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February 7 – March 15, 2026 (extended) Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center World premiere: "Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler" In a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson Directed by Barry Edelstein Film, television, and stage star Katie Holmes (Broadway’s "Our Town," Off Broadway’s "The Wanderers") brings to life a landmark role in one of the defining masterpieces of world drama. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon—and the cracks in their marriage are already showing. Bored and restless, Hedda tries to control those around her. But as her schemes tighten, her own world begins to unravel. Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, reuniting with Holmes in a vivid new version by Erin Cressida Wilson ("Secretary," "The Girl on the Train"), brings a fresh and emotionally charged lens to this Ibsen classic. "Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler" is supported by Presenting Sponsors Jean and Gary Shekhter, Lead Production Sponsors Elaine Bennett Darwin, The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation in honor of Harvey White, and The Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Fund, Production Sponsor Darlene Marcos Shiley, and by Lead Artist Sponsor George C. Guerra (for Katie Holmes as Hedda Gabler). The Old Globe is funded in part by City of San Diego Cultural Affairs. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 at Noon. You can secure your seats now with a season subscription, which offer discounts and exclusive benefits. Click here for more information. BOX OFFICE PHONE: (619) 234-5623 The Old Globe on Facebook / Instagram

Beppe Gambetta is an Italian musician in love with both American roots music as well as the music of his native country. With America in his heart and his roots in the sun and the olive trees of the Mediterranean, he naturally and seamlessly bridges the shores of the two continents. Beppe creates a musical “koiné” (fusion) of American roots music and Ligurian traditions featuring emigration songs and folk ballads, steel string guitars, and vintage harp guitars. In 1977, Beppe founded Red Wine, an Italian bluegrass band, and wrote the first Italian instructional book on flatpicking. His flatpicking style is similar to that of Doc Watson and Moravian folk music, characterized by flashy licks, intricate cross-picking patterns, open tunings, and fluid slides up and down the neck of the guitar.

Open Studio: Farshid Bazmandegan Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 5 p.m. — 7 p.m. Location: CH Visual Art Studio (In the Administration building across from the Museum) The California Center for the Arts Museum invites the public to a culminating open studio with Farshid Bazmandegan, marking the conclusion of his 2025—26 artist residency. This open studio offers visitors an opportunity to engage with Bazmandegan’s research, materials, and work in progress, providing insight into an evolving practice shaped by memory and displacement. During the residency, Bazmandegan has been developing a new body of work rooted in a childhood memory of a painting of a black horse that once hung in his family home in Iran. Through sculpture and digital media, he explores fantasy as a method for navigating exile and imagining return. The works on view during the open studio represent an active phase of inquiry rather than a finished presentation. Bazmandegan will continue to develop this project over the coming year, with the completed body of work to be presented as part of the 2025–26 In Studio Artist Residency exhibition, opening June 5, 2026. Farshid Bazmandegan on Instagram

Philip Petrie and Jim Richerson have been in dialogue about art and museum installations for over 30 years but this is the first time these two artists have exhibited together. Both are interested in ambiguities of meaning and form and how these ambiguities can yield new meanings. Richerson, a sculptor, has created a whole series of works around the word “if” which play with scale and materials (including mirrors) to express the possibilities implied in that word. The pieces are concrete and formally precise but suggest a slippage in terms of identity and, with that, humor. Petrie’s black and white drawings are part of a series he calls “Epic Fail” which reference our troubled times. He tackles political, religious, and personal elements which are translated into dream images that are dark, surrealistic, and abstracted. Showing together both artists hope to point out similarities and differences between the works which deepen the viewers’ experience and reference the particular hinge moment that we live in. Gallery Hours: Thursdays 2-5 p.m. and Saturdays 2-5 p.m. and by appointment Opening Reception: Sat. Jan. 17 2-5 p.m. Closing Reception: Sat. Feb. 28 2-5 p.m.

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