Photo Flash: Jay Whittaker & Co Get Ready for The Old Globe's SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, June-September

The Old Globe is all set for the 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Check out the photographs of the cast getting ready to begin rehearsals below, including Jay Whittaker, Robert Foxworth, Dan Amboyer, Adrian Sparks and Dana Green.

Adrian Noble returns for his third season as the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Festival and will direct Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind. Renowned British director Lindsay Posner makes his debut at the Globe with his production of Richard III.

Jay Whittaker will play the title role in Richard III and Oliver in As You Like It, Globe Associate Artist Robert Foxworth will play Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind and Lord Hastings in Richard III, Adrian Sparks will play Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind and Corin in As You Like It, Dana Green will play Rosalind in As You Like It and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, Dan Amboyer will play Orlando in As You Like It, Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind and the Earl of Richmond in Richard III and Jacques C. Smith will play Jaques in As You Like It, Mr. Meeker in Inherit the Wind and the Duke of Buckingham in Richard III.

The repertory company also features Happy Anderson, Vivia Font, Aidan Hayek, Old Globe Associate Artist Charles Janasz, Joseph Marcell, Jonas McMullen, Robin Moseley, Bob Pescovitz and Lou Francine Rasse, as well as The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program candidates Matthew Bellows, Adam Daveline, Jeremy Fisher, Rachael Jenison, Jesse Jensen, Danielle O’Farrell, Allison Spratt Pearce, Deborah Radloff, Stephanie Roetzel, Christopher Salazar, Jonathan Spivey, Whitney Wakimoto, Bree Welch and Sean-Michael Wilkinson.

The creative team includes Old Globe Associate Artist Ralph Funicello (Scenic Design), Deirdre Clancy (Costume Design), Alan Burrett (Lighting Design), Lindsay Jones (Sound Design), Shaun Davey (Original Music), Peter Golub (Original Music), Old Globe Associate Artist Steve Rankin (Fight Director), Elan McMahan (Music Direction), Christine Adaire (Vocal and Dialect Coach), Calleri Casting (Casting) and Bret Torbeck (Stage Manager).

The 2012 Shakespeare Festival runs June 3 – Sept. 30. Tickets are available by subscription and prices range from $66 to $246. Single tickets are also available starting at $29. Subscription packages and single tickets may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office.

Photo Credit: Henry DiRocco.