Press Release: The Comedy of Errors Cast Annoucement

COMPLETE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE
2015 SUMMER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF
SHAKESPEARE’S DELIGHTFULTHE COMEDY OF ERRORS,
DIRECTED BY SEVEN-TIME TONY AWARD NOMINEESCOTT ELLIS

RUNNING AT THE OLD GLOBE AUGUST 16 – SEPTEMBER 20, 2015;
OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

SAN DIEGO (July 9, 2015)—The complete cast and creative team have been announced for The Comedy of Errorsas The Old Globe’s 2015 Summer Shakespeare Festival continues the Globe’s 80th Anniversary festivities as part of the Balboa Park Centennial Celebration. With three shows on Broadway this year, Tony and Emmy Award nominee Scott Ellis makes his Globe debut directing one of William Shakespeare’s most delightful confections. The Old Globe engagement will begin performances on August 16 and run through September 20, 2015, with opening night on Saturday, August 22 at 8:00 p.m., in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

Subscription tickets to the Globe’s 2015 Summer Season range from $115 to $346. Single tickets are on sale now and start at $29. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

Laughter will ring out under the stars as Shakespeare’s hilarious tale of mistaken identity takes the outdoor stage. A young man and his servant arrive in town, unaware that each of them has a separated-at-birth identical twin already there. This can’t end well—or maybe it can, but not before the unexpected double vision leads to furious wives, confused mistresses, scandalized family members, and general mayhem.

Portraying the very confused sets of twins are Glenn Howerton as Antipholus of Ephesus/Antipholus of Syracuse (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The Mindy Project,” “Fargo”) and Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley as Dromio of Ephesus/Dromio of Syracuse (Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, Off Broadway’s Nobody Loves You, Little Miss Sunshine). The cast also features Megan Dodds as Adriana (West End’s My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s As You Like It directed by Barry Edelstein), Barrett Doss as Luciana (You Can’t Take It with You on Broadway, Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist Off Broadway), Austin Durant as Duke Solinus and Doctor Pinch (Globe’s Anna Christie, Broadway’s You Can’t Take It with You, War Horse, Macbeth), Patrick Kerr as Egeon (this season’s Twelfth Night at the Globe, You Can’t Take It with You on Broadway), Garth Schilling as Courtesan (known for his alter ego, Miss Vodka Stinger, with five shows at 54 Below), and Globe Associate Artist Deborah Taylor as Emilia (most recently at the Globe in Pygmalion, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor).

Joining them are Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program actors Amy Blackman (Ensemble), Lindsay Brill* (Nell), Charlotte Bydwell* (Ensemble), Lowell Byers* (Angelo), Ally Carey (Ensemble), Jamal Douglas* (Balthazar), Tyler Kent* (Ensemble), Jake Millgard (Ensemble), Makha Mthembu (1st Merchant), Daniel Petzold (Ensemble), Megan M. Storti* (Messenger), Nathan Whitmer (Officer), and Patrick Zeller* (2nd Merchant). *Recent graduates of the M.F.A. program. Derek Cannon, Chaz Cabrera, and Jordan Morita round out the cast as Musicians.

The creative team also includes Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design), Acme Sound Partners (Sound Design), Derek Cannon (Music Director), Ursula Meyer (Voice and Text Coach), Jim Carnahan, CSA (Casting), and Charles Means (Production Stage Manager).

“This gifted cast, under the inventive and witty direction of the great Scott Ellis, is sure to make this funny and wild Shakespearean comedy shine as bright as the stars in the San Diego sky,” said Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “I look forward to sharing their work with the Globe’s summer audiences.”

