The Old Globe Holds Annual Meeting, Elects New Board Members

The Old Globe's Annual Meeting was held on Monday, February 2 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

After a reception in the Jane and Victor Ottenstein Lobby, Old Globe Board Chair Elaine Bennett Darwin welcomed the Board of Directors and guests and announced the newly elected Board members. Managing Director Michael G. Murphy gave an update on the Globe's financial position and presented highlights of the 2014 fiscal year, and Artistic Director Barry Edelstein spoke about the artistic future of the Globe and its place in the San Diego community as the theatre celebrates its 80th Anniversary and the Centennial of Balboa Park's Panama-California Exposition. The meeting was followed by a reception and dinner for the Board of Directors, Ambassadors, and Founders Level Donors at the Prado Ballroom in Balboa Park's historic House of Hospitality.

It was announced that the 2015 Board of Directors' Executive Committee will consist of Elaine Bennett Darwin (Chair), Vicki L. Zeiger (Incoming Chair), Peter J. Cooper (Vice Chair, Nominating), Ann Davies (Vice Chair, Education), Anthony S. Thornley (Treasurer), Harvey P. White (Secretary; Past Chair, Ex Officio), Mary Beth Adderley, Donald L. Cohn (Past Chair, Ex Officio), Valerie S. Cooper, Stephen P. Embry, Harold W. Fuson, Jr. (Past Chair, Ex Officio), Kathryn Hattox (Past Chair, Ex Officio), Paula Powers, Conrad Prebys, Ann Steck, and Karin Winner.

Darwin also announced that the following candidates identified by the Globe's Nominating Committee were formally elected to serve three-year terms on the Board of Directors: Marla Black, Elizabeth Dewberry, Old Globe Associate Artist Robert Foxworth, Keven Lippert, Adam Ratner, and Karen Tanz. Current Board members who will begin new consecutive three-year terms in 2015 include Joseph J. Cohen, Silvija Devine, Sheila Lipinsky, Ramin Pourteymour, Sandra Redman, Steven J. Stuckey, Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D., Debra Turner, Pamela J. Wagner, and Lynne Wheeler. Board members Mitzi Lizárraga, David Reagan, Linda Van Vark (Immediate Past Globe Guilders President, Ex Officio), Debbie Wilson, and June Yoder, whose terms of service concluded at the end of 2014, were honored for their outstanding commitment to The Old Globe.

The Old Globe's Board of Directors also includes: Elizabeth Altman, Pamela Cesak, Nicole A. Clay, Pamela A. Farr, Karen Fox, Jack Galloway, Victor P. Gálvez, Patricia A. Hodgkin, Daphne H. Jameson, Jo Ann Kilty, Tim Rafalovich, Crystal Sargent, Margi Sargis (Globe Guilders President, Ex Officio), Jean Shekhter, Rhona Thompson, Evelyn Mack Truitt, Stacey LeVasseur Vasquez, and Jordine Von Wantoch.

Emerita Director Sister Sally Furay, R.S.C.J. was also honored during the meeting. She began her service on The Old Globe's Board of Directors in 1981 and was an active member on and off through 2008. She served as President of the Board in 1986 and 1987, and her tenure also included the role of Treasurer and positions on several committees. A member of the Society of the Sacred Heart and a former Provost at the University of San Diego, she also helped found the Old Globe/USD Graduate Theatre Program as well as the Globe's Craig Noel League Planned Giving Program. Furay passed away on January 10, 2015 at the age of 88.

After the meeting, the Board and guests adjourned to the Annual Meeting Reception and Dinner held in the Prado Ballroom. The celebratory evening featured a program of songs performed by Joe Kinosian and Ian Lowe, the stars of Murder for Two, which runs through March 1 at The Old Globe.

The Tony Award-winning Old Globe, celebrating its 80th Anniversary in 2015, is one of the country's leading professional regional theatres and has stood as San Diego's flagship arts institution. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Managing Director Michael G. Murphy, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 14 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the 600-seat Old Globe Theatre and the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, both part of The Old Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, and the 605-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theatre's education and community programs. Numerous world premieres such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Catered Affair, and the annual holiday musical Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

Pictured: Michael G. Murphy, Managing Director, and Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director. Photo by Doug Gates.

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