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As You Like It
10/29 - 11/24/2024


The Old Globe presents a Globe for All production of As You Like It, showcasing this Shakespearean comedy directed by Emil Weinstein. The story follows ...


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Cast & Creative Team Set for DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! at The Old Globe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2024

The Old Globe has revealed the cast and creative team for DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!, featuring Andrew Polec as the Grinch. The holiday classic returns to San Diego this season. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets....

NOISES OFF Completes The Old Globe's 2025 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2024

THE OLD GLOBE announced the upcoming production of NOISES OFF, a classic farce by Michael Frayn. The play will run from November 15 to December 20, 2024, featuring a talented cast and creative team....

The Old Globe Announces Second Extension For Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS


by Blair Ingenthron - September 21, 2024

The Old Globe has announced that its hit production of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, which is adapted for the stage by Tony Award–nominated playwright Ken Ludwig and directed by Peter Amster, has received a second extension week due to popular demand....

Old Globe 2025 Season Includes World Premiere Musical from LEGALLY BLONDE Writers & More


by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2024

The Old Globe has announced its 2025 Season, which is packed with new musicals and plays, West Coast and San Diego premieres, and two of Shakespeare’s popular comedies. ...

Cast Set for HENRY VIII at The Old Globe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 16, 2024

The Old Globe has revealed its final Shakespeare production of the season with Henry VIII. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

Cast Set for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at The Old Globe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 14, 2024

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Jefferson Mays' A CHRISTMAS CAROL to be Presented at The Old Globe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 13, 2024

The Old Globe will present Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story, Told by Jefferson Mays. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Interview: Elizabeth A. Davis is a Warrior Queen in 'HENRY 6' at The Old Globe


by ErinMarie Reiter - August 09, 2024

Interview with Elizabeth A. Davis, who plays the dynamic and driven Queen Margaret in 'Henry 6,' which plays at The Old Globe through September 15th....

Interview: Conversation with the King - Keshav Moodliar talks 'HENRY 6' at The Old Globe


by ErinMarie Reiter - August 09, 2024

Interview with Keshav Moodliar, who plays Henry VI in 'Henry 6' parts one and two and is now playing at the Old Globe through September 15th....

DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! to Return to The Old Globe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 06, 2024

Tickets are going on sale for the ever-popular San Diego yuletide tradition of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas at The Old Globe. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Past Shows

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig


Get ready for a glamorous and enthralling journey in this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s masterpiece. On a train traveling through Europe, a wealthy American tycoon ...

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
9/20 - 10/20/2024


West Coast premiere By  Gordon Greenberg  and  Steve Rosen Directed by  Gordon Greenberg Celebrate Halloween with a new side-splitting adventure based on Bram Stoker’s classic ...


Adapted for the Stage by Ken LudwigDirected by Sanford RobbinsNOV. 7 - NOV. 24An opulent train stranded in the snow-whipped mountains, a dining car packed ...


By  Kate Hamill Directed by  James Vásquez A fast-paced and wildly entertaining new play that reimagines the most iconic detective team of all time. In ...

Duel Reality
Duel Reality
7/6 - 8/4/2024


The triumphant return of the company that brought Globe audiences last summer’s smash hit  Passengers . Love, honor, and betrayal come to life through a ...

Fat Ham
Fat Ham
5/25 - 6/23/2024


The 2022 Pulitzer-winning, Tony-nominated sensation  Fat Ham  is a fresh and funny take on Shakespeare’s  Hamlet  that  The New York Times  called “a flat-out hilarious ...

Stir
5/4 - 5/26/2024

Ride
Ride
3/30 - 4/28/2024


Eric Lane Wesleyan College  ...

King James
3/9 - 3/31/2024


King LeBron Jamess reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. It also brings together two ...

The Age of Innocence
9/8 - 3/10/2024


adapt: Doug McGrath; dir: Doug Hughes. World Premiere...

English
1/27 - 2/18/2024

Dial M for Murder
7/21 - 8/21/2022


The classic suspense story of an unfaithful English wife, her American lover, and her vengeful husband. Lonely and unloved, Margot falls for American mystery writer ...

Mala By Melinda Lopez
5/7 - 6/12/2022

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
4/17 - 5/29/2022

El Borracho
2/17 - 3/20/2022

Trouble in Mind
2/5 - 3/13/2022

Shutter Sisters
10/7 - 11/7/2021


A heartfelt dramedy, SHUTTER SISTERS tells the story of two women living parallel lives. A white woman named Michael struggles with strained family relationships at ...