Scott Ellis (Director) was represented on Broadway this past season by three Tony Award-nominated productions: You Can’t Take It with You (Tony nomination for Direction), On the Twentieth Century,and The Elephant Man, now currently running in London. Other Broadway credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony nomination), Harvey, Curtains (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed (Drama League Award nomination), Twelve Angry Men (Tony nomination), The Man Who Had All the Luck, The Rainmaker, Steel Pier (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), 1776 (Drama Desk and Tony nominations), Picnic (OCC nomination), Company, She Loves Me (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), and A Month in the Country. He also directed the London production of She Loves Me (Olivier Award). Ellis’s Off Broadway credits include Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Understudy, Streamers, Good Boys and True, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Waverly Gallery, The Dog Problem, That Championship Season, And the World Goes ‘Round (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), and Flora the Red Menace (Drama Desk nomination). He also directed the New York City Opera’s 110 in the Shade and A Little Night Music (also for LA Opera). His television credits include “30 Rock” (Emmy Award nomination), “Modern Family,” “Weeds” (executive producer), “The Good Wife,” and “The Closer.” Ellis is the Associate Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company.

The Comedy of Errors is supported in part through gifts from Qualcomm Foundation, Gillian and Tony Thornley, Holland America Line, and Union Bank.

TICKETS to The Comedy of Errors were initially available only as part of a Season Package.Subscription prices for the 2015 Summer Season range from $115 to $346. Single tickets begin at $29 and are now on sale. Tickets may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE, or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Performances begin on August 16 and continue through September 20. Performance times: Previews: Sunday, August 16 at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 19 at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 20 at 8:00 p.m., and Friday, August 21 at 8:00 p.m. Opening night is Saturday, August 22 at 8:00 p.m. Regular Performances August 23 – September 6: Tuesday – Sunday evenings at 8:00 p.m. September 7-20: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and under, seniors, and groups of 10 or more.

Additional events taking place during the run of The Comedy of Errors include:

INSIGHTS SEMINAR

Tuesday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m.

The seminar series features a panel selected from the current show. Reception at 6:30 p.m. FREE

POST-SHOW FORUMS

Tuesday, August 25, Wednesday, August 26, and Tuesday, September 1

Discuss the play with members of the cast and crew following the performance. FREE

SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN

Tuesday, August 25, Sunday, August 30, Thursday, September 3, Thursday, September 10, and Friday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Short lectures presented by members of the artistic team reveal fascinating insights about the play and the production. Shakespeare in the Garden lectures are presented at 7:00 p.m. in the Craig Noel Garden. FREE

The 2015 Summer Season opened with Shakespeare’s delightful and romantic Twelfth Night, directed by Rebecca Taichman, whose time-traveling Time and the Conways fascinated Globe audiences last April. The Summer Season continues as 2014 Tony Award winner for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and former Old Globe Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak returns to direct the spectacular musical classic Kiss Me, Kate, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Sam and Bella Spewack, and choreography by Peggy Hickey, in association with Hartford Stage. Rounding out the season is the West Coast premiere of Ken Ludwig’s comedy Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.

The Globe also presents a series of free Monday night films relating to Shakespeare through the eras to celebrate both the Balboa Park Centennial and the theatre’s 80th Anniversary. The series began on June 29 with Henry V, directed by Laurence Olivier in 1944, in the Festival Theatre. It is followed by Orson Welles’s 1965 classic Chimes at Midnight on July 13 at 7:00 p.m. and Joss Whedon’s 2012 Much Ado About Nothing on August 3 at 7:00 p.m. (both in the Globe Theatre), and the series will conclude on August 24 at 8:00 p.m. with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’s groundbreaking 1961 New York City riff on the Bard’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, in the Festival Theatre.

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SEASON CALENDAR: Kiss Me, Kate (7/1-8/9), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (7/24-8/30), The Comedy of Errors (8/16-9/20), In Your Arms (9/16-10/25), Full Gallop (9/26-10/25), Globe for All: Much Ado About Nothing (11/10-11/22), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (11/7-12/26), M.F.A.: As You Like It (11/14-22), New Voices Festival (1/14/16-1/17), The Metromaniacs (1/30-3/6), The Last Match (2/13-3/13), Rain (3/24-5/1), Constellations (4/9-5/8), Camp David (5/13-6/19), tokyo fish story (5/28-6/26).

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The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theatres and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for over 75 years. 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.

