Performances Magazine San Diego | The Old Globe, September 2022

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IMAGECOURTESYJOLLA;LAMCASDCOURTESY/FILMSBREADTRUCKBIRDSEYE;COURTESYTOP:FROMCLOCKWISE P1 Program Cast, notes,who’sperformances,who,director’sdonorsandmore. 4 In the Wings The San Diego Spirits Festival at MCASD La Jolla; Bonnie Raitt in concert at The Shell; the world premiere of Annabella in July; and more. 10 Feature: Local Theater Spotlight Two world premieres at The Old Globe: Come Fall in Love–The DDLJ Musical; and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 13 Dining Our fall dining guide is filled with pleasant culinary rantocean-viewinYucatán-inspiredsurprises—fromcuisineLittleItaly,toanewrooftoprestauandbarinLaJolla. 24 Parting Shot A nearly full moon is juxtaposed over a decorative stone finial in Balboa Park, creating an artsy contrast. contents SEPTEMBERMAGAZINE2022 4 5 13 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 1

PUBLISHER Jeff Levy EDITOR Sarah Daoust ART DIRECTOR Carol Wakano PRODUCTION MANAGER Glenda Mendez PRODUCTION ARTIST Diana Gonzalez CONTRIBUTING WRITER Stephanie Thompson DIGITAL MANAGER Lorenzo Dela Rama ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kerry Baggett ACCOUNT DIRECTORS Walter Lewis, Jean Greene, Tina Marie Smith CIRCULATION MANAGER Christine Noriega-Roessler BUSINESS MANAGER Leanne Killian Riggar PRODUCTIONMARKETING/ MANAGER Dawn Kiko Cheng Contact Us ADVERTISING CaliforniaMediaGroup.comKerry.Baggett@ WEBSITE CaliforniaMediaGroup.comLorenzo.DelaRama@ CIRCULATION CaliforniaMediaGroup.comChristine.Roessler@ HONORARY PRESIDENT Ted Levy For information about advertising and rates contact California Media Group 3679 Motor Ave., Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Phone: 310.280.2880 Fax: Visit310.280.2890 Performances Magazine online at socalpulse.com Performances Magazine is published by California Media Group to serve performing arts venues throughout the West. © 2022 California Media Group. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States. MAGAZINE TORREYHOLISTICS.COM | 858-558-1420 C10-0000242-LIC Elevate Your Experience 2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

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EVENTS An Alresco Art Faire, Ocean Views & Cuisine 4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

The San Diego Spirits Festival returns Sept. 24-25, but at a new venue this year: the oceanfront Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. Join fellow cocktail aficionados and industry insiders to explore more than 60 cocktail brands—including, gin, rum, vodka, tequila, mezcal and specialty liqueurs—plus live entertainment and access to the recently remodeled museum’s art galleries. sandiegospiritsfestival.com Taste your way through town during San Diego Restaurant Week, Sept. 25-Oct. 2—when dozens of top restaurants countywide will offer significantly discounted, prix fixe menus for lunch and din ner. sandiegorestaurantweek.com

FROM AFRO LATIN JAZZ TO BONNIE RAITT TO REQUIEM CONCERTS

BACK WITH ITS 36th event, the San Diego Festival of the Arts invites you to “follow your art,” Sept. 10-11 at San Diego Surf Sports Park. Meet more than 150 acclaimed fine artists from across the U.S.—whose mediums include ceramics, painting, drawing, digital art, glass, textiles, jewelry, photog raphy and mixed media. The fun also includes live music and enter tainment, wine, craft beer, elevated cuisine and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit adaptive sports programs for kids and adults with disabilities. sdfestivalofthearts.org

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IMAGESCOURTESY Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Opposite: San Diego Festival of the Arts.

THE FALL LINEUP OF concerts at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is brimming with collaborative shows with the San Diego Symphony and standalone performances. Praised by The New Yorker as “one of the best jazz orchestras in existence,” the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra takes over The Shell stage on Sept. 17, led by Grammy-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill. Blues rocker Bonnie Raitt stops by on her “Just Like That” 2022 tour Sept. 27; along with special guest Mavis Staples. Maestro Rafael Payare leads the Symphony orchestra in Verdi’s enthralling Requiem, Oct. 1-2, as part of the Jacobs Masterworks series. The performances will feature soprano Leah Crocetto, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Limmie Pulliam and baritone Aleksey Bogdanov; along with the San Diego Master Chorale. (See website for the full fall concert schedule.) 222 Marina Park Way, downtown, 619.235.0804, theshell.org

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Clockwise from top: Head of a Woman and Painter and Model III, both by Pablo Picasso, at San Diego Museum of Art; artsy finds at The Shop at MCASD.

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Jackson Jirard, Christina Jones and Sheree Marcelle in Ain’t Misbehavin’; musician Sinuhé Padilla, Fandango for Butterflies at La Jolla Playhouse.

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE presents Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes), through Sept. 25. In Andrea Thome’s inspiring play with original music by Sinuhé Padilla, we follow a group of Latin American immigrants gathered at a commu nity center—whose celebrations are laced with fears of a citywide ICE raid. Playwright Richard Strand’s world premiere of Annabella in July—a comedic fantasy in which a ski resort becomes a magical place of self-discovery during the offseason—runs at North Coast Rep Sept. 7-Oct. 2. Through Sept. 18 at Old Town Theatre, Cygnet Theatre’s hit musical Cabaret fol lows an American writer and a cabaret singer who performs at the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin, where a Nazi takeover looms. California Center for the Arts, Escondido brings us the Tony-winning musical revue, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, Sept. 23-Oct. 8.

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That time-honored adage, “The Show Must Go On,” takes on new meaning in this endearing and moving comedy set at a small American playhouse in 1942. With the actors and director off at war, a group of passionate women face the daunting challenge of preserving the theatre’s reputation for mounting outstanding Shakespearean productions. Crammed with laughs and an abundance of visual humor, their fierce determination and unbridled enthusiasm will have audiences cheering as they prove that art and community triumph, even in times of peril. 13 BY DIANA VAN FOSSEN COAST northcoastrep.org sales: 858-481-2155,

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The show is Come Fall in Love–The DDLJ Musical, and the 1995 hit movie it’s based on is the romantic comedy Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, or DDLJ, one of the most success ful Bollywood films of all time. The film launched the career of writer and director Aditya Chopra, set a slew of box office and soundtrack sales records, and won a bushel of awards. GLOBE Narayan in Come Fall in

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“THEATER IS BACK!” says Barry Edelstein exuberantly. And with two world premieres coming to The Old Globe in September, he means it.

The first is based on one of the most popular Bollywood films in history; the second on a short story by a prizewinning American author. Edelstein admits he wasn’t a Bollywood aficionado. “It’s been a big hole in my cultural life,” he says. “But when we were contacted about producing this show, I read it, I listened to it, and I loved it. I knew it would be a unique, very exciting collaboration between the very best of Broadway and the very best of Bollywood.”

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Welcome to The Old Globe and this production of Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical. Our goal is to serve all of San Diego and beyond through the art of theatre. Below are the mission and values that drive our work. We thank you for being a crucial part of what we do.

STABILITY Our priority every day is to steward a vital, nurturing, and financially secure institution that will thrive for generations.

TRANSFORMATION Theatre cultivates imagination and empathy, enriching our humanity and connecting us to each other by bringing us entertaining experiences, new ideas, and a wide range of stories told from many perspectives.

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The mission of The Old Globe is to preserve, strengthen, and advance American theatre by: creating theatri cal experiences of the highest professional standards; producing and presenting works of exceptional merit, designed to reach current and future audiences; ensuring diversity and balance in programming; providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences, and the community at large.

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The communities of San Diego, in their diversity and their commonality, are welcome and reflected at the Globe. Access for all to our stages and programs expands when we engage audiences in many ways and in many places.

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The Old Globe has embarked on a series of steps to intensify and accelerate necessary change at all levels of our institution. Learn more about this work, including our Social Justice Roadmap, at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Roadmap.

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Our dedication to creating exceptional work demands a high standard of achievement in everything we do, on and off the stage.

IMPACT Our prominence nationally and locally brings with it a responsibility to listen, collaborate, and act with integrity in order to serve.

The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities.

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P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE ABOUT US COMMISSIONED ARTISTS Ngozi ThelmaIndaChadAnyanwuBeckimCraig-GalvanViratadeCastroJustinEmekaNathanEnglanderFiascoTheatreJoséCruzGonzáles Jessica Hilt Dea PatriciaMonaMelindaJustinHurstonLevineLopezDonjaR.LoveMansourLauraMarksMcGregor Johanna LizaJonathonMcKeonMelloTonyMenesesJessiePetersonMansaRaHeatherRaffoSteveRosenandGordonGreenberg Tori Sampson Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Miki Vale James WhitneyVásquezWhiteCraigWrightKarenZacarías RESIDENT ARTISTS Patricia McGregor David Israel Reynoso Delicia Turner Sonnenberg James Vásquez In recognition of their unique contribution to the growth of The Old Globe and their special talent, we take great pride and plea sure in acknowledging as Associate Artists the following individuals who have repeatedly demonstrated, by their active presence on our stages and in our shops, that wherever else they may work, they remain the heart and soul of the Globe. William Anton Gregg JacquelineBarnesBrookes*LewisBrown*VictorBuono*WaylandCapwell*KandisChappellEricChristmas*PatriciaConollyGeorgeDeloyTimDonoghueRichardEaston*TovahFeldshuhMoniqueFowlerRobertFoxworth Ralph Funicello Lillian KatherineNicholasCharlesHarryGarrett-GroagGroenerA.R.Gurney*JosephHardyMarkHarelikBobJamesJanaszPeggyKellner*TomLacy*DianaMaddoxMartin*DakinMatthewsDeborahMayMcGrath* John McLain Jonathan DouglasRobinStephenMcMurtry*MetcalfeRobertMorganPatrickPageEllisRabb*SteveRankinWilliamRoesch*PearsonRoseMarionRossStevenRubinKenRutaW.SchmidtSeretScottRichardSeer David F. Segal Richard Seger* Diane Sinor* Don Sparks David Ogden Stiers* Conrad Susa* Deborah Taylor Irene Tedrow* Sada RobertPaxtonThompson*WhiteheadJamesWinkerWojewodskiG.Wood**Inmemoriam ASSOCIATE ARTISTS Evelyn Olson Lamden† CHAIR Ann Davies† IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Paula Powers† SECRETARY Anthony S. Thornley† TREASURER BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Jules Arthur† Terry HaroldRobertPamelaBarrySilvijaMarkGeorgeElaineElliseDonaldNicoleEleanorStephanieAtkinson†R.Bulger,Ph.D.Y.CharltonA.Clay†°L.Cohn†°CoitBennettDarwin†°S.DavisDelfino†DevineEdelsteinA.Farr†FoxworthW.FusonJr.†° Jennifer Greenfield George C. Guerra† Dirk SueSandraDeirdraDavidNoelleRyanMonicaJudyKevenSheilaPeterDaphneSusanNishmaHarrisHeldHoehnH.JamesonLandinLipinskyLippertMcMorrowMedinaK.NelsonNorton,Ph.D.JayOhanianPrice,Ph.D.RedmanSanderson† Karen L. Sedgwick† Jean VickiKarinMargaritaSherylCassandraReneéPamelaDebraEvelynChristineRhonaMichaelKarenTimothyShekhterJ.ShieldsTanzTaylorThompsonRobertsTrimbleMackTruittTurnerJ.WagnerWailesWeinleinWhite†°WilkinsonWinner†L.Zeiger†° HONORARYDIRECTORS Mrs. Richard C. Adams* Clair Burgener* Mrs. John H. Fox* Audrey S. Geisel* Paul Hon.DeborahDollyGordonHarter*Luce*Poet*SzekelyPeteWilson EMERITUSDIRECTORS Garet B. Clark J. Dallas Clark* Bea SallyEpsten*Furay,R.S.C.J. °* Kathryn Hattox °* Bernard Lipinsky* Delza DarleneConradMartin*Prebys*Marcos Shiley Patsy CarolynHarveyShumwayP.White°Yorston-Wellcome* †Executive Committee member °Past Chair *In memoriam

