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Welcome UPCOMING Dear Friends, We are just concluding one of the most active summers in Old Globe history. Each of the plays in our Shakespeare Festival received critical acclaim and enthusiastic audience response. The classic comedies and Bell,Book and Candle and our Sept 20 - Oct 28, 2007 downtown launch of the national tour of Avenue Q, were all tremendously successful and well received. Now we begin the Globe’s 2007/2008 season with a stirring world-premiere OOO musical, A Catered Affair, with a world class creative team which includes Tony-Award winners and and celebrated composer . DR. SEUSS’ We are also very privileged to bring to The Old Globe stage Broadway luminaries HOW THE GRINCH and in this remarkable new work. On the Cassius Carter Centre Stage, , the legendary Tony and STOLE CHRISTMAS! Emmy Award-winner, Academy-Award nominee and popular icon for her role in the Nov 25 - Dec 30, 2007 Spiderman movies is starring in the American premiere of Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s Old Globe Theatre Oscar and the Pink Lady. What an embarrassment of riches on our stages this fall! We recently unveiled detailed construction plans for the rejuvenation of our OOO Balboa Park campus. The plans are part of the Theatre’s $75 million capital and endowment campaign, which designates $22 million to support this important facili- IN THIS CORNER ties project. The centerpieces include the new Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, which encompasses the remaining Old Globe Theatre, a new second stage theatre complex, Jan 5 - Feb 10, 2008 and a new education center, as well as a complete redesign of the Globe’s Copley Plaza Cassius Carter Centre Stage and dining area. These plans need your support as we do all season and every season! Now more OOO than ever we rely on your tax-deductible contributions to ensure our continued com- mitment to artistic excellence and to sustain the Globe’s place as San Diego’s SEA OF TRANQUILITY cultural landmark. Jan 12 - Feb 17,2008 Old Globe Theatre

OOO LOUIS G. SPISTO JACK O’BRIEN JERRY PATCH Executive Director Artistic Director Resident Artistic Director THE AMERICAN PLAN Feb 23 - Mar 30, 2008 Cassius Carter Centre Stage

OOO Mar 7 - Apr 13, 2008 Old Globe Theatre

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 Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky

Karen and Donald Cohn 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 P. White Joan and Irwin Jacobs Anonymous Las Patronas

To become a Season Sponsor, please contact Director of Development Todd R. Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE PRESENTS OSCAR AND THE PINK LADY

BY Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

WITH Rosemary Harris

SCENICDESIGN COSTUMEDESIGN LIGHTINGDESIGN SOUNDDESIGN Michael Vaughn Sims Trevor Norton Lindsay Jones

STAGEMANAGER ENGLISHTRANSLATIONBY Monica A. Cuoco Stéphane LaPorte

DIRECTEDBY Frank Dunlop

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3 Cast of Characters

Granny Pink...... Rosemary Harris

Stage Manager...... Monica A. Cuoco

Setting: A children’s hospital

The Actor and Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the .

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.

P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Production Sponsors OSCAR AND THE PINK LADY is supported, in part, by the following generous sponsors: Alan Benaroya The Old Globe is pleased to recognize Alan Benaroya as a sponsor of Oscar and the Pink Lady. In addition to this production sponsorship, Alan is also a member of the Craig Noel League and a supporter of the Globe’s Capital and Endowment Campaign: Securing a San Diego Landmark. The Old Globe and Board of Directors are extremely grateful for Alan’s continued generosity and his love of theatre, and we consider him a very dear friend.

National Corporate Theatre Fund The National Corporate Theatre Fund is an association of ten of America’s finest not-for-profit theatres dedicated to increasing the participation of corporations and their employees in the support of theatre across the country and in New York. The Old Globe thanks the National Corporate Theatre Fund for all they do and is pleased to recognize the organization as a sponsor of Oscar and the Pink Lady.

Donors Get a Peek Behind the Scenes: Meet the Artist Series

Through the Globe’s “Meet the Artist” series, you can learn more about the lives and work of Globe artists, as they talk candidly about their careers, personal interests and lives in the theatre and take questions from the floor. These evenings begin with an hors d’oeuvres reception, followed by a program with the artist and a dessert reception.

The “Meet the Artist” series is a special benefit for annual donors of

$500 (invitation to attend one), $1,000 (invitations to attend two) ON MARCH 13, 2006 MORE THAN 140 DONORS ATTENDED A “MEET THE ARTIST” EVENT WITH or $2,500 or higher (invitations to attend all three “Meet the . Artist” interviews.) ON JULY 13, 2006 MFA DIRECTOR RICHARD SEER INTERVIEWED DARKO TRESNJAK WITH AN AUDIENCE OF GLOBE DONORS, PHOTO BY J.T. MACMILLAN. Globe artists who have participated in the “Meet the Artist” series include Sandy Duncan, Hershey Felder, Darko Tresnjak, Marion Ross, Paul Michael, Jerry Patch, Jack O’Brien, Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker.

To learn more or to contribute, contact Courtney Quinn at (619) 231-1941 x2311 or [email protected].

ON OCTOBER 16, 2006 DONORS ENJOYED LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE LIFE OF HERSHEY FELDER, PHOTO BY MARK GARVIN. ON JANUARY 16, 2006 MARION ROSS ENTERTAINED GLOBE DONORS. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5 2007 Board of Directors

Dear Friends, With the 20th Broadway-bound musical in the Old Globe Theatre and an American premiere play in the Cassius Carter Centre Stage, the 2007/08 season is off to a fantastic start, and I am so pleased you’ve chosen to join us for this production. With the start of a new season, we also launch a new year of Education and Outreach programs that will reach more than 50,000 students and adults in the next 12 months. These important programs range from reading, writing and literacy projects to free student matinee series, outdoor lectures and the extremely popular teacher training series. The Globe takes pride in providing not only some of the country’s most significant theatrical productions but also in developing meaningful programs for young people in our community. Our Theatre is a vital community resource, and we greatly appreciate your support as subscribers, attendees, donors and volunteers.

Kathryn Hattox, Chair, Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS / OFFICERS Kathryn Hattox* Anthony S. Thornley* Deni S. Carpenter* Sandra Redman* Valerie Cooper* Tim K. Zinn* Chair Vice Chair Finance Vice Chair Development Vice Chair Nominating Secretary Treasurer

DIRECTORS Harold W. Fuson, Jr. Louis G. Spisto* Bernard Lipinsky (1914-2001) Mary Beth Adderley-Wright Victor P. Gálvez Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D. Delza Martin (1915–2005) Joseph Benoit F. George Gilman Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D. Patsy Shumway Charles Brazell Viviana Ibañez Dean Thorp Robert Cartwright Sheila Lipinsky Evelyn Mack Truitt HONORARY DIRECTORS Donald Cohn* Timothy A. MacDonald* Debra Turner Mrs. Richard C. Adams Peter J. Cooper Sue Major Crystal Watkins (1912–2005) Elaine Bennett Darwin Fern Murphy Stewart J. Weissman Clair Burgener (1921-2006) David W. Down Arthur Neumann Harvey White* Mrs. John H. Fox (1908–2003) Bruce M. Dunlap Robin Nordhoff Ruth Wikberg-Leonardi Audrey Geisel Sue Ebner Rafael Pastor Carolyn Yorston Paul Harter Bea Epsten John Rebelo Deborah Young Gordon Luce (1925-2006) Joel Ewan Sara Rosenthal, M.D. Dolly Poet (1921-2007) Pamela A. Farr Phyllis Schwartz EMERITUS DIRECTORS Deborah Szekely Jake Figi Chris Skillern Garet B. Clark Hon. Pete Wilson Sally Furay, R.S.C.J. Nancy A. Spector J. Dallas Clark (1913–2005) *Executive Committee Member

The Old Globe is supported in part by grants from The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and The County of San Diego.

