George Street Playhouse

George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ in 2011

George Street Playhouse is a theater company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the city's Civic Square government and theater district and resident at the newly built New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.[1] The GSP is one of the state's most prominent professional theaters, committed to the production of new and established plays.[2][3]

Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Edgar Herrera lead the playhouse. George Street Playhouse presents a main stage season and provides a space for both established and emerging theater artists. Founded in 1974 by Eric Krebs, the playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features issue-oriented productions that tour more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 30,000 students annually.

History and venues

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The theater company was originally located in an abandoned supermarket on George Street and later moved to its current location on Livingston Avenue.[4] In 2017, the playhouse moved to an interim location in the former Agricultural Museum on Cook Campus at Rutgers University[5] In the fall of 2019, George Street Playhouse moved back to the Livingston Ave location into a new mixed-use theater building, now called the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

It is a member company of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

Production history

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Recent productions include the world premiere of The Trial of Donna Caine by Walter Anderson, Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical, a revised version of I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change, An Act of God with Kathleen Turner, American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, Lewis Black's One Slight Hitch, Gettin' The Band Back Together, and Joe DiPetro's Clever Little Lies. The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof, by David Auburn, was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series.

See also

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  • Mason Gross School of the Arts, which includes the drama and theater conservatory at Rutgers as part of the university's fine and performing arts program

References

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  1. ^ Finn, Jennifer (August 19, 2019). "The Stunning Debut of New Brunswick Performing Arts Center". New Jersey Monthly.
  2. ^ "Visit George Street Playhouse on your trip to New Brunswick". www.inspirock.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "George Street Playhouse Announces 50th Season featuring Three World Premieres". NewJerseyStage.com. June 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Entrances, Exits and Many Acts In Between (Published 1996)". November 17, 1996.
  5. ^ Keller, Ilana (May 8, 2017). "George Street announces 2017–18 season in new digs". Asbury Park Press. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Siegel, Naomi (December 9, 2007). "Moral Uncertainty Never Looked So Good". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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