The Old Globe

This guide to the Old Globe in San Diego follows the single ghost light that burns onstage every night, a custom the crew traces back to Shakespeare's time, and the dueling theories stagehands hold about whether it wards off spirits or invites them in. It brings in Beahr Garcia, a longtime security guard, and what she has heard echoing through the empty house near midnight. The guide also covers the theater's own close calls, from its start as a temporary World's Fair replica in 1935 to the 1978 fire that gutted it. Listen for how the company kept its season going even without a building to perform in.