THE PLAY

Adi is a titan of global cinema, one of the most impact ful storytellers at work anywhere in world. It dazzles me that he’s making his stage debut at the Globe, join ing the ranks of the great American practitioners of theatre art who have worked here. Adi has assembled a team of collaborators that is equally dazzling. From his Bollywood rolodex, he called Shruti Merchant, a giant in Bollywood choreography; Vishal Dadlani and Sheykhar Ravjiani, songwriters of Lennon–McCa rtney stature in India; and Akhila Krishnan, a major international video artist. Adi then connected with the Globe and our partner, the visionary producer Adam Zotovich, to recruit a murderers’ row of Broad way talents. Nell Benjamin, one of the most exciting writers on Broadway, translates DDLJ to America with her glorious comic sensibility, profound intelligence, and linguistic deftness. Choreographer Rob Ashford is a legendary talent whose whimsical sensibility has changed how we think about dance on Broadway. David Holcenberg, who recently brought the music of Michael Jackson to Broadway, knows an awful lot about how to meld the sounds of pop and theatre. The visual designers in every discipline are Tony Award reg ulars (and among them are three Globe regulars we’re thrilled to welcome back: Derek McLane, Linda Cho, and Japhy Weideman). The work this constellation of artists brings to the Globe is at the very highest level of achievement. As you’re about to discover, the cast of the show is also topflight, the very best of two coun tries. Come Fall in Love charts new territory for the Globe. We’re happy about it, and grateful for it. Thanks for coming. Enjoy the show.

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Come Fall in Love is directed here by Aditya Chopra, the writer/director of DDLJ. As he revisits this story that has so defined his artistic and professional lives, he reimagines it for a new audience and a new gener ation, and he renews its power to beguile. But he does something else that we at the Globe find extraordinary and galvanizing, especially in the context of our com mitments to represent more, and more diverse, cul tures on our stages. Adi places India center stage in the American theatre, where it’s rarely been before, and the Globe is grateful for the chance to embody our core values through this magical musical.

India is a long way from San Diego, and while the South Asian population is one of the fastest-growing in Southern California, that country of 1.4 billion is unfa miliar to many Americans. Bollywood, one of the great est film cultures in the world, produces about 1,000 films every year, and DDLJ (the acronymic title for the megahit film on which tonight’s show is based) is a movie that has no parallel in American culture: a block buster entertainment that’s revered and cherished not only for its own countless delights but also as a kind of cultural talisman, a groundbreaking exploration of Indian identity that speaks across the generations as it delivers a gentle and sweet story of star-crossed love, family, and tradition. And music. And dance. It’s all that onstage, too. But live and in front of us, DDLJ works in new and different ways. Its Indian ex pat family is in the U.S. now, not in the U.K. as in the film. The American immigrant experience, always laced with the struggle between tradition and assimilation, shifts the story’s center of gravity, as does the musical’s focus on Simran, the heroine, who here has a degree of agency that her movie-house incarnation doesn’t always. And Come Fall in Love’s songs lift DDLJ to an other dimension. Musical numbers in the theatre have a narrative function that’s unlike what songs do in the wild spectaculars of Bollywood. That, for me, is a par ticular triumph of this film-to-stage adaptation: just as it melds India and America, so it combines two related but distinct modes of musical storytelling to make a third thing, fresh and unique. The sound of this musi cal is sui generis and special.

FROM BARRY

Any feedback on tonight’s show or any of the Globe’s work?  Email Barry at HiBarry@TheOldGlobe.org and he’ll get back to you!

Today’s world premiere production, Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical, graces our stage just as The Old Globe reaches a milestone in our distinguished history of making new musicals. Almost Famous, which played here in 2019, is about to open on Broadway and be come the Globe’s 25th show to do so. We are a local institution first, bringing great theatre to the people of San Diego. But it’s nice to revel now and then in the glitter and glamor of our national prominence.

And tonight we become an international theatre. Come Fall in Love is many superb things, but above all it’s a collaboration between India and the U.S., a fusion of Bollywood and Broadway. It’s a bridge connecting Mumbai to San Diego, and a meeting place for two beautiful and rich cultures. It’s the biggest show the Globe has ever undertaken, and it opens this theatre to a world beyond the seas, and to artists and ideas whose presence here moves us, broadens us, and honors us.

P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE COME FALL IN LOVE THE DDLJ MUSICAL Barry Edelstein ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Timothy J. Shields AUDREY S. GEISEL MANAGING DIRECTOR in association with Yash Raj Films Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center September 1 – October 16, 2022 Derek McLane SCENIC DESIGN Linda Cho COSTUME DESIGN Japhy Weideman LIGHTING DESIGN Jessica Paz SOUND DESIGN Akhila Krishnan PROJECTIONDESIGN MUSIC SUPERVISION, ORCHESTRATIONS, AND ARRANGEMENTS DAVID HOLCENBERG ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHY – INDIAN DANCES SHRUTI MERCHANT Ted Arthur MUSIC DIRECTOR AND ARRANGEMENTSADDITIONAL Stephen Sposito ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR Charlie Williams CHOREOGRAPHYASSOCIATE Billy Jay Stein MUSIC PRODUCTION AND ORCHESTRATIONSADDITIONAL Stewart/Whitley CASTING Anjee Nero STAGEPRODUCTIONMANAGER BOOK AND LYRICS BY NELL BENJAMIN MUSIC BY VISHAL ADITYADIRECTEDSHEYKHARDADLANIRAVJIANIBYCHOPRACHOREOGRAPHYBYROBASHFORD PRESENTS

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5 CAST (in alphabetical order) ROG Austin Colby* BALDEV Irvine Iqbal* COOKIE Hannah Jewel Kohn* ROGER MANDEL, SR. Jeremy Kushnier* MINKY Kate Loprest* BEN Juice Mackins* SIMRAN Shoba Narayan* LAJJO Rupal Pujara* KULJIT Kinshuk Sen* AJIT Vishal Vaidya* ENSEMBLE .......................... Amita Batra*, Neha Dharmapuram*, Rohit Gijare*, Marc Heitzman*, Usman Ali Ishaq*, Nika Lindsay*, Ilda Mason*, Caleb Mathura*, Meher Mistry*, Shannon Mullen*, Shahil Patel, Zain Patel*, Becca Petersen*, Hannah Schreer*, Jack Sippel*, Michael Starr*, Sonya Venugopal* SWINGS Tiffany Engen*, Bhumit Patel, Geatali Tampy* UNDERSTUDIES .................................................... for Roger Mandel, Sr., Ben – Marc Heitzman*; for Kuljit, Ajit – Usman Ali Ishaq*; for Lajjo – Meher Mistry*; for Minky –Shannon Mullen*; for Cookie – Becca Petersen*; for Rog – Michael Starr*; for Simran – Sonya Venugopal*; for Baldev – Vishal Vaidya* Production Stage Manager Anjee Nero* Assistant Stage Manager Amanda Salmons* Assistant Stage Manager Kendra Stockton* There will be one 15-minute intermission. PRODUCTION STAFF Shruti Venkatraman Associate Producer Hiten Shah Assistant Choreography Anthony Dibernardo Assistant Scenic Design Charlotte Devaux Associate Costume Design Jeremy Goldenberg Moving Light Programmer Vishal Sharma Projection Programmer Erin Teachman Assistant Projection Design Billy Jay Stein Electronic Music Design Brooke Trumm Music Assistant Rohit Gijare* Assistant Dance Captain Charles G. LaPointe Hair and Wig Design Michael Gacetta Associate Music Director Eileen McCann Assistant Scenic Design Ken Wills Associate Lighting Design Megan Culley Assistant Sound Design Georgia Clegg, Lawrence Watson Projection Animation Lincoln Hall Projection Engineer Hummingbird Humanity DEI Consultant Daniella Berman, Via Greene, Angela Park Stage Management Interns Mahira Kakkar Language and Dialect Coach Erica Hemminger Associate Scenic Design Herin Kaputkin Associate Costume Design Shelby Thach Assistant Lighting Design Lucy Ockenden Associate Projection Design and Programmer Maximilien Spielbichler, Iain Syme Projection System Design Loren Skora Assistant Hair and Wig Design Sashank Kanchustambam Script Assistant Tiffany Engen* Dance Captain *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Si desea una sinopsis de esta obra en Español o en Inglés, favor de pedírsela al acomodador que le entregó este programa. If you would like a synopsis of this production in English or Spanish, please request it from an usher.

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Shruti, you’ve choreographed for both film and theatre. What are the differences between the two media? Is there one you prefer?

Vishal and Sheykhar: DDLJ is not so much just a film, it’s more a modern cultural standpoint in India. This is a story that has defined romance for more than just one generation of Indians. We’re excited by the opportunity to tell the same story in an entirely new language and idiom, with entirely new music, to an almost entirely new audience. The idea is not to translate the film, but to craft an even more inclusive, global retelling that brings us all together in the commonality of human emotion.

Vishal and Sheykhar, is this your first theatrical musical? How is the process different from working on a film?

Associate choreographer Shruti Merchant joins composers Vishal Dadlani and Sheykhar Ravjiani (popularly known as Vishal and Sheykhar) to discuss bringing the beloved Indian film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) to life in a whole new way.

Shruti Merchant: The film released in 1995, and as an 11-year-old girl, I have a vivid memory of my parents bringing home an autographed DDLJ clock, which they had won while watching the film among hundreds of people in a cinema hall. DDLJ is not just a film, it’s an experience. The amazing chemistry between Raj and Simran, the picturesque Euro trip with friends (no parents invited), the classic melodies and tunes that bridged the emotions and iconic dialogues—those are a few memories that make it a timeless classic that you want to keep watching again and again. Bringing India’s national film, an epic love story, to the stage is a once-ina-lifetime opportunity that I would never want to miss.

SM: I would want our audiences to come and celebrate a love story of two cultures. Come and experience a love story of two worlds. Come fall in love! 

What are your memories of the original film? What drew you to this project?

VS: That at our cores, there is no difference between people, cultures, or generations that can’t be overcome by love. That love makes us stronger, brings people together, and sometimes brings the world to India and India to the world.

SM: The main difference is the relationship between the artists and the audience. Films are about moving images, theatre is about moving emotions. However, both offer story told in a dramatic form, and that’s what I love the most: telling stories through music and movement. The majority of my work is in theatre, but I enjoy seeing it through the camera too at times.

VS: Yes, this is our first theatrical musical, and it really is an entirely different world from the 75 films and 350 songs we’ve composed. When we work on a film, we go from script to idea to recording to finished product. Here, everything breathes. The music is alive. It changes form, almost as if the story is composing or arranging it to suit each character and each scene. We’re really enjoying the collaborative nature of how everything, from each line of dialogue to the movement and choreography, affects the way a song is constructed. Working with all of that as it grows is something we are loving thoroughly and learning a lot from. What would you like an American audience to take away from this piece?

