Cast
Tranio
Michael Stewart Allen
has been seen in several Off Broadway productions including Starbuck in Moby Dick Rehearsed, Caliban in The Tempest, Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Orlando in Love Shakespeare (The Acting Company) and the title role in Don Carlos (Prospect Theatre Company). His recent credits include Hamlet (Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey), Tale of Two Cities (People’s Light & Theatre Company), King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Doubt (The Hippodrome State Theater), The Tempest (Folger Theatre in Washington, DC) Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath (Arkansas Repertory Theater). He has performed at theaters all over the country, including Arkansas Repertory Theatre, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, 12 Miles West Theater Company, and he has spent 11 seasons as a company member at The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. His film and television credits include “Law & Order: SVU” and voice work on Cold Mountain. He is a member of AEA and SAG.
Widow
Shirine Babb
was recently seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Her London credits include Widows and her New York credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), Trickle (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Single Black Female (The Duke on 42nd St), Aliens With Extraordinary Skills (Women’s Project), A Role Once Played (29th Repertory Theatre, 2004 AUDELCO Nominee) and American Girls Revue (American Girl Place). Ms. Babb’s regional credits include Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Antony & Cleopatra, She Stoops to Conquer, A Christmas Carol, Omnium Gatherum, Play To Win: The Jackie Robinson Story, Almost Heaven: The John Denver Story and Bessie: Life & Music of Bessie Smith. Her television and film credits include “All My Children” and Picture Perfect. Her commercial work includes WE Network, Optimum Light Path and Fair Housing Act. Ms. Babb holds an MA from East 15 Acting School, UK and BFA from SUNY Fredonia.
Hortensio
Donald Carrier
is making his Old Globe debut with the 2010 Shakespeare Festival. His recent regional credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival), Joseph Surface in The School For Scandal (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Frederick in Noises Off and Francis in Lincolnesque (Cleveland Playhouse), Ian in Shining City (The Studio Theatre), and Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency (Huntington Theatre Company). Other theaters include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Wilma Theater, Intiman Theatre and TheatreWorks. He spent nine seasons at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival appearing in As You Like It (Orlando), The School for Scandal (Charles Surface), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince), The Importance Of Being Earnest (John Worthing), Coriolanus (Sicinius), The Merchant Of Venice (Bassanio) and Measure For Measure (Lucio). He also spent two seasons at the Shaw Festival. Carrier most recently appeared in Rock ‘N’ Roll at The Canadian Stage Company and assistant directed Cyrano de Bergerac at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. His television and film credits include “Guns,” The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Passion Of Ayn Rand, Dead by Monday and 54. His writing credits include the musical Evangeline, written with Anaya Farrell.
Ensemble
Andrew Dahl
previously appeared at The Old Globe in Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano De Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. He recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife, The Two Gentlemen of Verona as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Water Engine. Mr. Dahl’s New York credits include The Winter's Tale, A Flea in Her Ear and The Twelfth Labor. His other credits include If This is a Man in Moscow, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Dear Brutus, A View from the Bridge, Time Remembered and Boy Gets Girl (Dartmouth College). Mr. Dahl holds a B.A. in Theater from Dartmouth College.
Ensemble
Grayson DeJesus
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His regional credits include Romeo and Juliet, All's Well That Ends Well and The Antiquarian's Family (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). His other credits include Winnemucca (Three Days In The Belly) (Fringe NYC, Minnesota Fringe Festival), FILM (Theater of Note), New Playwrights Project, TheatreWorks, Here I Go Boys, A Diner A Shiner and New Beulah (Shelby Company). He received his BA in Theatre from Occidental College
Ensemble
Ben Diskant
most recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. His regional credits include Speech and Debate (TheaterWorks Hartford), The History Boys (The Studio Theatre), Anything Goes (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Freedom Train (Theaterworks/USA). Mr. Diskant holds a Bachelor’s of Music and a B.A. in Sociology from Northwestern University.
