Mission
The Old Globe's mission is to preserve, strengthen, and advance American theatre by: creating theatrical 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; and providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences and the community at large. The Old Globe believes that theatre matters. Our commitment is to make it matter to more people.
Notes from the nonprofit
The Old Globe believes that theatre matters, and our commitment is to make it matter to more people. We recognize that while we have made progress in advancing racial equity over the years, our efforts have been inconsistent and have fallen short, to the exclusion and pain of BIPOC theatremakers and audiences who have not felt fully welcomed at the Globe. Our 2019 Strategic Plan articulates our pledge to deepen and expand our existing efforts in building equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Now, amid urgent calls for a real response to these issues in all sectors of society, and with input from BIPOC community members, artists, staff, and others, including the We See You, White American Theatre demands, the Globe has embarked on a series of reforms to intensify and accelerate change at all levels of our operation.
Ruling year
1952
Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director
Mr. Barry Edelstein
Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director
Mr. Timothy J. Shields
Main address
P.O. Box 122171
San Diego, CA 92112 USA
Formerly known as
San Diego Community Theatre
EIN
95-1543396
NTEE code
Theater (A65)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Artistic Programs
The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theatres and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for over 80 years. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the 600-seat Old Globe Theatre and the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, both part of The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, and the 605-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Numerous world premieres such as the 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Meteor Shower, Bright Star, Allegiance, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and the annual holiday musical Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.
Arts Engagement Programs
The mission of arts engagement at The Old Globe is to make theatre matter to more people while strengthening the connections between our neighbors and our institution. The Globe’s Department of Arts Engagement was created to share with individuals and families a chance to experience theatre in myriad ways. Our work opens new doors to creativity through theatre-based activities that encourage direct participation in art-making and that engage San Diegans with every level of the institution. The Arts Engagement team strives to make the Globe truly accessible to its neighbors through a combination of new and existing programs that are innovative, fun, participatory, and multigenerational.
Where we work
Awards
Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre 1984
American Theater Wing
National Medal of Arts, Craig Noel, Founding Director of The Old Globe 2007
National Endowment for the Arts
Affiliations & memberships
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member
North County Philanthropy Council - Member 2019
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsTotal number of works commissioned
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Artists and performers
Related Program
Artistic Programs
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Old Globe prioritizes stories that reflect local, national, cultural, and socio-economic themes. Commissions include full-length plays and musicals, and the 2020 What Is Theatre Now? project.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Goal 1: The Work We Do: Make the Globe an organization that is at once a dynamic theatre institution and also a vital center for ideas, supporting both artistic development and also audience enrichment.
Goal 2: The People We Serve: Increase the number, and diversity, of people we reach through mainstage and arts engagement and humanities programming in order to better serve the many communities of San Diego.
Goal 3: The Capacity We Require: Increase institutional capacity to be more dynamic, efficient, productive, safe, and welcoming.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The values that shape the Globe's commitment to theatre as a public good are:
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.
Inclusion: 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.
Excellence: Our dedication to creating exceptional work demands a high standard of achievement in everything we do, on and off the stage.
Stability: Our priority every day is to steward a vital, nurturing, and financially secure institution that will thrive for generations.
Impact: Our prominence nationally and locally brings with it a responsibility to listen, collaborate, and act with integrity in order to serve.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Old Globe Theatre
Board of directorsas of 2/22/2021
Ann Davies
Anthony Thornley
Former President and COO, Qualcomm
Sandra Redman
Retired Senior Vice President, California Bank & Trust
Peter Cooper
Pamela Farr
Daphne Jameson
Evelyn Truitt
Former Vice President, The Signal Companies
Debra Turner
Donald Cohn
Founder/Former CEO, Dataquick; Investor
Paula Powers
Karin Winner
Harold Fuson, Jr.
Silvija Devine
Sheila Lipinsky
Pam Wagner
Robert Foxworth
Associate Artist, The Old Globe
Rhona Thompson
Pamela Maudsley-Merrill
President, Globe Guilders
Elaine Bennett Darwin
Sheryl White
Terry Atkinson
Stephanie Bulger, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor, Instructional Services, San Diego Community College District
George Davis
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Intel Corp.
Keven Lippert
CCO and Executive Vice President, ViaSat
David Ohanian
Senior Vice President, Regional Manager, City National Bank
Sue Sanderson
Karen Sedgwick
SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer of Sempra Energy
Jean Shekhter
Michael Taylor
President, NWB Environmental Services, LLC
Renee Wailes
Karen Tanz
Noelle Norton
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Diego
Lynne Wheeler
Ellise Coit
Nicole Clay
Clay Company, Strategic Counsel
Mark Delfino
CEO and Partner, HoyleCohen
Scott Schmid
Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Management Market Leader, US Bank
Vicki Zeiger
Retired Vice President, Human Resources, San Diego Gas & Electric
Jules Arthur
Partner and COO, Logan Capital Advisors
Eleanor Charlton
Jennifer Greenfield
George Guerra
President, GCG Consultants Resources Group, LLC
Dirk Harris
Senior Vice President & Private Client Advisor, Bank of America Private Bank
Nishma Held
Global Legal Operations, Dassault Systemes
Susan Hoehn
Deirdra Price, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist in Private Practice
Christine Trimble
Vice President, Public Affairs, Qualcomm Incorporated
Margarita Wilkinson
Vice President, Entravision
Evelyn Lamden
Principal/Owner Red Kite Business Advisors
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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