The Old Globe Suspends Performances Due to Coronavirus/COVID-19

San Diego's Old Globe Theater will suspend all performances amid coronavirus outbreak. Read their statement below:

"Following guidelines released last night by Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health in response to the increasing challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19, The Old Globe has announced that it will suspend public performances effective immediately, and, per the guidelines, at least through the end of March.

Two productions now in rehearsal, Little Women and Faceless, will be postponed until further notice. The Old Globe ticket office will be contacting ticket holders regarding all of their options.

Further, all community-based programming run by the Globe's Department of Arts Engagement in partnership with neighborhood non-profit and other organizations will be temporarily suspended, or, where possible, conducted online. And The Old Globe Classical Directing Fellowship, scheduled for next week, will be rescheduled for later this year.

The Globe's commitment to the health and safety of our audiences and artists is paramount, and though these steps are difficult and painful, we are glad to take them. We are grateful to Governor Newsom for the clarity of these public health guidelines. The productions whose schedules are affected are extraordinary pieces of theatre, and as this anxious situation unfolds, we will seek ways to be able to share them with our audiences, albeit slightly later than planned. We are grateful to all the artists and craftspeople who are impacted by these upheavals in their professional schedules. They have been flexible and positive, as have our arts engagement community partners, and the directors in our Fellowship. The Old Globe has approached the unfolding coronavirus situation with seriousness and care, and we have not made these decisions lightly. We will continue to monitor the situation, and we wish to assure our supporters and all of San Diego that we will institute every possible measure to ensure the continuing health not only of our many constituencies, but also of this institution."