Brittany Bellizeare and More to Star in DECEIVED at The Old Globe

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Deceived by Johnna Wright (Bard on the Beach’s Much Ado About Nothing – director, Blackbird Theatre’s The Rivals - director) and Patty Jamieson (Shaw Festival’s Ragtime, The Importance of Being Earnest – actor), adapted from the classic play Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton (Rope, The Duke in Darkness). Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (The Old Globe’s Trouble in Mind, Skeleton Crew) directs this suspenseful thriller that will enthrall Globe audiences. Performances begin August 9 and have been extended through September 7, 2025, with the opening on Thursday, August 14 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park. 
 
Bella Manningham’s new husband seems the doting partner, but when she sees the gaslights dim and he claims they have not, she begins to suspect the strange occurrences aren’t just in her head. This exhilarating new adaptation of the beloved mystery blows the dust off a classic and is “a very satisfying piece of theatrical reinvention” (Toronto Star).

“Deceived is a psychological thriller that delivers suspense, melodrama, and a jolt of theatrical fun,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “Based on the classic play Gaslight, which inspired the famous film and placed a new word in our lexicon, Deceived is about the lies we tell each other, and ourselves, in the name of love. Stylish and stunning, it’s given a breathtaking production by the Globe’s dear friend Delicia Turner Sonnenberg and her team of first-rate collaborators. Deceived is a great night of theatre—an edge-of-your seat delight. I’m so happy to have it anchoring our summer season.”

The cast of Deceived includes Brittany Bellizeare as Bella (Broadway’s McNeal, Off-Broadway’s Flex), Maggie Carneyas Elizabeth (The Old Globe’s Pygmalion, Backyard Renaissance: Misery), Kennedy Tolson as Nancy (La Jolla Playhouse’s Indian Princesses, La Jolla Playhouse DNA New Play Festival’s Marble Rooftop), and Travis Van Winkleas Jack (Arena Stage’s Death on the Nile, Netflix’s “FUBAR”).