How Jack O’Brien Learned to Direct: Watching, Doing, and Living to Tell
In a new memoir, the longtime Old Globe leader and frequent Broadway helmer considers an eventful career and offers tips he picked up the hard way.
All Stories About The Old Globe
Mr. Abbott Meets the Kid: The Care and Feeding of the Revival
In this excerpt from his new memoir ‘Jack in the Box: Or, How to Goddamn Direct,’ Jack O’Brien recounts his fierce face-off with theatre giant George Abbott.
Freedome Bradley-Ballentine Joins Public Theater Artistic Team
He’ll leave his post as A.D. and director of arts engagement for San Diego’s Old Globe to succeed Shanta Thake as the Public’s director of artistic programs/associate artistic director.
Old Globe Names 4 New Resident Artists
The artists will offer counsel and artistic insight to the Globe’s leadership, participating in multiple steps of the selection and production process.
Old Globe Names 2021 Classical Directing Fellows
The cohort includes Meg DeBoard, Yolanda Marie Franklin, Awoye Timpo, and Edward Torres.
Old Globe’s 2021 Powers New Voices Festival Moves Online
The free festival, running Jan. 21-24, will be presented virtually for the first time.
The Old Globe Announces ‘What Is Theatre Now?’ Initiative
The initiative will inform the Globe’s trajectory and provide resources to six artists as they reinvent the art form.
Old Globe, La Jolla Join San Diego Rep’s ‘We Are Listening’ Series
The Old Globe’s Freedome Bradley-Ballentine and La Jolla Playhouse’s Jacole Kitchen will co-curate the series alongside San Diego Rep’s Ahmed K. Dents.
The Old Globe Names Freedome Bradley-Ballentine Associate AD
To support this transition, the organization has also promoted Katherine Harroff and Jesse Perez.
What to Watch (and Do) This Month
From book launches to improv shows, from archived productions to cooking classes, here are some theatre (and theatre-adjacent) online offerings.
