George Street Playhouse Explained

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

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Stunning Debut of New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Jennifer. Finn. August 19, 2019. New Jersey Monthly.
  2. Web site: Visit George Street Playhouse on your trip to New Brunswick . September 17, 2022 . www.inspirock.com . en.
  3. Web site: George Street Playhouse Announces 50th Season featuring Three World Premieres. June 21, 2023. NewJerseyStage.com.
  4. Web site: Entrances, Exits and Many Acts In Between (Published 1996). November 17, 1996.
  5. News: Keller. Ilana. May 8, 2017. George Street announces 2017–18 season in new digs. Asbury Park Press. live. limited. https://archive.today/20210606164845/https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2017/05/08/george-street-playhouse-new-season/101428922/. June 6, 2021.
  6. News: Siegel. Naomi. December 9, 2007. Moral Uncertainty Never Looked So Good. The New York Times. live. limited. September 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424023445/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09theatnj.html. April 24, 2021.