Cast
Mike
R. Ward Duffy
R. Ward Duffy is very excited to be making his Globe debut with Good People. In New York, Mr. Duffy has appeared at Lincoln Center Theater, New Dramatists and Cherry Lane Theatre, among others. Most recently he played Stepan Oblonsky in the world premiere of Kevin McKeon’s adaptation of Anna Karenina at Portland Center Stage. His other regional credits include McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Portland Center Stage), Speaking in Tongues (2012 Acclaim Award), The Understudy (2010 Acclaim Award) and Othello (2007 Cincinnati Entertainment Award nomination for Best Actor) (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), God of Carnage (Virginia Stage Company), Race (TheaterWorks), True West (Banyan Theater Company, 2008 Best of the Suncoast winner for Best Actor), As You Like It, The Three Musketeers and Othello (2007 Arty Award) (Pioneer Theatre Company), Twelve Angry Men, Show and Tell and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Indian Ink and Machinal (Missouri Repertory Theatre), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Merrimack Repertory Theatre) and Dinner with Friends (Portland Stage). Mr. Duffy’s television and film credits include “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “The Knights of Prosperity,” “Ghost Stories,” Liability Crisis and What Happens Next.
Jean
Carol Halstead
Carol Halstead has performed on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man and Off Broadway in The Duchess of Malfi, Pericles, Walking Down Broadway, Easter Candy, The Mask and Alan Ball’s The Amazing Adventures of Tense Guy. Most recently she played Barbara in August: Osage County at Fulton Theatre. Her other recent roles include Annette in God of Carnage, Lane in The Clean House, Amanda in Private Lives, Raymonde in A Flea in Her Ear and Lady Macbeth. She has worked regionally at The Shakespeare Theatre Company, CENTERSTAGE, Cleveland Play House, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, San Jose Repertory Theatre (in the West Coast premiere of Teresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates, 2004 Dean Goodman Choice Award for Best Solo Performance), over 20 productions with Denver Center Theatre Company, many summer seasons with Chautauqua Theater Company and three festival seasons with PCPA Theaterfest under Donovan Marley’s leadership. Her television and film credits include “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Jonny Zero,” “As the World Turns,” “All My Children,” Towel Head and The Whipper Snapper. Ms. Halstead makes her home in New York City where she trains as a second-degree black belt in Seido karate. She is an American Conservatory Theater and Florida State University graduate.www.carolhalstead.com.
Margaret
Eva Kaminsky
Eva Kaminsky is very happily making her Globe debut. On Broadway, she recently worked on The Lyons and was seen Off Broadway in The Language Archive (Roundabout Theatre Company), Made in Poland (The Play Company), ‘Nami (Partial Comfort Productions) and The Safety Net (Broken Watch Theatre Company). She last performed in California while on the National Tour of The Syringa Tree directed by Larry Moss. Her regional credits include August: Osage County (Alley Theatre), God of Carnage (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Breadcrumbs and Lidless (Contemporary American Theater Festival), The Syringa Tree (Long Wharf Theatre and A Contemporary Theatre), The Real Thing (Syracuse Stage), 1:23 (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Speech & Debate (Hartford TheaterWorks), A Small Family Business (Cleveland Play House), The Glass Menagerie (Delaware Theatre Company), Communicating Doors (Charlotte Repertory Theatre) and many others. Her film credits include Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Adjustment Bureau and Just Like the Son. She has been seen on television in “Mercy,” “Ugly Betty,” “Gossip Girl,” “ER,” “Numb3rs,” “Royal Pains” and all the “Law & Order” series. Ms. Kaminsky holds a B.F.A. from Boston University.
Kate
Nedra McClyde
Nedra McClyde is a native of Mitchellville, Maryland and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an M.F.A. from the Actors Studio Drama School. She is honored to have recently been inducted as a member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre and received a 2011 New Dramatist Charles Bowden Actor Award in addition to a New York Innovative Theatre Best Leading Actress Award nomination for Miss Evers’ Boys. Her television appearances include “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “30 Rock,” “Blue Bloods,” “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live.” www.nedramcclyde.com.
Stevie
James McMenamin
James McMenamin was most recently seen in Second Stage Theatre’s production of The Bad Guys directed by Hal Brooks. Off Broadway he has appeared in Suicide, Incorporated (Roundabout Theatre Company), Middletown (Vineyard Theatre), Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre), BFE (Playwrights Horizons) and Armed and Naked and Mag-7 (Naked Angels). His regional credits include Our Town (The Broad Stage), At Home at the Zoo (Arena Stage), Prayer for My Enemy (Intiman Theatre and Long Wharf Theatre), Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Sisters Rosensweig (Huntington Theatre Company), The Chekhov Cycle, The Threepenny Opera and The Skin of Our Teeth (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Cobb and The Rose Tattoo (Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble), Joan (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Anita Bryant Died for Our Sins (Florida Studio Theatre). His television credits include “The Good Wife,” “I Just Want My Pants Back,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Law & Order” and “Guiding Light.”