P6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Support The Globe

SPECIAL INCENTIVES WHEN HELP SECURE THE OLD GLOBE YOU DONATE DIRECTLY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME FROM YOUR IRA IRA Tax Benefits Expire December 31 The most critical long-term need at the Globe is to grow the Theatre’s endowment. An endowment is a protected investment Now through December 31, 2007, you can take advantage of the fund that earns interest, which will provide the theatre with a Pension Protection Act, which allows you to make gifts directly reliable income stream in the future to supplement annual ticket from your IRA with the transferred amount excluded from your sales and donations. taxable income (up to $100,000 per person or $200,000 per married couple.) A non-profit institution should have an endowment of two to three times the size of its annual budget. The Globe now has an To determine whether you qualify to benefit from this endowment of $4 million and a budget of $20 million, therefore tax-effective way to support the Globe, answer each of these the Globe is working hard to secure a more appropriate-sized questions: • Are you 70½ or older? endowment for the future. • Can the funds be directly transferred from your IRA to the Globe? As part of Securing a San Diego Landmark: the Capital • Can you transfer funds before December 31, 2007? and Endowment Campaign, the Globe is actively seeking commitments to its endowment through planned gifts, cash If you answered ‘yes’ to the three questions above, you can use contributions, bequests and other estate-planning options. IRA funds as a gift to the Globe in 2007 without paying taxes on the amount you withdraw. The Old Globe would be pleased to meet with you to discuss your goals for leaving a lasting gift to this theatre. For more “...every good and excellent thing in the world stands information, please contact Director of Development, Todd R. moment by moment on the razor edge of danger and Schultz at (619)231-1941 x2310 or [email protected]. must be endowed...” — Adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s CRAIG NOEL LEAGUE MEMBERS Planned Giving Society of The Old Globe

Anonymous (14) Craig and Mary Hunter Alice B. Nesnow Marje Spear Robert S. Albritton* Barbara Iredale* Arthur and Marilyn Neumann Nancy A. Spector and Alan R. Spector Nancine Belfiore Bob Jacobs Craig Noel Jeanette Stevens Alan Benaryoa Joseph E. Jessop* Greg and Polly Noel Eric Leighton Swenson Dr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Canada J. Robert and Gladys H. King PACEM (Pacific Academy of Anne C. Taubman Garet and Wendy Clark Marilyn Kneeland Ecclesiastical Music) Cherie Halladay Tirschwell J. Dallas* and Mary H. Clark Jean and David Laing Mrs. Margaret F. Peninger* Marian Trevor (Mrs. Walter M.)* R. Patrick and Sharon Connell Jerry Lester Foundation Velda Pirtle* Evelyn Mack Truitt Patricia W. Crigler, Ph.D., CAPT/USN/Ret. Dr. Bernard Lipinsky* Florence Borgeson Plunkert* Ginny Unanue Carlos and Patricia Cuellar Heather Manion Dolly* and Jim Poet Carol and Lawrence Veit Patricia and Donn DeMarce* Calvin Manning Dorothy Shorb Prough* Harvey* and Jordine Von Wantoch Mrs. Philip H. Dickinson Chris and Jill Metcalf Brenda Marsh-Rebelo and John Rebelo Merle and Phil Wahl Dr. and Mrs. Robert Epsten Paul I. and Margaret W. Meyer Donald and Darlene Shiley Holly J.B. Ward Frank A. Frye, III Judy and George Miller Patsy and Forrest Shumway Sheryl and Harvey P. White Nancy Reed Gibson Steve Miller B. Sy and Ruth Ann Silver Mrs. Jack Galen Whitney Robert Gleason and Marc Matys Dr. Robert W. Miner Stephen M. Silverman Stanley E. Willis II* Marcy Goldstone Shirley Mulcahy Roberta Simpson Julie Meier Wright Kathryn Crippen Hattox Laurie Dale Munday Dolores and Rod Smith Carolyn Yorston David and Debbie Hawkins Stanley Nadel and Cecilia Carrick John and Cindy Sorensen *Deceased

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7 Education Experiences Explore Enrich Engage

THE OLD GLOBE AND EDUCATION: A HISTORY OF COMMITMENT

Imagine a classroom where children’s eyes light up Over time the classroom changed to one in which when a visitor enters the room with nothing more teachers spent less time on creative approaches to than a book in her hand. learning and more time on teaching to “the test.” As schools shifted to a focus on achievement goals for Imagine a classroom where teenagers move in silent reading and math they seemed to forget the one unison in an unchoreographed dance that mirrors one method they had used for years that really worked! they’ll see on stage later in the week. The Arts.

Imagine a classroom where sullen middle schoolers suddenly jump to their feet to join in an improvised scene straight from one of Shakespeare’s plays.

Forty years ago a classroom wasn’t complete without a piano. Children sang in school every day. There were crayons and paints inside every desk. Children acted out the stories they read.

P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Today, many schools consider The Old Globe a critical Arts Partner and rely on the Theatre’s offerings to augment their curriculum. Teachers have watched their classrooms come to life when an Old Globe Production Guide has led their students through an acting exercise that helped those young people to better understand a play they are about to see. Students have filled the Globe Theatre and have been transformed in that darkened house as they have their first experience with live theatre during one of our free student matinees. Parents have watched their chil- dren’s joyous faces as they performed short plays that With the focus on testing, arts programs in the they wrote themselves as part of our Globe Readers schools disappeared. Arts organizations stepped Literacy program. forward to fill in the gap while research was diligently carried out around the world to show that the arts are Today, thousands upon thousands of young people vital to providing a well-rounded education. will meet an artist from The Old Globe. Today, our theatres fill with children again and again as we The Old Globe has been committed to outreach and provide free opportunities for them to experience top- education since the late 1940s. Craig Noel, our notch, professional shows. And today, The Old Globe founding Director took a keen interest in education is helping to bring back to the classrooms what has and supported the development of innovative and been missing for so many years. The Arts. exciting programs that served the San Diego commu- nity for decades. And that commitment has continued To learn more about The Old Globe’s Education to the current administration of this organization. programs contact Roberta Wells-Famula, Director Education matters at The Old Globe. of Education, (619) 238-0043 x2144 or email [email protected].

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9 Profiles

Rosemary Harris Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Frank Dunlop (Granny Pink) (Playwright) (Director) THE OLD GLOBE: Within a decade, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Frank Dunlop worked as associate director Debut. Frank Dunlop has become one of the most read and acted with at London’s National and Rosemary Harris French-language authors in the world. Theatre and whilst there founded, built and first collaborated on a Born in 1960, he was awarded a doctorate in directed the acclaimed Theatre. play by Gradoux (The Philosophy and started teaching at the The Young Vic’s opening production, Jim Enchanted) at the Bristol University of Chambery. Schmitt first made Dale and Dunlop’s Scapino became a Old Vic in 1956. In a name for himself in the theatre with the Broadway hit, as did his Royal Shakespeare 1977, Frank created a Molière-winning The Visitor, a play that Company’s Sherlock Holmes. From 1983 to theatre company at BAM which included posits a meeting between Freud and — 1992 he was the director of the Edinburgh Rosemary in The and The New possibly — God; the work soon became a International Festival, where earlier he had York Idea. Since then they have gone separate classic and is now part of international premiered Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ways, professionally, but she is so happy that repertoire. Further successes quickly fol- Dreamcoat. His many London productions their theatrical paths have crossed again, lowed, including Enigma Variations, The included Kopenick with and Son working on this lovely play. , fol- Libertine, Frederick, Between Worlds, Partners in of Oblomov with . His New lowing the , brought her to Crime, My Gospels and When Feelings Shift. York productions included ’s the States, where she has performed ever Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, his return to Camelot, and he was Founder since, with stints in Sir Laurence Olivier’s works are played in over 40 countries and Director of the B.A.M. Theatre company company at Chichester, The Royal National performed by world’s leading comedians, whose distinguished members included Theatre, and The West End. Plays on including Alain Delon and Charlotte Rosemary Harris, Blythe Danner, Ellen Broadway include You Can’t Take It with You, Rampling in France, Donald Sutherland in Burstyn, , , , Hay Fever, , the United Kingdom, Mario Adorf and Denholm Elliott, René Auberjonois and Waiting in the Wings, A Delicate Balance. In Witta Pohl in Germany, Paulo Autran in Richard Dreyfus. His opera productions 1960 she helped found his Brazil, Alisa Frejndlikch in Russia, Tatsuya include Weber’s Oberon with Seije Ozawa, theatre company, The Association of Nakadaï in Japan, Leah Koenig in Israel. Rossini at Versailles and L’Elisir De L’ Amour, Producing Artists (APA), which played on Omar Sharif returned to the screen to play later filmed with Roberto Alagna and tour and in repertory at the Lyceum Theatre the captivating character of Monsieur Angela Ghiorgiu. on Broadway. She won a Tony in 1966 for Ibrahim. More recently, the four narratives , a Golden Globe for the (including Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of Michael Vaughn Sims television series The in 1974 and an the Koran and Oscar and the Lady in Pink) that (Scenic Design) Emmy for Notorious Woman — The Life of make up his Cycle de l’Invisible, a series of THE OLD GLOBE: Hold Please, A Body of in 1976. Movies happily include tales dealing with childhood and spirituality, Water. Michael was recently honored by the Spiderman One, Two, and Three, and Tom and have met with huge international success San Diego Theatre Critic’s Circle with the Viv in 1994 — for which she won an both on stage and in the bookshops. Much 2006 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Academy Award Nomination, and she can of his literary career has been devoted to Set Design for his work on the Globe’s pro- currently be seen in the soon to be released writing novels and short stories. A keen duction of A Body of Water. ADDITIONAL Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead directed by music-lover, Schmitt has also adapted into CREDITS: Guthrie Theater, South Coast Sidney Lumet. She lives in French The Marriage of Figaro. With My Life Rep; Milwaukee Repertory; Yale Repertory; with her husband, the writer , and with Mozart he wrote a strikingly tribute to Florida Stage; Center Stage; Cleveland Play they are very proud of their daughter his Master of Music. His fertile imagination House; ; Acting Jennifer, who has just won her second Tony continues to open new doors and cast Company; Drama Dept; Alabama in Tom Stoppard’s and Jack O’Brien’s The unusual reflections. Odette Toulemonde, the Shakespeare; New Jersey Shakespeare; Coast of Utopia at Lincoln Center. P.S. Jane first motion picture he wrote and directed, is California Shakespeare; Pennsylvania Greenwood, who designed Rosemary’s due on numerous European screens in Shakespeare; TheatreWorks/USA; Juilliard costume, first worked with Frank in 1957. 2007. Schmitt has been granted numerous Drama Division; Curtis Institute of Music; prizes, among which the French Academy's Skylight Opera; Chautauqua Theater ‘Grand Prix du Théâtre'. www.eric- Company; Blue Light Theater. TEACHING: emmanuel-schmitt.com Ohio University; Princeton University.

P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Michael holds his MFA from Yale School of Working, Love Janis, I Love You, You’re Perfect win the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Drama and is a member of United Scenic Now Change, The Doors Celebration of the Lizard Award. Recent film scores include Asparagus, Artists (IATSE) in the set and costume (world premiere), The Illusion (Garland A Stalkumentary and A Note of Triumph (2006 design categories. Award), SLAM, A Christmas Carol (1997- Academy Award winner, Best Short through 2001), Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Documentary) for HBO Films. Jane Greenwood Marriage is Forever (world premiere), How I (Costume Design) Learned to Drive, Avenue X, The Buddy Holly Monica A. Cuoco Ms. Greenwood has been designing on Story, San Diego ; The 2.5 (Stage Manager) Broadway for more than 40 years. Minute Ride, La Jolla Playhouse; Rodelinda and THE OLD GLOBE: Hold Please, Ace, Productions include , Our The Magic Flute, Lobero Theatre in Santa Lincolnesque, The Violet Hour, The Prince of LA, Leading Lady, Who’s Afraid of ?, On Barbara; The Elektra Fugues, Erik Ehn’s Erotic Moonlight and Magnolias, 2004 Summer Golden Pond, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Retreat Curtsies (world premiere), Mac Wellman’s Shakespeare Festival, Pentecost. OFF- from Moscow, The Violet Hour, The Caretaker, The Lesser Magoo (world premiere), Tiny BROADWAY: My First Time. TOUR: Twelfth Salome, Tartuffe, Fortune’s Fool, Mornings at Dimes, 7 Blowjobs, Bottom’s Dream in Los Night, The Invisible Man, Aquila Theatre Seven, Major Barbara, The Dinner Party, A Moon Angeles. Other work includes industrial Company. REGIONAL: Intimate Apparel, San for the Misbegotten, James Joyce’s The Dead, The designs for corporate clients and residential Diego Rep; Aquila Theatre’s Comedy of Errors, Scarlet Pimpernel, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A architectural lighting designs. Trevor owns La Jolla Playhouse; The Tempest, Othello, The Delicate Balance, Master Class, Passion She Loves his own lighting company, TradeMark Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare on the Me!, The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, Plenty, Designs. Trevor has a BA from Occidental Green. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Medea, Burton’s College, an MFA from UC San Diego, is a Western Michigan University and MFA in and The Ballad of the Sad Café. OFF- private pilot and proud father of two perfect Stage Management from UCSD. BROADWAY: Belle Epoque, A Man of No children; Lillian and Reid. Currently Trevor’s Importance, Burn This, House/Garden, Vita and passion for design has included designing Virginia and The Lisbon Traviata. OPERAS: and building a completely “green” house. Dialogue of the Carmelites and The Great Gatsby, Metropolitan; Nabucco and Rigoletto, Chicago Lindsay Jones Lyric; Flight, Jane Eyre, Opera Theatre of St. (Sound Design) Louis. FILMS: Arthur, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Old Globe: Lincolnesque, Sky Girls, Much ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR Oleanna and the Cult Classic Can’t Stop the Ado About Nothing, Beyond Therapy. OFF- THIS PRODUCTION Music. Recent projects include The Great BROADWAY: The world premiere of Sam Gatsby, which opened the new Guthrie Shepard’s The God of Hell, Dedication or the Assistant To The Director ...... Ed Walsh Theatre in Minneapolis. Awards include 15 Stuff of Dreams, In the Continuum, Luminescence Costume Design Assistant ...... Christina Bullard Tony nominations, the Irene Sharaff Dating, O Jerusalem, Beautiful Thing and Closet Production Assistant ...... Lauren Kurinskas Lifetime Achievement Award, the Maharam Land. REGIONAL: Center Stage, American Production Assistant ...... Marie Natoli Award for Tartuffe, the Lortel Awards for Conservatory Theatre, Hartford Stage, South Sylvia and Old Money, and the Coast Rep, Alliance Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Life Achievement Award. Ms. Greenwood Goodman Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame Louisville, Chicago Shakespeare, Pasadena in 2003. She is also a professor at the Yale Playhouse, Steppenwolf, as well as many School of Drama. others. INTERNATIONAL CREDITS: pro- This theatre operates under an agreement between the ductions in Austria, Zimbabwe, South League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage Trevor Norton Africa, Scotland and The Royal Shakespeare managers in the United States.

(Lighting Design) Company of . Lindsay has received The Directors are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national THE OLD GLOBE: , Memoir, The four Joseph Jefferson Awards and 12 nomi- labor union. Santaland Diaries, Da, Vita and Virginia, Crumbs nations, an Ovation Award, two ASCAP The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in from the Table of Joy, Fiction and many Galas Plus Awards, nominations for a Barrymore LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-826, IATSE. since 1998. REGIONAL: The Road to Mecca, Award, NAACP Theatre Award, Connecticut

Portland Stage Company; 10 Seasons at Critics Award and Austin Critics Table This Theatre operates under an Agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Shakespeare Festival LA; Nuevo California, Award, and was the first sound designer to Local No. 122.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11 Program Notes

Britain, but her career was on its way (she was dubbed “the pret- tiest girl on Broadway" by one critic) and her love affair with America had begun. By 1956 she decided she wanted to make America her home and stayed there at the end of another Broadway run. “I felt freer and less self-conscious in America and as a result I acted better." Three years later she married producer Ellis Rabb and toured America with his rep company. The marriage did not last, she would later say, in part because “I wasn't really a wife, a homemaker." In the late 60s she met novelist and non-fiction writer John Photo courtesy of CambridgeJones.com Ehle, who became her second husband. “My friend Bella Spewack, who wrote the script for the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate, telephoned me one evening and said I had to come ROSEMARY HARRIS round, she had just met the man I was going to marry. She said it Rosemary Harris was born in her grandmother's home in was like casting a play. He was in town for one day and ended up Suffolk, England but spent the next six years in India, where her getting a wife." father was stationed with the British Air Force. “It's very vivid in The pair wed on the porch of Ehle's North Carolina log-cabin my mind," she recalls. “I had an ayah (governess) whom I in 1967, which they still own. Two years later daughter Jennifer adored. She taught me all my nursery rhymes in Hindustani, and was born on what Ms. Harris calls “the happiest day of my life." I can still remember them today." She remembers her mother as Ms. Ehle ultimately followed in her mother’s footsteps and is “a perfect creature. She didn't work. I suppose she was part of the now a well-respected stage and film actress. She won this year’s jazz age. But she was always busy — playing tennis or riding or Tony Award® for Best Actress for her performance in The Coast of shooting." Utopia, directed by Jack When the family returned to England and war broke out, the O’Brien. In 2000 mother and family moved to the Cornish village of Mylor. It was there, when daughter were nominated for Rosemary was only 14, that her mother died of pneumonia. “We the same category at the Tony didn't know she was terribly ill. She was just upstairs in the Awards, with Ms. Ehle winning bedroom with flu for two days. When the doctor came to see her for her performance in The Real he ordered an ambulance to take her to Falmouth Hospital. We Thing. Ms. Harris was ecstatic didn't go with her." for her daughter. When she and her elder sister learned that their mother was “When they announced critically ill, they hired a taxi to take them to the hospital — too Jennifer's name for the Tony late. “I didn't have the remotest idea that I would never see my Award," says Ms. Harris, “it mother again. It just never occurred to me." was like being told you had Heartbroken, Rosemary returned to boarding school, a place won the lottery. It was a where she was “miserably homesick. I felt my life had been mixture of shock and joy and blighted and that I would never be truly happy again." ecstasy and disbelief. The tears When she left school she flirted with the idea of physiothera- were pouring down my cheeks. , ROSEMARY HARRIS IN py as a career, but settled instead on the theatre. After a spell at 1966 BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF THE LION I was just so thrilled to lose," IN WINTER. RADA, where she won the Gold Medal, she secured a role as an she laughs. understudy in a Wilfred Pickles play called The Gay Dog at Ms. Harris has enjoyed numerous awards and nominations London's Piccadilly, where her sole task was to look after the dog throughout her career, including the 1966 Tony for Best Actress and “make sure it peed in the interval and not on stage." for her performance in The Lion in Winter. She is also an Emmy, In true fairytale fashion, she auditioned for a role on Drama Desk, and Golden Globe winner. Most recently, Ms. Broadway in 1952 — and got the part. The young ingénue packed Harris has appeared as “” in the blockbuster Spiderman all her belongings into a trunk — including a sewing machine trilogy, and continues to work in film and television as well and some pots — and set sail aboard the Queen Mary. The as theatre. Broadway run was short-lived and Ms. Harris was soon back in — Excerpts from Sarah Chalmers of The Daily Mail, June 24, 2000

P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE “It was an answer to all the questions I'd been asking about ERIC-EMMANUEL Evil. I was no longer shocked by what I could not understand. I SCHMITT was at last able to accept the notion of Death as a good surprise... Oscar and the Pink Lady author from that day on I was able to write. Until that date I kept feeling Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a walking that what I had written sounded useless and hollow. A few contradiction. He is soft-spoken, months later, I had finished my first play, Don Juan on Trial and I yet has the stature of football player. haven't stopped writing since. That night in the desert revealed to He has a PhD in philosophy and is me what I was really destined to be: a scribe.” a distinguished academic, yet his (continued on next page) work has been described as emotional and light-hearted. Photo by Catherine Cabrol Perhaps most surprisingly he’s been named as one of the 15 most read writers in the world, yet he is TOWARD AN EMPATHETIC not a household name in the U.S such as, say, Stephen King, or BEDSIDE MANNER... Michael Crichton. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ seminal first book, On Death and Schmitt’s plays have been translated and produced in over Dying, is required reading in most major medical and twenty countries. His work is studied in schools throughout nursing schools and graduate schools of psychiatry and Europe, and is the subject of scholarly analysis. Most remarkable theology. The Kübler-Ross model describes 5 stages of is the ethereal, almost romantic nature of Schmitt’s work. grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and accep- “Schmitt is a 21st-century Diderot, a serious thinker who tance. doesn’t take himself seriously,” French critic François Busnel wrote about Noah’s Child, Schmitt’s fourth tale in his Mystic Cycle In an interview, she addressed the topic of honesty when of which Oscar is the third. Critic Armelle Hélliot commented, speaking with terminally ill patients about their chance for “He wears his learning lightly without a trace of arrogance or survival. superiority. In his private universe of music and philosophy, ordinary appearances have no place.” You have to be honest, but you don't have to be totally honest. You have to answer their questions, but don't volunteer information for “It’s true,” Schmitt admits when the unlikely origins of his which they have not asked, because that means they're not ready for it writing style are pointed out to him. “I began writing like a yet. If somebody thinks you're a good guy if you tell them the whole scholar, but I’m now trying to…find the right language, write truth, that there's nothing else we can do, this is baloney. without artifice.” Without miracles, there are many, many ways of helping somebody, One significant feature of his newer works is the presence of without a cure. So you have to be very careful how you word it. And children, particularly as narrators. Busnel comments that while you never, ever, ever take hope away from a dying patient. Without “right-thinking parents explain the religions to their children by hope nobody can live. You are not God. You don't know what else is providing answers, Schmitt imagines the opposite: children are in store for them, what else can help them, or how meaningful, maybe, his surveying instruments; questions outnumber answers.” the last six months of a person's life are. Spirituality is one such theme that Schmitt explores through So you don't just go and drown them in “truth." My golden rule has the eyes of children. It’s a subject that he found himself face-to- been to answer all the questions as honestly as I can. If they ask me face with one night in the desert, a night that ultimately changed statistically what are their chances...I had a wonderful teacher, who once his life. “I had gone into the Ahaggar desert with some said that of his patients 50 percent live one year, another 35 percent friends...when night fell, it started to get very cold, so I buried live two years, and another so-and-so many percent live two and a half myself in the sand since I had nothing with me. I should have years, and so on. If you were very smart and added all the percentages up, there was always one per cent left. And the real shrewd ones said, been frightened but in fact I felt quite the opposite: the lonely “Hey, you forgot, what about that last one per cent?" And he always night under the starry sky was absolutely thrilling. I experienced said, “the last per cent is for hope." I like that. He never gave it to the feeling of the Absolute. I became convinced that there is some them with 100%. He was fantastic. Order or some Intelligence protecting us.

