Background
Edelstein was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on March 11, 1965, and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
Edelstein was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on March 11, 1965, and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
He graduated from Fair Lawn High School in 1982. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1986 and graduated in 1988 with an Master of Philisophy in English Renaissance Drama.
He was appointed as Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, on October 17, 2012. Previously, he was Director of the New York Shakespeare Festival / Public "s Shakespeare Laboratory conservatory, 2007-2012, and Director of the Public "s Shakespeare Initiative, 2008-2012. Edelstein has written about Shakespeare in particular and the theater in general for the New York Times, Washington Post, The New Republic, and American.
Teaching Edelstein has taught Shakespearean acting at the Juilliard School, New York University"s Graduate Acting Program, and the University of Southern California.
He has lectured and taught masterclasses around the United States of America and the world.