DDLJ was one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to delve into the community of the Indian diaspora and place it at the center of the story. The film explores the anxieties in the diaspora community of losing the connection to home and culture. It brings up ideas of individual desire versus familial obligations, and the continuation of traditional Indian values in the diaspora community. In an unusual move, DDLJ said that these things were actually compatible, that being raised outside of India did not mean a loss of Indian culture and values. It also said that there was a world where family obligations and individual desire could live together, rather than one being to the detriment of the other. In the film, the male lead, played by Shah Rukh Khan, says, “I am a Hindustani,” a label that transcends space to indicate something deeper than physical location or citizenship. While the children of the diaspora are seen as embracing the idea of a hybrid culture, there are certain things that are never in question, such as respect, tradition, and duty. DDLJ gave a voice to the sprawling non-resident Indian (NRI) community and its desire to hold on to traditional Indian values in new and distant locations.

A Brief History of DDLJ

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By Sonia Desai Come Fall in Love is a theatrical musical adaptation of the incredibly popular Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (often shortened to DDLJ), which was released in 1995. The film was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and stars two of the most beloved Bollywood actors, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Though this film was Chopra’s first film, it is now the longestrunning Hindi film of all time, as theatres across the world continue to play the fan favorite—the Maratha Mandir cinema in Mumbai has been showing the film for over 25 years. It is also one of the most influential Bollywood movies of all time.

What is an NRI?

A non-resident Indian, or NRI, is a person of Indian descent who is living outside the country of India. Specifically, the Indian government uses this term to identify Indian citizens who do not live in the country for tax and property reasons. More colloquially, it has been used to provide a shorthand for the connection that the members of the Indian diaspora have to the country and culture. As we see in Come Fall in Love, this relationship is often emotional. For those who have left India, their status as NRIs can be a reminder of what they’ve left behind and what they are missing. But it is also a promise of welcome when they return, a promise that, though they may be far away, they have a place waiting for them in India. What is an NRI?

I am an “ABCD”—an “American-Born Confused Desi.” It is a label that has followed me throughout my life, one derisively applied to those of us born in America to Indian parents.

When I was a teenager, several of our relatives from India came to visit for a few weeks. It was the first time any of my mother’s siblings had come to America and, therefore, especially significant. My mother had every meal organized, the house was spotless, sightseeing and weekend road trips were all arranged. My mother had been a strict vegetarian when she lived in India. So we were to be vegetarian the entire time our Indian relatives visited us.

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What did this ABCD expect out of life? As a child, in small-town Weatherford, Texas, where Wranglers and steak are cultural staples, I assumed that my friends would view me as White, as American, because that was how I saw myself, despite my mother’s saris and Indian curries. When I looked in a mirror, I saw the black, thick hair and the brown tinge to my skin magically disappear. As a teenager, I wanted a mother and father who attended high school football games. As a young adult, I dreamed of walking down the aisle in a white wedding dress toward a faceless, but Caucasian, American man. I carried these expectations, but not a single one was ever fulfilled. Instead, my hair and skin color became more apparent, my mother’s saris became my own, and I sometimes watch football with my Indian husband. I am part of a generation that lives within the hyphen. We are American, born to immigrant parents. We are the first in our families to attend college in America. We fall in love, celebrate holidays, tend to sick parents, and endure loss just like any American family. But our experiences are intertwined with the presence of another culture and its expectations and a push and pull of both of those cultures, neither of which we can fully absorb.

The term conveys that all of us who are American-born have no understanding of what it means to truly be Indian, or Desi. It used to make me feel inferior, that designation. It was not until adulthood that I began to embrace the label. I was in fact born in America. And yes, I am confused.

Sneaking Out for a Burger with My Indian Dad

By Shaila Kapoor

It was hard for Texans in the early ’80s to understand or relate to anyone who didn’t eat steak or hamburgers. Eventually, my mother forced herself to eat meat so that I would grow up eating it. But she had never mentioned her decision to her parents or siblings back home.

Our visiting family had no idea we ate meat, and I was strictly warned not to give it away. No mention of eggs by accident, no discussion of turkey sandwiches that I sometimes ate for lunch, or my favorite chicken enchiladas. My mother had planned

It was completely dark now, and we rushed to the store to get the items my moth er had sent us for and to get home. I heard my father laugh out loud as he opened the car door for me. In a near whisper, he said, “You’re American. Why not?” 

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Excerpted from “Sneaking Out for a Burger with My Indian Dad,” published in The New York Times on June 28, 2019. Shaila Kapoor (www.shailawrites. com) writes about family, identity, and culture and is working on a memoir that explores these themes.

“Never mind what she will say. We won’t tell her.”

I wonder if his journey made him understand that I could not possibly grow up as his mother, sister, and even his wife had. That I too would have to have different ways, different traditions, a different definition of culture. Maybe he wanted to show me that it was okay. Maybe there was a part of him that could relate. We hardly ever went to Braum’s, a popular burger place in town, the epitome of American food. We didn’t really eat hamburgers. In fact, fast food was not a concept my parents condoned. But I think my father and I needed some time away, some time together, and something profoundly not Indian that day.

One Saturday evening, a few weeks into the visit, my mother sent me and my father to the grocery store to pick up some items before dinner. “Don’t be too long,” she warned as we walked out to the garage. We sat in the car, both of us enjoying the silence after weeks of entertaining. The planning, the late nights, the weeks of altered home life had been intense. We were weary. I admitted to it first. “I’m really tired of all the Indian food.” My father smiled knowingly before replying. “What do you think? Want to go to Braum’s and get a hamburger?” My father lost his parents when he was 15, after which he and his three other siblings supported themselves in dire circumstances. Somewhere along the way he left religion and found a way to go to medical school. In America, he drank coffee instead of the prescribed tea of his culture. After I was born, there was a miniature tree for Christ mas, costumes for Halloween, swimsuits in the summer.

all kinds of Indian delicacies—there were special daals, stuffed vegetables, curries, homemade yogurt, rotis, amazing desserts.

He parked in the restaurant lot and we walked in, his arm around my waist. Once inside, we paused at the counter to regard the menu, finally choosing for one another what each would like. We sat at a corner booth by the window, both of us with our hamburgers and an order of fries between us. Those first few bites were the best, tasting of conspiracy and America. We laughed together at our small deceit. We couldn’t afford to stay too long. Already the sun was beginning to set and my mother was sure to get suspicious. But it was just enough of a break. Our minds were free once again, each of us feeling as if we had done it for the other. We walked out holding hands, bound in solidarity, still in disbelief about what we had just done.

“Really? What will Mom say?”

AMITA BATRA (Ensemble) Dance: Sita in Amit Patel and Ishika Seth’s Unearthed: Untold Stories of the Ramayana, dancer/choreographer for Inertia at Martha Graham Theater funded by Eryc Taylor Dance’s NCG Grant, choreographer for NY Black Arts Festival’s Aladdin, dancer/choreographer for NBCUniversal’s Outfest. Sketch comedy: writer/ performer/director/producer for Unbound NYC, Nina in UCB SAAF’s Diversity Sketches. Other: 737 engineer (Boeing), founder/director of Boundless by Amita. Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin, contemporary dance training under English National Ballet’s Kerri Nicholls at University of Malta, Kathak training at Shivangini Academy of Performing Arts in Houston. amita@boundlessbyamita.com, @amitabatra on Instagram.

NEHA DHARMAPURAM (Ensemble) Singing: Carnatic (Guru Parampara School of Arts). Dance: Kuchipudi (Guru Parampara School of Arts), Bollywood (Blue Flame Productions). Other: Pinkvilla television host, “Padutha Theeyaga” semifinalist, GoDaddy content strategist intern. Education: M.S. in Marketing Intelligence from Fordham University, B.S. in Marketing from The University of Texas at Dallas. @neha.dharma on TikTok, Instagram.

TIFFANY ENGEN (Swing) (she/her) inBroadway/Tour/Vegas:Broadway/OffLauren Kinky Boots, Serena in Legally Blonde, Regina in Rock of Ages, Clueless, world premiere of Surf The Musical. Film/Television: Noreen in Hairspray, Drop Dead Gorgeous, “Smash,” “Raising Hope,” “Hart of Dixie,” Marvel’s “Runaways,” “Katy Keene,” “FBI.” Directing/ Choreography team: Cirque, Ringling Brothers, Norwegian Cruise Line, Hulu, CW, major recording artists, digital series, commercials, music videos, theatre. tiffanyengen.com, @tifnedooda.

ROHIT GIJARE (Ensemble) Theatre/live: Bollywood Boulevard (Lincoln Center, Wolf Trap, NJPAC, Longwood Gardens), Mystic India (global tour), Diwali at Times Square with Terence Lewis (NYC), NBA halftime show (Philadelphia 76ers), IIFA Awards (Tampa Bay). Film/television: “So You Think You Can Dance” season 4 (as assistant choreographer), “Dance India Dance” (second runner-up). Video: choreographer for Vidya Vox’s “Ambarsariya,” Param Singh’s “Yaad Karoge.” rohitgijare.com, @rohitgijare on Instagram.

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AUSTIN COLBY (Rog) (he/him/his) The Old Globe debut. Off Broadway: Jersey Boys. National tours: Disney’s Frozen, The Sound of Music. Regional: West Side Story (Signature Theatre), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Arena Stage), South Pacific (Drury Lane). Education: Bachelor of Music, Theatre Minor from James Madison University. @austin__colby.

MARC HEITZMAN (Ensemble) Broadway: dance captain in Bandstand, Plato/ Macavity in Cats. Off Broadway/ Regional: Standard Time (The Duke), When Change Comes (MSDT), High Button Shoes (NY City Center), Bandstand (Paper Mill Playhouse), Carmen (Houston Grand Opera). Tours/ International: Eddie in Movin’ Out (national tour), Bandstand (as restaging choreographer), dance captain in Man in the Mirror (international tour), Wexford Opera Festival (Ireland), Broadway Christmas Wonderland (Tokyo), Norwegian Cruise Line. Film/Television: Worth, Can You Keep a Secret? (as associate choreographer), “The Tony Awards,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “Brightside” (as assistant choreographer). Other: Met Gala, NY Fashion Week, Fashionphile, Robin Hood Foundation Gala. Member: AEA, SDC. @cramheitzman on Instagram. IRVINE IQBAL (Baldev) (he/him) Recent: The Father and the Assassin, East Is East (National Theatre). West End: Aladdin, Broken Wings, Branded, Bend It Like Beckham, The Far Pavilions, Bombay Dreams, The Mahabharata, Cooks Clock. Off West End: Romeo and Juliet (Regent’s Park Open Air

USMAN ALI ISHAQ (Ensemble) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: The Life of Pi (upcoming; ART), Rent (Signature Theatre), Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia! (CRT), The REV Concert (The REV), The Island of Dr. Moreau, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Synetic Theater).

ILDA MASON (Ensemble) The Old Globe debut! Broadway: West Side Story. Tour: On Your Feet! (Assistant Dance Captain), Pilar in Legally Blonde (China), Cinderella. Regional: West Side Story (Signature Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse). Favorite Panamá credits include: Peter in Peter Pan, Bebe in A Chorus Line, Minnie in Hello, Dolly!, among others. Film/

Honors: Spotlight Awards Grand Prize (Disney Concert Hall), YoungArts Merit Award. Education: B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University. juicemackins7@gmail.com, @juicemackins on Instagram.

Readings: Come Fall in Love, We Are Ameena, In the Light. Television/film: WeCrashed, Wonder Woman 84, Kringle Time, Heather Has Four Moms. Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. @usmanaliishaq.