The Gardens of Anuncia
9/10 - 10/17/2021

Hair
8/10 - 9/26/2021


By William Shakespeare Directed by Sam White Begins FEBRUARY 12, 2021 The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program's students use ...


A Globe-commissioned new play By José Cruz González Directed by James Vásquez Sunday, JANUARY 24 at 7:00 p.m. The Festival wraps up on with the ...


Works by Tanika Baptiste, Dea Hurston, Joy Yvonne Jones, Tamara McMillian, Milena (Sellars) Phillips, Rich Soublet II, and Ruff Yeager Produced by Karen Ann Daniels ...


By Lope De Vega Translated and adapted by William S. Gregory and Daniel Jáquez Friday, JANUARY 22 at 7:00 p.m. The Festival continues with Fuente ...


Celebrating Community Voices Works by Queen Kandi Colke, KishaLynn ("KL") Moore Elliott, Jonathan Hammond, and Thelma Virata de Castro Directed by Freedome Bradley-Ballentine, Katherine Harroff, ...


The Old Globe announced today that its 23rd annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! will be presented by KPBS Radio in ...


The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of its 23rd annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which this ...


The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of its 23rd annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which this ...


The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of its 23rd annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which this ...


The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team of its 23rd annual production of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which this ...

The Gardens of Annuncia
5/8 - 6/14/2020

Faceless
3/28 - 4/26/2020


Selina Fillinger; dir: BJ Jones....

Hurricane Diane
2/8 - 3/3/2020


Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She's got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity - the Greek god Dionysus - and ...

August Wilson's Jitney
1/18 - 2/23/2020


Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center: August Wilson's Jitney...

Jitney
1/18 - 2/23/2020


Cheering audiences rose to their feet and critics throughout the Southland spun superlatives as the curtain fell on Fences, but that was only the beginning ...


adapt: Jack O'Brien; book: Timothy Mason; lyrics: Timothy Mason; music: Mel Marvin; dir: Jack O'Brien, James V??squez....


Gordon Greenberg, Steve Rosen; dir: Gordon Greenberg....


William Shakespeare; dir: Daniel J??quez....

Almost Famous
9/13 - 10/20/2019


book: Cameron Crowe; lyrics: Cameron Crowe, Tom Kitt; music: Tom Kitt; dir: Jeremy Herrin. World Premiere...

Noura
9/20 - 10/20/2019


Eight years ago, Noura and her family fled their home in Iraq. Today, she plans the perfect Christmas dinner to celebrate their new life in ...

The Gods of Comedy
The Gods of Comedy
5/11 - 6/16/2019


"Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery thats sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously ...

Life After
3/22 - 4/28/2019


Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center: book: Britta Johnson; lyrics: Britta Johnson; music: Britta Johnson; dir: Barry Edelstein....

Tiny Beautiful Things
2/9 - 3/10/2019


by Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies ...

American Mariachi
3/23 - 4/29/2018


Jos? Cruz Gonz??lez; dir: James V??squez. Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...

Uncle Vanya
2/10 - 3/11/2018


Anton Chekhov; trans: Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky; dir: Richard Nelson. Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...


Oscar Wilde; dir: Maria Aitken. Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...


One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant fourteen-year-old ...

Benny & Joon. A New Musical
9/7 - 10/22/2017


book: Kirsten Guenther; lyrics: Mindi Dickstein; music: Nolan Gasser; dir: Jack Cummings III. World Premiere...

Red Velvet
3/25 - 4/30/2017


Lolita Chakrabarti; dir: Rachel Chavkin. Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...

The Blameless
2/25 - 3/26/2017


Nick Gandiello; dir: Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
2/4 - 3/12/2017


Steve Martin; dir: Barry Edelstein. Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, Old Globe Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center:...


William Shakespeare; dir: Patricia McGregor....


William Shakespeare; dir: Patricia McGregor....

The Lion
9/29 - 10/30/2016


Benjamin Scheuer; dir: Sean Daniels....

The Lion
9/29 - 10/30/2016


Benjamin Scheuer; dir: Sean Daniels....

October Sky
9/10 - 10/23/2016


book: Aaron Thielen; lyrics: Michael Mahler; music: Michael Mahler; dir: Rachel Rockwell....