Vincentio
Craig Dudley
has appeared in several shows in New York including Macbeth and Othello (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Miser (Bank Street Theatre), New York Fringe Festival, War and Peace (Symphony Space), Ursula’s Permanent (Kraine Theatre), Misalliance (Equity Library Theatre) and The Seagull (Guest Artist/Columbia University). His regional credits include Richard II and the North American Premiere of The Woman (Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada), Hamlet (Coconut Grove Playhouse), A Tale of Two Cities (Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Fulton Opera House), An Inspector Calls (Florida Studio Theatre), The Hasty Heart (Kennedy Center), Mary Stuart (Ahmanson Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (American Stage Festival), Racing Demon (Merrimack Theatre), Amadeus (Wayside Theatre), Dial M For Murder (Long Island Stage), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Mill Mountain Theatre), Crown of Kings (Byrdcliffe Theatre Festival), Miracle (White Barn Theatre), Noises Off (New Harmony Theatre, Boston Herald Repertory Company) and Twelfth Night (Tri-state Actor's Theatre). Mr. Dudley has appeared in several stock productions of Camelot playing King Arthur. His television credits include “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing,” “One Life to Live,” “Gimme a Break” and “Exiled.” He co-produced a theatrical documentary about Sir Derek Jacobi, was mentored for over twenty years by Philip Burton, father to Richard Burton, received a scholarship to the American Theatre Wing and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Ensemble
Christian Durso
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His New York credits include Nocturne (Under St. Marks), Cinephilia (Theatre Row), Spring Awakening (Blue Heron Arts Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Julius Caesar (Theatre For A New City), Shoe Polish (13th Street Repertory Company) and Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco (The Tank). Mr. Durso’s regional credits include Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Macbeth (RADA) and Minnesota Moon (Boulder Fringe). His television credits include “One Life to Live” and “Guiding Light.” Mr. Durso holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Ensemble
Kevin Hoffmann
recently appeared at The Old Globe in Whisper House (Lt. Rando) as well as Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Cyrano de Bergerac (Musketeer), Coriolanus (Senator) and Six Degrees of Separation (Ben). He also played Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program where he was also seen in The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Greeks: The Murders. Regionally, Mr. Hoffmann has performed in Antony and Cleopatra and The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Theater at Monmouth), as well as Proof (Barksdale Theatre). His TV credits include “As the World Turns” and “All My Children.” His many commercials include Sony, Callaway Golf, and Fidelity Financial. Mr. Hoffmann holds a BFA in Acting from Elon University. www.kevinhoffmann.com
Ensemble
Andrew Hutcheson
was last seen in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentleman of Verona. His New York credits include Elizabeth Rex, Kosher Harry, Richard III (Nicu's Spoon Theater), Romeo and Juliet (Staten Island Shakespeare) and Titus Andronicus (Rising Phoenix). National Tours include Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) and Beauty and the Beast (American Family Theatre). His regional credits include The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, The Crucible, A Lion in Winter, As You Like It and Jungalbook (Austin Theatre) as well as Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, 1776, Tartuffe, Romeo and Juliet and Love's Labour's Lost (Texas Shakespeare Festival). Mr. Hutcheson received his BA in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin.
Pedant, Curtis
Charles Janasz
has been seen in several Old Globe productions including Pericles and the Summer Shakespeare Festivals of 1985 and 2004-2009. He was seen on Broadway in Amadeus (’99-2000 revival) and has appeared in over 45 productions as a leading company member and returning artist of Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater. He is a company member and returning guest artist at Arena Stage. Janasz’s other credits include Ahmanson Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, CENTERSTAGE, The Empty Space Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Walker Art Center and Loring Playhouse. His television credits include “Mystery Woman,” “7th Heaven,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Frasier,” “Dharma & Greg” and “The Pretender.” Janasz’s radio credits include three productions for LA Theatre Works “The Play’s the Thing” on NPR. He attended University of Washington and The Juilliard School. Mr. Janasz is a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 1980.
Gremio
Joseph Marcell
has worked extensively in both the UK and the US Of the 200 productions that he has been involved in, he has worked with many premier theatre companies. In the UK he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court and Shakespeare's Globe where he has been on the Artistic Directorate & Council for 25 years. In the US he has worked on Broadway, Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hudson Theater and Shakespeare & Company. He has also performed in Africa and on a British Council Tour of India with the director John Dexter. His film and television work includes Cry Freedom, Sioux City, Rough Crossings, Fever, “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Sesame Street,” ”Jericho,” “Rumpole of the Bailey,” “A Touch of Frost,” “Holby City,” “EastEnders,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Empire Road” and “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.”
