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.

Wilson Chin (Scenic Design) The Old Globe: Shutter Sisters, Tiny Beautiful Things, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Rich Girl, Othello, The Winter’s Tale, Anna Christie (Craig Noel Award nomination). Broadway: Pass Over (Lortel Award nomination), Next Fall. Off Broadway: Cost of Living (Manhattan Theatre Club), Wild Goose Dreams (The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons), Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Public Theater), My Mañana Comes (The Playwrights Realm). Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Eine Florentinische Tragödie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company; Dora Mavor Moore Award). Film/television: Pass Over directed by Spike Lee, “Blindspot” (NBC). @wilsonchindesign.

Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Design) The Old Globe: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, King Richard II, Double Indemnity, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Over 200 productions on and Off Broadway, regionally, and at most major U.S. opera houses. International: Bergen, Copenhagen, The Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, Sao Paulo, Stratford-upon-Avon (Royal Shakespeare Company), Stockholm, Vienna, Wroclaw. Awards/nominations: American Theatre Wing, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Connecticut Critics Circle, Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, Henry Hewes Design, Lucille Lortel. Other: Chair of the Lighting Program at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Paul James Prendergast (Original Music and Sound Design) Broadway: All the Way, The Great Society. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival (25 productions), Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Long Wharf, Geffen, Hartford Stage, Cal Shakes, Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory, American Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley, Alliance, Kennedy Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage. Commercial work: extensive theme park and museum installations, multiple national tours with Diavolo Dance Theater. Awards: Grammy, Drama Desk nominations; BroadwayWorld, Ovation, Drama-Logue, Garland, Gregory, Footlight, Gypsy Awards. Other: work as a singer/songwriter has appeared in films, on recordings, and in music venues nationwide.

Ursula Meyer (Voice and Text Coach) The Old Globe: Othello, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, more. Other: Head of the M.F.A. Acting program at UC San Diego, Chair of the Mentorship Committee for Voice and Speech Trainers Association, over 35 years of teaching voice and coaching Shakespeare. Education: graduated with distinction from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, designated Linklater teacher. Professional credits: La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Yale Rep, Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 16 seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Marie Jahelka (Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Shutter Sisters, The Underpants, Native Gardens, The Wanderers,Powers New Voices Festival (2016–2018), Red Velvet, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Regional: Once on This Island (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Put Your House in Order, Hollywood, Ether Dome (La Jolla Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Moonlight Stage Productions), The Humans, Aubergine, Evita, Violet (San Diego Repertory Theatre), The Last Five Years, HIR, Shakespeare’s R&J, Mistakes Were Made (Cygnet Theatre Company), Hairspray, The Full Monty (San Diego Musical Theatre). Education: B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of San Diego.