The 2025 season of plays at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre looks to be one we’ll be talking about for years to come!
Erika and Todd Getting Ready to Watch Shakespeares Henry 6 at the Old Globe
What Plays are Showing at the Old Globe Theatre?
The Old Globe Theatre always offers a wide range of plays that change every year. 2025 is set to offer quite an interesting variety including dramas, comedies and Shakespeare!
Comedy lovers will enjoy Regency Girls or the House of India, or if you’re looking for something dramatic, perhaps the Janeiad is more your speed.
Without further ado, let’s have a look at the performance by performance dates and showtimes for the 2025 season at The Old Globe Theater.
Regency Girls
What better way to kick off our 2025 Old Globe 2025 season calendar than with a show featuring an award nominated or winning creator, writer, and composer!
The daring new musical by two-time Tony and Grammy nominee Amanda Green, with three-time Emmy-nominated composer Curtis Moore, and Emmy-winning writers Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan, should be a profoundly epic story.
What does Elinor Benton choose to do when she finds herself unmarried, pregnant, and living in the 19th century? She gathers a group of her best friends and embarks on a journey to find the one woman who can help her.
The journey is an exciting adventure that’s equal parts love, rebellion, independence, and finding one’s self!
April 2nd – May 11th , 2025 | Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre | World Premiere Musical
- Single tickets on sale now
Date & Time
- 4/2: 7:00pm
- 4/3: 7:00pm
- 4/4: 8:00pm
- 4/5: 8:00pm
- 4/6: 7:00pm
- 4/8: 7:00pm
- 4/9: 7:00pm
- 4/10: 7:00pm
- 4/11 8:00pm
- 4/12: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 4/13: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 4/15: 7:00pm
- 4/16: 7:00pm
- 4/17: 7:00pm
- 4/18: 8:00pm
- 4/19: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 4/20: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 4/22: 7:00pm
- 4/23: 7:00pm
- 4/24: 7:00pm
- 4/25: 8:00pm
- 4/26: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 4/27: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 4/29: 7:00pm
- 4/30: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 5/1: 7:00pm
- 5/2: 7:00pm
- 5/3: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 5/4: 2:00pm
- 5/7: 7:00pm
- 5/8: 7:00pm
- 5/9: 8:00pm
- 5/10: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 5/11: 2:00pm
Thinking Shakespeare Live!
Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein will be in town for a single encore performance of the highly acclaimed Thinking Shakespeare Live!
This 90-minute exploration of the language of Shakespeare is ideal for families, young audiences, and experienced language experts.
June 7th , 2025 | Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre | Special
- Single tickets on sale now
Date & Time
House of India
I’m personally a big fan of complex comedies that make you think and laugh at the same time. That’s what I’m expecting the House of India to be!
The House of India restaurant is struggling. Will owner Ananya listen to her grown children and cook’s ideas of modernizing to bring in more customers, or will she stay true to her late husband’s traditional vision?
The ‘choice’ is described as sticking with traditional dishes or going fusion-forward like an Indian Chipotle, which sounds totally hilarious to me!
May 10th - June 1st, 2025 | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre | World Premiere
- Single tickets on sale now
Dates & Times
- 5/10: 8:00pm
- 5/11: 7:00pm
- 5/13: 7:00pm
- 5/14: 7:00pm
- 5/15: 7:00pm
- 5/16: 8:00pm
- 5/17: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 5/18: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 5/10: 7:00pm
- 5/21: 7:00pm
- 5/22: 7:00pm
- 5/23: 8:00pm
- 5/24: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 5/25: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 5/27: 7:00pm
- 5/28: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 5/29: 7:00pm
- 5/30: 8:00pm
- 5/31: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/1: 2:00pm
One of the Good Ones
Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning acclaimed writer Gloria Calderón Kellett is bringing her heartwarming comedy to the Old Globe this summer for its San Diego premiere. I think it should marry heavy real world topics with a dose of humor.
In this comedic story, Yoli brings her boyfriend home to meet her Latino-American parents, and they are in for a shock. Despite trying to avoid drama, cultural and generational differences arise as everyone discovers what it takes to be a family.