Ensemble
Steven Marzolf
has been seen in several productions at The Old Globe including Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. He also appeared in The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Greeks: The Murders (The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program). His regional credits include Fair Use and August: Osage County (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), As You Like It (Writers’ Theatre), Twilight of the Golds (Apple Tree Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Provision Theater), The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (La Jolla Playhouse), Richard III, Mary Stuart, A Christmas Carol, and Napoli Milionaria (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), The Romeo and Juliet Story (Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare), Twelfth Night and The Tempest (Riverside Theatre) and Two Rooms (In Tandem Theatre).
Biondello
Jordan McArthur
previously appeared in The Country Wife, The Two Gentleman of Verona and A Midsummer Night's Dream with (The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program). His Old Globe credits include Six Degrees of Separation, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus. McArthur’s regional credits include What the Butler Saw, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth (Virginia Shakespeare Festival). His other credits include Of Mice and Men, Arcadia, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Scarlet Letter. McArthur holds a BA in Theater from Christopher Newport University in Virginia.
Petruchio
Jonno Roberts
was seen on Broadway in Take Me Out and Off Broadway in Bug, Monster and Uncle Vanya. His regional credits include Goodman Theatre, King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Mother Courage, Richard II and Antigone (American Repertory Theater), Betty’s Summer Vacation (Huntington Theatre Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Dallas Theater Center), A Streetcar Named Desire (Intiman Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Henry V and Hamlet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Mr. Roberts’ international credits include Wozzeck (Toronto), Villeggiatura Trilogy and The Spiritualists (Russia and Europe) and MedeaMaterial, Hamletmachine, States of Shock, Songs to the Judges, King Lear and Alicef**k (New Zealand). He has appeared in several television shows including “Flight of the Conchords,” “Lie to Me,” “Medium,” “Without A Trace,” “CSI: NY,” “NCIS,” “Numb3rs,” “The Unit,” “Brotherhood,” “Love Monkey,” “Shark,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Jericho,” “As the World Turns,” “Xena,” “Hercules,” “Kukli,” “Shortland Street,” “A Bit of a Hoot” and “In Search of the Kiwi Male.” Mr. Roberts’ film credits include The Elephant King, Downstream, Footsteps and BTK. He received his MFA from Harvard University/Moscow Arts Theatre School.
Baptista Minola
Adrian Sparks
has played leading roles in a wide variety of theatre classics at such theaters as Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Long Wharf Theatre, Stage West Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. His extensive Shakespearean credits include acting or directing assignments in Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado about Nothing, King Lear, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), Henry V, Henry VI (Parts I, II and III) and Richard III. His 2009 portrayal of Sharky in The Seafarer for Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati led to Best Actor Awards from both the Acclaim and Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. In 2005, Mr. Sparks was honored by the highly respected Ovation Awards Committee with a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in the one man show Papa by Pulitzer Prize winning author John deGroot. He has since performed this solo show at numerous venues across the United States, and even took the show worldwide with an extended tour of major theaters and universities throughout Turkey.
Katherine
Emily Swallow
appeared on Broadway as Charlie and Marie LaSalle in High Fidelity. Her Off Broadway credits include Connie in John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger's Romantic Poetry (Manhattan Theatre Club), Delilah in The Black Eyed (New York Theatre Workshop), Hermione in Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theatre/NYSF), She in Like Love (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Regan in the workshop of King Lear starring Kevin Kline (The Public Theatre/NYSF) and the Ensemble in Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theatre/NYSF). Ms. Swallow’s regional credits include Viva in Pop! (Yale Repertory Theatre), Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Guthrie Theater), Caroline Bramble in Enchanted April (San Jose Repertory Theatre) and Eurydice/Pomona/Iris in Metamorphoses (Pioneer Theatre Company). Her film and television credits include The Lucky Ones, “Southland,” “NCIS,” “Medium,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “Journeyman,” “Jericho” and “Guiding Light.”