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office to tell him that I was leaving to start up the Young Vic FRANK DUNLOP Company. Olivier burst into a fit and hysterics that I'd never seen Several years ago Frank Dunlop’s good friend, restauranteur in my life, and he screamed at me, ‘How could you?' conveniently Jean-Claude Baker of Chez Josephine in , gave forgetting that I only promised to stay three years. We had a Dunlop a copy of Oscar and the Pink Lady by Eric-Emmanuel falling out but made up eventually." The year 1974 was good for Schmitt. The novella, originally published in French, was so Dunlop, as two of his productions traveled to Broadway and popular internationally that it was translated into over 20 differ- became big hits. They were Scapino, his opening production for ent languages. By the time Dunlop read Oscar, the stage adapta- the Young Vic, that starred , and his Royal Shakespeare tion had been running in Paris with popular French actress Company production of Sherlock Holmes starring John Wood as Danielle Darrieux for a couple of years. Recognizing the univer- the famous sleuth. sality in the story of Oscar, Dunlop immediately tried to get the From 1983 to 1992, Dunlop was director of the Edinburgh rights from Schmitt to do a stage adaptation in English, an effort International Festival, where earlier he had premiered Joseph and that took another two years. Earlier Dunlop had done another the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1972. His many London and English adaptation: his 2004 production in New York of international productions include Kopenick with Paul Scofield and Kathrine Kressman-Taylor’s novella condemning Nazism, Address Son of Oblomo with Spike Milligan. On Broadway, he also directed Unknown. Richard Burton's return to Camelot. Dunlop was also the founding director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Theater Company, whose distin- guished members included Blythe Danner, , Tovah Feldshuh, Rex Harrison, Denholm Elliot, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Dreyfuss, and good friend Rosemary Harris. It was Ms. Harris that Dunlop quickly turned to when it came time to cast the U.S. premiere of Oscar at the Old Globe. — Kim Montelibano Heil, with excerpts from Simon Saltzman of TheatreScene.net.

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Schmitt himself discovered theatre as a child — “like falling into a cauldron,” he describes — when his parents took him to see de Bergerac at age 8. “Watching Cyrano de Bergerac,” he says, “I knew perfectly well that the hams hanging on the set TOM LACY, G. WOOD IN GLOBE’S 1984 PRODUCTION OF MOLIÈRE’S SCAPINO ADAPTED BY FRANK DUNLOP AND JIM DALE. PHOTO BY JOHN PETER WEISS. were false. And yet, I knew perfectly well that they were real ones. I could smell them. They made my mouth water. When Cyrano Born in Leeds, England, Dunlop says he inherited the theater died, I started to cry and I was embarrassed. I thought I was the bug from his parents. They were ballroom dance partners and only one who was weeping. The lights went up, and I under- instructors during the Depression, a fact he claims he didn't dis- stood that 800 people had been cover until a few years ago. It was during his youth spent in smelling the false hams, 800 Leicestershire that he began going to see all the plays at the city's people were crying over the three theaters. Although he had gone off to “the old Free death of Cyrano. That was Thinkers University" in London to become a teacher, he was when my love for the stage was called up to serve in the Royal Air Force. During his time in the born. What is theatre for me? desert, he made the decision to make the theater his career. Just Ambiguity, tricks, sharing out of the service, he was accepted at the Old Vic School. and fraternity.” Dunlop's career got its biggest boost when he became an associate director with (Sir) Laurence Olivier at London's — Kim Montelibano Heil National Theater in 1967. He recalls his most vivid memory of Olivier: “It was 1970, and I had gone in to see Olivier in his

P14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Thanking Our Major Donors

Leadership Gifts to The Old Globe STATE OF CALIFORNIA AWARDS GLOBE $1.6 MILLION FOR FACILITIES PROJECT The Old Globe would like to recognize and Grant Recognizes Globe’s Importance as a Cultural and thank the following generous individuals Historical Community Asset who have made extraordinary gifts of $1 million or more to this organization. These The Old Globe has been selected to receive a grant of $1,635,075 from the State major contributions have been designated for of California, through The California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) artistic projects, the endowment and facilities, to support the Theatre’s current campaign: “The Old Globe — Securing a San and help The Old Globe remain one of our Diego Landmark.” country’s great theatre institutions. In 2002 California voters approved Proposition 40, which established the CCHE and set aside $122 million for not-for-profit cultural and historical facility $20,000,000 or greater projects across the state. Through a highly competitive grant process, projects were Donald and Darlene Shiley selected that tell the stories of California as a unified society and of the many groups of people that together comprise historic and modern California. $10,000,000 or greater The Globe’s application was submitted to CCHE in March 2007 and received Conrad Prebys the fourth highest ranking out of 182 applicants for the third and final round of Proposition 40 funding. Executive Director Lou Spisto was invited to Sacramento to present the Globe’s facilities project to the CCHE Board of Directors during a $5,000,000 or greater public meeting held in Sacramento on August 22-23, 2007. Sheryl and Harvey P. White CCHE recognizes The Old Globe’s historical significance in San Diego and the Kathryn Hattox state of California, as well as its cultural prominence as one of the nation’s top regional theatres. This award brings the Globe closer to the $21.7 million needed Karen and Donald Cohn for the major facilities project due to begin in summer 2009: the construction of a new second stage and education center and the renovation of the Globe’s Copley Plaza. $1,000,000 or greater The Old Globe has been deeply rooted in the San Diego community for more California Cultural and than seven decades. In 1935, a replica of Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre was Historical Endowment built in Balboa Park during the California Estate of Dorothy S. Prough Pacific International Exposition. After the The Rivkin Family exposition closed in 1936, the theatre was Estate of Beatrice Lynds to be torn down. A group of determined Audrey S. Geisel / San Diegans San Diego Foundation convinced city officials Dr. Seuss Fund of the theatre’s potential as a cultural Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Ottenstein asset and launched a ARCHITECTURAL MODEL PHOTO OF THE CONRAD PREBYS THEATRE Mrs. Helen Edison campaign to raise the CENTER TO OPEN IN 2010. money needed to The Stephen and Mary Birch make The Old Globe a permanent part of the San Diego community. Foundation The current campaign will extend through 2010, raising funds needed for updated facilities, a viable endowment and special projects. The Old Globe deeply appreciates the CCHE for recognizing this theatre’s exemplary record of service to the State of California as well as the San Diego region.

