Wishcamper and Silvestein to Direct at Globe in 2011

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that Jonathan Silverstein will direct the Globe's upcoming production of Ayub Khan-Din's multi-generational comedy, Rafta, Rafta.... Henry Wishcamper, originally announced to direct Rafta, Rafta..., will helm the summer season's West Coast premiere of John Morogiello's comedy of manners, Engaging Shaw. Rafta, Rafta... will run in the Old Globe Theatre March 19 - April 24 and Engaging Shaw in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre July 29 - Sept. 4. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office.

"Henry asked to be released from directing Rafta, Rafta... so that he could spend time with his family immediately following the birth of their second child," said Spisto. "I'm so pleased that we were able to accommodate his request and still have him with us for Engaging Shaw. I'm also excited to have this opportunity to invite the talented Jonathan Silverstein to the Globe - and back to San Diego."

Jonathan Silverstein most recently directed the acclaimed Off Broadway world premiere of The Temperamentals by Jon Marans (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble). His other Off Broadway credits include revivals of A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Director, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble), Robert Anderson's classics Tea and Sympathy and I Never Sang for My Father and John Patrick's The Hasty Heart, all for the Keen Company, where he serves as Resident Director. His other New York credits include Red Herring by Michael Albanese (New York International Fringe Festival, Outstanding Direction Award), Blueprint by Bixby Elliot (Summer Play Festival), Cocteau's Indiscretions (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), The Dadshuttle (Drama League DirectorFest 2003), The Rats Are Getting Bigger (New York International Fringe Festival and The Public Theater's New Works Now! festival), A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), Greater Messapia (Queens Theatre in the Park) and The Train Play (Clubbed Thumb).

Henry Wishcamper recently directed the Globe's production of The Mystery of Irma Vep. His Off Broadway credits include Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club), Graceland (LCT3), Port Authority (Atlantic Theater Company), Elvis People (New World Stages), The Polish Play (Katharsis Theater Company) and Pullman Car Hiawatha (Keen Company, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Play). His regional credits include Animal Crackers (Goodman Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Talking Pictures (Goodman Theatre), Art (Barrington Stage Company), The Seafarer and Speech and Debate (Hartford TheaterWorks) and The Good Thief (Portland Stage Company). He also served as Assistant Director of the Broadway productions of August: Osage County and Shining City. Wishcamper is the Artistic Director of Katharsis Theater Company.

TICKETS to Globe productions can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Rafta, Rafta. performances begin on Mar. 19 and continue through Apr. 24. Ticket prices range from $32 to $85. Engaging Shaw performances begin on July 29 and continue through Sept. 4. Ticket prices range from $29 to $67.

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.

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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