Grumio
Bruce Turk
has performed at The Old Globe in productions of Twelfth Night, Cyrano De Bergerac, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale (Craig Noel Award), The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It and Don Juan. His Broadway credits include the title role in The Green Bird and Juan Darien (Lincoln Center Theater). His Off Broadway credits include Pericles (Brooklyn Academy of Music), King John, Titus Andronicus and The Green Bird. Mr. Turk’s regional credits include seasons at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Shakespeare Santa Cruz as well as productions at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, McCarter Theatre Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Prince Music Theatre and many others. His television and film credits include “Numb3rs,” “ER,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Third Watch” and Garmento. Mr. Turk has also been a resident company member of Tadashi Suzuki’s Acting Company in Tokyo, Mito and Togamura, Japan. He is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Bianca
Bree Welch
most recently appeared in The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program productions of The Country Wife and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Her regional credits include The Tempest, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Love's Labor’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, As You Like It, Measure For Measure, The Taming of the Shrew (Houston Shakespeare Festival), The Rabbit Hole (Stages Repertory Theatre), Antigone (Classical Theatre Company), One Flea Spare (Mildred's Umbrella), Enchanted April, The Odd Couple and The Heiress (Unity Theatre), Snow White and The Wolf and the Foolish Little Kids (Children's Theatre Festival). Ms. Welch received her B.A. in Acting/Directing from The University of Houston.
Lucentio
Jay Whittaker
has been seen Off Broadway in Frank’s Home at Playwrights Horizons and Rose Rage at The Duke on 42nd St. His other credits include Awake and Sing (Northlight Theatre, directed by Amy Morton) Shining City (Huntington Theatre Company), Tamburlaine and Edward II (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Shining City and Frank’s Home (Goodman Theatre), Mother Courage and David Copperfield (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Merchant of Venice, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Henry IV (Royal Shakespeare Company). Mr. Whittaker’s film and television credits include Dustclouds, Let’s Go To Prison, Death of a President, “Prison Break” and “Early Edition
Team
Director
Ron Daniels
was born and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was a founder member of the Teatro Oficina, in São Paulo. He is a former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) experimental theater, The Other Place, at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. After 15 years with the company, directing many of Shakespeare plays, including two productions of Hamlet (one with Roger Rees and the second with Mark Rylance, the “pajama Hamlet”) as well as works by contemporary British writers, Daniels was appointed an Honorary Associate Director of the RSC. He is a former Associate Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater and he is now a freelance director. He has worked in many theaters and opera houses across the U.S., Japan and Brazil, where he staged King Lear in his own translation into Portuguese. Last year he directed the hip hop musical Kingdom, which performed at the Lincoln High School and at the Old Globe. Upcoming projects include Il Postino for the L.A Opera, which opens in Los Angeles in September starring Plácido Domingo. The production will then be seen in Paris and Vienna. His first feature film, The War Boys, is being distributed by Maya Entertainment.
Scenic Design
Ralph Funicello
has designed numerous shows at The Old Globe including I Do! I Do!, Restoration Comedy, Summer Shakespeare Festivals 2004-2009, The Constant Wife, The Lady With All the Answers, Julius Caesar, Pericles, The Taming of the Shrew, The Trojan Women, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Hostage, Paramour, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, Pride’s Crossing, Macbeth, American Buffalo, Private Lives, The Gate of Heaven, Mister Roberts, Henry IV, Dancing at Lughnasa, Hedda Gabler, The Way of the World, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Ghosts, Interior Decoration, From the Mississippi Delta, The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Rickey Takes a Meeting, Bargains, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, The White Rose, Hamlet, Our Town, Driving Miss Daisy, Measure for Measure. Mr. Funicello has designed scenery on and Off Broadway and for many theatres across the country, including Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, American Conservatory Theater, A Contemporary Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Arizona Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, Stratford Festival in Ontario, The Royal Shakespeare Company, New York City Opera, LA Opera and San Diego Opera. He currently holds the position of Powell Chair in Set Design at SDSU.
Costume Design
Deirdre Clancy
has designed 18 productions at The Royal National Theatre, including the inaugural production of the present building in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth. Among Ms. Clancy’s many successes are costumes for Kiri Te Kanawa in Cosí Fan Tutte at the Metropolitan Opera New York, Ian McKellen in Wild Honey at the National Theatre and Glenda Jackson in Strange Interlude in the West End and on Broadway. She won a BAFTA Best Film Costume Award for Mrs. Brown featuring Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly and an Olivier Award for her work on Love’s Labour’s Lost. She returned to the RSC with costume designs for All’s Well That Ends Well with Dame Judi Dench, for which she received another Olivier nomination, and a new production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Peter Gill. In 2009 Clancy completed the trilogy of Mozart Operas for Opera Lyon directed by Adrian Noble with costumes for Cosí Fan Tutte, Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Ms. Clancy has written and illustrated Costume Since World War Two.