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Joyce & Martin Nash Barbara A. Sawrey Dr. Blake S. & Mrs. Peggy Jean Talbot Harvey & Marsha Netzer Simon & Ruth Sayre Dr. Terry & Naomi Tanaka Tom & Doris Neuman Dr. & Mrs. Roger H. Schmitt Mr. Harold S. Taxel Mr. & Mrs. J. Gregory Noel Martin & Connie Schroeder Dr. Marshall & Leila Taylor Floyd T. Olson RAdm. & Mrs. H. James T. Sears Linda Terramagra Dr. David & Elizabeth Ostrander Linda J. Seifert Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Timmons Carolann Pagliuso Lori Severson & Eric Longstreet Ned A. Titlow Julius J. Pearl Fund at The San Diego Foundation Glenda Allen Shekell Douglas & Lynn Todd In Memory of Margaret Peninger Hano & Charlotte Siegel Mr. & Mrs. John Torell Clifford T. Pentrack & Mary E. Giovaniello Kevin & Diane Silke Robert C. & Melesse W. Traylor Mr. & Mrs. James Perley Jerry & Beth Silverman Iwona A. Trybus Lawrence Roy Perrin Eunice M. Simmons, M.D. Ms. C. Anne Turhollow & Mr. Michael J. Perkins Barbara Pricola Anne & Ronald Simon Bill & Barbara Ward Mr. & Mrs. Merlin Puck Christopher & Carmen Skipworth Kathy & Jim Waring John Quesenberry Kathryn & Terrence Slavin Mr. & Mrs. James Welterlen Anne Ratner Patti Sloan in honor of Jack Sloan Ross & Barbara White Mr. & Mrs. Leslie D. Reed Charles & Julie Smith Sandy Wichelecki Robert & Doris Reed Lance & Arlene Smith Cass Witkowski Family Daniel & Lynn Reisfeld Norman & Judith Solomon Mr. & Mrs. John W. Witt Elaine Rendon Bill & Barbara Sperling Dr. Perri L. Wittgrove Brent & Bev Robinson Fred & Christine Stalder Janet Wolf Clarice & Irl Robinson Alan M. Stall Mr. & Mrs. H.D. Wolpert Milton & Dorothy Roll Paul & Janet Stannard David Workman Gerald & Ruth Rosenbaum Mark & Dale Steele M.J. Zahnle Ursula R. Roth Ann & Robert Steiner Paul & Claudia Zimmer Dr. Norman & Barbara Rozansky James K. Stenderup Vicky Zollweg & J. Michael Dunteman Peter & Donna Russell Dave & Jan Stormoen Fran & Tom Ryan Helga & Sam Strong This list is current as of September 5, 2007 George & Karen Sachs Abbe Wolfsheimer Stutz To learn more about supporting The Old Globe’s Patrick Sammon & Mark Munsey John & Linda Sunkel performances and education and outreach Josiah & Abigail Sand Mrs. J.B. Swedelius programs, please visit our website at James M. Santora & Dr. Daniel D. Sewell Donald & Margaret Sweimler www.TheOldGlobe.org or call Courtney Quinn at (619) 231-1941 x2311.

Globe Ambassadors

Lawrence G. Alldredge and Dawn Moore Susanna and Michael Flaster Jeannie and Arthur Rivkin Perry S. Binder, M.D. Mary Ann and Arnold Ginnow Dr. H. Warren Ross Paul Black Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Donald and Darlene Shiley Dr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Canada Leonard and Elaine Hirsch Roberta J. Simpson Carol and Rudy Cesena Al and Pat Jacoby Ms. Jeanette Stevens Jack and Carol Clark Mary and Russell Johnson Dixie and Ken Unruh Mary H. Clark Bob and Gladys King Doris and Lou Vettese Steven J. Cologne Rosalie Kostanzer and Mike Keefe Jordine Von Wantoch R. Patrick and Sharon Connell Bob and Laura Kyle June E. Yoder Susan B. Cowell James & Pamela Lester Gigi and Ed Cramer Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D. Globe Ambassadors are generous supporters of The Old Darlene G. Davies Peter and Inge Manes Globe who attend special presentations about activities at Mrs. Philip H. Dickinson Bob Martinet the Globe and serve as the Theatre’s Ambassadors in the Nina and Robert Doede Dr. Marianne McDonald community. Marion Eggertsen Paul I. and Margaret W. Meyer Bernard J. Eggertsen and Florence Nemkov David and Noreen Mulliken For more information please Danah H. Fayman Charles Noell and Barbara Voss contact Courtney Quinn at (619) 231-1941 x2311.

P20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Special Thanks to our Corporate Donors SEASON SPONSORS ($50,000 and more)

PRODUCTION SPONSORS ($25,000-$49,999)

DIRECTOR CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999) Break-Away Tours Fashion Valley Relocation Coordinates Cyberknife Centers of San Diego, Inc./ Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP ResMed Foundation Radiation Medical Group KPMG, LLP Torrey Pines Bank Evans Hotels Mercer Health & Benefits Vistage Neiman Marcus FOUNDER CIRCLE PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999) ($2,500-$4,999) Citigroup Foundation/Smith Barney Cush Family Foundation Nissan Foundation GSG Capital Advisors, LLC Northern Trust Mission Federal Credit Union Oakwood Worldwide Nicholas-Applegate San Diego Business Journal Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek The Westgate Hotel WD-40 Company XLNC1

Corporate Partners enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition, especially the opportunity to entertain clients and employees with exclusive receptions in our Patron and Lipinsky Family Suites, behind-the-scenes tours, and preferred seating at our shows. For information, please contact Todd Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P21 Associate Artists of The Old Globe

In recognition of their unique contribution to the growth of The Old Globe and their special talent, we take great pride and pleasure in acknowledging as ASSOCIATE ARTISTS OF THE OLD GLOBE, the following who have repeatedly demonstrated by their active presence on our stages and in our shops, that wherever else they may work, they remain the heart and soul of this theatre.

Louis G. Spisto, Executive Director Jack O’Brien, Artistic Director Jerry Patch, Resident Artistic Director Craig Noel, Founding Director William Anton Tovah Feldshuh Mark Harelik John McLain Steven Rubin Conrad Susa Jacqueline Brookes Monique Fowler Bob James Jonathan McMurtry Ken Ruta Deborah Taylor Lewis Brown Ralph Funicello Tom Lacy Stephen Metcalfe Douglas W. Schmidt Kandis Chappell Lillian Garrett-Groag Diana Maddox Robert Morgan Seret Scott Paxton Whitehead George Deloy Harry Groener Dakin Matthews Steve Rankin David F. Segal James R. Winker Tim Donoghue A.R. Gurney Deborah May Robin Pearson Rose Don Sparks Robert Wojewodski Richard Easton Katherine McGrath Marion Ross David Ogden Stiers Patron Information TICKET SERVICES HOURS SEATING OF LATECOMERS Monday: noon – 6pm Although we understand parking is often at a premium, the seating Tuesday - Sunday: noon – last curtain of latecomers is extremely disruptive. Latecomers may be given Hours subject to change. Please call ahead. alternative seating and will be seated at an appropriate interval. Phone (619) 23-GLOBE or (619) 234-5623 FAX (619) 231-6752 YOUNG CHILDREN Email [email protected] Children five years of age and under will not be admitted to perfor- mances. ADMINISTRATION HOURS Monday - Friday : 9am – 5pm PHONE (619) 231-1941 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CAMERAS WEBSITE www.TheOldGlobe.org Use of recording devices and cameras is not permitted. If you are ADDRESS The Old Globe wearing a digital watch or pager, or if you are carrying a cellular P.O. Box 122171 phone, please silence it prior to entering the theatre. San Diego, CA 92112-2171 SENNHEISER® LISTENING SYSTEM ORDERING TICKETS/CHANGE OF ADDRESS For the convenience of the hearing impaired, the Sennheiser® The Old Globe accepts Visa, Discover, Master Card, or American Listening System is available in the Old Globe Theatre. Lightweight Express. Phone orders for non-subscribers are subject to a $3 per headsets may be obtained from the house manager prior to perfor- ticket service charge, not to exceed $12. Ticket exchanges are subject mances, free of charge. to a service charge for non-subscribers. If you have moved, please notify the Ticket Services Office to update our records. Call (619) PUBLIC TOURS 234-5623 during Ticket Services hours, mail your change of address Go behind the scenes at The Old Globe to learn about the history, to the Ticket Services Office, or email us at three stages, shop and craft areas. Open tours: most Saturdays and [email protected]. Sundays at 10:30am. Groups by reservation. $5 adults; $3 seniors and students. Phone (619) 231-1941 x2142 for information/reserva- UNABLE TO ATTEND? tions. If you find you are unable to use your tickets, please give them to a friend, or turn them in to the Ticket Serivces Office and receive a tax LOST AND FOUND receipt for your donation. Tickets must be received by show time. If you have misplaced a personal item while at the theatre, please contact the Ticket Services Office or Security as soon as possible. If RESTROOMS AND TELEPHONES we are unable to locate your item, we’ll happily take down your Restrooms are located in the lower lobby of the Old Globe Theatre contact information as well as a description of the item and contact and adjacent to the Festival Theatre; pay phones may be found in the you if it is found. The Old Globe does not assume liability for items lower Globe Theatre lobby and next to the Gift Shop. left behind on premises.

