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Cocktails with the Canon is an interview-based podcast series, by The Old Globe and co-hosted by Associate Producer Lamar Perry and Literary Manager/Dramaturg Danielle Mages Amato, that seeks to interrogate the American theatre canon.
The cast from Barry Edelstein's 2017 staging reunites for an all-audio version.
Now available on podcast streaming platforms and our YouTube Channel!
Showcasing original props, costumes, photographs, and ephemera from the Globe’s archives.
More of a gathering than a show or a class, Word Up! is a digital opportunity for community members to connect with each other and participate in a new performing-art medium each week through a live-streamed collaboration.
The Poet’s Tree, hosted by Old Globe Teaching Artist, spoken word poet, and actor Gill Sotu will interview a poet and discuss their poetry style, how it is effective, tools they suggest to help the audience grow in their own work, and inspirations.
Journal along with the public and digital version of our transformative Reflecting Shakespeare program!
Globe to Go offers distance learning lesson plans FREE to educators, classroom teachers, and homeschool parents looking for introductory theatre and Shakespeare lessons to try at home.
Photo by Rich Soublet II.
Events with our program coLAB, like our Pride event and the Juneteenth Presentation! Watch both versions online today!
On Book: The Old Globe’s Shakespeare Reading Group is a free online group offering a chance to explore Shakespeare’s plays with other audience members as well as Globe artists and actors.
Gather Round! is a short-form limited podcast series, co-hosted by Artistic Associate Lamar Perry and Arts Engagement Programs Manager Laura Zablit, that celebrates the holiday traditions and rituals of various San Diego communities during the winter season.
Every Thursday, we’ll post a new page featuring an original design for costumes, sets, or props from past Globe shows. Along the way, you’ll be treated to design insight from artisans who brought these ideas to life. Color them in however you want (creativity welcome!), and post on your social media and tag @theoldglobe and #globecoloringbook. The following Tuesday, we’ll post some of our favorites, along with the designer’s original rendering and a photo of the final design onstage.
For many San Diegans, their ability to understand and appreciate the wonders of the Bard during our Summer Shakespeare Festival has increased exponentially since they joined us for Thinking Shakespeare Live!
Thinking Shakespeare Live: Infinite Book, a new installment of the acclaimed series, will look at how the language of Shakespeare made its way across four centuries from the Bard’s quill pen to the scripts our actors hold as they rehearse their work today.
Thinking Shakespeare Live: Sonnets! is a half-hour, “social-distance” version of Thinking Shakespeare Live! which will introduce the sonnets and then delve into one masterpiece of the form, exploring its language and how it works, and how it relates to Shakespeare’s work for the stage.
Community Voices is a series of free online workshops dedicated to the process of creating short plays inspired by personal experiences. Everyone on the online-platform community is encouraged to participate.
Community Voices: Comedy Edition is a workshop hosted by Katie H. where participants/audiences can explore a different comedic writing genre each week!
El programa de dramaturgia favorito del público, Community Voices, estrenará su versión en español: Voces de la Comunidad!
Hermanas (Sisters), 2019 coLAB production for Día de Muertos AXIS event. Photo by Rich Soublet II.
The Living Room Play Workshop helps you learn how to write, develop, design, direct and present your own play!
Photo by Rich Soublet II.
Playwrights Unstuck allows you to be a fly on the wall as we check in with Globe-commissioned local playwrights to discuss their play’s development!
When the curtain falls, where do the artists go? Act Breaks reveals the answer. This special series offers exclusive video content providing an intimate connection with your favorite Old Globe theatre makers. Act Breaks checks in with actors, writers, directors, and artisans to see what they are up to during this Great Intermission. Each artist will share what’s foremost in their hearts and minds: a song, a message about why theatre matters, or just a hello to their friends and supporters at the Globe.
Shows may close, but the fun lives on! Flashbacks videos brings you songs and scenes from the Globe productions you have loved, with an introduction by a member of the cast or creative team, who will give you backstage stories and fond memories of their time with the show. Jump back in time with us and relive all the excitement from the Globe’s stages.
It is recommended these days to wash your hands for 20 seconds or more, so why not do it with Shakespeare? Soap It Up brings you the talented students in The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program as they give you Bard-inspired ideas that will take the perfect amount of time while you clean up.
The cast of Twelfth Night, 2019. Photo by Daren Scott.
Behind the Curtain is a free online series of workshops offering a chance to explore the magic of creating a theatrical production. Through interactive, live-streamed workshops with industry professionals, viewers will be introduced to a different design discipline each week, including costumes, sets, sound, lighting, and props.
Descubre la magia del teatro con Detrás del Telón— la versión en español de Behind The Curtain.
Join teaching artist Kendrick Dial as we meet with protest artists to discuss their approach to the creation of innovative and progressive protest art, both installation and performative.
The Play At Home project, a series of short plays commissioned specifically for this moment of unprecedented isolation to inspire joy and connection for all.
Help us deliver more great theatre programs like these. Make a donation today—together, we will keep the GlobeRISING beyond today’s challenges. Thank you!
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