Dottie
Robin Pearson Rose
Robin Pearson Rose is an Old Globe Associate Artist and has performed at the Globe in Good People, August: Osage County, Vincent in Brixton, Da, All My Sons (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), Voir Dire, Dancing at Lughnasa, Wonderful Tennessee and Remembrance. She has appeared on Broadway in Holiday and The Visit directed by Hal Prince and Off Broadway in Summer and Smoke (Roundabout Theatre Company). Some regional theatre roles include Third (Huntington Theatre Company), Doubt (Ovation Award nomination), You Can’t Take It with You, All My Sons (Ovation nomination) and Happy Days (Rubicon Theatre Company), Many Happy Returns (Laguna Playhouse), The Carpetbagger’s Children and Dragon Lady (South Coast Repertory), King o’ the Moon and Dancing at Lughnasa (La Mirada Theatre), Amy’s View (Center REP Theatre), Juno and the Paycock (American Conservatory Theater), Sylvia (Stage West) and Joined at the Head (Pasadena Playhouse). Her film credits include Something’s Gotta Give, What Women Want, Speechless, Fearless and An Enemy of the People opposite Steve McQueen. Some television appearances include “Mad Men” (recurring), “NCIS,” “Enlightened,” “Life,” “Vanished” (recurring), “The Nine” (recurring), “Grey’s Anatomy” (recurring), “Boston Legal,” “Cold Case,” “Without a Trace,” “Boston Public” and “The White Shadow” (series regular). Ms. Rose earned her M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama.
Team
Playwright
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist whose play Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway and went on to receive the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Spirit of America Award and five Tony Award nominations. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Musical Show Album) and two Tonys (Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score) for his work on Shrek the Musical. Prior to that, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire was awarded the 2008 Kleban Prize as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. Good People premiered on Broadway in 2011 starring Frances McDormand and was nominated for the Tony for Best Play. Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, his screen credits include his adaptation of Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest and directed by John Cameron Mitchell as well as the upcoming features Rise of the Guardians (DreamWorks) and Oz: The Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi (Disney). Mr. Lindsay-Abaire is a proud New Dramatists alumnus, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and The Juilliard School and a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Dramatists Guild Council.
Director
Paul Mullins
Paul Mullins returns to The Old Globe where he directed the Shakespeare Festival productions of Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Measure for Measure and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Mr. Mullins is a company member at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where he has directed The Liar, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Lion in Winter, Noises Off, Private Lives, The Time of Your Life, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Richard II, Illyria, King John, The Illusion, Tartuffe, Rhinoceros, Measure for Measure, All’s Well That Ends Well and The Threepenny Opera. His regional credits also include Tynan, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Seafarer, Fat Pig, This is How It Goes and The Russian National Postal Service (The Studio Theatre), You Can’t Take It With You (Chautauqua Theater Company), Heroes, The Center of Gravity, Third, Trying, Lettice and Lovage and True West (Portland Stage), The Whore and Mr. Moore and Superior Donuts (Dorset Theatre Festival), I’m Connecticut, Urinetown and The Comedy of Errors (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), The Swan, Reckless and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (American Stage Theatre Company), The Wild Duck (NYU Grad Acting), A Month in the Country, Summerfolk and The Time of Your Life (Yale School of Drama) and As You Like It (The Juilliard School).
Scenic Design
Michael Schweikardt
Michael Schweikardt designed the World Premiere of Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House for The Old Globe. Mr. Schweikardt has created sets for several musicals by Joe Iconis including Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), ReWrite (Urban Stages), The Black Suits (The Public Theater) and Things to Ruin (The Zipper Factory and Second Stage Theatre). His other recent credits include the critically acclaimed productions of Showboat, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, Big River and Camelot (Goodspeed Musicals), Ella, appearing in cities all across the country, Barnum (Asolo Repertory Theatre’s 50th anniversary season), Oklahoma! starring Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase (Oklahoma State Centennial), the American premieres of Frank McGuinness’ Gates of Gold and The Bird Sanctuary and national and international tours of James Taylor’s One Man Band. www.msportfolio.com.
