics of Hair. His daydream since being a teenager was to write a Broadway musical. He taught himself how to write lyrics from intense study of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter, as well as pop music from the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. In college, he wrote the music and lyrics for two shows: Interlude at University of Maryland and Cross Your Fingers at The Catholic University of America. After a two-year gig in the United States Navy, in 1956 he moved to New York to be an actor. Five years later he got his first Broadway break when the famed director and teacher Lee Strasberg plucked him from an acting class for a small part in June Havoc’s Marathon ’33 starring Julie Harris. This led to a string of acting roles in Luther, Generation, The Knack, and, in 1964, Hang Down Your Head and Die, where he met fellow actor Gerome Ragni. He told Ragni about his daydream of creating a Broadway musical and proposed that they team up to write a show about the hippies and the anti-war movement that was happening all around them. Ragni came aboard with some of his exciting experimental poetry. In 1966, in the midst of writing Hair, Rado got a leading role as Richard the Lionhearted in the James Goldman play The Lion in Winter starring Robert Preston, Rosemary Harris, and Christopher Walken. By 1967, Rado and Ragni had a script of Hair and handed it to the producer Joseph Papp. liked what he read and decided Hair would be the inaugural production of his newly founded New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater on New York City’s Lower East Side. The rest is theatrical history. Hair opened on Broadway in the spring of 1968 and starred Rado and Ragni in the lead roles. Over the intervening years, Rado has been working on two other pieces: American Rainbow and Sun. |
Galt MacDermot
(Music), 1928–2018, a two-time Grammy Award–winning and Tony Award–nominated composer, is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song “African Waltz” in 1960. His work spans the gamut of performing arts: musicals, ballet scores, film scores, chamber music, the Anglican liturgy, orchestral works, poetry, drama accompaniments, band repertory, and opera. His work encompasses a wealth of musical genres, crossing the boundaries of jazz, folk, funk, gospel, reggae, and classical styles. The son of a Canadian diplomat, MacDermot was born and raised in Montreal. He received a bachelor of music from University of Cape Town in South Africa. Based on his traditional training, he wrote his own arrangements. He moved to New York in 1964 and three years later wrote the music for the landmark Broadway production Hair, which he later adapted for the screen. He formed the New Pulse Jazz Band in 1979, which featured his original music played by some of the world’s greatest musicians, including Bernard Purdie and Wilbur Bascomb. MacDermot’s music is consistently sampled by hip-hop and rap artists who find his rhythms perfect for setting their lyrics to, as in Run-DMC’s Grammy Award–winning Down with the King, and Billboard’s chart-buster “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” by Busta Rhymes. MacDermot wrote more than 3,000 songs over his lifetime. His music is listened to and enjoyed in 122 countries worldwide, and Hair has been performed constantly in over 40 countries worldwide since its inception. |
James Vásquez
(Director) The Old Globe: Resident Artist; 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. |
Mayte Natalio
(Choreography) Choreography: The Winter’s Tale (DTC/Public Works), Runaways (NYU, 2019), Into the Woods (Barrington Stage Company, 2019), Measure for Measure (The Public Theater/Mobile Unit, 2019), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater, 2019), Medusa (Michigan State University, 2020), La Hora Santa (also writer and director, Ars Nova’s Vision Residency). Other work: co-founder of immersive events company MinuteZero. Education: LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, B.F.A. from SUNY Purchase. |
Galt MacDermot
(Music), 1928–2018, a two-time Grammy Award–winning and Tony Award–nominated composer, is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song “African Waltz” in 1960. His work spans the gamut of performing arts: musicals, ballet scores, film scores, chamber music, the Anglican liturgy, orchestral works, poetry, drama accompaniments, band repertory, and opera. His work encompasses a wealth of musical genres, crossing the boundaries of jazz, folk, funk, gospel, reggae, and classical styles. The son of a Canadian diplomat, MacDermot was born and raised in Montreal. He received a bachelor of music from University of Cape Town in South Africa. Based on his traditional training, he wrote his own arrangements. He moved to New York in 1964 and three years later wrote the music for the landmark Broadway production Hair, which he later adapted for the screen. He formed the New Pulse Jazz Band in 1979, which featured his original music played by some of the world’s greatest musicians, including Bernard Purdie and Wilbur Bascomb. MacDermot’s music is consistently sampled by hip-hop and rap artists who find his rhythms perfect for setting their lyrics to, as in Run-DMC’s Grammy Award–winning Down with the King, and Billboard’s chart-buster “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” by Busta Rhymes. MacDermot wrote more than 3,000 songs over his lifetime. His music is listened to and enjoyed in 122 countries worldwide, and Hair has been performed constantly in over 40 countries worldwide since its inception. |
Tim Mackabee