Natural Herb Cough Drops - Courtesy of Ricola USA, Inc. available upon request. Please ask an usher.

P22 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Director Profiles

LOUIS G. SPISTO JERRY PATCH JACK O’BRIEN Executive Director Resident Artistic Director Artistic Director Louis G. Spisto has served as Executive Director of Jerry Patch was appointed Resident Artistic Mr. O’Brien has been the Artistic Director of The The Old Globe since October 2002. During his Director of The Old Globe in February 2005. He Old Globe in San Diego since 1982. Recent Globe tenure, Spisto spearheaded the return of the Globe’s most recently served as the Dramaturg and a productions: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Imaginary acclaimed Shakespeare Repertory Season and pro- Friends, , The Full Monty, , The duced several world-premiere plays and musicals, member of the long standing artistic team at including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, : The Southern California’s Tony Award®-winning South Magic Fire, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dancer’s Life, and the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical, Coast Repertory (SCR), where he coordinated the the world premieres of Associate Artist A.R. The Times They Are A-Changin’, which transferred to development of 150 new plays, including two Gurney’s Labor Day and ’s Pride’s Crossing, Broadway in September, 2006, along with the Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winners and numerous other final- as well as Time and Again, The Doctor Is Out (Getting annual holiday favorite, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole ists. Patch became the top choice for this new role Away With Murder) by and Christmas!. In March, 2006, Spisto spearheaded the at the Globe due to his many years of artistic George Furth, plus productions of Henry IV, Much launch of the Globe’s Capital Campaign, “Securing a accomplishments, his exceptional relationships Ado About Nothing, Oleanna, Damn Yankees, King Lear, San Diego Landmark,” to raise $75 million by the Ghosts, Hamlet, , and world premieres of with the nation’s leading directors and playwrights, Theatre’s 75th anniversary in 2010. The campaign is Terrence McNally’s Up in , A.R. Gurney’s and his enthusiastic commitment to new work. off to a hugely successful start, having reached 61% of The Snow Ball and The Cocktail Hour, Tom Dulack’s its goal. During the past four seasons, the organiza- While at SCR, Patch worked as Dramaturg on tion has grown its subscription audience an unprece- Breaking Legs, Stephen Metcalfe’s Emily. BROAD- numerous new works, including Donald WAY: Creator/Supervisor, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch dented amount, countering a trend in the non-profit Margulies’ Sight Unseen and Brooklyn Boy, which theatre industry, resulting in the highest level of Stole Christmas!, The Coast of Utopia (recipient of the attendance in over a decade. Prior to coming to the opened to critical acclaim on Broadway; Margaret 2007 Tony Award® for Best Direction of a Play, Globe, Spisto served as the Executive Director of Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit; Howard which won a total of 7 , including Best American Ballet Theatre in New York City. While Korder’s Search and Destroy; Amy Freed’s The Beard Play), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nominations: there, he increased ticket income and annual contribu- of Avon, Safe in Hell and Freedomland; Lynn Nottage’s Best Director and Musical), Henry IV (Tony Award), tions for the organization by nearly 20 percent. He Intimate Apparel and nine world-premieres by Hairspray (Tony Award), The Invention of Love (Tony also tripled the Ballet’s touring weeks and the Richard Greenberg, including Three Days of Rain. nominations: Best Director and Play), The Full resources devoted to education and training pro- In addition, he co-conceived The Education of Randy Monty (Tony nominations: Best Director and grams. Spisto has also served as the President of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where he provided Newman with Michael Roth and Mr. Newman. Musical), More to Love, Labor Day, St. Louis Woman, fundraising leadership and creative direction for the Patch also served as the project director of SCR’s Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille orchestra’s $60 million renovation project, and helped renowned Pacific Playwrights Festival, which annu- Lortel Award for Direction, 1995), Damn Yankees dramatically increase ticket sales while initiating ally introduces seven new plays to an audience of (Tony nomination: Best Musical Revival), Two several new series for the orchestra. Spisto established national theatre leaders. Typically, more than 75% Shakespearean Actors (Tony nominations: Best a reputation as a superb arts executive here in of the plays presented receive multiple productions Director and Play), Porgy and Bess for Houston California, where he spent over ten years as the in theatres across the country. During his tenure at Grand Opera and Broadway (Tony Award), as well Executive Director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra as . ELSEWHERE: The Magic in Orange County. During his tenure there, he tripled SCR, Patch also held the position of Artistic Director (1990-1997) of The Sundance Theatre Flute, San Francisco Opera; Tosca, Santa Fe Opera; the orchestra’s annual budget, all while eliminating a Così fan Tutte and Aida, Houston Grand Opera; The prior deficit and successfully completing the orches- Program, which included the Sundance Most Happy Fella, Michigan Opera and Broadway. tra’s first endowment campaign. In addition, he estab- Playwrights Laboratory, one of the nation’s leading TV: An Enemy of the People, All My Sons, I Never Sang for lished a series of innovative recording projects with new play development programs. Additionally, he My Father, Painting Churches and The Skin of Our Teeth, Sony Classical and oversaw a number of nationally ran the Sundance Summer Theatre, a repertory of recognized commissioning projects. A strong advocate all for PBS’s . RECENT of arts education, Spisto built one of the largest and 2-3 productions staged outdoors for Utah audi- AWARDS: 2004 Thomas Degaetani Award most respected music training and outreach efforts. ences and The Sundance Children’s Theatre, which (USITT), 2002 “Mr. Abbott” Award (SDCF), 2001 During his career, Spisto has also served as Director is dedicated to the development and presentation Joan Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity, of Marketing for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra of new works for family audiences by leading 2001 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), the Drama and Director of Operations and Development for the American playwrights. He also serves as League’s Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Performing Arts Center, UC Berkeley. He holds a Consulting Dramaturg for New York’s Roundabout Directing, 2001. Honorary Doctor of Humane Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in Theatre Company. Arts Administration and a Bachelors of Business Letters, University of San Diego. Mr. O’Brien is a Administration from the University of Notre Dame, member of the College of Fellows of the American and spent many years acting, directing and producing Theatre. plays and musicals throughout his student days, as well as in professional summer theatre. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P23 Louis G. Spisto Jack O’Brien Jerry Patch Craig Noel Staff Executive Director Artistic Director Resident Artistic Director Founding Director