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CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES

Amy Blackman (Ensemble) most recently appeared at the Globe in Twelfth Night. She also performed in the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. productions of Clybourne Park, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre.In New York, she has worked on various readings and workshops, including The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Stage Company), The Bootlegger & The Rabbi’s Daughter (New York Musical Theatre Festival), and Mrs. Hughes (New York Theatre Workshop). She has performed regionally as Madeline Astor in Titanic, Dora Bailey in Singin’ in the Rain, Kiss Me, Kate, Beauty and the Beast,and The Sound of Music (The Muny).

Lindsay Brill (Nell, Ensemble) recently appeared in Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Winter’s Tale,andthe New Voices Festivalat The Old Globe. She also appeared in Much Ado About Nothing, Reckless, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre with the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program. In New York, Brill has performed at such theatres as Theatre Row, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Prospect Theater Company, and The Actors Studio. Recently she performed sketch comedy in the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival and shot the new web series “Annie and Brie.”

Charlotte Bydwell (Ensemble) was last seen on the outdoor stage in The Old Globe’s productions of Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,and Othello. More recently, she appearedin the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program productions of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Much Ado About Nothing, Antigone, Reckless,and, as Rose Trelawny, in Trelawny of the “Wells”. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School and began her career as a dancer with Monica Bill Barnes Company and Keigwin + Company, performing at Jacob’s Pillow Dance, American Dance Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, and The Joyce Theater. As a member of the resident acting company at The Flea Theater she appeared in Sean Graney’s highly acclaimed These Seven Sicknesses directed by Ed Iskandar. At the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival, she appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest directed by David Hyde Pierce and A Month in the Country directed by Richard Nelson. Her one-woman show, Woman of Leisure and Panic, debuted in the eighth-annual soloNOVA Arts Festival (New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination), played the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival.

Lowell Byers (Angelo, Ensemble) appeared most recently at the Globe as Antonio and Sea Captain in Twelfth Night and appeared previously in The Twenty-seventh Man, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,and Othello. He was also featured in the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Antigone, Reckless, and, in the title role, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. His Off Broadway credits include Night Float (Playwrights Horizons), Othello (Theatre Row), Balm in Gilead (New York Innovative Theatre Award), You Never Can Tell,and The Changing Room (T. Schreiber Studio). He has been seen regionally in North Shore Fish (Gloucester Stage Company), As You Like It (Vermont Stage Company), and SMILE: The Musical (Deane Center for the Performing Arts). He played the title role in Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror (History Channel) and appeared in the films Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear (Chiller/NBC Universal), Brewsie and Willie (Rocam Productions), and Things I Don’t Understand (Best Feature Film winner, Burbank International and Philadelphia Independent Film Festivals). His original play, Luft Gangster, had its 2013 world premiere at Abingdon Theatre Company directed by Austin Pendleton.

Ally Carey (Ensemble) most recently appeared at the Globe in Twelfth Night, as well as the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program productions of Clybourne Park, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. She was also featured in the reading of The Last Match for The Old Globe’s New Voices Festival. Her Chicago credits include understudying roles in Belleville (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Camino Real (Goodman Theatre). She has been seen regionally in The Royal Family, Troilus and Cressida, and All’s Well That Ends Well (American Players Theatre), Noises Off and The Winter’s Tale (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Writer 1272 and A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater), American Sexy (New Theatre Group at the Guthrie), Georgia Shakespeare, andHudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. She also appeared in the title role of Cinderella with The Little Orchestra Society at Lincoln Center.

Megan Dodds (Adriana) most recently appeared in the one-woman show My Name Is Rachel Corrie, originating the role of Rachel at Royal Court Theatre in London, where she won the Theatregoers’ Choice Award for Best Solo Performance. The show subsequently transferred to London’s Playhouse Theatre and Off Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre. Her other West End credits include This Is How It Goes (Donmar Warehouse), Up for Grabs (Wyndham’s Theatre), and Popcorn (Apollo Theatre). She also appeared as Ophelia in Hamlet (Young Vic, The Globe Tokyo), for which she won an Ian Charleson Award, and in As You Like It (Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she worked with Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein). She made her Broadway debut in The School for Scandal. Dodds’s film and television credits include Ever After, “MI-5,” “CSI: NY,” “Detroit 1-8-7,” Houdini, “House M.D.,” “Lie to Me,” The Rat Pack, and many others.