JEREMY KUSHNIER (Roger Mandel, Sr.) Broadway: Head Over Heels directed by Michael Mayer, Paramour (Cirque du Soleil), Jersey Boys directed by Des McAnuff, Rent directed by Michael Greif, Footloose directed by Walter Bobbie. Off Broadway: Atomic (Theatre Row), Shear Madness (New World Stages).

Regional: Camelot (Bay Street Theater), Loch Ness (The REV), Footloose (Muny), Othello (Pittsburgh Public), The Rocky Horror Show (Bucks County Playhouse). Film/television: The Idea of Manhood, “Nurse Jackie,” “Person of Interest,” “The Good Wife.” Honors: Outer Critics Award and Drama Desk Award nominee. jeremykushnier.com.

NIKA LINDSAY (Ensemble) (she/her) The Old Globe: debut. First National Tour: Disney’s Frozen. Disney Cruise Line: Aladdin. Education: AMDA. @nikalindsay. KATE LOPREST (Minky) The Old Globe: Lucy in Bright Star. Broadway: Allison in First Date, Amber in Hairspray, Xanadu, Wonderland, The Drowsy Chaperone. Tour: Glinda, Nessa understudy in Wicked, Nellie Oleson in Little House on the Prairie. Regional: Guthrie, Asolo Rep, Barrington Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Washington National Opera, Dallas Opera, more. Television: “Boardwalk Empire,” “I Love You... But I Lied,” “Running Wilde,” “All My Children.” Other: producer and host of Living Small NYC (Broadway on Demand). Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from University of Michigan. KateLoprest.com.

HANNAH JEWEL KOHN (Cookie) (she/her) The Old Globe debut! Most recently seen in: Disney’s Frozen first national tour. Other favorite credits: Candide, La Campana Sommersa (New York City Opera), Grease (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Mary Poppins (Paper Mill Playhouse), Holiday Inn, Mamma Mia! (MerryGo-Round Playhouse), Disney’s national tour of Beauty and the Beast. Television: Fosse/Verdon (FX). @hannahjewelkohn.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P11 Theatre), The Boy in the Dress (RSC), Mr Stink (U.K. tour), Wuthering Heights (Lyric Hammersmith), Then Like My Dreams (Stratford East), The Good Woman of Setzuan (Leicester Haymarket). Film: The Cook, Infinite Justice, The Pinocchio Effect, Two Blinks, Aladdin: Live from the West End. Television: “The Bill,” “EastEnders,” “Casualty,” “Doctors,” “Spotlight & Saris,” “Big Cat Country.” Education: Associate, PG Dip. in Musical Theatre from The Royal Academy of Music, B.A. (Honors) in Drama, Film, and Television from Brunel University, M.B.A. from Westminster University.

JUICE MACKINS (Ben) (he/him/his) Broadway: original cast of The Prom. Regional: Newsies (NC Theatre), Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Debbie Allen Dance Academy), Brothers of the Knight (national tour). Television/film: “Shook” series regular (Disney Channel), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Blue Bloods” (CBS), Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Netflix), “Brooklyn Moving Company” (Tuff Boys).

SHANNON MULLEN (Ensemble) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Pretty Woman, A Bronx Tale. National tours: Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde, Hairspray. Regional: Kinky Boots, Head Over Heels, Spamalot. theshannonmullen.com, @smullen312 on Instagram.

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Television: Luz in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, professional dancer on “Dancing with the Stars Panamá” (season 2 champion). ildamason. com, @ildamason on Instagram.

CALEB MATHURA (Ensemble) Regional: Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (Timber Lake Playhouse), Hephaestus in the world premiere of Hephaestus (Music Theatre of Madison). Education: 2022 alum of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts and the LINK Program.

Representation: DGRW. calebmathura.com, @caleb_mathura on Instagram.

SHAHIL PATEL (Ensemble) Off Broadway: Fairycakes (Greenwich House Theater). Disney Cruise Line: Aladdin in Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, Kai, Hans understudy in Frozen: A Musical Spectacular, Prince Naveen, Aladdin in Disney’s Believe. Regional: West Side Story (Moonlight Stage Productions). Education: B.F.A. in Music Theatre from UC Irvine. Representation: Calliope West Artist Management (Jayk Gallagher), Firestarter Entertainment (Nicole Pryor Dernersesian). @shahil.ptl on Instagram. ZAIN PATEL (Ensemble) (he/him/his) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Bhangin’ It (La Jolla Playhouse), Mamma Mia! (Laguna Playhouse). Tour: Stories: Our American Journey. Voice-over: Apple’s Group Facetime commercial. Dance: 2014 Academy Awards with Pharrell Williams, Universal Studios, Jubilee Games Dubai. Education: B.A. Drama from UC Irvine. @zainpatel31 on Instagram.

BHUMIT PATEL (Swing) (he/him/his) New York City–based singer, dancer, choreographer, actor. U.S. tour: one of the leads in the musical Bollywood Boulevard: A Journey Through Hindi Cinema. As performer/choreographer: dance companies such as Exodus Artistry and Mokshaa Dance Academy, global artists including Jay Sean, Arjun, Atif Aslam, and Terence Lewis. @bhumitpatelofficial on Instagram.

MEHER MISTRY (Ensemble) Theatre: Beauty and the Beast (Disney India), Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, Delhi), Lovers and Executioners, Dance Nation, The Conference of the Birds (The Sofia, Sacramento), The Truth, The Threepenny Opera (Motley Productions, Mumbai), Uncle Vanya (Little Productions, Mumbai), Lucrece (The Shakespeare Edit/National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai), The Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar (Ace Productions, Mumbai).

SHOBA NARAYAN (Simran) Broadway: Princess Jasmine in Aladdin; Nessarose in Wicked; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, at the time the first South Asian female in a principal role on Broadway in over a decade. Further theatre: Eliza in Hamilton (national tour). Film/Television: Growing Up Smith, “Quantico,” “Halal in the Family,” “Gossip Girl,” Coin Heist, Mistress America. Other: prize-winning Bharatanatyam (South Indian classical) dancer and teacher, performed extensively throughout the U.S. and India.

BECCA PETERSEN (Ensemble) (she/her) Broadway: Mean Girls (u/s Cady/Regina/ Karen, Dance Captain), Bandstand (u/s Julia). Tour: Mean Girls, Newsies (u/s Katherine). Regional: Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit

Film/television: Silvat (ZEE Entertainment), “Made in Heaven” (Amazon Prime), “The Good Karma Hospital” (ITV), Bansuri (Vision 3), Good Luck (Boundscript Motion Pictures). Other: B Street Theatre Acting Company Member. @mehermistry on Instagram.

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HANNAH SCHREER (Ensemble) The Old Globe debut! Regional: Cinderella (Fulton Theatre), Rock of Ages (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina). Education: B.F.A. from Florida State University. @hannahschreer.

RUPAL PUJARA (Lajjo) (she/her) Film: Dr. Kathari in Creed directed by Ryan Coogler, Bina in India Sweets and Spices directed by Geeta Malik. Television: Vanita Gupta in We Own This City (HBO), Dopesick (Hulu), “Kevin Can F**k Himself” (AMC), “Do No Harm” (NBC). Regional: Snake Charmer (Solo), In the Heights (Walnut Street Theatre), Click (Kilroys List), Same, Same, But Different (New York City Children’s Theater). Music: Lady Ru; album My Addiction with Grammy- and Emmy-nominated producer Jim Beanz. RupalPujara.com.

KINSHUK SEN (Kuljit) (he/him/his) Film: In a Silent Way (Buffalo8), Jiya Jaye, Iktarfa (ShortsTV), Hanuman (Sahara One). Theatre: Le Petit Prince (Alliance Française), Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, The Tempest (Shakespeare Company at UCLA), In the Heights (HOOLIGAN Theatre Company). Education: Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science, Minor in Theater at UCLA. @kinshuksen on Instagram.

MICHAEL STARR (Ensemble) (he/him) The Old Globe: Kiss Me, Kate. National tour: Bright Star. Regional: Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (5th Avenue), Mamma Mia!, A Chorus Line (Hollywood Bowl), Singin’ in the Rain (La Mirada Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Co), 1776, Empire, West Side Story, Carrie The Musical (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), White Christmas (Berkshire Theatre Group), The World Goes ’Round (Reprise 2.0), Elf The Musical (MTW, Tuacahn), Footloose (Candlelight Pavilion), 42nd Street (3-D Theatricals), Frozen – Live (Disneyland), Salomé, Wonderful Town (LA Opera). Film/ television: Bad Trip (Netflix), “Encore!” (Disney+).

Honors: L.A. Ovation Award. Education: UCLA Theater, Film, and Television. @itsmikestarr.

GEATALI TAMPY (Swing) Theatre/live: Celestia (Manhattan Movement & Arts Center), Bollywood Boulevard (Lincoln Center), NBA halftime show (Philadelphia 76ers). Television: Apicha commercial (as actor/dancer). Video: Amsi’s “Jeete Raho” (as choreographer/dancer). geatali.com, @geatali_ thedancer on Instagram.

JACK SIPPEL (Ensemble) (he/him) Broadway: The Prom (OBC/Dance Captain).

VISHAL VAIDYA (Ajit) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Groundhog Day. Off Broadway: Road Show, 1776 (New York City Center), Einstein’s Dreams (Prospect Theater). Regional: Swept Away (Berkeley Rep), How to Succeed (Kennedy Center), Dave (Arena Stage), The Music Man (Olney Theatre Center), Frog and Toad (Adventure Theatre; Helen Hayes nomination), Crazy for You (Pennsylvania Shakes), The Secret Garden (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Spelling Bee, A Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre). Education: American University. @vishgram on Instagram. SONYA VENUGOPAL (Ensemble) The Old Globe debut! Regional: Life of Pi (ART, upcoming), Atlantis (Virginia Rep), Annie (North Carolina Theatre), The Wedding Singer (GCP), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2nd Space). Readings/

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13 Playhouse), Mean Girls (National Theatre), The Prom (Alliance Theatre). Represented by HCKR. @bp170.

National Tours: Newsies (Bill/ Mush, u/s Davey/Crutchie), Memphis. Film: The Prom on Netflix (assistant choreographer), Newsies The Broadway Musical! on Disney+ (Darcy/ Kenny). Regional: Resident Choreographer (The Muny), Met Gala (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Mary Poppins, West Side Story (Paper Mill Playhouse), 10+ seasons with The Muny in St. Louis, Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (Flat Rock Playhouse). jackjsippel.com, @jackjsippel.

ROB ASHFORD (Choreography) Broadway: Frozen, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, How to Succeed (Tony nominations for Direction, Choreography), Promises, Promises (Tony nomination), Evita (Tony nomination), Curtains (Tony nomination), Cry-Baby (Drama Desk Award, Tony nomination), The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award). London: The Winter’s Tale (Olivier nomination), The Entertainer, Anna Christie (Olivier Award), Shrek, A Streetcar Named Desire (South Bank Award), Parade (Oliver nominations for Director, Choreographer), Guys and Dolls (Olivier nomination), Evita (Olivier nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Olivier nomination). Award shows: Four Academy Awards (Emmy Award), nine Tony Awards, six Kennedy Center Honors. Other television: direction and choreography for NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!, Peter Pan Live! (DGA, Emmy nominations).

P14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE workshop: Come Fall in Love, Māyā, Hi, My Name Is Ben, Picnic at Hanging Rock (Goodspeed), In Emily’s Words. Film: Little Boxes. Education: M.F.A. in Musical Theater from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, B.A. in Communications and Theatre from Santa Clara University. sonyavenugopal.com, @sonyeeahh on Instagram.