Costume Design
Denitsa Bliznakova
Denitsa Bliznakova is happy to return to The Old Globe where she has designed Anne Christie, Groundswell, Jane Austen’s Emma — A Musical Romantic Comedy, The Whipping Man, Opus and The Merry Wives of Windsor. She has upcoming productions at San Jose Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House and San Diego Opera. Her design work elsewhere includes productions at A Noise Within, New Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival and others. Her previous work also includes touring shows for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theater Program and projects for The Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera and “Law & Order.” Her design and stylist credits for other media include music videos for various artists and films. A Bulgarian-born costume designer, her academic background includes a B.F.A. in Fashion Design at the Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University. Ms. Bliznakova is currently an Associate Professor at San Diego State University where she leads the M.F.A. Costume Design program. www.Denitsa.com.
Lighting Design
Chris Rynne
Chris Rynne has designed several shows for The Old Globe including God of Carnage, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings — A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, The Last Romance, Boeing-Boeing, I Do! I Do!, the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Opening Gala, The Price, Sight Unseen, The American Plan, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Two Trains Running, Lincolnesque (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), Pig Farm, Trying, Vincent in Brixton (San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award), The Lady with All the Answers, The Food Chain, Two Sisters and a Piano, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Knowing Cairo, Beyond Therapy and The Santaland Diaries, and he is the Associate Lighting Designer for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Rynne has also designed productions for The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program including The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, All in the Timing, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth and Getting Married. His other credits include San Diego Opera, South Coast Repertory, Madison Opera, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Cygnet Theatre Company, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Diversionary Theatre and Starlight Musical Theatre.
Sound Design
Fitz Patton
Fitz Patton recently designed the Globe production of August: Osage County. He has designed and scored over 240 productions in 20 cities across the U.S. In 2010 he was awarded both the Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for his design for When the Rain Stops Falling at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and was nominated again in 2011 for his work on The Other Place directed by Joe Mantello. His most recent article for Live Design Magazine, “Stochastic Natural Sound Fields,” details his process for the creation of dense, natural soundscapes. Last summer he collaborated with composer Annea Lockwood on the installation of a large-scale, sensor-activated environmental sound sculpture at iPark, an artist retreat in East Haddam, Connecticut. His symphony, The Holy Land, a 45-minute work for baritone, tenor and mezzo-soprano and orchestra, was completed in January of this year. He is the founder of Chance Magazine, a new theatre design magazine to be published this fall. He is a graduate of Vassar College, Bard College and Yale University.
Voice and Dialect Coach
Jan Gist
Jan Gist has been Voice, Speech and Dialect Coach for Old Globe productions since 2002. She has coached at theatres around the country including Ahmanson Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC, The American Shakespeare Center, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre and Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. Ms. Gist has been a guest on KPBS radio’s “A Way with Words,” narrated San Diego Museum of Art documentaries, coached dialects for the film The Rosa Parks Story and recorded dozens of Books To Listen To. She is a founding member of The Voice and Speech Trainers Association and has presented at many national and international conference workshops for them and for The Voice Foundation. She has taught workshops in Russia for the International Voice Teachers Exchange at The Moscow Art Theatre and at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. She has been published in VASTA Journals, and chapters in books include The Complete Vocal Warm-Up, More Stage Dialects and an interview in Voice and Speech Training in the New Millennium: Conversations with Master Teachers. She is a professor in The Old Globe/USD Graduate Theatre Program. www.jangistspeaking.com.
Casting
Caparelliotis Casting
Caparelliotis Casting recently cast the Globe productions of Other Desert Cities, A Doll’s House, The Brothers Size, Pygmalion and Good People. Their Broadway casting credits include Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, The Trip to Bountiful, Grace, Dead Accounts, The Other Place, Seminar, The Columnist, Stick Fly, Good People, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The House of Blue Leaves, Fences, Lend Me a Tenor and The Royal Family. They also cast for Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, LCT3, Ars Nova, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre and three seasons with Williamstown Theatre Festival. Their recent television credits include HairBrained with Brendan Fraser and Steel Magnolias (Sony for Lifetime).
Stage Manager
Alison Cote
Alison Cote is excited to be at The Old Globe and to continue her longtime collaboration with director Paul Mullins. For the past 16 years, she has stage managed at McCarter Theatre Center, including world premiere productions by Athol Fugard, Christopher Durang, Edward Albee and Steven Dietz. Her recent work on the premiere of Danai Gurira’s The Convert continued with its transfer to Goodman Theatre and Center Theater Group. Her other credits include 14 productions with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Edward Albee’s Me, Myself & I (Playwrights Horizons), Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays (The Public Theater), Second Stage Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, True Love Productions/Bard SummerScape, A Spoleto Evening at Lincoln Center Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, InterAct Theatre Company and The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre.