Barrett Doss (Luciana) has appeared on Broadway in You Can’t Take It with You and Off Broadway in Burning, Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist/Cleansed, Canary, and Unchained Memories. Her regional credits include Orestes 2.0, The Real Thing, The World is Round, Dreamgirls, and Jamaica. She has also been seen on television in “Person of Interest” and “30 Rock.”

Jamal Douglas (Balthazar, Ensemble) was recently seen in the Globe’s productions of Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, and The Winter’s Tale. He also appeared in the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program productions of Trelawny of the “Wells”, Reckless, and Much Ado About Nothing. Douglas has worked with Philadelphia Young Playwrights, PlayPenn, Simpatico Theatre Project, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, Arden Theatre Company, Plays & Players, and the National Constitution Center, among others.

Austin Durant (Duke Solinus, Doctor Pinch) previously appeared at the Globe in Anna Christie. His previous theatre credits include You Can’t Take It with You (Broadway), Macbeth and War Horse (Broadway/Lincoln Center Theater), Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theater), Hamlet, Death of a Salesman, Passion Play, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José (Yale Repertory Theatre), A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre), and The Illusion, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Oklahoma! (Berkshire Theatre Festival). His television credits include “Nurse Jackie” and “Person of Interest.” Durant is a 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellow.

Glenn Howerton (Antipholus of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse) is an actor, writer, and producer from Montgomery, Alabama. He currently stars as Dennis Reynolds on the critically acclaimed FXX comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which he also co-created, writes, and produces. He recently played Don Chumph in FX’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama Fargo. He also played Cliff Gilbert, Mindy Kaling’s love interest in the second season of “The Mindy Project” on Fox. Some of Howerton’s feature film work includes Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Coffee Town, Everything Must Go, and The Strangers. His most recent theatre credit was starring alongside Lee Pace in the premiere of The Credeaux Canvas at Playwrights Horizons.

Tyler Kent (Dromio Double, Ensemble) has appeared at the Globe in Twelfth Night, Othello, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He has also appeared in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Much Ado About Nothing, Antigone, Reckless,and Trelawny of the “Wells” with the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program. Elsewhere, his credits include Mary Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Eugene O’Neill Foundation), A Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Berkeley Rep), Much Ado About Nothing (Extant Arts Company), Twelfth Night (The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival), MEDEAStories (SITI Company), Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway By The Bay), Snapshots and Auctioning the Ainsleys (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Finian’s Rainbow (Woodminster), Vera Wilde (Shotgun Players), and What the Butler Saw (Pacific Repertory Theatre). Kent was among the American actor participants in Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes’s international Bridge Project with The Old Vic. His cabarets Nobody’s Hart and Give Me the Simple Life toured China in 2009 and 2011.

Patrick Kerr (Egeon) appeared at the Globe earlier this summer in Twelfth Night. In New York he recently appeared in Scott Ellis’s Broadway revival of You Can’t Take It with You with James Earl Jones and Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss at Playwrights Horizons. His Southern California performances include the recent His Girl Friday at La Jolla Playhouse as well as roles at South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, and Geffen Playhouse. He is a veteran of many television shows but is probably best known for recurring roles as Noel on “Frasier” and “The Blind Guy” on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Jake Millgard (Ensemble) was last seen in the Globe’s production of Arms and the Man. He also recently appeared in the Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program productions of Clybourne Park, Trelawny of the “Wells”,and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. His New York credits include Sex and Violence, On Campus, and Remembering Kimberly. His regional credits include Dracula and A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Full Monty (Northern Stage), and Art, The Odd Couple, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Mount Baker Theatre’s Summer Repertory Theatre), and he went on tour with From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. He also appeared in the premiere of The Open Road Anthology (Humana Festival of New American Plays). His television and film credits include “Grimm,” Pudding Face, Placebo, and Frank and Barry.

