George Street Playhouse is atheater company inNew Brunswick, New Jersey, in the city'sCivic Square government and theater district and resident at the newly builtNew 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 DirectorDavid 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 andoff-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.

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 atRutgers University^[5]In the fall of 2019, George Street Playhouse moved back to the Livingston Ave location into a newmixed-use theater building, now called theNew Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

It is a member company of theNew Jersey Theatre Alliance.

Recent productions include the world premiere ofThe Trial of Donna Caine byWalter Anderson,Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical, a revised version ofI Love You, You're Perfect Now Change,An Act of God withKathleen Turner,American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown,Lewis Black'sOne Slight Hitch,Gettin' The Band Back Together, andJoe DiPetro'sClever Little Lies. TheTony Award andPulitzer Prize-winning playProof, byDavid Auburn, was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series.

• 1994:Swinging on a Star, a revue of the works ofJohnny Burke, premieres at GSP, then moves toBroadway.
• 1996:And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World ofAnne Frank is commissioned by GSP for the Touring Theatre Company and is subsequently produced worldwide
• 2000:Down the Garden Paths byAnne Meara, directed by David Saint and starringEli Wallach andAnne Jackson, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway.
  • Syncopation by Alan Knee, which premiered at GSP in 1999, receives Best New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association and opens around the country.
  • The Spitfire Grill, a new musical byJames Valcq andFred Alley and directed by David Saint, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway
  • Ancestral Voices byA. R. Gurney, directed by David Saint and starring among othersTim Daly,Amy Van Nostrand,Paul Rudd andFred Savage
• 2001: All box office records in the history of GSP are broken withLady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring Suzzanne Douglas asBillie Holiday.
  • Venecia by Jorge Accame, adapted and directed byArthur Laurents starringChita Rivera.
• 2004:Arthur Laurents updates and directs his Tony Award-winning musical Hallelujah, Baby! starring Ann Duquesnay and Suzzanne Douglas. Following an acclaimed run at George Street Playhouse, the co-production moved toArena Stage in Washington, D.C. Miss Duquesney is awarded theHelen Hayes Award for her performance.
  • Academy Award nomineeAmy Irving stars in the world premiere of Charles Evered’s period romp Celadine.
  • Wasted by OBIE Award-winnerKirsten Childs premieres. This play about substance abuse was funded with a major grant from theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation
• 2005:Inspecting Carol, a comedy by Daniel Sullivan from theSeattle Repertory Theatre, starringDan Lauria andPeter Scolari, becomes the highest-grossing play at GSP.
  • The West Wing'sRichard Schiff stars inUnderneath the Lintel, a play byGlen Berger, which sets a new record for per-performance attendance.
• 2006:Jack Klugman stars inThe Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet, with Dan Lauria and Liz Larsen.
• 2007 Artistic Director David Saint celebrates his tenth-anniversary season with the opening ofThe Sunshine Boys, starring Jack Klugman andPaul Dooley.
  • Rosemary Harris stars inOscar and the Lady in Pink byÉric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Frank Dunlop.
  • Dylan Chalfy andAnn Dowd star inDoubt byJohn Patrick Shanley, directed by Anders Cato.^[6]
• 2008: Tony® Award WinnerIdina Menzel performs a one night only solo concert as the opening of her I Stand Tour.
  • Roger is Dead, a new play written and directed byElaine May withMarlo Thomas debuts.
• 2009 Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, world premiere written and directed byArthur Laurents withShirley Knight.
• 2010:Kathleen Marshall directs the musicalCalvin Berger.
• 2011:David Hyde Pierce directs the musicalIt Shoulda Been You written byBrian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi, starringTyne Daly,Harriet Harris,Edward Hibbert,Richard Kline, andHoward McGillin
  • Red (play), with Bob Ari andRandy Harrison
• 2013:Gettin' the Band Back Together had its world premiere before transferring to Broadway and was directed by John Rando.
• 2017:American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown has its world premiere, and is directed by David Saint.
• 2018: Laiona Michelle writes and stars in the world premiere ofLittle Girl Blue: TheNina Simone Musical.
• 2023–2024 is GSP's 50th season.

• 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

• George Street Playhouse Home PageArchived July 7, 2007, at theWayback Machine

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