2017 - 2018 Season Brochure

2017-18 SEASON AT COLLEGE FARM ROAD

WELCOME TO OUR INTERIM HOME: GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE AT COLLEGE FARM ROAD! Located just two miles from Livingston Avenue, College Farm Road will be our home for our 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons as the spectacular New Brunswick Performing Arts Center rises on the site of our former theater.

George Street Playhouse’s current home at College Farm Road.

Rendering of the future New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, completion expected in 2019.

Of course, our 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons will continue to feature five high caliber plays and musicals. To inaugurate GSP at College Farm Road, we’ll present I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — one of off-Broadway’s longest running musicals

by Playhouse favorite Joe DiPietro with music by Jimmy Roberts. Newly updated exclusively for George Street Playhouse patrons, you will be the first to see this musical comedy with a fresh, new, contemporary look.

Exciting things are happening at George Street Playhouse and there has never been a better time to become a season subscriber. Not only will you receive exclusive priority seating for this season and next, but also at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Please take this opportunity to join me at College Farm Road as we look toward the future!

DAVID SAINT Artistic Director

Playhouse favorite Joe DiPietro (The Second Mrs. Wilson, Clever Little Lies and The Toxic Avenger) returns with a fresh, contemporary look at his record-breaking off-Broadway musical, exclusively for George Street Playhouse patrons. The world of dating has evolved, and this newly revisited musical will tackle modern love in all its forms. From the first date, to marriage, children and the twilight years, I Love You... follows the arc of relationships in insightful and hilarious ways.

Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music by Jimmy Roberts Directed by David Saint October 10 to November 12 “It’s witty, it’s funny and it’s as good as it gets” the new york times I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is sponsored by The Karma Foundation

“An hour and a half of comedy heaven, and I’d gladly watch it annually.” the new york times

by David Javerbaum Directed by Kevin Cahoon November 28 to December 23 Following His recent sold-out Broadway run, God arrives in New Brunswick! Called “deliriously funny” by The New York Times, God takes human form in An Act of God and doesn’t hold back about what He’s seen and heard. In this hilarious comedy by Emmy Award-winner David Javerbaum (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), God, along with two archangels, answer many of the deepest (and not so deep) questions that have plagued mankind since Creation.

by Christopher Demos-Brown Directed by David Saint January 30 to February 25

An Iraq war hero’s perfect life starts to unravel when a fellow soldier seeking justice shows up threatening to expose a hidden past. From the author of last season’s American Son, this probing drama shines a light on how America honors its veteran soldiers — as well as the corrupting effect of awards and commendations — and questions what it truly means to be a hero. American Hero joins American Son and a yet-to-be titled new work to create a trilogy of plays that explore American injustice. American Hero is the recipient of the Steinberg Award Citation from the American Theatre Critics Association.

“Incisive, amusing, sardonic and finally deeply affecting...This is a playwright who crafts smart, insightful dialogue and memorable characters in service of compelling, engagingly theatrical stories.” miami herald American Hero is sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

Francis Biddle, FDR’s Attorney General, Chief Justice of the Nuremberg trials, and fierce opponent of the Japanese internment camps during World War II, is 81 years old — elegant, sharply cantankerous, and trying to put his life in order. In true Pygmalion fashion, when a young, new secretary is hired, the two struggle to communicate but come to understand how two strangers at very different places in their lives can unexpectedly and forever influence each other.

Based on playwright Joanna McClelland Glass’ real-life experience as Biddle’s secretary.

“Comic and touching.” the new york times

Trying

“Trying is a portrait of generational reconcilliation.

It is enormously bracing theatre.” new york daily news “Exquisitely literate, moving and compelling.” variety

by Joanna McClelland Glass March 13 to April 8

Trying is sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

“The audience almost never stops laughing — handkerchiefs wiping away tears of merriment.” variety

by Larry Shue April 24 to May 20 Willum’s birthday party gets a jolt of hilarious excitement when Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-soldier who saved Willum’s life, stops by for a visit. When he realizes that Rick is socially inept and will overstay his welcome with a vengeance, Willum must put together an outrageous plan to rid himself of this wacky GI who came to dinner.

A rollicking farce from the author of the award-winning comedy The Foreigner.

JOIN US AT GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE AT COLLEGE FARM ROAD! Located right off Route 1 amidst a vast bucolic setting on the Cook Campus of Rutgers University, George Street Playhouse at College Farm Road will be our home while the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center is built. Originally an Agricultural Museum, GSP at College Farm Road is ready to welcome audiences with the following amenities: • An intimate theater featuring 190 seats in 14 rows. Access to the first three rows of seats is barrier free. There are only four short steps to reach the last row.

• Expansive lobby spaces including an outdoor patio.

• FREE onsite parking. The parking lot features curb cuts, and the entrance into the building and to all areas of the theater are barrier free.

WE ARE IN NEW BRUNSWICK 103 College Farm Road is less than two miles from Livingston Avenue and easily accessible from downtown New Brunswick and Route 1. For directions to the theater, visit our website and click directions on the homepage.

New Brunswick’s favorite restaurants are less than two miles from College Farm Road. For a list of restaurants, visit the Plan Your Visit section of our website. And keep a look out for unique dining options offered by George Street Playhouse.

BRING YOUR GROUP George Street Playhouse will continue to welcome groups to the theater. For an even more memorable event, we can help plan your party, fundraiser or corporate event. This venue offers easy drop-off at the front of the building for buses, and three party/meeting spaces for group events.

George Street Playhouse is grateful to the following for their leading support:

This program is also made possible in part by funds from The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

For our patrons in the Monroe Township active adult communities, we offer a bus subscription. Leave the driving to us as a luxurious charter provides your roundtrip transportation.

As always, if you have any questions, call our box office and someone will be glad to help you.

GEORGESTREETPLAYHOUSE.ORG

BOX OFFICE: 732-246-7717

Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.

The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

LAURENTS / HATCHER FOUNDATION

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES sunday symposium Following the performance, remain in your seats for an exclusive conversation about the play with George Street Playhouse artists and special guests. Sundays at 2pm on October. 22, December 10, February 11, March 25, and May 8. audio described performances provide visual information to people who are blind or have low vision. Trained audio describers supply any pertinent content, telling patrons about the costumes, sets, lighting, characters, and movement on stage as the play is performed. Thursdays at 8pm October 26, December 14, February 15, March 29, and May 10. open captioned performances show a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs, sometimes including non-speech elements. Saturdays at 2pm October 28, December 16, February 17, March 31, and May 12.

ACCESS

Suzanne Douglas in American Son, 2016. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.

George Street Playhouse features barrier-free access: wheelchair seating available on request at time of purchase. assistive listening devices For patrons who have a hearing impairment, light-weight, padded ear buds and receivers are available. large-print and braille programs are available free of charge by request.

We offer all people equal access and opportunities to participate in our services, programs and activities. If an individual requires special assistance or assistive technology, please contact the box office as far in advance of the program as possible. For information about access services, please call 732-246-7717 or visit our interim location at 103 College Farm Road.

ORDER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW!

2017-18 SEASON

Save up to 30% off regular ticket prices.

FIVE-PLAY PACKAGE Get the best savings and the best seats with tickets to all five main stage productions! Only Five-Play subscribers will be the first in line for the best seats in the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. $160 $200 $250 $285 $200 $260 $285 $125 $135 $100

Previews 27% discount Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sun evening 15% discount Friday 8pm 22% discount Saturday 8pm 19% discount Thursday/Saturday matinee 15% discount Sunday matinee 19% discount Opening Night 19% discount Audio Described Open Caption Student Tues-Thurs/Sun evening/Sat matinee

CHOOSE THREE Choose the three plays you want to see. $96 Previews 27% discount $126 Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sun evening 11% discount $156 Friday 8pm 19% discount $177 Saturday 8pm 16% discount $126 Thursday/Saturday matinee 11% discount $159 Sunday matinee 17% discount $177 Opening Night 16% discount $75 Audio Described $81 Open Caption $60 Student Tues-Thurs/Sun evening/Sat matinee FLEX PASS Four, five and six admissions to our main stage season. Simply call the box office and redeem your passes for the show(s) of your choice. $282 6 Admissions $235 5 Admissions $188 4 Admissions To order your subscription, call 732-246-7717 or visit georgestreetplayhouse.org

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David Saint, Artistic Director

Kelly Ryman, Managing Director

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Miles G. Jackson in My Name is Asher Lev, 2016. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.

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