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2023 SEASON
(from left) Wai Yim, Adeoye, Christiana Clark, and Cruz Gonzales-Cadel in
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at Goodman Theatre. Photo by Liz Lauren.
A MESSAGE FROM Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein One of the most exciting moments at the Globe is when we announce our upcoming season. Months of careful planning and consideration, discussions and negotiations, finally come together in a slate of shows that we hope will bring our audiences delight, discovery, and the special connection we experience when we watch a great show together. But it is a particular honor to share our latest lineup as we continue to produce at full capacity after the long pandemic shutdown. We’re not just surviving, we’re thriving—and we have you to thank for it. Our 2023 Season will feature the variety and richness you have come to expect from the Globe, presenting to you everything that makes theatre such a stirring art form. Uproarious comedies pair with stirring dramas. Musicals fill every corner of our stages with song, dance, and acrobatics. Stories that were first heard in our Powers New Voices Festival come to life onstage in their world premieres. And, of course, our Summer Shakespeare Festival once again demonstrates the Bard’s boundless ability to delight and move us in profound ways. Part of the joy of putting together a season is gathering into one place some of the best talent working in the theatre today. Celebrated veteran playwrights and directors feature alongside bright new talents who are certain to take the American theatre by storm. Their impressive range is matched by their ability to transform vital stories into captivating productions. And behind the scenes are the inexhaustible artisans who create the stage designs that dazzle you. The Old Globe overflows with the bounty of these artists. Anchoring this work is our commitment to share our art form with all of the communities that make up San Diego. Our arts engagement programs bring the magic of theatre to an ever-wider segment of our population, both here in Balboa Park and across the county, and humanities events illuminate the process of creating the works you see when you walk into our performing spaces. I invite you to join us for these offerings and experience the impact and enrichment they offer. I hope you will share our thrill in this new season and subscribe today. I thank you for your dedication to the Globe and your belief that the work we do matters. We can’t wait to welcome you through our doors again.
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Old Globe Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center
January 21 – February 26, 2023
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Adapted and directed by Mary Zimmerman
You know you’re pretty special when painting the Mona Lisa is the least of your
accomplishments! Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest thinkers of all time. Now
Tony Award winner and MacArthur Genius Grantee Mary Zimmerman (The White
Snake, Metamorphoses) shapes a genre-busting play entirely from da Vinci’s own
notebooks. A cast of chameleon-like actors takes us on a journey through da Vinci’s
mind as he considers everything from math and engineering to philosophy and love.
Created by one of the most acclaimed artists working in the American theatre, this
unique and breathtaking show that The New York Times called “a fun house of the
mind” illuminates what it truly means to be a Renaissance man.
March 17 – April 23, 2023 | World premiere
The XIXth (The Nineteenth)
By Kemp Powers | Directed by Carl Cofield
Mexico City, 1968. Two Black American sprinters, the fastest men on Earth, raise
their fists in protest. Inspired by real events from the historic 19th Olympic Games,
and directed by Carl Cofield (Seize the King, The Bacchae), this suspenseful world-
premiere play by Kemp Powers (Pixar’s Soul, One Night in Miami) chronicles the
intersection of sports and activism, and shows the life-changing repercussions of
being a champion who chooses to speak out.
May 19 – June 25, 2023
Destiny of Desire (from left) Austin Colby and Shoba Narayan in Come Fall
An Unapologetic Telenovela in Two Acts in Love – The DDLJ Musical, 2022. Photo by Jim Cox.
By Karen Zacarías | Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The joys, tribulations, and plot twists of epic love are bursting onstage in this
brilliantly funny homage to the telenovela by Karen Zacarías (Native Gardens). On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two babies are born—
one into a life of outlandish wealth, and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a ruthless ex–beauty queen, the stage
is set for two outrageous misfortunes to grow into an extraordinary destiny. Directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August
Wilson’s Jitney) and filled with vibrant choreography and live music, Destiny of Desire explores the emotional rollercoaster and social
commentary that make the telenovela the most popular form of storytelling on the planet.
July 1 – July 30, 2023
Passengers
A production by The 7 Fingers
Conceived and directed by Shana Carroll
“We all have somewhere to go.”
Experience a train trip like never before with Montreal-based contemporary physical
theatre troupe The 7 Fingers. This innovative show blends acrobatics, theatre, music,
and dance in a truly magical performance about strangers in transit. Rather than sit
in silence, the passengers on this train express their dreams and visions through the
exuberance of their bodies, telling human stories with superhuman skills. “This train is
bound for glory,” cheered The Boston Globe, and it’s one ride you won’t want to miss!
September 7 – October 22, 2023
Musical to be announced
We’re finalizing the details for an exciting musical taking the stage in fall 2023. In the
Jovan Dansberry with the cast of spirit of Hair, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical, and other
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, 2022. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. grand productions that Globe audiences have come to expect, get ready for our next
can’t-miss musical!
