Old Globe Theatre

The Old Globe
Address1363 Old Globe Way
LocationSan Diego, California, U.S.
Coordinates32°43′56.1″N 117°9′8″W / 32.732250°N 117.15222°W / 32.732250; -117.15222
TypeRegional theater
CapacityOld Globe Theatre: 580
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre: 250
Lowell Davies Festival Theatre: 620
Construction
Opened1935
Renovated1982–1993
ArchitectThomas Wood Stevens (original); Liebhardt, Botton & Associates, A.I.A. (rebuilt)
Website
www.theoldglobe.org

The Old Globe is a professional theatre company in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which is collectively called the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts:

  • Old Globe Theatre – 600-seat flagship theatre, fully enclosed, featuring the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
  • Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre – 250-seat intimate theatre in the round (completed 2009)
  • Lowell Davies Festival Theatre – 605-seat outdoor theatre

The Old Globe Theatre and the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre are part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. The White Theatre is located within the Karen and Donald Cohn Education Center.