October Sky
9/10 - 10/23/2016


book: Aaron Thielen; lyrics: Michael Mahler; music: Michael Mahler; dir: Rachel Rockwell....

tokyo fish story
5/28 - 6/26/2016


Kimber Lee; dir: Kirsten Brandt....

Camp David
5/13 - 6/19/2016


World Premiere March 21–May 4, 2014 in the Kreeger Theater Sixty-two miles north of Washington, D.C., nestled in Catoctin Mountain Park, lies the clandestine retreat ...

Constellations
4/9 - 5/8/2016


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

Rain
3/24 - 5/1/2016


book: Sybille Pearson; lyrics: Michael John LaChiusa; music: Michael John LaChiusa; dir: Barry Edelstein....

As You Like It
11/14 - 11/22/2015


An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...

Full Gallop
9/26 - 10/25/2015


Mark Hampton, Mary Louise Wilson; dir: Andrew Russell....

In Your Arms
9/16 - 10/25/2015


Doulas Carter Beane, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Carrie Fisher, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph, Terence McNally, Marsha Norman, Lynn Nottage, Alfred Uhry; lyrics: Lynn Ahrens; ...

Rich Girl
5/23 - 6/21/2015


Second Stage: - Victoria Stewart; dir: Michael Bloom....

Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man
5/9 - 6/14/2015


George Bernard Shaw’s most romantic comedy! The beautiful Raina Petkoff is about to marry the heroic soldier Sergius. But the battlefield sweeps into her boudoir ...

Buyer & Cellar
4/4 - 5/3/2015


Buyer & Cellar is a one-man comedy play written by Jonathan Tolins. It premiered in 2013 and quickly gained critical acclaim for its humor and ...

The White Snake
The White Snake
3/21 - 4/26/2015


Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman creates an enchanting theatrical spectacle with live music and sumptuous visuals. In this visionary staging of a classic Chinese fable, ...

The Twenty-Seventh Man
2/14 - 3/15/2015


Nathan Englander; dir: Barry Edelstein....

Murder for Two
Murder for Two
1/24 - 3/1/2015


Multi-millionaire Arthur Whitney has been murdered at his own birthday party, and his killer could be any one of the guests. But this is no ...

Bright Star
Bright Star
9/13 - 11/2/2014


From award-winning screenwriter and playwright Steve Martin (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Roxanne) and chart-topping singer-songwriter Edie Brickell comes a world premiere American musical inspired ...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
8/10 - 9/14/2014


Renowned director and Tony Award nominee Mark Lamos returns to the Globe with one of Shakespeare’s most delightful and boisterous comedies. Best friends Valentine and ...

Quartet
Quartet
7/25 - 8/24/2014


From the author of The Dresser comes an uplifting comedy recently made into a major motion picture. Three former opera singers, Reginald, Cecily, and Wilfred, ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
7/12 - 8/10/2014


One of the greatest musicals of all time returns in triumph to its birthplace, nearly three decades after its world premiere at The Old Globe, ...

Dog and Pony
Dog and Pony
5/28 - 6/29/2014


Mags and Andy are a screenwriting team with a track record of hits and a professional relationship that’s firing on all cylinders. But when Andy’s ...

Othello
Othello
6/22 - 6/29/2014


From New York’s Shakespeare in the Park to Balboa Park, Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein makes his debut on the Globe’s outdoor stage with ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


Your heart has to go out to three siblings whose artsy parents named them after characters from Chekhov. Vanya and Sonia have lived at home ...

Richard Thomas as Tennessee Williams in A Distant Country Called Youth


For one night only, acclaimed stage and screen actor Richard Thomas (“The Americans,” “The Waltons”) brings to vibrant life one of the giants of American ...

Water by the Spoonful
4/12 - 5/11/2014


Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts ...

Time and the Conways
Time and the Conways
3/29 - 5/4/2014


Yorkshire, 1919: The Great War is over and it’s a new Golden Age. The six Conway siblings gather for a birthday celebration filled with laughter ...

The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
2/8 - 3/16/2014


Shakespeare’s sublime late masterpiece sweeps breathtakingly from jealousy, rage and loss to redemption, reconciliation and, finally, wonder. Along the way it visits kings and queens, ...

Bethany
1/25 - 2/23/2014


Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: Laura Marks; dir: Gaye Taylor Upchurch....

The Last Goodbye
The Last Goodbye
9/20 - 11/3/2013


A musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet featuring the emotional and gorgeous songs of Jeff Buckley, directed by the brightest star in today’s Broadway ...

