The Old Globe releases 2026 season lineup, featuring 3 world premieres

One of the new productions in the Old Globe s season is based on the film classic North by Northwest Photo by Steve Tanner The Tony-award winning Old Globe Theatre circulated its lineup of shows for its season Friday including classics and world premiere plays The lineup includes two Shakespeare favorites a new musical and the previously declared Henrik Ibsen s Hedda Gabler which will open the season at the Balboa Park venue on Feb in a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson starring Katie Holmes and directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein Another play Old Globe-commissioned and from the Fiasco Theater Company is Bartleby adapted for the stage by Noah Brody and Paul L Coffey and directed by Emily Young The world premiere comedy runs from Feb March The Old Globe also will produce three classics including the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play August Wilson s Fences directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Heading into the summer the Old Globe s Summer Shakespeare Festival from June -Aug will feature Measure for Measure a timeless tale of power and hypocrisy directed by Vivienne Benesch and Much Ado About Nothing the famed clash of the sexes directed by Edelstein The Old Globe s fifth production of the season will run from Sept to Oct on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage The new musical will be declared at a later date The lineup courtesy of the Old Globe includes Feb March The world premiere of a re-worked classic Henrik Ibsen s Hedda Gabler in a new version by Wilson directed by Edelstein and starring film television and stage star Holmes Broadway s Our Town Off Broadway s The Wanderers April May August Wilson s Fences directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Deceived Trouble in Mind is a cornerstone of the playwright s the American Century Cycle May June the San Diego premiere of Kim s Convenience by Ins Choi and directed by Weyni Mengesha a Soulpepper Theatre Company and Adam Blanshay Productions comedy that inspired the hit Netflix series July Aug the North American premiere of North by Northwest adapted and directed by Emma Rice and based on the film classic by Alfred Hitchcock that starred Cary Grant Sept Oct new musical that the Old Globe likens to Cabaret Ride and Regency Girls The remaining world premiere is the comedy Alien Girls by Amy Berryman running from April May There is also a San Diego premiere of The Hombres a comedy by Tony Meneses from May June Cyrano by Jason O Connell and Brenda Withers and Topdog Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks also will hit the stage during the summer of Tickets are presently available by subscription only Five-play packages start at