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Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center
February 11 – March 12, 2023
Globe-commissioned world premiere
Under a Baseball Sky
By José Cruz González | Directed by James Vásquez
From José Cruz González, author of American Mariachi, comes a Globe-
commissioned story about baseball’s deep roots in the Mexican American
community. When troublemaker Teo is put to work cleaning up a vacant lot
belonging to his elderly neighbor, this unlikely pair forms a bond forged in history
and America’s pastime. Inspired by San Diego’s Logan Heights neighborhood, and
directed by Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez, this beguiling world premiere
celebrates communities and individuals coming together to find hope, healing, love,
and the occasional homerun.
April 8 – May 7, 2023 | World premiere
Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play
By Keiko Green | Directed by Jesca Prudencio
It’s 1999, and Ami is an awkward Asian American high schooler whose world comes
crashing down with a terrible discovery: her family is responsible for manufacturing
MSG, the mysterious ingredient getting all the kids hooked! Meanwhile, a cool
new girl arrives from Japan, and she’s not playing by the rules. In Keiko Green’s
world-premiere play, Ami vows to redeem her family name and save the world from
MSG. This whimsical, time-traveling adventure, directed by the celebrated Jesca
Prudencio, is a riotous and hilarious romp through wild teenaged crushes, family
legacies, and the magical properties of instant ramen!
July 15 – August 13, 2023
Globe-commissioned world premiere
Crime and Punishment, A Comedy
Kate Abbruzzese in Dial M for Murder, 2022. Photo by Jim Cox.
By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
Dostoyevsky’s turn-of-the-century masterpiece is reimagined as a 90-minute romp of a morality tale, performed by five ridiculously talented
actors who play over 50 zany characters, riffing on the famous novel—and all of Russian literature. The brilliant comic team of Gordon
Greenberg and Steve Rosen (Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show) brings to 1860s Russia the same whacked-out sensibility
they gave to Dickens in this world-premiere, Globe-commissioned comedy. This classic story follows Raskolnikov, an impoverished student
who becomes a murderer in order to save his family. Based on the book you didn’t actually read in high school, this is literature retold like
you’ve never seen it before.
September 30 – October 29, 2023
West Coast premiere
Dishwasher Dreams
By Alaudin Ullah | Directed by Chay Yew
Music by Avirodh Sharma
What exactly is the American Dream? For Alaudin Ullah’s Bangladesh-
born parents, it means opportunity and a stable job. But to comedian
Alaudin, America is the home of the New York Yankees and George
Carlin. In an autobiographical solo show that the Hartford Courant calls
“memorable and meaningful,” Ullah and musician Avirodh Sharma take
audiences on a journey of vivid remembrances and discoveries from
1930s Bangladesh to 1970s Spanish Harlem to present-day Hollywood.
Through comedy and music, this remarkable play, directed by the
Zilah Mendoza as Alma, Matthew Martínez as David, and Jesse J. Perez as Raul
acclaimed Chay Yew, recounts the immigrant experience, how this
in El Borracho, 2022. Photo by Jim Cox.
country gets made, and the dreams of those who make it.
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Lowell Davies Festival Theatre
June 4 – July 9, 2023
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kathleen Marshall
One of Shakespeare’s most perfect plays—romance, music, poetry,
comedy, swordplay, and more! Shipwrecked and alone in foreign
Illyria, young Viola masquerades as her lost twin brother and
becomes the go-between for the lovesick Duke Orsino and the
beautiful Countess Olivia. Soon Viola finds herself in the middle of
a topsy-turvy love triangle with lunacy and laughs on every side.
Three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall (Globe’s Much
Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labor’s Lost) directs Twelfth Night, one of
the Bard’s true comic masterpieces—and the perfect San Diego night
under the stars.
July 30 – September 3, 2023
The Merry Wives of Windsor
By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Vásquez
Shakespeare meets “I Love Lucy” in this 1950s spin on one of the
Bard’s wildest and most appealing comedies. The notorious John
Falstaff, larger-than-life in every way, leaves the big city to work his
charms on the suburban inhabitants of Windsor. Always hustling
for his next buck, he sets his sights on two of Windsor’s ladies-
who-lunch, but when they figure out Falstaff’s game, they decide
to teach him a lesson he won’t forget. Under the direction of Globe
Resident Artist James Vásquez, mistaken identities, romance, and
an unforgettable gallery of Shakespeare’s most vivid characters fill
(from left) Paul James and Christopher Michael Rivera in
the stage for a theatrical rollercoaster ride that’s raucous, kooky, and
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2022. Photo by Rich Soublet II.
entirely bewitching.
The cast of The Taming of the Shrew, 2022. Photo by Jim Cox.
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