Makha Mthembu (1st Merchant, Ensemble) recently made her Old Globe Shakespeare Festival debut in Twelfth Night. Mthembu has appeared in Old Globe/USD M.F.A Program productions of Clybourne Park, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and, as Marina, in Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Her Chicago credits include Judith in Sweetwater (Oracle Productions), Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Vista), and Judith Smith in Belfast Girls (Artemisia, A Chicago Theatre). Her regional credits include Catherine in The Nightmare Room (Towle Theater).

Rory O’Malley (Dromio of Ephesus, Dromio of Syracuse) is making his debut at The Old Globe. He is best known for starring in the original company of The Book of Mormon on Broadway. He received both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for creating the openly closeted Mormon Elder McKinley and performing the show stopper “Turn It Off.” His other New York stage credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Broadway and Second Stage Theatre’s Nobody Loves You (Drama Desk nomination) and Little Miss Sunshine, both Off Broadway. Regionally, he created the role of Richie Cunningham in Garry Marshall’s Happy Days – A New Musical. Last summer, O’Malley was seen starring alongside Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence in FX’s“Partners.” He can also be seen in episodes of “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “1600 Penn.” This year O’Malley debuted his autobiographical show Pub Crawl in New York City.

Daniel Petzold (Antipholus Double, Ensemble) last appeared in the Globe’s Twelfth Night, and he recently performed in the USD/Old Globe M.F.A. Program productions of Clybourne Park, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He has also performed in Tom Stoppard’s trilogy The Coast of Utopia and Jon Tracy’s The Salt Plays (Shotgun Players), Three Sisters (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), A Bright New Boise (Aurora Theatre Company), Any Given Day and Another Way Home (Magic Theatre), Oskar and the Big Bully Battle (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), and Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet (Pacific Repertory Theatre), as well as performances with the San Francisco, Marin, and Livermore Shakespeare Festivals.

Garth Schilling (Courtesan) is making his Shakespeare debut in The Comedy of Errors. He is mostly known for his alter ego, Miss Vodka Stinger, based in New York City. He is a singer and night club performer who has written and produced dozens of shows. Over the last year he was thrilled to begin performing at 54 Below in New York City where he starred in five new shows: Lower Your Expectations, Around the World in 80 Ways, Vodka Stinger’s Last Resort, How to Lose Friends and Intoxicate People, and The Vodka Stinger Christmas Special. He also joined the cast of Christmas with the Crawfords playing Laverne Andrews, Edith Head, and Ethel Merman. He has made many appearances at Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT, and The Triad.

Megan M. Storti (Messenger, Ensemble) is pleased to continue her second summer of Shakespeare at The Old Globe, having previously appeared in Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Othello. Her credits with the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program include Gower in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Rachel in Reckless, Trafalgar in Trelawny of the “Wells”, Bazira in Much Ado About Nothing, and Ismene in Antigone. Her Chicago credits include productions with Writers’ Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Lifeline Theatre, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, The Right Brain Project, Glass Onion Theatre, and DreamLogic Theatreworks. Her regional credits include Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Heartland Theatre Company, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, and Putnam County Playhouse. She recently wrote and performed a one-woman show entitled Talk at University of San Diego and worked as a stage fighting consultant with San Diego Opera.

Deborah Taylor (Emilia) is an Associate Artist of The Old Globe and has appeared in the Globe productions of Pygmalion, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, The Magic Fire (also at Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Wonderful Tennessee, Out of Purgatory, Interior Decoration, The Snow Ball (also at Hartford Stage and Huntington Theatre Company in Boston), Season’s Greetings, Yankee Wives, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, The Dining Room, The Seagull, Ring ‘Round the Moon, The Rivals, Henry IV Part I, Henry V, The Winter’s Tale, Othello, and Bell, Book and Candle. Her other theatre credits include Other Desert Cities (Rubicon Theatre Company), The Beaux’ Stratagem (Hartford Stage), The Women (Royal Alexandra Theatre), Holiday, Breaking the Silence,and Tonight We Improvise (Shaw Festival Theatre), Whose Line Is It Anyway?, A Place to Stay, and Ah, Wilderness! (Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo), and The Miser (Stage West). She has appeared in the films Sea of Love, The Brother from Another Planet, and Lianna. Her television credits include “Murphy Brown,” “Star Trek,” “Cop Rock,” “Knightwatch,” and Marie Medavoy on “NYPD Blue.”