VISHAL DADLANI AND SHEYKHAR RAVJIANI (Music) (popularly called Vishal & Sheykhar in India) are among the biggest names in Indian music, with a career spanning two decades, having delivered some of the most-loved musical hits of the Indian film industry. These multifaceted musical composers are also singers, songwriters, music producers, and live performers. They have been responsible for some of the most-streamed songs in the history of Indian music and have set several streaming records. They have been nominated for and won almost every Indian music award. Their unique brand of music has had a huge and lasting influence on Indian popular music, through which they have been rightfully called “architects of the modern sound of Bollywood.”

SHRUTI MERCHANT (Associate Choreography – Indian Dances) began her professional choreography career assisting her sister Vaibhavi Merchant in more than 50 films, and she made her Bollywood choreography debut with Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl and received several nominations and awards. She toured internationally with musicals for over nine years as an associate choreographer. In January 2011, Merchant started Quintessence Entertainment Productions to bring commercial theatre into the Indian entertainment market. With Taj Express she has created a groundbreaking song, dance, and drama extravaganza that has been entertaining audiences the world over. Taj Express has completed 500 shows worldwide and is slotted for a North American tour in early 2023.

ADITYA CHOPRA (Director) is the biggest filmmaker of India. At just 23 years of age, he directed Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), one of the biggest blockbusters in Indian cinema history, which is still running in theatres 26 years since its release. Chopra’s vision for cinema in India has shaped and reshaped pop culture as he has directed and produced some of the biggest cult classics that the country has ever witnessed. His vision and trendsetting excellence over the years has elevated Yash Raj Films (YRF) to one of the most reputed and iconic brands in India today. He is the first Indian film producer to move toward a film studio model through independent projects helmed by producers, writers, and directors under the YRF banner. He is also a starmaker who has launched numerous generationdefining youth icons of India. As Chairman and Managing Director of YRF, Chopra is the driving force behind creativity at YRF Studios.

NELL BENJAMIN (Book and Lyrics) Broadway: Mean Girls with Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde with Laurence O’Keefe (Olivier Award, Tony nomination). Off Broadway/regional: The Explorers Club (Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Play), Because of Winn Dixie, Dave, Cam Jansen, Sarah, Plain and Tall, Halftime, Pirates!, The Mice, I Want My Hat Back, How I Became a Pirate (Theatreworks USA), New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve and Young People’s Concerts. Film: The Sea Beast. Television: “Unhappily Ever After,” “Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca,” “The Electric Company,” “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris,” “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,” “Julie’s Greenroom.” Member: ASCAP, Dramatists Guild. Grateful recipient of Kleban Foundation Award, Jonathan Larson Grant.

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DAVID HOLCENBERG (Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements) The Old Globe: A… My Name Is Still Alice. Broadway: MJ (Drama Desk Award, Tony and

JAPHY WEIDEMAN (Lighting Design) The Old Globe: Life After, Bright Star, October Sky, The Rainmaker, Bethany. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and Men, Airline Highway, Lobby Hero, Bright Star, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sylvia, The Snow Geese, Old Times, Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Significant Other, Marvin’s Room. Off Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater/NYSF, NYTW, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, MCC, LAByrinth, Vineyard, Ma-Yi, others. West End: Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward Theatre), Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Blackbird (Albery Theatre). Recent: production designer for Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester national tour, lighting designer for upcoming The King’s Jester Netflix special. Honors: five Tony Award nominations for Lighting Design.

LINDA CHO (Costume Design) Broadway: POTUS, Take Me Out, The Great Society, The Lifespan of a Fact, Anastasia (Tony nomination), A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award), The Velocity of Autumn. Off Broadway: Twilight, Cambodian Rock Band (Signature Theatre), Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, Endlings (NYTW). Regional: A Thousand Splendid Suns (ACT), Bhangin’ It (La Jolla Playhouse), Noir (Alley Theatre), Opera: Samson et Dalila (Met Opera). Other awards: TDF’s Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, Ruth Morley Design Award. Other: Advisory Committee Member of American Theatre Wing. Education: M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. lindacho.com.

AKHILA KRISHNAN (Projection Design) Theatre: Chasing Hares (Young Vic), Our Generation (National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre), What’s New Pussycat? (Birmingham Rep), The Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre), Oliver Twist (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon), While You Are Here (The Place/DanceEast), Maggot Moon (Unicorn Theatre). Opera: The Wreckers (Glyndebourne), Samson et Dalila, The Knife of Dawn, Echoes at the Gate, (Royal Opera House), The Handmaid’s Tale, The Valkyrie (English National Opera), Syllable (Theatre O). Live broadcast/film direction: Pod, Lifesongs (Guildhall). Event design: Sound of Colour (Arthouse Jersey), Mamma Mia: The Party (O2 Arena), Up Next Gala (National Theatre). Training: Royal College of Art, National Institute of Design in India. Other: previously Senior Designer at 59 Productions.

TED ARTHUR (Music Director and Additional Arrangements) Broadway: Diana, The Musical (Music Director), The Prom (Associate Conductor), Once on This Island (Assistant Conductor), Moulin Rouge!, Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked. International: Moulin Rouge! (International Associate Music Supervisor). Other: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees, member of MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity). Upcoming: Hercules (Paper Mill Playhouse), Back to the Future (Broadway 2023).

STEPHEN SPOSITO (Associate Director) Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Wicked, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Shrek The Musical, How to Succeed in Business, Promises, Promises, Scandalous. Director: Shrek The Musical (national,

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P15 OCC nominations), Groundhog Day, Matilda, Rocky, Mamma Mia!, Bye Bye Birdie, The Story of My Life, Good Vibrations, Seussical, Titanic, Showboat. Other credits: New York Spectacular (Radio City), world premiere of Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse), U.S. premiere of Ragtime (LA Drama Critics Award), The Glorious Ones, Dessa Rose (LCT), The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto), Mamma Mia! in concert (Hollywood Bowl).

JESSICA PAZ (Sound Design) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Hadestown (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), POTUS, A Beautiful Noise (upcoming), Dear Evan Hansen (as associate), Bandstand (as associate), Disaster! (as associate), Fela! (as associate). Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Ugly Lies the Bone, Becoming Dr. Ruth, A Sucker Emcee, The Muscles in Our Toes, The King’s Whore. The Public Theater: As You Like it, Twelfth Night, Othello. Regional: productions at Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theater, others. Upcoming: Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre), Water for Elephants (Alliance Theatre).

DEREK MCLANE (Scenic Design) Broadway: MJ The Musical, Moulin Rouge! (Tony Award), A Soldier’s Play, American Son, The Parisian Woman, Beautiful, Follies, Anything Goes, Bengal Tiger, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, 33 Variations (Tony Award), Little Women, How to Succeed, The Pajama Game, I Am My Own Wife, Ragtime. Other: six Academy Awards, four live musicals for television. Awards: multiple Obie, Lucille Lortel, Art Directors Guild, Emmy, Drama Desk, Tony Awards.

BILLY JAY STEIN (Music Production and Additional Orchestrations) Grammy Award for producing and mixing Beautiful: The Carole King Musical cast recording. Composer, arranger, music producer for The Radio City Rockettes New York Spectacular. Broadway: MJ, Kimberly Akimbo, 1776, Paradise Square, Caroline, or Change, Diana, Tootsie, Mean Girls, The Band’s Visit, Fun Home, Beautiful, Spider-Man, Hairspray, Amélie, Tuck Everlasting, The Rocky Horror Show, Jekyll & Hyde. Television/film: “Sex and the City,” Rudy! A Documusical, Handel’s Messiah Rocks, “Pawn Stars,” more. Other: Founder of Strange Cranium, a New York–based electronic music design company and developer of MainBrain show control software; Co-Founder of Strike Audio, a production music licensing company. strangecranium.com, strikeaudio.com.

MICHAEL GACETTA (Associate Music Director; Music Director, September 15 – October 16) Broadway: A Christmas Carol (Music Director), King Kong (Music Director), Matilda (Music Director), Groundhog Day (Associate Music Director), A Christmas Story, Mean Girls, Company, Book of Mormon, SpongeBob SquarePants, Shrek. Off Broadway: Rent. Regional/ tours: Rent (The Hollywood Bowl), Hair (first national tour), The Who’s Tommy (The Kennedy Center), Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse). Other: A Christmas Story Live (Fox), Lyrics & Lyricists: Lynn Ahrens (92nd Street Y). Education: University of Michigan.

ANJEE NERO (Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Almost Famous, The Gardens of Anuncia, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Bright Star, Allegiance, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Benny & Joon, October Sky, The Rocky Horror Show, Life After, The Wanderers, Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, The Twenty-Seventh Man, A Room with a View, Kingdom, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Be a Good Little Widow, and more.

Broadway: Bright Star. Regional highlights: Bright Star (Kennedy Center), Fly, Sideways, Ruined, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Herringbone, The Seven (La Jolla Playhouse), Ruined (Huntington Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford Stage), Venice (Center Theatre Group, Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Antigone (SITI Company).

AMANDA SALMONS (Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, The Gardens of Anuncia, Life After, The Blameless, American Mariachi, The Heart of Rock & Roll, October Sky, Rain, The Metromaniacs, The White Snake, Inherit the Wind, Somewhere, Lost in Yonkers, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet. Regional: Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin (La Jolla Playhouse), Kiss Me, Kate (Hartford Stage), The Foreigner, See How They Run, The Rivalry (Lamb’s Players Theatre), The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Candide, Trial by Jury (Lyric Opera San Diego). Education: UC San Diego.

CHARLIE WILLIAMS (Associate Choreography) Credits include: original Broadway casts of Memphis, How to Succeed in Business, Miss Saigon, The Cher Show, Frozen. Film/ television: Ted 2, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Dance Flick, Academy Awards, Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, NBC’s Peter Pan Live!, The Sound of Music Live! Creative credits include: New York Fashion Week, Resident Movement Associate on Broadway’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris, setting international companies of Frozen as associate choreographer of the original Broadway show, and currently choreographing episodes of “Saturday Night Live.” iamcharliewilliams.com, @iamcharliewilliams.

STEWART/WHITLEY (Casting) Duncan Stewart, CSA and Benton Whitley, CSA. Broadway/New York: Paradise Square, Hadestown (Artios Award), Chicago, Rock of Ages, The Lightning Thief, Great Comet of 1812, Elf, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Television/film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: Hadestown, Hairspray, Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: ART, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, For the Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature, RCCL. stewartwhitley.com, @stewartwhitley.

P16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE ARTISTS international tours), Pippin (Pittsburgh Playhouse), Crossroads (Regent Seven Seas), Something Rotten! (Cape Rep Theatre), American Theatre Wing Gala, Obie Awards, NBCUniversal’s Upfront (Radio City Music Hall), live events for Target, Robin Hood Foundation. Upcoming directing: Albert Herring (Chicago Opera Theater). Education: University of Michigan (Emerging Artist Award).

KENDRA STOCKTON (Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: The Taming of the Shrew, Trouble in Mind, Hair, Almost Famous, As You Like It, Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy, Familiar, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Much Ado About Nothing, Benny & Joon, October Sky, Bright Star, Dog and Pony, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (as production assistant) Regional: House of Joy (San Diego Rep), Home of the Brave, #SuperShinySara, Guards at the Taj, The Orphan of Zhao, The Who & The What (La Jolla Playhouse), The Loneliest Girl in the World (Diversionary Theatre), miXtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Diego Musical Theatre).