May 24th - June 22nd, 2025 | Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre
| San Diego Premiere
- Single tickets on sale now
Dates & Times
- 5/24: 8:00pm
- 5/25: 7:00pm
- 5/27: 7:00pm
- 5/28: 7:00pm
- 5/29: 7:00pm
- 5/30: 8:00pm
- 5/31: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/1: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 6/3: 7:00pm
- 6/4: 7:00pm
- 6/5: 7:00pm
- 6/6: 8:00pm
- 6/7: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/8: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 6/10: 7:00pm
- 6/11: 7:00pm
- 5/12: 7:00pm
- 6/13: 7:00pm
- 6/14: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/15: 2:00pm
- 6/17: 7:00pm
- 6/18: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 6/19: 7:00pm
- 6/20: 8:00pm
- 6/21: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/22: 2:00pm
The Janeiad
Anna Ziegler is returning in 2025 with a new story, following the success of The Wanderers and The Last Match. If you like deep thinking plays that are poetic, this could be the one for you!
The play compares one Brooklyn woman’s (Jane’s) 20 year wait for her husband to return from work one fateful September day to Penelope’s 20 year wait for Odysseus’s return from the war in the Odyssey, telling a tale fraught with hope, longing, and the little lies that help these women find peace.
June 21st - July 13th, 2025 | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre | World Premiere
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, May 9th, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 6/21: 8:00pm
- 6/22: 7:00pm
- 6/24: 7:00pm
- 6/25: 7:00pm
- 6/26: 7:00pm
- 6/27: 8:00pm
- 6/28: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 6/29: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 7/1: 7:00pm
- 7/2: 7:00pm
- 7/3: 7:00pm
- 7/5: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/6: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/8: 7:00pm
- 7/9: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 7/10: 7:00pm
- 7/11: 8:00pm
- 7/12: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/13: 2:00pm
All’s Well That Ends Well
Part of the annual Summer Shakespeare Festival, I always look to attend at least one Shakespeare play each year with my wife.
You’ll notice that this play is performed on the Old Globe’s outdoor stage, with all shows starting in the evening, making seeing this romantic comedy the perfect date night activity in San Diego. The weather in the summer should be fantastic and enjoying this one under the stars will be a real treat!
The Shakespeare comedy recounts that tale of Helena, a woman in love with the well-to-do Bertram. Bertram is more interested in the war than her affections, but that does little to deter this persistent woman.
June 8th - July 6th, 2025 | Lowell Davies Festival Theatre | Shakespeare
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, May 22nd, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 6/8: 8:00pm
- 6/10: 8:00pm
- 6/11: 8:00pm
- 6/12: 8:00pm
- 6/13: 8:00pm
- 6/14: 8:00pm
- 6/15: 8:00pm
- 6/17: 8:00pm
- 6/18: 8:00pm
- 6/19: 8:00pm
- 6/20: 8:00pm
- 6/22: 8:00pm
- 6/24: 8:00pm
- 6/25: 8:00pm
- 6/27: 8:00pm
- 6/28: 8:00pm
- 6/29: 8:00pm
- 7/1: 8:00pm
- 7/2: 8:00pm
- 7/3: 8:00pm
- 7/5: 8:00pm
- 7/6: 8:00pm
Noises Off
I think kids can be really funny. I know that my kids have become hilarious as they’ve grown up. So when I first looked through the 2025 season calendar, this was a show I circled as family-friendly and one to attend with my wife and kids!
Hilarity ensues as we follow a theater company struggling to pull off its latest production in the face of misplaced props, forgotten cues and off-stage dramas that find their way on stage.
July 6th – August 3rd, 2025 | Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre | Comedy
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, May 23rd, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 7/6: 7:00pm
- 7/8: 7:00pm
- 7/9: 7:00pm
- 7/10: 7:00pm
- 7/11: 8:00pm
- 7/12: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/13: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 7/15: 7:00pm
- 7/16: 7:00pm
- 7/17: 7:00pm
- 7/18: 8:00pm
- 7/19: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/20: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 7/22: 7:00pm
- 7/23: 7:00pm
- 7/24: 7:00pm
- 7/25: 8:00pm
- 7/26: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/27: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/29: 7:00pm
- 7/30: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 7/31: 7:00pm
- 8/1: 8:00pm
- 8/2: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 8/3: 2:00pm
The Comedy of Errors
If you like feel-good funny plays that are full of laughs, then I think the return of James Vásquez to the Summer Shakespeare Festival after he was last seen directing 2023’s comic home run The Merry Wives of Windsor, could be a great play choice for you and your family.