Nathan Whitmer (Officer, Ensemble) was last seen in Twelfth Night at The Old Globe. He is an Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program candidate and appeared this season in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Trelawny of the “Wells”, and Clybourne Park. He was seen Off Broadway in A. A. Milne’s The Ugly Duckling (Marvell Rep), and his other New York City theatre includes Bumbershoot! (New York International Fringe Festival), Macduff in Macbeth (Titan Theatre Company), and Sam Speed in Who Murdered Love (Theater for the New City). As a member of Barter Theatre’s Player Company and Resident Acting Company he appeared in over 25 productions including the roles of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, Cliff in Cabaret, Jim in The Glass Menagerie, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Bert in It’s a Wonderful Life, Fred in A Christmas Carol, and Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad. His other regional credits include A Christmas Carol, Reckless, and Sherlock Holmes (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), The Royal Hunt of the Sun and 1776 (Texas Shakespeare Festival), John Proctor in The Crucible (Roxy Regional Theatre).

Patrick Zeller (2nd Merchant, Ensemble) has appeared at the Globe in Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, and The Winter’s Tale,as well as in several performances of Arms and the Man. With the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program he performed in Trelawny of the “Wells”, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Reckless, and Much Ado About Nothing. He also appeared at the Globe as Nick in the 2008 production of The American Plan. Zeller’s other classical theatre credits include The Mysteries (Shakespeare & Company), The Comedy of Errors (New York Classical Theatre), Edward II (Pet Brick Productions), Hamlet (Maine Shakespeare Festival), and Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company). Zeller has appeared on “Law & Order,” “Medium,” “Kidnapped,” “Six Degrees,” “All My Children,” “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns,” and “The Young and the Restless.” He also co-starred in the award-winning film Virgin Alexander. His other film credits include No Reservations, End of the Spear,and A Totally Minor Motion Picture. He was Co-Founder and Artistic Director for Present Tense Theater Project.

Chaz Cabrera (Musician) was born and raised in Southern California and currently performs professionally around San Diego. Around the age of 13, he was introduced to the alto saxophone by his uncle, Benjamin Menancio. Cabrera’s professional career started by the age of 18 when he formed a group named Jazz Avenue with five of his close friends. They competed in the national competition Schooljam USA 2012, where they won the prestigious title of Best Teen Band and were given the opportunity to play for the Musikmesse convention in Frankfurt, Germany. Cabrera currently performs with San Diego’s premier big bands, such as Gaslamp Quarter Jazz Orchestra, Marty Conley’s Big Band Express, JazzKatz Project, and more.

Jordan Morita (Musician) makes his debut at The Old Globe. His recent theatre performances include Chicago, Cats, and The Sound of Music (San Diego Musical Theatre). He has also performed with 10,000 Maniacs, on the television show “Calle Ocho,” and in various commercial jingles. He has a B.M. in Music Education from the University of Miami, and an M.M. in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University. Morita is currently a freelance musician and private music instructor based in San Diego.

Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) recently designed Kiss Me, Kate at The Old Globe and Hartford Stage. He also designed A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Globe, Hartford Stage, and on Broadway, where he received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. His other Broadway credits include Present Laughter (Tony nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. His Off Broadway credits include Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Modern Terrorism, All New People, Trust, and The Water’s Edge (Second Stage Theatre), Maple and Vine and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons), The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company), Paris Commune and Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lucille Lortel Award) and Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center Theater), and Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre for a New Audience). Dodge also designed the West End production of All New People. His opera credits include The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), La Rondine (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis), An American Tragedy (Glimmerglass Opera), Il Trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Budapest State Opera). Dodge will next design Ripcord for Manhattan Theatre Club. He has received a Craig Noel Award, two Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, two Elliot Norton Awards, and three IRNE Awards.

Linda Cho (Costume Design) is returning to The Old Globe, where she most recently designed last year’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona. This is her 14th show here since 2002. Her work can currently be seen on Broadway in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination and a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical. Off Broadway she has designed at Theatre for a New Audience, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, Drama Dept., The Acting Company, and Atlantic Theater Company. Regionally her designs have been seen at LA Opera, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Internationally Cho has designed costumes at Royal Shakespeare Company in England and Stratford Festival in Canada.

Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design) previously designed the Globe productions of Kiss Me, Kate; Buyer & Cellar; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; Pygmalion;and The Recommendation. His Broadway credits include The Elephant Man, It’s Only a Play, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. His Off Broadway credits include The Explorers Club and Cactus Flower. His other regional theatre credits include Hartford Stage, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage, The Actors Company Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Two River Theater Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse. Rosenberg has served as associate lighting designer of more than 35 Broadway plays and musicals.

Acme Sound Partners (Sound Design) is returning to The Old Globe, where they designed Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Acme has designed sound for over 30 Broadway shows since 2000 including The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (2012 revival, Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Merchant of Venice (Drama Desk nomination), Fences (2010 revival, Tony nomination), Ragtime (2009 revival, Drama Desk Award), Bye Bye Birdie (2009 revival), Hair (2009 revival, Tony nomination), In the Heights (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line (2006 revival), The Drowsy Chaperone (Drama Desk nomination), Spamalot, Avenue Q, Fiddler on the Roof (2004 revival),Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (Drama Desk and Ovation Awards), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Acme is Tom Clark, Mark Menard, and Sten Severson.

Derek Cannon (Music Director, Musician) is an accomplished performer and music educator, having earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Music degrees from San Diego State University. During his time at SDSU he won many soloist awards at jazz festivals throughout the state. He has maintained an active performing career featuring performances with The Spinners, The Temptations, and The Four Tops. He has also been featured on many recordings, most notably Free Your Mind, released in 2009 with smooth jazz artist Walter Beasley. Cannon is currently Music Department Chair and Director of Jazz Studies at Grossmont College. In addition to being a member of the music faculty at Grossmont College, he chaired the Jazz Studies Department at Chicago State University from 1995 to 1999 and is currently a member of the jazz studio faculty at San Diego State University.

Ursula Meyer (Voice and Text Coach) has studied voice with Cicely Berry, Patsy Rodenburg, Andrew Wade, and Arthur Lessac and is a designated Linklater teacher. She also graduated with distinction from the Advanced Voice Studies Program at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London under David Carey. Her regional credits include numerous productions at The Old Globe, Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Idaho, Santa Cruz, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, as well as 15 seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Meyer is currently on the faculty at UC San Diego. In 2007, she was a recipient of UCSD’s Saltman Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.

Jim Carnahan, CSA (Casting) recently cast the Globe’s production of Twelfth Night. He is the Director of Artistic Development at Roundabout Theatre Company, where his credits include On the Twentieth Century, The Real Thing, Cabaret, Violet, Machinal, The Winslow Boy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Cyrano de Bergerac, Harvey, Anything Goes, The Importance of Being Earnest, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Sunday in the Park with George, The Pajama Game, 12 Angry Men, Assassins, Nine, and Big River. His other Broadway credits include Fun Home, Constellations, The River, You Can’t Take It With You, Rocky, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Matilda The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Mountaintop, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Jerusalem, Arcadia, The Scottsboro Boys, American Idiot, A Behanding in Spokane, The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, Spring Awakening, The Pillowman, Gypsy, and True West. His film credits include A Home at the End of the World and Flicka, and his television credits include“Glee” (Emmy Award nomination).

Charles Means (Production Stage Manager) stage managed the Broadway productions of The Real Thing, Seminar, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, The Pitmen Painters, Next Fall, Oleanna, You’re Welcome America, Mauritius, Doubt, and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, as well as the national tour of Doubt. His Off Broadway credits include The Laramie Project, Wit, Beckett/Albee, and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. He has worked at many of this nation’s top not-for-profit theatres including Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park, New York Theatre Workshop, Roundabout Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, The Foundry Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, Long Wharf Theatre, SITI Company, and La Jolla Playhouse. His television credits include HBO’s telecast of Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America – A Final Night with George W. Bush. Means is a full-time faculty member and the head of the M.F.A. Stage Management program at UC San Diego.