William Shakespeare (Playwright), 1564–1616, was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. During his career he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and other verses. His body of plays consists of the tragedies Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, and Troilus and Cressida; the comedies All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Two Noble Kinsmen; the romances Cymbeline, Pericles, The Tempest, and The Winter’s Tale; and the histories Henry IV Parts I and II, Henry V, Henry VI Parts I, II, and III, Henry VIII, King John, Richard II, and Richard III. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) designed the Globe’s productions of The Comedy of Errors (Craig Noel Award); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Craig Noel Award); Kiss Me, Kate; Pygmalion; Other Desert Cities;and many more. Also locally, he designed The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse; Craig Noel Award). His Broadway credits include Anastasia (Outer Critics Award nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Present Laughter (Tony nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. Mr. Dodge’s recent Off Broadway credits include Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre); The Liar (Classic Stage Company); Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons); Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company); Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater); and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme (Lincoln Center Theater, Lucille Lortel Award). Mr. Dodge’s West End credits include All New People, and his opera credits include Samson et Dalila (Metropolitan Opera), The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera, Wexford Festival Opera), Il Trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Müpa Budapest). He has also designed for “Julie’s Greenroom” starring Julie Andrews (Netflix). He received his M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama.

Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design) has designed the Broadway productions of Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Elephant Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,and It’s Only a Play. His Off Broadway credits include The Ruins of Civilization, The Explorer’s Club,and Cactus Flower. His regional credits include productions with The Old Globe, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, McCarter Theatre Center, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage, The Actors Company Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, Two River Theater, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.

Keith Thomas (Original Music, Music Director) has 24 seasons at Stratford Festival and dozens of productions at Guthrie Theater to his credit, and he has been composer, musical director, and lyricist for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Gate Theatre), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Theatre Company; Helen Hayes Award), Amigo’s Blue Guitar (Tarragon Theatre; Dora Mavor Moore Award), Rose (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company; Dora nomination), Coeur de Chien and Les Nuits Blanches (Théâtre Français de Toronto), Born Yesterday (Shaw Festival Theatre), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), as well as composing for productions across Canada, including National Arts Centre, Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre, Centaur Theatre, and Segal Centre. His film and television credits include Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews and King Lear. Mr. Thomas is thrilled to be making his debut at The Old Globe.

Tara Rubin Casting/Laura Schutzel, CSA (Casting) has cast the Globe’s Guys and Dolls, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dog and Pony, A Room with a View, and others. Their select Broadway credits include King Kong (upcoming), The Band’s Visit, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Prince of Broadway, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale The Musical, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, The Heiress, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Billy Elliot: The Musical, Shrek The Musical, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, and The Phantom of the Opera. Their Off Broadway credits include The Band’s Visit, Here Lies Love,and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. They have also cast regionally for Yale Repertory Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Amanda Salmons (Assistant Stage Manager) has previously worked at The Old Globe on American Mariachi; The Importance of Being Earnest; Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Benny & Joon; King Richard II; The Blameless; October Sky; Macbeth; Rain; The Metromaniacs; Kiss Me, Kate; The White Snake; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Last Goodbye; Globe for All (2014–2015); the Summer Shakespeare Festival (2011–2013); Somewhere; Lost in Yonkers; I Do! I Do!; and The Price. Her other credits include Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin (La Jolla Playhouse), Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford Stage), The Foreigner, miXtape, See How They Run, The Music Man,and The Rivalry (Lamb’s Players Theatre), The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Candide, and Trial by Jury (Lyric Opera San Diego), and SummerFest (La Jolla Music Society).