Lighting Design
Alan Burrett
recently designed The Savannah Disputation at The Old Globe. Mr. Burrett’s work has been seen in over 30 countries. His theatre work has included 15 productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as at The Royal National Theater, Royal Opera Covent Garden, The Paris Opera, Munich Opera, the Burgtheater Vienna and 25 productions for the Los Angeles Opera. He lit large-scale arena productions of the operas Carmen and Tosca in London, Germany, Australia and Japan and the complete works of Beckett for the Gate Theatre in Dublin, New York and London. At the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville he was part of the design team for the Spanish Pavilion project and later created the lighting for the US tour of Duran Duran. Mr. Burrett is Professor of Design at UCSD.
Sound Design
Christopher R. Walker
has designed numerous productions for the Globe including the 2004 - 2009 Summer Shakespeare Festivals, Don Juan, The Trojan Women, The Woman in Black, Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew. Mr. Walker’s regional credits include over 30 productions with American Repertory Theatre, Dante’s Inferno (Huntington Theatre), Having Our Say (Trinity Rep), Shlemiel the First (Geffen Playhouse), The Beard of Avon and Romeo and Juliet (Seattle Repertory Theatre), In Real Life (Mark Taper Forum), Art (Alley Theatre), Don Juan (McCarter Theatre Center), Triumph of Love (Long Wharf Theatre), Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (Arizona Theatre Company) and When Grace Comes In (La Jolla Playhouse). His other credits include The Woman in Black (Minetta Lane Theatre), In Real Life (Manhattan Theatre Club), Dante’s Inferno (92nd Street Y), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company of Boston) and Long Day’s Journey into Night (Stamford Center for the Arts). Mr. Walker was also sound designer for productions in Singapore, Moscow and Taiwan. He is currently Resident Sound Designer at the Seattle Children’s Theatre, and prior to that served as Resident Sound Designer at American Repertory Theatre for seven years. He also spent four years as Sound Engineer/Resident Designer at Intiman Theatre in Seattle.
Voice and Dialect Coach
Claudia Hill-Sparks
has coached over 60 productions as Voice and Speech Coach from 1993-2001. Her most recent work for The Old Globe includes The Whipping Man, Cornelia, Working, Since Africa and the 2008 and 2009 Shakespeare Festivals. Her Broadway credits include Dance of the Vampires. Her Off Broadway credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Public Theater), Polish Joke (Manhattan Theatre Club), Time and the Conways (The Epic Theater Company) and Stone Cold Dead Serious (The Edge Theater Company). Her regional credits include Travesties, Arms and the Man, A Christmas Carol, The Little Foxes and The Way of the World (Huntington Theatre Company), A Christmas Carol (North Shore Music Theatre). Her television credits include Dialect Coach for Richard Easton as Ben Franklin for PBS. She was on the faculty of The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program from 1993-2001, Boston University BFA Professional Actor Training Program from 1988-1993, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and The Wilma Theater. She received her MFA in Acting from Temple University.
Fight Director
Steve Rankin
is an Associate Artist of The Old Globe as an actor and fight director. This is his 24th season staging fights for the Globe, including the 2004-2009 Summer Shakespeare Festivals, Cyrano de Bergerac, Coriolanus, The First Wives Club – A New Musical, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cornelia, In This Corner, Pig Farm, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Hamlet, White Linen, Julius Caesar, Henry V and Richard II. His Broadway credits include Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 (directed by Jack O’Brien), Memphis, Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls, Twelfth Night, Getting Away with Murder, Dracula the Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Anna Christie, The Real Inspector Hound and Two Shakespearean Actors. Mr. Rankin’s Off Broadway credits include The Third Story, Pig Farm, The Night Hank Williams Died and Richard Dresser’s Below the Belt. His regional credits include La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, CENTERSTAGE, Geva Theatre Center, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Virginia Stage Company and Actors Theatre of Louisville. His film credits include Renaissance Man, Human Error and Tumbleweeds. His international credits include The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Rankin’s Opera credits include Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.
