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.

Tobin Ost (Scenic Design) previously designed The Old Globe’s Barefoot in the Park, Emma, and Himself and Nora. His Broadway credits include Newsies (Tony Award nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Musical), Disaster!, Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, The Philanthropist (costume design), and Brooklyn (costume design). His notable Off Broadway credits include Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Thru Life; Nightingale; Grace; The Overwhelming (costume design); Zanna, Don’t! (co-scenic and costume design); Almost Heaven (costume design); and Fighting Words. Ost has worked extensively with other major regional theatres, including La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Two River Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alliance Theatre, and others. Additionally, Ost teaches design at Purchase College (SUNY), and he is currently working on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Design) previously designed The Old Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, King Richard II, Double Indemnity, Othello, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He has designed over 200 productions on and Off Broadway and at most major regional theatre and opera companies across the U.S. Internationally his work has been seen in Bergen, Copenhagen, The Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, Sao Paulo, Stratford-upon-Avon (Royal Shakespeare Company), Stockholm, Vienna, and Wroclaw. Strawbridge has been recognized with numerous awards and nominations including American Theatre Wing, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Connecticut Critics Circle, Dallas–Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, Henry Hewes Design, and Lucille Lortel Awards. He is Co-Chair of the Design Department at Yale School of Drama and a Resident Lighting Designer at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Obadiah Eaves (Original Music) is making his debut at The Old Globe. His sound and music have appeared on Broadway in Saint Joan; The Country House; The Assembled Parties; Harvey; A Life in the Theatre; Collected Stories; Accent on Youth; Come Back, Little Sheba; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; and Shining City. His other recent work includes Noura (Playwrights Horizons, Shakespeare Theatre Company), Romeo and Juliet (Huntington Theatre Company), A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Seattle Repertory Theatre), The Portuguese Kid (Manhattan Theatre Club), Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and The Total Bent (The Public Theater). Eaves has received San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, and AUDELCO VIV Awards. He has also worked with HBO, Nickelodeon, Discovery, History Channel, Bravo, A&E, TLC, and Fisher-Price.

David Huber (Voice and Text Coach) has worked on 36 Globe productions since 2014, including What You Are, They Promised Her the Moon, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, The Tempest, Native Gardens, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Wanderers, Uncle Vanya, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood!, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, October Sky, Meteor Shower, Sense and Sensibility, Macbeth, tokyo fish story, Camp David, Constellations, Rain, and Bright Star. He has also served as a dialect/voice coach at La Jolla Playhouse and Diversionary Theatre. His regional theatre acting credits include The Old Globe, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pittsburgh Playhouse, PCPA Theaterfest, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Center REPertory Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, and Opera Pacific, among many others. Huber coaches voice, speech, and acting privately and at several local colleges, and he also works with special-needs clients. He is a graduate of the Graduate Voice Teacher Diploma Program at York University in Toronto and an M.F.A. graduate of The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.

Jess Slocum (Production Stage Manager) has worked on over 40 productions at the Globe, including They Promised Her the Moon, Familiar, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Imaginary Invalid, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Love’s Labor’s Lost, tokyo fish story, In Your Arms, Bright Star, Othello, Water by the Spoonful, Pygmalion, A Room with a View, and Robin and the 7 Hoods. Her regional credits include Noura (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Indecent, Side Show, Ruined, The Third Story, Memphis, and Most Wanted (La Jolla Playhouse), and Post Office (Center Theatre Group). She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Kendra Stockton (Assistant Stage Manager, July 7–21) previously worked at The Old Globe as Assistant Stage Manager on Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy, Familiar, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Much Ado About Nothing, Benny & Joon, October Sky, Bright Star,and Dog and Pony, as well as a production assistant on Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Few, and the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. She stage managed La Jolla Playhouse’s Home of the Brave and #SuperShinySara and has assistant stage managed their productions of Guards at the Taj, The Orphan of Zhao,and The Who & The What. Her other stage management credits include The Loneliest Girl in the World (Diversionary Theatre), miXtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre), and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Diego Musical Theatre).