The Few
9/28 - 10/27/2013


Four years ago, Bryan skipped town, leaving his girlfriend to run a failing truckers' newspaper. Now he’s come back to discover everything has changed. Except ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
6/2 - 9/29/2013


William Shakespeare; music: Dan Moses Schreier; dir: Ian Talbot....

The Merchant of Venice
6/9 - 9/28/2013


William Shakespeare; dir: Adrian Noble....


Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of ...

Double Indemnity
7/27 - 8/25/2013


Virginia Jackson Browning Mainstage: - adapt: David Pichette, R. Hamilton Wright from James M. Cain; dir: Michael Evan Haney....

The Rainmaker
7/13 - 8/11/2013


N. Richard Nash; dir: Maria Mileaf....

Be a Good Little Widow
5/11 - 6/9/2013


Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - Bekah Brunstetter; dir: Hal Brooks....

Other Desert Cities
4/27 - 6/2/2013


Old Globe Theatre: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Richard Seer....

A Doll's House
3/23 - 4/21/2013


Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - adapt: Kirsten Brandt, Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey from Henrik Ibsen; dir: Kirsten Brandt....


Old Globe Theatre: - book: Robert L. Freedman; lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak; music: Steven Lutvak; dir: Darko Tresnjak....

The Brothers Size
1/26 - 2/24/2013


Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: - Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Tea Alagic....

Pygmalion
1/12 - 2/17/2013


Old Globe Theatre: - George Bernard Shaw; dir: Nicholas Martin....

Allegiance - A New American Musical


A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL is an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. On the ...

Nobody Loves You
Nobody Loves You
5/9 - 6/17/2012


A funny and irreverent World Premiere musical romantic comedy from the award-winning creative team of playwright Itamar Moses (Bach at Leipzig) and Gaby Alter (Band ...

The Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro Boys
4/29 - 6/10/2012


From the creators of Chicago, Cabaret and The Producers comes the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical that had audiences on their feet—THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS! Direct ...

Anna Christie
Anna Christie
3/10 - 4/15/2012


Eugene O’Neill’s poetic masterpiece won him his second Pulitzer Prize. ANNA CHRISTIE is a gripping account of the relationship between an old sailor and the ...

A Room with a View
3/2 - 4/8/2012


Biting social satire and passionate romance are set in motion when Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, ...

The Recommendation
1/21 - 2/26/2012


Jonathan Caren Windy City Playhouse...

Dividing The Estate
Dividing The Estate
1/14 - 2/19/2012


Nominated for a 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, the Broadway production of Pulitzer Prize winner Horton Foote's knowing comedy about family, money, power and ...

Dividing the Estate
1/14 - 2/12/2012

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!


America’s favorite holiday fable, back for its 14th joyous year, will once again jump right off the pages of the classic Dr. Seuss book and ...

Some Lovers
Some Lovers
11/26 - 12/31/2011


Academy and Grammy Award-winning music legend Burt Bacharach joins forces with Tony Award winner Steven Sater for a World Premiere musical that re-imagines the classic ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
11/6 - 11/13/2011


The Old Globe presents William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Visit the website for more information....

Somewhere
Somewhere
9/24 - 10/30/2011


A World Premiere play from Old Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez, whose The Whipping Man was a smash hit at the Globe and then New York. ...

The Tempest
The Tempest
6/5 - 9/25/2011


Romance, magic and a deserted island - the final and most beloved masterpiece of Shakespeare’s life places the desire for revenge against the demands of ...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
5/29 - 9/24/2011


One of the most popular and charming of Shakespeare’s comedies, Much Ado About Nothing features the original battle of the sexes couple - Benedick, an ...

Amadeus
Amadeus
7/12 - 9/22/2011


Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Academy Award for Best Film, Amadeus weaves a confrontation between mediocrity and genius into a ...

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show


The musical that became a movie and started a 35-year nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen—live on stage! A ...

Engaging Shaw
Engaging Shaw
7/29 - 9/4/2011


This unexpected new comedy follows the battle of wits and the real life romance between socialite Charlotte Payne-Townshend and playwright George Bernard Shaw. When wealthy ...

Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein


Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is a new work from the creators of George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin and Beethoven, As ...

Love's Labour's Lost & The Merry Wives of Windsor


The Old Globe’s fourth annual Summer Shakespeare Intensive for teens will conclude on Monday, August 15 at 8:00 p.m. with a performance of 50-minute versions ...

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