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TIMOTHY J. SHIELDS (Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director) joined The Old Globe as Managing Director in 2017. In his time in San Diego, he has enjoyed becoming involved in the community. He currently serves as a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program; an advisory board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership; and Vice President of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership. He brings to San Diego many decades of not-for-profit theatre experience. He was Managing Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center (2009-2017); Milwaukee Repertory Theater (1998–2009); and Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York (1992–1998). He has also held administrative positions at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Denver Center Theatre Company, and McCarter Theatre Center in an earlier period of his career. He served as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as Vice President of the board at Theatre Communications Group. He has been the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; and a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. He holds a B.F.A. in Drama Production from CarnegieMellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Directors are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union. This Theatre operates under an Agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 122.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. The musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 325 San Diego.

BARRY EDELSTEIN (Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, and, during the pandemic, Hamlet: On the Radio. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour, and he oversees the Globe’s Classical Directing Fellowship program. In addition to his recent Globe credits, he directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018, and he will next direct The Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2023. As Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater (2008–2012), Edelstein oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions as well as its educational, community outreach, and artist-training programs. At The Public, he staged the world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and Steve Martin’s WASP and Other Plays. He was also Associate Producer of The Public’s Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. From 1998 to 2003 he was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE ARTISTS LET ’S ALL DO OUR PART! We are proud that this program, as with all our programs year-round, is made with paper from wood in regrowth areas that are specially planted for use in the printing industry, making the process sustainable, renewable, and safe for our environment. As you exit the theatre, feel free to leave your gently used program on the program stand for future audiences to use. Or you can put it in any of the recycle bins in the lobby or on our plaza. SPECIAL THANKS Adam Zotovich David R. Richards, RCI Theatricals Beverly Edwards, Justin Black, RCI Theatricals CASTING STEWART/WHITLEY Duncan Stewart, CSA and Benton Whitley, CSA Joey Montenarello, CSA; Micah Johnson-Levy; Darienne Orlansky; Patrick Maravilla DEI CONSULTANT Hummingbird Humanity Surabhi Lal Bianca Chow TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the produc tion’s designers by including the names below. Derek McLane (Scenic PleaseAkhilaJaphyLindawww.derekmclane.comDesign)Cho(CostumeDesign)www.lindacho.comWeideman(LightingDesign)JessicaPaz(SoundDesign)Krishnan(ProjectionDesign)note:Photosarestrictlyprohibitedduringtheperformance.Photosofthestagearenotpermittedifanactorispresent.Videorecordingisnotpermittedatanytimeinthetheatre. Additional Scenery F&D Scene Changes Additional Costumes Beg Borrow Steal Studio Pvt. Ltd. Additional Properties San Diego Rowing Club Additional Lighting Electronic Theatre Controls Christie Lites OCS Lighting, Chris Rynne Additional Sound DnB StrangeDesignCranium Additional Video SoundMatrixAssociatesVisuals

neighborhood.InpartnershipwiththeVAPAFoundationandtheSanDiegoUnifiedSchoolDistrict,TheOldGlobeprovidedstudentsatthiscampwithanopportunitytoexploretheatre-makingskillsthroughmusicaltheatre,improv,andtechnical theatre disciplines. The result was a studentcreated original musical theatre show called Fearless in which five teenagers discover that it is okay to face and accept your fears as you learn how to be your true self. As part of the four-week camp, students found themselves discovering how to write their own theatrical story with the help of a seasoned playwright; how to run lights and sound for their school theatre with professional guidance from one of the nation’s largest regional theatres; and how to collaborate and connect with others through improvisation techniques. Students devised the story and rehearsed and performed the show for their community. Meanwhile, the technical theatre students built props and scenery, designed costumes, and ran lights and sound for the Thisperformance.workwasled by a team of Old Globe Teaching Artists, who are dedicated to community building and fostering creative exploration in young people. Playwright Gill Sotu facilitated student conversations and curated their writing to help develop a story based on a student-selected theme. When students weren’t writing and sharing their own stories, they were rehearsing musical theatre numbers to include in the show with co-directors Randall Eames and Valeria Vega. Designer Mayté Martinez and improv performer Veronica Burgess were also on hand to give students tools to increase confidence and spark imagination. These Teaching Artists exemplified our theatre’s belief that student-centered and student-led work is essential to building meaningful community. This work matters because it gives young people the tools to tell their own stories with conviction and commitment. With access to professional artists through camps such as these, young people discover that creative exploration and expression are a means to building confidence, curiosity, collaboration, and community. The future of musical theatre is being sparked in a new generation as they learn that all stories, and especially theirs, matter.  (above) VAPA Camp students with Teaching Artists Valeria Vega and Veronica Burgess. Photos by Valeria Vega.

A young protagonist seeks reconciliation with her deported father. Another discovers his true identity as a confident young man in a coming-ofage drama. And the loss of a loved one shakes a close-knit community to its core as told through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl who is falling in love for the first time. These may sound like classic Shakespeare texts, or even the plot of the latest hit Broadway musical. But they are actually the stories being told by middle school students who spent this past summer devising an original musical theatre piece based on their own personal stories as part of a visual and performing arts camp at Wilson Middle School in the City Heights

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P20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE OUR THANKS ARTIST PRODUCTIONSPONSORSSPONSORSNIKKI AND BEN CLAY ELAINE AND DAVE* DARWIN JAMES AND RHODESKALPANA PAULA AND BRIAN ALICIA AND JONATHAN ATUN KAREN AND TANZSTUART FOR ROB ASHFORD (CHOREOGRAPHER) *In memoriam

Kay Stevens, in memory of Mary Wright

James and Gregoria Garcia, in memory of George Kuby Pat and Norm Gillespie, in appreciation for Darlene Davies, Joan Pollard, and Patricia Whalen Suzi and Chuck Gold, in honor of Pam Farr

Marguerite Jackson Dill, in memory of George Dill

Lian von Wantoch, in memory of Jordine and Harvey Von Wantoch

Michiele Stivers, in memory of Robert Stivers

Pamela Hamilton Lester, in memory of Jim Lester

Matthew Hughes, in memory of John Alfred Berol Robert Kilian, in memory of Kathleen M. Slayton Regina Kurtz, in loving memory of Al Isenberg

Delores Grittani, in honor of Vicki Zeiger In memory of Keith Hanning In memory of Daniel Holmes

The Prine family, remembering our brother Peter Foreman Prine Joan and Richard Qualls, in memory of Tom and Lili McGee

This list includes gifts received January 1, 2022 through August 1, 2022. To make a gift in honor or in memory of a special person, please contact Reggie Garcia at (619) 684-4142 or rgarcia@TheOldGlobe.org, or visit www.TheOldGlobe.org/Donate.

Cindy and Larry Fields, in honor of Pam Wagner and Hans Tegebo Hal and Pam Fuson, in honor of Randy Tidmore Mary Fuson, in honor of Harold and Pam Fuson Elaine Galinson, in blessed memory of Joseph and Beverly Glickman

Elaine Galinson and Herb Solomon, in memory of J. Stacy Sullivan

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Ilene Mittman, in memory of Dr. Charles Mittman

Peter Stovin, in memory of Darlene Davies

Carol Goldstein, in memory of Glen R. Hall

Teresa Trucchi, in memory of Ray Lee C. Anne Turhollow, in memory of Michael J. Perkins

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P24 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE OUR THANKS The Old Globe is deeply grateful to our Artistic Angels and Benefactors, whose vital support of the Annual Fund helps us make theatre matter to more people. For additional information on how to support the Globe at these extraordinary levels, please contact Llewellyn Crain at (619) 684-4141 or lcrain@TheOldGlobe.org. Benefactors ($100,000 to $199,999) Artistic Angels ($200,000 and higher annually) TERRY ATKINSON AND KATHY TAYLOR KAREN AND DONALD COHN† THE THEODOR AND AUDREY GEISEL FUND PAULA AND POWERSBRIAN JEAN AND SHEKHTERGARY DIANE AND JOHN* BEROL ELAINE AND DAVE* DARWIN ANN DAVIES PAMELA FARR AND BUFORD ALEXANDER IN MEMORY OF ANNETTE AND DICK FORD THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY E. WHITE ANONYMOUS MARCOSDARLENESHILEY† In memory of Donald Shiley THE ESTATE OF ANN STECK AND FAMILY THE ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FUND In memory of Erna Finci Viterbi KATHRYN CHARITABLEHATTOXTRUST HAL AND PAM FUSON JOAN AND IRWIN JACOBS FUND OF THE FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITYJEWISH THE ESTATE OF MICKEY STERN KAREN AND STUART TANZ GILLIAN AND THORNLEYTONY PAMELA J. WAGNER AND HANS TEGEBO SHERYL AND HARVEY WHITE FOUNDATION VICKI AND CARL ZEIGER †Charter Sponsor since 1995 ANONYMOUS (2) CONTRERAS/EDUARDO U-TDIEGOSANTHE

