Barry Edelstein: About the Artist
(from left) Billy Campbell as Leontes, Natacha Roi as Hermione, A.Z. Kelsey as Florizel, and Maya Kazan as Perdita in William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, Feb. 8 – March 16, 2014 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox. 
Aaron Clifton Moten as Romeo and Louisa Jacobson as Juliet. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare and directed by Barry Edelstein, runs August 11 – September 15, 2019 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
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BARRY EDELSTEIN is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. Widely recognized as one of the leading American authorities on the works of Shakespeare, he has directed nearly half of the Bard’s plays. Since 2012, he has been serving as the Artistic Director of the Old Globe theatre in San Diego, where his directing credits include The Winter’s Tale; Othello; and many more. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of Globe for All, a new producing platform that tours the works of Shakespeare to diverse communities throughout San Diego County. His lengthy creative resume includes: Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The New York Public Theater from 2008-2012, and New York’s Classic Stage Company from 1998-2003. He has worked with a who’s-who of notable actors, including: Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow; John Turturro, and Uma Thurman. Edelstein has taught Shakespearean acting at The Juilliard School, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, and the University of Southern California. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions.