Barry Edelstein comes to the Globe after previously serving as Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater. In this capacity he oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions, as well as The Public’s extensive educational, community outreach and artist-training programs. He was Associate Producer of The Public’s recent Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino.

Other productions he has supervised include As You Like It directed by Daniel Sullivan; King Lear with Sam Waterston and Bill Irwin; All’s Well That Ends Well directed by Daniel Sullivan; Measure for Measure directed by David Esbjornson; The Winter’s Tale directed by Michael Greif; Twelfth Night with Anne Hathaway;Othello with Philip Seymour Hoffman; and Hamlet with Michael Stuhlbarg. He supervised the addition of Shakespeare to The Public’s “Public LAB” producing series with his own production of Timon of Athens with Richard Thomas in the title role, and he supervised Love’s Labour’s Lost, Titus Andronicus and the upcoming Troilus and Cressida in that series.

He launched The Public’s “Mobile Unit” tour to prisons, homeless shelters and other underserved audiences with Measure for Measure and Richard III. Earlier directing work at The Public includes Julius Caesar starring Jeffrey Wright at The Public’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park and The Merchant of Venice featuring Ron Leibman’s Obie Award-winning portrayal of Shylock. This body of work led NPR to call Edelstein “one of the country’s leading Shakespeareans.”

From 1998-2003 Edelstein was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company, where he directed Richard III starring John Turturro and Julianna Margulies and The Winter’s Tale starring David Strathairn. At the Williamstown Theatre Festival, he directed As You Like Itstarring Gwyneth Paltrow. His other New York credits include the world premiere of Steve Martin’s The Underpants, which he commissioned; Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist; and Molière’s The Misanthrope starring Uma Thurman in her stage debut (all during his tenure at Classic Stage Company); Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (Williamstown, then Roundabout Theatre Company; Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival); and Steve Martin’s Wasp and Other Plays (The Public Theater). He has directed many contemporary and classic plays at leading regional theaters. His first film, My Lunch with Larry, starring Lisa Edelstein and Greg Germann, played the festival circuit in 2006 and 2007. Upcoming: The premiere of novelist Nathan Englander’s first play, The Twenty-Seventh Man, at The Public Theater.

Edelstein’s book Bardisms: Shakespeare for all Occasions (HarperCollins, 2009) “instructs and entertains” (New York Post) and was re-released in paperback by Harper Perennial in 2010. His book Thinking Shakespeare (called by New York magazine “a must-read for actors”) was published in 2007 and is now the standard text on American Shakespearean acting.

Edelstein has taught at The Juilliard School, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program and USC. He has lectured on theater around the USA and the world and has written on the subject for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic andAmerican Theatre. He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with his wife, Hilit, and their children, Tillirose and August.

The Globe Guilders is the all-volunteer auxiliary to The Old Globe Theatre.  It is organized by and existing under authority of the Board of Directors of The Old Globe.

Its members are dedicated men and wome who love the theater and generously give their time, effort and financial support to the artistic, education and community programs of this iconic San Diego institution.

The Globe Guilders was created to support the Old Globe’s artistic and education programs and has has added a social dimension to the theatre experience.

By expanding the reach of our award-winning regional theatre through personal contacts, sharing innovative ideas among its members and providing invaluable services as volunteers and good will ambassadors, Globe Guilders have become an integral part of The Old Globe family.

Please help us expand the magic and power of theatre by joining Globe Guilders.

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August 7, 2012 – Celebrating Couture, Champagne Reception, Auction, Fashion Show and Luncheon, Hilton San Diego Bayfront

September 14, 2012 – Fall Membership Luncheon, Lomas Santa Fe Country Club

October 6, 2012 – Awards Night - Cocktail Reception, Dinner and Awards Presentation, San Diego Yacht Club

December 12, 2012 – Holiday and Installation of Officers Luncheon

Summer Membership Luncheon

The Date: Monday, June 25, 2012

The Place: Riverwalk Golf Club, Mission Valley

The time:  10:30 am – 2:30 pm

Guest Speaker:  Bridget Poizner, Founder and Principal, Save-Their-Story www.savetheirstory.com.  Ms Poizner will offer a presentation on how to preserve your most treasured family memories.

Specialty Boutiques: Jean Waters Fine Accessories (others to be added)

Globe Guilders welcome the Summer season with a luncheon for its members and their guests.  A guest speaker is usually featured to cover topics of interest to the group.  Specialty boutique retailers offer beautiful and unique jewelry and fashion accessories for sale at the event,  and donate a percentage of their sales to Globe Guilders to support the artistic, education and community programs of The Old Globe.

Fall Membership Luncheon.

The Date: Friday, September 14, 2012

The Place: Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, Solana Beach

The time:  11:00 am – 2:30 pm

Awards Night Dinner

The Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012

The Place: San Diego Yacht Club

The time:  6:00 – 9:30 pm

At the annual Awards Night Dinner  Globe Guilders recognize outstanding performance by some of its Steering Committee members.   The Globe Guilders Steering Committee nominate candidates and elect the “Guilder of the Year”,  voting through secret ballots, and present the award at this event.  Other awards presented at this event include the “Irma McPherson Globe Guilder Founder Award”,  the “President’s Award” and a special engraved gift to recognize the efforts of the Fashion Show Chair. The event culminates with the ceremonial delivery of a substantial check to a member of The Old Globe management. The check includes funds raised by Globe Guilders during the year.   Joined by their spouses/significant others and friends, Guilders look forward to this evening of music, excellent food and friendship.

Holiday Luncheon and Installation of Officers

The Date: December 14, 2012

Combining a holiday celebration and an optional gift exchange, this luncheon concludes the year for Globe Guilders on a festive note.

Spring Membership Luncheon  Honoring Master of Fine Arts Students

Usually held in February, this event celebrates the accomplishments of the Master of Fine Arts students of the Globe MFA Program, an Old Globe/University of San Diego joint venture.  The seven honored students are recruited around the U. S. each year to participate in an intensive two-year graduate study in classical theatre. For more information, please visit the program’s web site at www.globemfa.org.

One of the ways the Globe Guilders support the MFA  program  is by “adopting” each student for the two years they will live in San Diego.  Becoming “Guilder Moms”, our volunteers provide encouragement and friendly support to MFA students during their time away from their own homes.  Additionally, Guilders award a check at this event to supplement the funding of the MFA program.  All Globe Guilders and their friends are invited to this event.

The internationally-acclaimed, Tony® Award-winning Old Globe is one of the most renowned regional theatres in the country and a San Diego flagship arts institution for over 75 years.

The Old Globe produces a year-round season of over 15 plays and musicals on the three stages that comprise it’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center: The Old Globe Theatre, the Sheryl & Harvey White Theatre and the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre featuring  its highly-regarded Shakespeare festival. The Globe has become a gathering place for leading theatre artists from around the world, such as John Lithgow, Tom Stoppard, Daniel Sullivan, Robert Foxworth and Chita Rivera, among many others. Numerous Broadway-bound premieres and revivals, such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, and Damn Yankees have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs in New York and at regional theatres across the country.

With over 300,000 theatre admissions and education program participants each year, The Old Globe is at the forefront of the nation’s leading performing arts organizations, setting a standard for excellence in American Theatre.

For information on becoming a Member of The Old Globe through a tax-deductible gift to the Annual Fund, please contact Rachel Plummer, Major Gifts Officer and Theatre Liaison to the Globe Guilders at (619)231-1041 ext. 2317 or RPlummer@theoldglobe.org

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