Old Globe's 2008 Winter Season Kicks Off Tonight, 9/13, With Opening of 'The Women'

Louis Spisto, Executive Producer of the Tony Award®-winning Old Globe, is pleased to announce the Theatre's 2008-2009 Winter Season. In the Old Globe Theatre, a large-scale revival of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women (September 13 – October 26, 2008), directed by Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak will launch the season. This timely presentation coincides with the new, contemporary film version of the work coming out this fall, and will highlight the work of the Globe's renowned scenic and costume departments in a lavish, grand-scale production.

Next up in The Old Globe will be one of the most important and respected plays of the last two decades: John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation (January 10 – February 15, 2009). Directed by Trip Cullman (The Injured Party), Guare's masterpiece was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and became a major motion picture starring Will Smith, Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland. The Globe stage will also host the world premiere of Cornelia (May 16 – June 21, 2009), a new play that takes a fascinating and well-timed look at the rise and fall of one of America's most powerful political couples. Cornelia is written by Mark Olsen, creator of HBO's "Big Love," and directed by frequent guest director Ethan McSweeny, who recently helmed the Theatre's critically-acclaimed productions of In This Corner and A Body of Water. An additional production (March 6 – April 26), expected to be a musical, will be announced. While construction takes place on the Globe's new facilities over the next 18 months, the organization will present its upcoming Second Stage productions on a newly-created Arena Stage, located next door at the San Diego Museum of Art's James S. Copley Auditorium. The temporary space will retain the similar intimate and engaging theatrical environment of the former Cassius Carter Centre Stage.

On tap for the Arena Stage will be another world premiere – Back Back Back (September 19 – October 26, 2008) – by Itamar Moses (The Four of Us), who, at a very young age, has already been established as an important new playwright. Directed by Davis McCallum, this new work deals with three professional baseball players, their relationships, and steroid use in a humorous and thought-provoking manner. Following Back Back Back comes Since Africa (January 24 – March 8, 2009), by Mia McCullough, directed by Seema Sueko (The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow). Previously mounted by Mo'olelo Theater Company, this poignant play about a young Sudanese man's journey from refugee camp to urban Chicago will have the Globe's full resources behind it in a completely new production. Next will be the west coast premiere of Opus (March 21 – April 26, 2009), by Michael Hollinger, directed by Kyle Donnelly (Orson's Shadow, A Midsummer Night's Dream), which gives audiences a rare look at the personal lives and loves of four renowned classical musicians, imbued with the famous string quartets of Beethoven, Mozart and others. Rounding out the season will be the Globe's "Classics Up Close" selection: The Price (May 9 – June 14, 2009), Arthur Miller's celebrated work about family legacies, directed by longstanding Director of The Old Globe/USD Master of Fine Arts Program Richard Seer, well known to audiences from his acclaimed production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Da, All My Sons and Old Wicked Songs).

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