Ziemba Set For BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS And BROADWAY BOUND At Old Globe

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba will return to The Old Globe as Kate Jerome in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. Ziemba has previously appeared at the Globe in Six Degrees of Separation and in last season's World Premiere of The First Wives Club - A New Musical. Directed by Scott Schwartz, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound will be performed in repertory in the Old Globe Theatre from Sept. 14 - Nov. 7. Tickets are currently available by subscription only. Subscription prices range from $117 to $571. Subscription packages may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the box office. The complete cast and creative team for the Neil Simon plays will be announced at a later date.

"I am so pleased to have Karen take part in the Neil Simon plays," said Spisto. "Karen is a versatile talent, adept at everything from Shakespeare to contemporary drama and musicals. Our audiences have embraced her and will be thrilled to have her back on The Old Globe stage."

Ziemba's Broadway credits include Contact (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Curtains (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award,) Never Gonna Dance (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), Steel Pier (Tony Award nomination), Chicago, Crazy for You and A Chorus Line. Her Off Broadway credits include And the World Goes ‘Round (Drama Desk Award) and I Do! I Do! (Drama Desk nomination). Ziemba's other credits include Bye Bye Birdie, The Pajama Game and Allegro (City Center Encores!), 110 in the Shade and The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera), Much Ado About Nothing (The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Hartford Stage), House and Garden (GeVa Theatre Center), The Threepenny Opera (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Opposite of Sex (Magic Theatre) and Sylvia (Long Wharf Theatre). Her television and film credits include The Producers, "Scrubs," all three "Law & Order" series, "As the World Turns," The Kennedy Center Honors and for PBS, "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies," "Gershwin At 100" and "Stephen Sondheim: A Celebration At Carnegie Hall."

In addition to the Neil Simon plays, the 2010-11 Winter Season features Welcome to Arroyo's (West Coast Premiere/Sept. 25 - Oct. 31), The Winter's Tale (USD Graduate Theatre Program/Nov. 7 - 14), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, (Nov. 20 - Dec. 26), Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy (Jan. 15 - Feb. 27), Death of a Salesman (Jan. 22 - Feb. 27, 2011), Groundswell (March 12 - April 17), Rafta, Rafta... (West Coast Premiere/March 19 - April 24, 2011), Life of Riley (U.S. Premiere/April 30 - June 5) and August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (May 7 - June 12).

The current 2010 Summer Season features the annual Shakespeare Festival led by acclaimed director Adrian Noble. The Noble-directed King Lear runs through Sept. 23 and The Madness of George III through Sept. 24. Presented in repertory, the Festival also includes The Taming of the Shrew (through Sept. 26) directed by Ron Daniels. The World Premiere of the Broadway-bound musical, Robin and the 7 Hoods runs through Aug. 22 and is directed by Casey Nicholaw with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. The West Coast Premiere of Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro's romantic comedy, The Last Romance stars television icon and Globe Associate Artist Marion Ross and runs July 30 - Sept. 5. Richard Seer directs. Single tickets are currently on sale for the Summer Season.

All selections are subject to change.

SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS offer substantial savings with special subscriber benefits. Subscriptions can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE [234-5623] or by visiting the box office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Subscriptions to the Globe's 2010-11 Winter Season range from $117 to $571. Nine-play packages range from $211 to $571. Five-play packages range from $139 to $388. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and younger, seniors and groups of 10 or more.

LOCATION: The Old Globe is located in San Diego's Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. There are numerous free parking lots available throughout the park. Valet parking is also available ($10). For additional parking information visit www.BalboaPark.org.

CALENDAR: King Lear (6/12-9/23), The Madness of George III (6/19-9/24), The Taming of the Shrew (6/16- 9/26), Robin and the 7 Hoods - A New Musical (7/14-8/22), The Last Romance (7/30-9/5), Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound (9/14 - 11/7), Welcome to Arroyo's (9/25 -10/31).

The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country's leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego's flagship arts institution for 75 years. Under the direction of Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the 600-seat Old Globe Theatre, the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre and the 612-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theater's education and community programs. Numerous world premieres such as The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Catered Affair, and the annual holiday musical, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theaters across the country.

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