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PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P27 Director Circle ($10,000 to $24,999) Maggie Acosta and Larry Shushan Jan and Rich Baldwin Bank of America Melissa Garfield Bartell and Michael Bartell Joan and Jeremy Berg The Bjorg Family∆ Gary and Barbara Blake∆ Robert D. Blanton The Browar Family Fund of the Jewish ChristianFoundationCommunityandBridgetBuckley ♥∆ George and Karen Bullette Alice and YT Chen, The Chenzyme Foundation Dale Connelly and Donna Van Eekeren∆ Carlo and Nadine Daleo George Davis ♥ Una Davis and Jack McGrory Frederik and Irene Defesche∆ Marguerite Jackson Dill, in memory of George Dill ♥ Douglas Druley and Judee DanTheBernardEdgertonSedler∆FoundationJ.EggertsenandFlorenceNemkov*EstateofMr.andMrs.RobertM.(Bea)EpstenandPhyllisEpstein∆ Carol Spielman-Ewan and Joel SusannaEwanand Michael Flaster Elaine Galinson and Herb Solomon∆ Cam and Wanda Garner Drs. Tom and KimberlyCarolGawronski∆JaneL.GithensGodwinand Tom JuliaWilcoxCarrington Hall∆ Deborah A. and David A. 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P32 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Barry Edelstein Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Timothy J. Shields Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Boldface type denotes members of senior leadership team. ARTISTIC Justin Waldman · Associate Artistic Director Kim Heil · Associate Producer James Vásquez · Interim Associate Producer ARTS ENGAGEMENT Katherine Harroff · Interim Director of Arts Engagement Lisel Gorell-Getz · Associate Director of Arts Engagement Learning Vietca Do, Erika Phillips, Laura Zablit · Arts Engagement Programs Managers Randall Eames, James Pillar, Gill Sotu, Valeria Vega · Arts Engagement Programs Associates Juliana Gassol · Arts Engagement Operations Coordinator Veronica Burgess, Desiree Clarke, Leticia De Anda, Vanessa Duron, Randall Eames, Gerardo Flores Tonella, Samantha Ginn, Kimberly King, Erika Malone, Bibi Mama, Mayté Martinez, Niki Martinez, Jake Millgard, Tara Ricasa, Topher Rivera, Soroya Rowley, Catherine Hanna Schrock, Jersten Seraile, Gill Sotu, Miki Vale, Valeria Vega, Eric Weiman · Teaching Artists FINANCE Michelle Yeager · Director of Finance Miranda Osguthorpe · Senior Accountant Eugene Landsman · Payroll Administrator Trish Guidi · Accountant Lisa Sanger-Greshko · Accounts Payable/Payroll Assistant GENERAL MANAGEMENT Alexander Orbovich · General Manager Alexandra Hisserich · Associate General Manager Jeff Sims · Assistant General Manager Grace Herzog · Interim General Management Coordinator Jasmin Duong, Andrea Fernández, Denise Lopez, Prosper Phongsaiphonh, Mario Vega · COVID Compliance Officers Carolyn Budd · Assistant to the Artistic and Managing Directors Tim Cole · Receptionist FACILITIES Crescent Jakubs · Facilities Director Johnny Kammerer · Custodial Supervisor Violanda Corona, Roberto Gonzalez, Bernardo Holloway, Carolina Lopez de Orellana, Nancy C. Orellana Lopez, Jason McNabb, Carlos Perez, Victor Quiroz, Vicente Ramos, Andrey Repetskiy, Brock Roser · Building Staff INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Dean Yager · Information Technology Director Justin Brown · Systems Administrator Brittany Summers · Information Technology Assistant FRONT OF HOUSE Katie Lugo · Front of House Manager Maria Smith · Associate Front of House Manager A. Samantha Beckhart, Janelle Conde, Oliver de Luz, Karen Lefferts, Victoria Weller · House Managers HELEN EDISON GIFT SHOP Barbara Behling, Judy Martinez, Joey Ramone Ugalde · Gift Shop Supervisors LADY CAROLYN ’ S PUB Patrice Aguayo · Pub Manager Alexis Duran, Scott Fitzpatrick, Deborah Montes, Rashad Williams · Pub Shift Supervisors Kimberly Belliard, Alejandro Gutierrez, Hannah Kistemaker, Daniela Montes, Ryan Ursiny · Pub Staff PUBLIC SAFETY Mike Orona · Public Safety Manager Ethan Aguayo, Perla Aguilera, Vincent Bisazza, Willie Caldwell, Shea Husted, Janet Larson, Aisha Parker, Eleuterio Ramos, Andrew Vargas, Jose Vizcaino · Public Safety Team HUMAN RESOURCES Sandy Parde · Director of Human Resources Tanya Lizarraga · Human Resources Assistant MARKETING Dave Henson · Director of Marketing and Communications Patty Onagan Consulting · Public Relations Director Mike Hausberg · Associate Director of Communications Nina Garin · Associate Director of Marketing Joyelle Cabato · Marketing Manager Chanel Cook · Digital and Print Publications Designer Rita Corona · Communications Associate Eve Alita Childs · Marketing Associate Katie Rodriguez · Marketing Assistant SUBSCRIPTION SALES Scott Cooke · Subscription Sales Manager Arthur Faro, Janet Kavin, Ken Seper, Cassandra Shepard, Grant Walpole · Subscription Sales Representatives TICKET SERVICES Bob Coddington · Ticket Services Director Marsi Bennion · Associate Ticket Services Director Kathy Fineman, Caryn Morgan, Matt Pequeno · Lead Ticket Services Representatives Manuel Aguilar, Kari Archer, Tyler Blevins, Brooke Boyd, Hannah Frederick, Jessica Holbert, Caroline Hyatt, Franco Martini, Taylor Olson · Ticket Services Representatives NEW PLAYS AND DRAMATURGY Danielle Mages Amato · Director of New Plays and Dramaturgy Sonia Desai · Literary Associate PHILANTHROPY Llewellyn Crain · Director of Philanthropy Bridget Cantu Wear · Associate Director of Philanthropy, Legacy Giving Sam Abney, Moneé Gardner · Associate Directors of Philanthropy, Individual Giving Reggie Garcia · Donor Engagement Manager Doug Oliphant · Interim Philanthropy Operations Director Jillian Davis · Events Director Jyothi Doughman · Events and Suite Supervisor Janet Myott · Philanthropy Administrator Nathan Wetter · Donor Services Coordinator Caren Dufour · Philanthropy Assistant Courtney Oliphant · Institutional Grants Manager Juliana Choi · Grant Writer DONOR SERVICES Corinne Bagnol, Connie Jacobson, Felicita Johnson, Robert Lang, Barbara Lekes, David Owen, Bianca Peña, Ilana Queiroz, Stephanie Reed, Barry Rose · Suite Concierges PRODUCTION Robert Drake · Senior Producer Benjamin Thoron · Production Manager Leila Knox · Associate Production Manager and Production Stage Manager Debra Pratt Ballard · Producing Associate Ron Cooling · Company Manager Jennifer Watts · Associate Company Manager Talon Cooper · Company Management Assistant Jerilyn Hammerstrom · Production Office Coordinator TECHNICAL Joe Powell · Technical Director Brian McVicker, Todd Piedad, Lucas Skoug · Assistant Technical Directors Carole Payette · Charge Scenic Artist Eileen McCann · Resident Design Assistant Diana Rendon · Scene Shop Buyer Gillian Kelleher · Head Shop Carpenter Matt Giebe · Head Shop Carpenter, Festival Brandon Resenbeck · Stage Carpenter/Head Rigger, Globe Jason Chohon · Charge Carpenter, White Max Johngren · Automation Carpenter Preston Brown, Chris Chauvet, Keri Ciesielski, Eric Conger, Evan Gove, Eddie Hernandez, Sloan Holly, Michael Przybylek, Albert Rubidoux, Dominic Santarelli, John Simmons, William Slaybaugh, Patrick Sotier, Jazen Sveum · Carpenters W. Adam Bernard, Torrey Hyman · Lead Scenic Artists Jessica Amador, Hannah Murdock, Madison McColl, Archi Rozas, Courtney Ware · Scenic Artists COSTUMES Stacy Sutton · Costume Director Charlotte Devaux Shields · Resident Design Associate Anne Stoup · Assistant to the Costume Director Katie Knox · Design Assistant/Shopper Natalie Barshow, Regan McKay · Design Assistants Alexis Sarabia · Costume Assistant Erin Cass, Elena Ham, Kathie Taylor · Drapers Su-Lin Chen, Ingrid Helton · Tailors/Drapers Mary Jill Anderson, Laura Dillemuth-Kozak, Allison McCann, Susan Sachs, Abigail Zielke · Assistant Cutters Ashley Bowen-Piscopo, Bonnie Clinnin, Yangchen Dolkar, Monika Goebel, Nunzia Pecoraro, Heather Premo, Rosa Sanchez, Veronica von Borstel, Taryn Wyss · Stitchers Kristin Womble · Craft Supervisor/Dyer/Painter Aurora Kenyon · Interim Craft Supervisor/Dyer/Painter Sharon Granieri, Sadie Rothenberg, Christian Woods · Craft Artisans Alison Reyes · Wig and Makeup Supervisor Megan Woodley · Assistant Wig and Makeup Supervisor Jazmine Choi, Jerome Horng, Stephanie Kwik · Wig Assistants Beth Merriman · Wardrobe Supervisor Kelly Marie Collett-Sarmiento · Wardrobe Crew Chief, Globe Jazmine Choi · Lead Wig/Hair Runner, Globe Jerome Horng, Kim Parker · Wig/Hair Runners, Globe Maggie Allen, Anna Campbell, Terrie Cassidy, Stephanie Castro, Sunny Haines, Chanel Mahoney · Wardrobe Crew, Globe Ashley Bowen-Piscopo · Wardrobe Swing, Globe Carissa Ohm · Wardrobe Crew Chief/Wigs Run Crew, White Ruby Hays, Spencer Tuchscher-Hart · Wardrobe Crew, White Debbie Callahan · Wardrobe Crew Chief, Festival Maximillian Sutai Callahan, Jacob Cooper, Rue Jarrett, Teresa Jove, Tyler Nii, Grace Wong · Wardrobe Crew, Festival Melissa Dewey · Wardrobe Swing, White/Festival PROPERTIES David Buess · Properties Director Kristin Steva Campbell · Associate Properties Director Savannah Moore · Properties Buyer Jacob Sampson · Prop Shop Foreperson Quinn Becker, Stephanie Kwik, McKenna Perry, Jeff Rockey, Annelise Rowe · Properties Artisan Suzi McDonnell · Head Properties, Globe Richard Rossi · Stage and Properties Head, White James Ramirez · Properties Head, Festival Val Philyaw · Properties Run Crew LIGHTING Stevie Agnew · Lighting Director Stephanie Lasater · Assistant Lighting Director Deanna Trethewey · Lighting Assistant Ryan Osborn · Head Electrician, Globe Michael Lowe · Head Electrician, White Ashley McFall · Head Electrician, Festival Delaney McCowen · Video Engineer Hannah Beerfas, Aiko Whitmore · Follow Spot Operators Jasmyne Birdsong, Jess Dean, Brycen Deters, Jasmin Guldner, Amber Montoya, Allan Ono, Kevin Orlof, Aaron Pavlica, Jenner Price, Eden Shay, Sierra Shreves, Robert Thoman, Laura Zingle · Electricians SOUND Paul Peterson · Sound Director Evan Eason · Assistant to the Sound Director Colin Whitely · Head Sound Technician, Globe Matt Lescault-Wood · Head Sound Technician, White Jennifer Lopez · Head Sound Technician, Festival Brooke Rains · Deck Audio, Globe Ashley Stone · Deck Audio, Festival Aaron DeMuth, Rachel Eaves, Clayton Nicodemus, Zac Ordene, Tanner Osborne, Argyle Stone, Sam Stone, Tia Walker · Sound Technicians PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Jesse Perez · Director of Professional Training Danielle Mages Amato, Ray Chambers, Gerhard Gessner, Ka’imi Kuoha, Scott Ripley, Jersten Seraile, Emmelyn Thayer, Eileen Troberman, James Vásquez · M.F.A. Faculty Jacob Bruce, Corey Johnston, Dana McNeal, Nate Parde, Nicole Ries, Robin Sanford Roberts · M.F.A. Production Staff Jack O’Brien · Artistic Director Emeritus Craig Noel · Founding Director

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From Caribbean cuisine in Little Italy, to burgers by the beach in La Jolla, to confections in Coronado, we’ve rounded up an eclectic mix of both new restaurants and estab lished local gems with new reasons to visit—all inviting you to step out of your culinary comfort zone this fall. The rewards are delicious.

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| Coco Maya | Be transported to the tropics without leaving Little Italy. Think of Coco Maya as the more sophisticated sibling to the popular Miss B’s Coconut Club in Mission Beach—centered on locally sourced, Yucatán-inspired cuisine. Grind & Prosper Hospitality’s new outpost is an airy, indoor/outdoor retreat—with plenty of shaded alfresco dining, muted turquoise accents, walls lined with Latin American-inspired artwork and pottery, lush greenery, and macramé-fringed umbrellas. We’d call it “modern Caribbean chic.” On the daily brunch menu: a selection of bokits, stuffed fry bread from the French Islands of Gua deloupe; Jamaican Saturday soup; Steak Empanizado; and cocktails Cochinita Pibil at Coco Maya

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Tahona | After a two-year hiatus, weekend brunch is back at Tahona. The Old Town outpost is well known for its extensive inventory of mezcals, Oaxacan-inspired seasonal dishes, and tacos with hand-pressed tortillas. Brunch dishes by chef Adrian Villareal include the smoked-adobada-turkey burrito; the Spanish frittata with Iberico chorizo; and the vegetarian Green Good ness taco with grilled nopal, leeks and greens on a Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project tortilla. Grab a seat on the quaint street-side patio for a side of fun people-watching. 2414 San Diego Ave., Old Town, 619.255.2090 such as the Morning Trap Mojito and Frozen Caribe Coffee with spiced rum. Come back for dinner and try the smashed cucumber salad; young coconut aguachile; and Cochinita Pibil, marinated suckling pig wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in clay, with a side of grilled plantains. 1660 India St., Little Italy, 619.848.7414

Jeffs’ Beach Burgers | Jeff Jacobs, owner of Rancho Valencia Resort, loves a good burger by the beach— so much so that he opened his own burger bar near his La Jolla Shores home. (In fact, if you notice the apostrophe placement in the busi ness name, two Jeffs are actually in volved. Jacobs and his business part ner Jeffrey Essakow grew up eating at the original Jeff’s Burgers, which closed after 40 years in business.)