Movement Sequences
Tony Caligagan
recently choreographed Kingdom at The Old Globe. He has danced with the world's most celebrated dance companies. As a Principal dancer with Jazz Unlimited he won awards from the San Diego Dance Alliance for his performance with Three's Company, a local modern dance company directed by Jean Isaacs. Tony has also performed as a principal in numerous musicals on and off Broadway. Other credits include San Diego Opera, Opera Pacifica, Starlight Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus. In New York, Mr. Caligagan danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre where he was trained in Horton, Graham, Ballet and Jazz. He was cast in the Broadway production of Jerome Robbins Broadway and worked directly with Jerome Robbins as a principal in both the Broadway cast and the international tour. Mr. Caligagan has won awards for his staging and choreography in the corporate entertainment industry and was awarded a Tommy" award as Jazz Dancer of the Year. Recently he is featured on the PBS broadcast/DVD The American Musical for his role of Bernardo in West Side Story. He is currently teaching Jazz and Dances of the World Latin at UCSD. He has been a professional dancer for 22 years and owner and Executive producer of Heatwave Productions a leading entertainment company in San Diego.
Stage Manager
James Latus
has Broadway credits that include Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Elaine Stritch At Liberty, Stones In His Pockets, Bells Are Ringing and was the Assistant Director- for Paul Simon’s The Capeman. Mr. Latus’ Off Broadway credits include The Great American Trailer Park Musical, They Wrote That?, The Persians (National Actor’s Theatre), 21 other productions including Stephen Sondheim’s Roadshow, King Lear with Kevin Kline, The Skriker, WASP by Steve Martin, Stuff Happens by David Hare, Antony and Cleopatra starring and directed by Vanessa Redgrave (The Public Theater), Chinese Friends, Memory House (directed by David Esbjornson, Playwrights Horizons), nine productions for The New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park, Young Playwrights Festival, Theatre for a New Audience and BAM. His regional credits include Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC, most recently the rep of Henry V and Richard II, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre Center. Mr. Latus’ international credits include Oedipus at the Athens Festival. He has had training at the Professional Theatre Training Program, now at the University of Delaware
Assistant Stage Manager
Moira Gleason
has stage managed several shows at The Old Globe including Alive and Well, Whisper House, Since Africa, Back Back Back, Sea of Tranquility, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Constant Wife, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘05), Summer Shakespeare Festivals (2005, ‘07, ‘08 and ‘09), Vincent in Brixton, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Fiction, The Full Monty, as Douglas Pagliotti Stage Management Intern: Old Wicked Songs. She has also been the Stage Manager for Adoption Project: Triad (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company), Miss Witherspoon (San Diego Repertory Theatre) and Fathom (Malashock Dance, ‘06). Ms. Gleason has held many different positions at The Old Globe from House Manager to Carpenter, Master Sound Technician to Education Coordinator. She holds a BA from Southern Oregon University and is a proud member of The Actors’ Equity Association.
Assistant Stage Manager
Annette Yé
recently was the Assistant Stage Manager for Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! and her other Globe credits include The First Wives Club, Opus, 2008 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Dancing in the Dark and Hay Fever. Ms. Yé’s regional credits include Peter and the Starcatchers, Tobacco Road and Salsalandia (La Jolla Playhouse). Her other credits include Honky Tonk Angels, Baby and No Way to Treat a Lady (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Forbidden Broadway: SVU (Theatre in Old Town); A Chorus Line, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, Me and My Girl, Company, Forever Plaid, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, The Sound of Music and 1776 (Starlight Musical Theatre).
Assistant Stage Manager
Erin Gioia Albrecht
regional stage management credits include The Madness of George III, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, Working, Bell, Book & Candle (The Old Globe) and Creditors, The Third Story, No Child and The Weathermen (La Jolla Playhouse). Her New York Credits include The Third Story (MCC Theater), Marvin’s Room (T. Schreiber Studio), The Great American Desert (78th St Theatre Lab), The Chekhov Dreams (Manhattan Theatre Source). Her UC San Diego credits include The Misanthrope, Surf Orpheus, Medea, Red State Blue Grass, Twelfth Night and The Labyrinth of Desire. Ms. Albrecht received her MFA in Stage Management from UC San Diego.