Michael G. Murphy ...... General Manager Rory Murphy ...... Lead Craftsman Eileen A. Prisby ...... Events Manager Dave Henson ...... Director of Marketing Ryan Buckalew, Kristin Steva Campbell, Laura Harper, Patricia Courtney Quinn ...... Development Coordinator, and Communications Hoffman, Patricia Rutter ...... Craftspersons Individual Annual Giving Todd Schultz ...... Director of Development Lighting Diane Addis ...... Membership Administrator Mark Somers ...... Director of Finance Chris Rynne ...... Lighting Director Erin McKown ...... Development Assistant Richard Seer ...... Director of Professional Training Megan Fonseca ...... Lighting Assistant Diana Steffen ...... Development Assistant Robert Drake ...... Director of Production Tonnie Ficken ...... Master Electrician, Globe Donor Services Roberta Wells-Famula ...... Director of Education Jim Dodd ...... Master Electrician, Carter Babs Behling, Michelle Kareiva, Barbara Lekes, Richard Navarro, Darko Tresnjak . . . .Artistic Director, Shakespeare Festival Kevin Liddell ...... Master Electrician, Festival Stephanie Reed, Judy Zimmerman ...... Suite Concierges Todd Adams, Elizabeth Burress, Jason Bieber, Bonnie ARTISTIC Breckenridge, Michelle Echeverria, Kristen Flores, Maureen MARKETING Samantha Barrie ...... Artistic Coordinator Hanratty, Justin Hobson, Jennifer Horowitz, Shawna Kyees, Becky Biegelsen ...... Public Relations Director Diane Sinor ...... Dramaturgy Associate Molly Mande, Michael Paolini, Katie Reynolds, Chris Walsh, Ed Hofmeister ...... Audience Development Manager Kim Montelibano Heil ...... Literary Associate Amanda Zieve ...... Electricians Jackie Anderson ...... Publications Coordinator Jan Gist ...... Voice and Speech Coach Sound Claire Kennelly ...... Marketing Assistant Bernadette Hobson ...... Artistic Assistant Paul Peterson ...... Sound Director Samantha Haskins ...... Public Relations Assistant Stage Management Erik Carstensen ...... Master Sound Technician, Globe Judy Zimmerman ...... Marketing/Events Assistant Leila Knox ...... Production Stage Manager Rachel Eaves ...... Master Sound Technician, Carter Erica Dei ...... Graphic Designer Tracy Skoczelas ...... Assistant Stage Manager Jeremy Nelson ...... Master Sound Technician, Festival Craig Schwartz ...... Production Photographer Jeremy Siebert ...... Mic Runner, Festival Subscription Sales Keala Settle ...... Mic Runner, Globe PRODUCTION Scott Cooke ...... Subscription Sales Manager Christian DeAngelis, Asher Mendel ...... Sound Technicians Debra Pratt Ballard ...... Associate Director of Production Russ Allen, Anna Bowen-Davies, Arthur Faro, Andy Fink, Ellen Dieter ...... Company Manager Randi Hawkins, Steven Huffman, Pamela Malone, Jessica Carol Donahue ...... Production Coordinator ADMINISTRATION Morrow, Ken Seper, Cassandra Shepard, Grant Walpole, Technical Darla Lopez ...... Executive Assistant Andrea Leigh Walsh ...... Subscription Sales Benjamin Thoron ...... Technical Director Brian Ulery ...... Assistant to the General Manager Representatives Wendy Stymerski ...... Assistant Technical Director Information Technology Ticket Services Kacie Lyn Hultgren ...... Resident Design Assistant Dean Yager ...... Information Technology Manager Shari Ressel ...... Ticket Services Manager Eliza Korshin ...... Technical Assistant/Buyer ThadSteffen ...... Information Technology Asst. Mgr. Marsi Roche ...... Ticket Operations Manager Christian Thorsen ...... Stage Carpenter/Flyman, Globe J. Adam Latham ...... Information Technology Assistant Lyle Wilson ...... Training Coordinator/ Carole Payette ...... Charge Scenic Artist Human Resources Ticket Services Supervisor Adam Bernard, Steven High ...... Scenic Artists Sandra Parde ...... Human Resources Administrator Josh Martinez-Nelson ...... Group Sales Coordinator/ Mike Harris ...... Master Carpenter Maintenance Ticket Services Supervisor Robert Dougherty ...... Master Carpenter, Festival Chad Oakley ...... Facilities Manager Shouna Shoemake . . . . .Lead Ticket Services Representative William Barron, Sheldon Goff, Gillian Kelleher, Jason McIntyre, Violanda Corona, Ismael Delgado, Miguel Gaspar, Roberto Brian Adams, Kevin Armento, Elizabeth Brown, Laura McEntyre, Mongo Moglia, Mason Petersen . .Carpenters Gonzalez, Reyna Huerta, Margarita Meza, Jose Morales, Albert Tony Dixon, Taylor Embree, Mame Gile, Renetta Happé, Costumes Rios, Maria Rios, Nicolas Torres ...... Building Staff Gunther Kusior, Alicia Lerner, Steve Lone, Jenna Long, Stacy Sutton ...... Costume Director Cassie Lopez, Caryn Morgan, Carlos Quezada, Gary Rachac, Charlotte Devaux ...... Resident Design Assistant PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Jessica Seaman, Brandon Smithey, Maureen Mac Niallais ...... Assistant to the Director Llance Bower ...... Program Coordinator Molly Wilmot...... Ticket Services Representatives Shelly Williams ...... Design Assistant/Shopper Maria Carrera, Cynthia Caywood, Sabin Epstein, Robert Su-Lin Chen, Louise M. Herman, Marsha Kuligowski, Barry Fleming, Gerhard Gessner, Jan Gist, Peter Kanelos, Fred PATRON SERVICES Randal Sumabat ...... Drapers Robinson, Liz Shipman ...... MFA Faculty Mike Callaway ...... Theatre Manager Babs Behling, Gloria Bradford, Anne Glidden Grace, Corey Johnston, Robin Sanford Roberts, Danielle Burnett ...... Front of House Assistant Susan Sachs ...... Assistant Cutters Ben Seibert, George Yé ...... MFA Production Staff Merlin D. “Tommy” Thompson ...... Patron Services Rep. Joan Mathison, Mary Miller, Rob Novak, Ashley Roberts ...... House Managers Gwen Dunham, Nunzia Pecoraro ...... Costume Assistants EDUCATION Dana Juhl ...... Food and Beverage Manager Mark Baiza, Gabriella Biro, Theresa Freese, Sarah Hendel, Holly Raúl Moncada ...... Education Associate Haydee Aldas ...... Food and Beverage Assistant Manager Hess, Nancy Liu, Veronica Von Borstel ...... Stitchers Holly Ward ...... Tour Coordinator Michelle Elliott, Brandi Mahan, Anne-Marie Shafer, Teri Tavares ...... Dyer/Painter Carol Green ...... Speakers Bureau Coordinator Tess Thompson, Chris Thomas, Felicia Tobias ...... Pub Staff Judith Craigo ...... Lead Crafts Artisan Marisela De la Parra, Kimberly Parker Green, Janet Babs Behling, Rose Espiritu, Stephanie Rakowski, Stephanie Parker ...... Craft Artisan Hayatshahi, Dana Hooley, Michael Kirby, Sarah Price, Stephanie Reed ...... Gift Shop Supervisors Molly O’Connor ...... Wig and Makeup Supervisor David Tierney ...... Teaching Artists Security/Parking Services Kim Parker ...... Asst. to Wig and Makeup Supervisor Rachel “Beahr” Garcia ...... Security/Parking Erin Schindler ...... Wardrobe Supervisor FINANCE Services Supervisor Nikki Gilman, Sarah Hendel, Ana Maldonado, Beth Merriman, Paula Nickodemus ...... Senior Accountant Irene Herrig ...... Acting Security Supervisor Nola Walkup ...... Globe Run Crew Dana M. Bryant . . . .Accounts Payable/Accounting Assistant Sherisa Eselin, Janet Larson, Michael Moran, Jeffrey Neitzel, Marie Jezbera ...... Rental Agent Angela Yoshida . .Payroll Coordinator/Accounting Assistant Sonia Paul ...... Security Officers Properties Tim Cole ...... Receptionist Daniel Alvarez, Deborah Elliott, Nicole Hagemeyer, Lou Hicks, Neil A. Holmes ...... Properties Director Norman Thrush, Frank Vasquez . . . . .Parking Lot Attendants Amy Reams ...... Properties Buyer DEVELOPMENT Mark Brickman, David Nguyen, Jennifer Gittings, Merrianne Nedreberg ...... Properties Asst. Michael Susong ...... V.I.P. Valet Attendants Pat Cain ...... Property Master, Globe Annamarie Maricle ...... Associate Director, David Buess ...... Property Master, Carter Institutional Grants Trevor Hay ...... Property Master, Festival Marilyn McAvoy ...... Associate Director, M.H. Schrenkeisen ...... Shop Foreman Major Gifts

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