(Scenic Design) The Old Globe: Hamlet, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood!, Skeleton Crew, The Last Match. Broadway: The Elephant Man, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. West End: The Elephant Man. Off Broadway: Seared (MCC; OCC Award), Guards at the Taj (Lortel Award), Describe the Night, The Penitent, Our New Girl (Atlantic), Darling Grenadine, The Last Match (Roundabout), Vietgone, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC), Luce (LCT), Gigantic, Heathers: The Musical (Vineyard). Dance: Doug Varone and Dancers, Cedar Lake Dance. Television: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO), “Gotham,” “Smash,” “Today,” “Football Night in America.” Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign.com, @timmackabeedesign. |
David Israel Reynoso
(Costume Design) The Old Globe: Resident Artist; Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, As You Like It, The Tempest, The Wanderers, Red Velvet, The Blameless, tokyo fish story, Constellations, Twelfth Night, Arms and the Man, Water by the Spoonful, Time and the Conways, Double Indemnity, Be a Good Little Widow. Theatre: Sleep No More in New York and Shanghai (as costume designer, Punchdrunk; Obie Award), Portaleza, Las Quinceañeras, Waking La Llorona (as creator/director, Optika Moderna/La Jolla Playhouse). Other theatre: ACT, ART, Arena, Finnish National Ballet, Portland Center Stage, WP, Milwaukee Rep, Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Commonwealth Shakes, Gloucester Stage, Lyric Stage of Boston. Other work: PostSecret and Living with Animals exhibits (SD Museum of Us). Honors: Creative Catalyst grant, Elliot Norton Award, Craig Noel, Helen Hayes, IRNE, BroadwayWorld Award nominations. davidreynoso.com, @designreynoso on Instagram. |
Amanda Zieve
(Lighting Design) The Old Globe: Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wanderers, Rich Girl. Regional: Put Your House in Order (La Jolla Playhouse), Rock of Ages (Cygnet), Sweeney Todd, Roof of the World (KC Rep), Billy Elliot: The Musical, Titanic (Signature Theatre), Approval Junkie (Alliance Theatre). Associate design: The Heart of Rock & Roll, Bright Star, Allegiance (The Old Globe), Escape to Margaritaville, Hollywood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse). amandazieve.com. |
Ken Travis
(Sound Design) The Old Globe: Life After, American Mariachi, Rain, The Last Goodbye. Broadway: In Transit, Aladdin, Jekyll & Hyde, A Christmas Story The Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Steel Magnolias. Off Broadway/regional: The Public Theater, The New Group, The Civilians, Atlantic Theater Company, Soho Rep., Classic Stage Company, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre Company, Mabou Mines, A Contemporary Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre Center. |
Angela Steiner
(Music Director) Regional: Rattlesnake Kate, Indecent, The Who’s Tommy, Oklahoma!, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Sweeney Todd (Asolo Repertory), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Dead Man Walking (Opera Fayetteville), Pippin (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center). Education: B.M. in Piano Performance and Piano Accompanying from Wichita State University, M.M. in Collaborative Piano from University of Northern Colorado. angelasteiner.com. |
Sinai Tabak
(Additional Arrangements) The Old Globe: Guys and Dolls. Broadway: The Cher Show. Regional: Sound of Music (music supervisor) Evita, Josephine (Asolo Rep), Bliss (5th Avenue), Footloose (Kennedy Center), Paint Your Wagon (Muny), Les Misérables (Dallas Theater Center), Johnny Baseball (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Off Broadway: Stars of David (DR2 Theatre), Goldstein (Actors Temple). Workshops: Los Otros (59E59), The Total Bent (Public Theater), American Psycho, Family Album (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Damascus Square. Film: Hello Again. Education: B.M. in Music Theory and Composition from NYU. sinaitabak.com. |
Howie Cherpakov, CSA
(Casting) The Old Globe: Benny & Joon, October Sky, Bright Star. Broadway/national tours: Bright Star, Next Fall (Artios Award nomination), The Seafarer, Coram Boy, Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, Dirty Dancing, South Pacific. Off Broadway/regional: Bliss (5th Avenue), Midnight Street (Theatre Row), Found (Atlantic Theater Company; Artios Award nomination), Atomic (Acorn), Pipeline Festival (Women’s Project Theater), Marry Harry (NYMF), Dangerous Beauty (Pasadena Playhouse), Fault Lines (Cherry Lane; Artios Award), The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center Theater), The Opposite of Sex (Magic Theatre), This Is Our Youth (Fairbanks). Other work: five seasons with New York Stage and Film. hccasting.com. |
Moira Gleason
(Production Stage Manager) (she/her/hers) The Old Globe: Alive and Well, Since Africa, Back Back Back, Whisper House, Sea of Tranquility, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Constant Wife, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, five seasons of the Summer Shakespeare Festival. Regional: American Mariachi, M. Butterfly, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (South Coast Rep), Julius Caesar, The River Bride, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Count of Monte Cristo, Two Gents, Water by the Spoonful, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Willful (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Adoption Project: Triad (Mo`olelo), Miss Witherspoon (San Diego Rep). |
Kendra Stockton
(Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Almost Famous, As You Like It, Ken Ludwig’s 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), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Diego Musical Theatre). |
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 most 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. |