This Shakespeare favorite tells the tale of a man and his sidekick whose lives are shaken when they arrive in a new town and are mistakenly confused for their long-lost twins. That’s when all types of shenanigans begin!
July 27th - August 24th, 2025 | Lowell Davies Festival Theatre | William Shakespeare
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 7/27: 8:00pm
- 7/29: 8:00pm
- 7/30: 8:00pm
- 7/31: 8:00pm
- 8/1: 8:00pm
- 8/2: 8:00pm
- 8/3: 8:00pm
- 8/5: 8:00pm
- 8/6: 8:00pm
- 8/7: 8:00pm
- 8/8: 8:00pm
- 8/9: 8:00pm
- 8/10: 8:00pm
- 8/12: 8:00pm
- 8/13: 8:00pm
- 8/14: 8:00pm
- 8/15: 8:00pm
- 8/16: 8:00pm
- 8/17: 8:00pm
- 8/19: 8:00pm
- 8/20: 8:00pm
- 8/21: 8:00pm
- 8/22: 8:00pm
- 8/23: 8:00pm
- 8/24: 8:00pm
Deceived
The West Coast premiere of Deceived is set for August and I’m looking forward to this one!
A psychological thriller based on the classic play Gaslight, if it’s like 2022’s smash hit Dial M for Murder, I’m in!
Deceived explores the marriage of Manningham and her new husband. He seems perfect at first, but a series of literal and figurative gaslighting events make her realize that the truth may not be what appears on the surface.
August 9th – September 7th, 2025 | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre | West Coast Premiere
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, June 27th, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 8/9: 8:00pm
- 8/10: 7:00pm
- 8/12: 7:00pm
- 8/13: 7:00pm
- 8/14: 7:00pm
- 8/15: 8:00pm
- 8/16: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 8/17: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 8/19: 7:00pm
- 8/20: 7:00pm
- 8/21: 7:00pm
- 8/22: 8:00pm
- 8/23: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 8/24: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 8/26: 7:00pm
- 8/27: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 8/28: 7:00pm
- 8/29: 8:00pm
- 8/30: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 8/31: 2:00pm
- 9/2: 7:00pm
- 9/3: 7:00pm
- 9/4: 7:00pm
- 9/5: 8:00pm
- 9/6: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 9/7: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Huzzah!
Tony Award nominees Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s comedy Huzzah! Directed by Annie Tippe is one I’m really looking forward to in 2025!
It’s the story of two sisters, a princess and an insurance agent, as they struggle to save their father’s renaissance faire from going the way of the unicorn. They invest the company’s payroll hiring the greatest swordsman in the Ren Fairre circuit as a last-ditch effort. Will they succeed or lose everything trying?
September 13th – October 19th, 2025 | Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre | World Premiere Musical
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, August 1st, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times
- 9/13: 8:00pm
- 9/14: 7:00pm
- 9/16: 7:00pm
- 9/17: 7:00pm
- 9/18: 7:00pm
- 9/18: 8:00pm
- 9/21: 7:00pm
- 9/23: 7:00pm
- 9/24: 7:00pm
- 9/25: 7:00pm
- 9/26: 8:00pm
- 9/27: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 9/28: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 9/30: 7:00pm
- 10/1: 7:00pm
- 10/2: 7:00pm
- 10/3: 8:00pm
- 10/4: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 10/5: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 10/7: 7:00pm
- 10/8: 7:00pm
- 10/9: 7:00pm
- 10/10: 8:00pm
- 10/11: 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 10/12: 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 10/14 7:00pm
- 10/15 2:00pm & 7:00pm
- 10/16 7:00pm
- 10/17 8:00pm
- 10/18 2:00pm & 8:00pm
- 10/19: 2:00pm
Small
This show sounds very interesting to me because the entire autobiographical performance is a one-man show telling the story of Bobby!
Bullied in high school for his small stature, he finally ‘grows into his own’ as a racetrack jockey. But when his body starts to grow, he finds himself fighting so his dreams don’t slip away.
September 27th – October 19th, 2025 | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre | West Coast Premiere
- Single tickets go on sale Friday, August 15th, 2025 at 12:00pm
Dates & Times