The Tony-award winning Old Globe Theatre released its lineup of 12 shows for its 2026 season Friday, including classics and world premiere plays.

The lineup includes two Shakespeare favorites, a new musical and the previously announced “Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler,” which will open the season at the Balboa Park venue on Feb. 7, in a new version by Erin Cressida Wilson, starring Katie Holmes and directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein.

Another play, Old Globe-commissioned and from the Fiasco Theater Company, is Bartleby, adapted for the stage by Noah Brody and Paul L. Coffey and directed by Emily Young. The world premiere comedy runs from Feb. 20 – March 15, 2026.

The Old Globe also will produce three classics, including the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, “A

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