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Welcome UPCOMING Dear Friends, Welcome to Summer Season 2008! And as the saying 2008 Summer goes, “pardon our dust”! As you’ve no doubt noticed, SHAKESPEARE we’ve begun construction of the Globe’s beautiful new FESTIVAL campus, including a new arena theatre, education center, June 14 - September 28, 2008 and re-designed plaza. We’ve even created a temporary pub Lowell Davies Festival Theatre across the plaza so we can continue serving our patrons while building continues. We’ve been telling you about this ROMEO AND JULIET facilities project over the past few months and we’re thrilled THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR that it is now becoming a reality. We have exciting plans ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL for theatre and education programs in the new center, and we thank you for being a part of the excitement during the construction period. I promise it will be worth any inconvenience. ❖ ❖ ❖ Summer is a time for pleasure, and Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak has chosen the perfect summer fare in The Pleasure of His Company. We’re delighted to welcome back Patrick Page, the Globe’s 2008 Shiley Artist-in-Residence, who was last seen here in the spring’s SIGHT UNSEEN smash hit Dancing in the Dark. Just steps away, Donald Margulies’ Sight Unseen plays in the August 2 - September 7, 2008 Globe’s Arena Stage at the San Diego Museum of Art’s James S. Copley Auditorium (a tem- The Old Globe Arena Stage at James S. Copley Auditorium porary space specially built for our intimate productions). And, of course, it can’t be sum- (San Diego Museum of Art) mer without the Globe’s nationally-recognized Shakespeare Festival in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and All’s Well That Ends Well run ❖ ❖ ❖ in repertory with a wonderful company of actors – many of whom you’ll recognize from sum- mers past – through September. THE WOMEN Our innovative bilingual education program, the Summer Shakespeare Intensive, will give September 13 - October 26, 2008 young people an extraordinary opportunity to explore Shakespeare in a multi-cultural con- Old Globe Theatre text this summer. We’ve brought forty high school students from around the county to work with our Old Globe/USD Master of Fine Arts students, as they prepare and perform a ❖ ❖ ❖ Spanish/English adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Their training and rehearsal will be docu- mented in a blog on our website, and they take to the Festival Theatre on August 11. Join us BACK BACK BACK in following their progress and enjoying their performance. September 19 - October 26, 2008 We have a lot to look forward to in the coming 2008/09 Season, as well. We’ll present two The Old Globe Arena Stage timely world premieres: Mark Olsen’s Cornelia, about the turbulent lives of an iconic politi- at James S. Copley Auditorium cal couple, and Itamar Moses’ Back Back Back, a fascinating look at steroid use in professional (San Diego Museum of Art) baseball. Two large-scale revivals, Clare Booth Luce’s The Women and John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation, will grace the Old Globe stage in lavish productions. The “Classics Up Close” ❖ ❖ ❖ series continues with Arthur Miller’s The Price on our arena stage, where we’ll also host the West Coast premiere of Michael Hollinger’s Opusand a new production of Mia McCullough’s DR. SEUSS’ touching Since Africa. Subscriptions for this great year of theatre are available now. HOW THE GRINCH This summer is a particularly eventful time for the Globe, and, more than anything, we’re so STOLE CHRISTMAS! pleased to have the pleasure of your company! November 15 - December 28, 2008 Old Globe Theatre Executive Producer PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P1 Season Sponsors The Old Globe is deeply grateful to its Season Sponsors, each of whom has made an annual donation of $50,000 or greater. These gifts are critical to maintaining the Theatre’s high quality of artistic programming and award-winning work in the community. The Legler Benbough Foundation Joan and Irwin Jacobs John A. Berol Las Patronas Karen and Donald Cohn The Lipinsky Family Peter Cooper and Norman Blachford Conrad Prebys Valerie and Harry Cooper Donald and Darlene Shiley Audrey S. Geisel Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the County of San Diego Globe Guilders Sheryl and Harvey White Deni and Jeff Jacobs Anonymous To become a Season Sponsor, please contact Director of Development Todd R. Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310. P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE PRESENTS THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY BY Samuel Taylor, with Cornelia Otis Skinner SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN Alexander Dodge Fabio Toblini York Kennedy SOUND DESIGN STAGE MANAGER Paul Peterson Diana Moser DIRECTED BY Darko Tresnjak The Pleasure of His Company is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Casting by Samantha Barrie, CSA Old Globe Theatre, Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage July 12 - August 10, 2008 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3 Cast of Characters (In Order of Appearance) Toi...................................................................................................................................................................................Sab Shimono Biddeford Poole.................................................................................................................................................................Patrick Page Jessica Poole.................................................................................................................................................................Erin Chambers Katharine Dougherty..........................................................................................................................................................Ellen Karas Jim Dougherty.......................................................................................................................................................................Jim Abele Mackenzie Savage........................................................................................................................................................Ned Schmidtke Roger Henderson...............................................................................................................................................................Matt Biedel Stage Manager.................................................................................................................................................................Diana Moser Assistant Stage Manager...................................................................................................................................................Jinny Parron Setting: San Francisco, 1958. Act 1: A Monday afternoon in June. Intermission. Act 2, Scene 1: Wednesday night. Act 2, Scene 2: The following afternoon. Act 2, Scene 3: An hour later. The Actors and Stage Managers employed by this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Si desea una sinopsis de esta obra en Español, favor de pedírsela al acomodador que le entregó este programa. If you would like a synopsis of this production in Spanish, please request it from an usher. THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY is supported, in part, by: The Legler Benbough Foundation The Legler Benbough Foundation is helping The Old Globe sustain its national reputation for artistic excellence by supporting work that challenges audiences to push beyond the boundaries of their own experience. It is hoped that as a result, San Diego audiences will continue to have a wider spectrum of theatrical performances available to them. P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Board of Directors Dear Friends, Welcome to the 2008 Summer Season! Construction has begun on our exciting new facility, the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, which includes the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, a 250-seat arena stage, and the Karen and Donald Cohn Education Center, featuring Hattox Hall. Scheduled for completion in late 2009, these facil- ities are made possible by our capital campaign, Securing A San Diego Landmark, led by magnanimous gifts from Donald and Darlene Shiley, Conrad Prebys and our Board of Directors. We are very grateful to them and the many other community-spirited supporters of the Globe who have contributed to Securing A San Diego Landmark. With construction of our new facilities underway, the Securing a San Diego Landmark campaign has reached 75% of its goal. As you consider helping us with the critical last phase of the campaign, you’ll be pleased to know that the foremost evaluator of non-profit organizations, Charity Navigator, ranks the Globe in the top 6% of all non-profits nationwide based on our record of “exceptional” financial stability and the resources we devote to our artistic and education programs. When you give to The Old Globe, you can be confident that your gift is being used well. Thank you for your support of The Old Globe. Enjoy the show! Donald Cohn, Chair, Board of Directors BOARD OF DIRECTORS / OFFICERS Donald Cohn* Kathy Hattox* Anthony S. Thornley* Sandra Redman* Susan Major* Harvey P. White* Chair Immediate Vice Chair Finance Vice Chair Vice Chair Secretary Past Chair & Treasurer Nominating Development DIRECTORS Martin Goodman Louis G. Spisto* Patsy Shumway Mary Beth Adderley-Wright Viviana Ibañez Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D. Joseph Benoit Deni Jacobs Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D. HONORARY DIRECTORS Deni S. Carpenter Daphne Jameson Evelyn Mack Truitt Mrs. Richard C. Adams Robert Cartwright Mitzi Yates Lizarraga Debra Turner (1912–2005) Peter J. Cooper