2134 Avenida de la Playa, La Jolla, 888.535.2227 | Cesarina | Known for its delectable build-your-own pasta bowls and full vegan menu, the beloved neigh borhood trattoria offers seasonal dishes inspired by chef Cesarina Mezzoni’s ongoing travels. Recent dishes have included the prosciutto and melon salad, fig-glazed octopus, and pappardelle with tomato braised pork shoulder. To drink, try the Lo Spritz Granat and Parenti Serpenti cocktails; or the Bellissimo Chianti— Cesarina’s first private-label wine. Enjoy all inside the bistro-style dining room or on the dog-friendly garden patio. 4161 Voltaire St., Point Loma, 619.226.6222 | Civico 1845 | Cooking Calabrian cuisine for carnivores and vegans alike, Civico 1845 opened in 2015 as the first U.S. restaurant to offer a full vegan Italian menu. Now co-owner and executive chef Pietro Gallo has upped the ante even more—recently debuting a brand-new plant-based menu, incorporating the latest cook ing techniques and flavors from his travels. New dishes include vegan risotto, polenta and linguine al verde; along with Cecina, a rich, omeletstyle appetizer; and Zabaglione, a custard-like Italian dessert. 1845 India St., Little Italy, 619.431.5990 |

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The menu is straightforward and tasty—featuring a quarter-pound hamburger or cheeseburger, a veggie burger and the half-pound El Jefe burger. A grilled chicken sandwich and hot dog are also available; plus a kids menu; sides like curly fries and onion rings; and milkshakes (try the Jeff’s Bubblegum Shake). And be on the lookout for the adorable pink Jeffs’ mini-truck tooling around town and making special burger deliver ies to the beach.

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The Cottage Encinitas | The La Jolla Village brunch institution of 30 years has a new sister. Welcome to The Cottage Encinitas—a quaint “breakfast to lunch” cafe by owner Jason Peaslee, serving SoCal com fort cuisine by executive chef Paolo Chan. Indulge in hearty plates fresh from the griddle: lemon-curd-stuffed brioche French toast with fresh ber ries; cinnamon-swirl-buttermilk pan cakes; and lemon-ricotta pancakes. Or choose from an array of omelets, Benedicts, hashes and scrambles; as well as classics such as the Morning Glory sandwich with a fried egg, ba con, smoked gouda and lemon aioli on sourdough. Must-try lunch dishes (exclusive to Encinitas): the leg of lamb sandwich and the cauliflower and red lentil curry. 127 N. El Camino Real, #H, Encinitas, 760.854.4212

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Offering a true patisserie experience, Parfait Paris has opened a new locale at Coronado Ferry Landing. The family-run bakery owned by Guillaume and Ludivine Ryon is known for its house-made desserts, pastries, macarons, cakes, croissants and specialty | Birdseye | Eat, drink and be merry by the beach at Birdseye: the Cormorant Boutique Hotel’s new ocean-view rooftop bar and restaurant, which recently launched a new brunch menu. Indulge in dishes such as the shrimp frittata, salmon Benedict, pineapple pancakes, chilaquiles and octopus tacos; plus wine, beer and craft cocktails. The mod open-air space features art-deco accents and a palm-tree-lined view of the Pacific. 1110 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858.203.3565 |

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The Plot | Founded by Jessica and Davin Waite, this entirely plant-based eatery crafts delicious vegan dishes with nearly zero mostwaste—growingofitsingredients on the property. Debuting recently, a new offering: lunch. On the menu: vegan tacos, sandos, burgers new retail shop sells pre loved kitchenware, cookware & dinnerware, offering something for & value consider donating gently used (or new & are tax-deductible. open for shopping & donations: 7 days per week, 10am - 6pm 980 Hornblend St./corner of Cass St. Pacific Beach 92109 858.999.0125 Proceeds from all sales go to support Apprenticeship & sustainability programs. for Good is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization Tax ID: 46-3278605

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and chorizo burritos; plus salads, sides and desserts. The Lerm Burger is tasty; its patty is made with black beans, sweet pota toes, oats and Lion’s sauce.friesAddanmushrooms—loadedManeintooat-milkbreadbun.asideofsweetpotatowith“cheesy”truffle 1733 S. Coast Hwy., Oceanside, 442.266.8200 | Craft House | This casual-cool hangout at the Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center is a gem—serving New American cuisine infused with Mexican flavors. Sample dishes such as the Oaxacan-braised short ribs with mole; charred octopus with pistachio pesto; Tamarindbarseathawkan“Monsterbranzino;whole-grilledhandcraftedBurgers;”andherb-buttertomasteak.Orgrabaaroundthelow-litforacocktaillikethePainkiller.12841 El Camino Real, Del Mar, 858.925.7067 Brunch fare at The Cottage Encinitas (top); earthy-mod decor at Craft House. IMAGESCOURTESY PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 17

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The creative team includes the Tony Awardnominated writer and lyricist Nell Benjamin, best known for the Broadway musicals Legally Blonde and Mean Girls, both based on hit movies. Choreographer Rob Ashford won the Tony Award for “Best Choreography” for the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie; and has choreographed such shows as Kiss Me, Kate and The Boys from Syracuse, Evita and Frozen. In addition to this exceptional collective repertoire, Edelstein was further excited by what he discovered about the Indian half of the creative team. “Aditya Chopra, the director, is a com pletely unique talent on this planet. He’s a titanic figure in world cinema.” Chopra was just 23 when he wrote and direct ed DDLJ, which launched his career as a writer, director and producer of dozens of hasstageblockbusteraward-winningfilms.Inhisdirectingdebut,hereworked DDLJ into Come Fall in Love, chang ing the setting and tweak ing the characters to appeal to a wider, modern audience—but leaving the heart of the story intact. Come Fall in Love is about Simran, a young

COXJIM and Sheykhar Ravjiani. Although they’re best known for their work as music composers in Hindi cinema, Vishal–Sheykhar have also recorded doz ens of hit songs, which have been streamed more than 3 billion (with a B!) times on YouTube. They have had 72 number-one singles, and have been featured on more than ANDREABYTHOME ORIGINAL MUSIC BY SINUHÉ PADILLA DIRECTED BY JOSÉ ZAYAS THE EN GARDE ARTS PRODUCTION OF for butterflies (and coyotes) The cast of En Garde Arts’ FANDANGO; photo by Maria Baranova GET LaJollaPlayhouse.orgTICKETS!(858)550-1010

Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) centers around a group of Latin American immigrants gathered in a community center for a fandango – a festive celebration where stories are brought to life through live performance, music and dance. This “rapturous” and "riveting“ new play is a “sensitive portrait of the in-between: characters balancing the small joys of everyday life with the fear of uncertainty” (The New York Times)

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FEATURE Visit during our sunny winter and spring months in 2023 when TDSF celebrates its 11th Anniversary of bringing world-renowned voices to Tucson TucsonSongFest.org George Hanson, Festival Coordinator Juliana Osinchuk, Artistic Director Jeannette Jung Segel, President Artists and dates subject to change Angel Blue Laura WildeSusanna Phillips Corinne Winters Richard Trey SmagurKelly Markgraf Justin Austin Featuring a world-premiere song cycle by Ricky Ian Gordon HEROESPRESENTS VILLAINSAND JANUARY 13 – FEBRUARY 19 | MARCH 24 – APRIL 72023 11TH ANNUAL 350 film ment.havebeshotdone—itandscript.ChoprawouldwritingtheySheykharfilmsencenewbiesandtheVishalcan’tstagevery“Composingsoundtracks.forthefirsttimefortheissoexciting,Ieventellyou,”saysDadlani.“Itisbiggestgift.SheykharIfeellikewearealloveragain.”Foralloftheirexpericreatingsongsforandalltheirhits,Ravjianisaysdidn’tknowforsureamusicalplayworkforthemuntilgavethemthe“Whenyouwriterecordasong,it’sgoesofftobeforthescreen,tochoreographed;wenofurtherinvolveWhileherethe

script, the story, the choreography, the act ing all combine with the songs to deliver human emotion in a way we have never experienced before. When you hear the songs, you will hear how much of us is in Dadlanithere.”saysfans of the 26-year-old film will find a lot to love in the musical. “The single big gest change is the growth of the character of Simran. She’s as much the hero as Rog; she’s a strong, intelli gent woman of substance.

Also billed as a comedy, but vastly different from Come Fall in Love, The Old Globe’s other world premiere is: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, by Nathan Englander. After the success of The Twenty-Seventh Man which he adapted for the stage 10 years ago at the Music composer Vishal SheykharDadlaniMusiccomposerRavjiani

It’s been like watching someone we know come into her own, and become so much more amazing. And that applies to the entire show.” That’s not to say ticket holders who haven’t seen DDLJ—or any Bollywood film—won’t love the show just as much. “We are hoping to bring people together,” Ravjiani says. “India has always had its arms wide open to the world; now it’s time for the world to share all the col ors and sounds of India.”

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“It’s in the great American tradition of the ‘dinner party goneCOXJIMPAGE:THISASHAR;AMITJADEJA,UMEDTOP:FROMOPPOSITE, Playwright Nathan Englander

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urging of Nora Ephron and under the direction of Barry Edelstein both in New York and at The Old Globe—Englander once again brings an awardwinning short story to life for the Riffingstage.offthe title of a short story by Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank is about two women—best friends in high school, who as adults live on opposite sides of the globe—who are experiencing wildly different cultures, religion and family life. Coming together for a visit, they find their tested—notfriendshiponlyby the distance that has grown between them but also by their husbands, who don’t get along. It’s an inti mate look at what makes marriages work and friendships last ... or not.

The cast includes Sophie von Haselberg and Greg Hildreth as Lauren and Mark, the Israeli couple; and Rebecca Creskoff and Joshua Malina as Debbie and Phil, the American couple and hosts of the dinner party.

wrong’ genre of comedy,” Edelstein says. “You put two couples together in a confined space and add liquor, and all hell breaks loose.” The couples in the play are Jewish—one Reform American, the other back in the U.S. for a visit after years living a more orthodox life in Israel. “While the story is specific to the world of American and Israeli Jews, the themes are not parochial,” Edelstein says. “It’s about achiev ing universality through specificity. Who hasn’t had the experience of old friends getting together and seeing how they have changed? It’s about mar riage and family, about how we communicate our traditions to our children. We can all relate to that.”

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The Old Globe presents Come Fall in Love–The DDLJ Musical, Sept. 1Oct. 16; and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Sept. 11Oct. 23. For more info and tickets: theoldglobe.orgGLOBEOLDTHECOURTESY THE OUTSIDER Box Office: ChristopherScrippsRanchTheatre.org858.395.0573directedbyWilliamswritten by Paul Slade Smith September 16 - October 9 Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm Why do we care governmentaboutinthefirstplace?!! 5790 Armada Dr, Carlsbad • museumofmakingmusic.org • 760.438.5996 Explore connections between people, instruments, and the music we make. The cast of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (L-R): NathanJoshuaGregvonCreskoff,RebeccaSophieHaselberg,Hildreth,Malina&Salstone. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 23

The title of both the short story and the play refers to a game the girls used to play, guess ing which non-Jews they knew would give them up if there were a second Holocaust. “In being adapted from the short story, the play has become much more about what it is to be alive in our chaotic moment,” Edelstein says. “There are moments of slapstick, but then it becomes very emotional. It’s about the anxiety of living a Jewish life these days, but also an American life.”

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