Shakespeare Festival
Old Globe’s 2011 Shakespeare Festival
The Old Globe Theatre’s 2011 Shakespeare Festival is in full swing with productions of “The Tempest,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Amadeus.” Performances in repertory run through Sept. 25 in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Tickets are available by subscription and prices range from $72 to $243. Single tickets are also available starting at $29. Subscription packages and single tickets may be purchased online at TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the box office.
Adrian Noble is the artistic director for the festival and directs “The Tempest” and Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus.” Ron Daniels directs “Much Ado About Nothing.”
Miles Anderson plays Prospero in “The Tempest” and Antonio Salieri in “Amadeus.” Jay Whittaker plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in “Amadeus” and Don John in “Much Ado About Nothing.” Jonno Roberts plays Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Caliban in “The Tempest.” Georgia Hatzis plays Beatrie in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Venticella in “Amadeus.”
Anderson and Whittaker have received San Diego Critics Circle Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, in recognition of their performances in last season’s festival.
The repertory company also features Michael Stewart Allen, John Cariani, Donald Carrier, Anthony Cochrane, Winslow Corbett, Kevin Alan Daniels, Globe Associate Artist Charles Janasz, Jason Maddy and Adrian Sparks, as well as The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program students Shirine Babb, Adam Daveline, Grayson DeJesus, Ben Diskant, Christian Durso, Andrew Hutcheson, Rachael Jenison, Jesse Jensen, Allison Spratt Pearce, Deborah Radloff, Ryman Sneed and Jonathan Spivey. Photography: Henry DiRocco.
