Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: The Janeiad

Описание: Playwright Anna Ziegler and director Maggie Burrows join The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss The Janeiad.

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely connect with productions both onstage and backstage. Artists engage patrons in an informal and illuminating presentation of ideas to enhance the theatregoing experience. Each Insights Seminar takes place one hour before curtain time on the first Tuesday after performances begin. Free; no reservations necessary.

World premiere
By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Maggie Burrows

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In The Odyssey, Penelope’s long wait is rewarded when her husband Odysseus returns home 20 years after leaving to fight in the Trojan War. Will the same be true for Jane in modern-day Brooklyn, 20 years after her husband left for work one fateful September morning? Maggie Burrows directs this poetic and touching play about longing, hope, and the myths we tell ourselves just to get through the day. The Janeiad, a wry contemplation of the evocative power of storytelling, marks the Globe’s third collaboration with Anna Ziegler, following The Wanderers and The Last Match.

The cast of The Janeiad includes Nadine Malouf as Penelope (Off Broadway’s The Welkin, Grief Hotel, The Old Globe’s A Thousand Splendid Suns), Ryan Vasquez as Gabe (Broadway’s The Notebook, Hamilton, Waitress), and Michaela Watkins as Jane (Max’s “Hacks,” Prime Video’s “Dinner with the Parents,” Portland Center Stage’s Hamlet). Understudies include Melissa Glasgow (u/s Jane and Penelope) and Justin Lang (u/s Gabe).

In addition to Ziegler and Burrows, the creative team includes Tim Mackabee (Scenic Design), David I. Reynoso (Costume Design), Lap Chi Chu (Lighting Design), Melanie Chen Cole (Sound Design), Caparelliotis Casting (Casting), and Marie Jahelka (Production Stage Manager).

The Janeiad is supported by Lead Production Sponsor The Jo Bobbie MacConnell Trust.

Additional financial support for The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities.