Clyde's Program

From the Artistic Director

Dear Theatregoers,

Many years ago when I directed Anne Meara’s new play, AfterPlay, a metaphysical comedy at Manhattan Theatre Company, she was given a young playwright to assist her. That young woman was Lynn Nottage, the future Pulitzer Prize winning writer.

They immediately became good friends and shared many interests and characteristics in their work.

Nearly thirty years later, I am thrilled to be presenting a Nottage play at GSP for the first time: another metaphysical comedy, the Tony nominated, Clyde’s .

I am also thrilled to be bringing back the superb actress Melissa Maxwell to our stage, this time as a director. We all fondly remember her wonderful performance as the Judge in The Trial of Donna Caine

Melissa has cast a remarkable group of actors in this ensemble and together with a first rate group of designers, they all bring you a richly rewarding, feast of a play.

I hope you will all enjoy this food for the soul and are inspired to “reinvent” yourself in this new year!

David Saint Artistic Director

David Saint, Artistic Director

Board of Trustees

Chairman: James N. Heston*

President: Penelope Lattimer, Ph.D.*

Vice President: Philip L. Kirstein*

Secretary: Sharon Karmazin*

Treasurer: Ronald L. Bleich, CPA*

Wanda J. Blanchett, Ph.D.

Camara Epps

Lucy Hughes

Adele T. Macula, Ed.D.

Dina M. Mastellone, Esq.

C. Sharon Parker

Kimberlee S. Phelan, CPA

Norman Politziner

David Saint*

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Nonny Stahlin

Janice G. Stolar

Lora Tremayne

*Denotes Members of the Executive Committee

Al D’Augusta

Cody P. Eckert

Kenneth M. Fisher

Trustees Emeritus

Peter Goldberg

William Hagaman

Clarence E. Lockett

Honorary Board of Trustees

Anthony L. Marchetta

Alan W. Voorhees

George Wolansky

James Cahill Thomas H. Kean Eric Krebs, Founder

Honorary Memoriam

Maurice Aaron∆

Dr. Edward Bloustein∆

Robert L. Bramson∆∆

Dora Center∆∆

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.∆

Milton Goldman∆

John Hila

Betty Wold Johnson∆

Arthur Laurents∆

Richard Sellars∆

Barbara Voorhees∆∆

Edward K. Zuckerman∆

Adelaide M. Zagoren

∆∆ – Denotes Trustee Emeritus

∆ – Denotes Honorary Trustee

George Street Playhouse is pleased to spotlight two members of our Board of Trustees, Adele Macula, Ed.D and Nonny Stahlin. Their leadership and the leadership of the entire board enable us to remain committed to our mission of enriching lives through worldclass theater.

Adele T. Macula (Trustee) Ed.D. is an arts advocate who finds joy in all arts experiences!  Dr. Macula is a GSP Board member since 2019 and chairs GSP’s Education Committee and co-chairs the Education Think Tank, comprised of a select group of accomplished education and arts leaders, charged to imagine and design the Education Department with a new vision and clarity of purpose and offer experience in designing programs and professional learning opportunities. Dr. Macula is an innovative, results-oriented educational leader committed to excellence and effectiveness at all levels: policy, administration and leadership, program design/ development, teaching/learning, scholarship/research, fiscal management, cuttingedge technologies, and family/community collaborations.  She currently is Director of Curriculum and Instruction for School Leadership Programs (NJEXCEL and NJTLC) for the NJ Principals and Supervisors. She retired, after 30+ years of service, from the Jersey City, NJ Public Schools as Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Macula is a published author, conference and podcast presenter, and consultant.

Nonny Stahlin (Trustee) As a devotee of the arts, music and film, literature and poetry, world culture and language, I have found a home for my heart and mind at George Street Playhouse. The depth of feeling, the array and variety of subjects and performances, the insights into human drama and thought through a variety of subjects and personalities continue to amaze and delight me, year after year. In my career as an educator, I have made it my goal to not only teach the subjects for which I am passionate, but to learn something new and different all the time. GSP gives me the opportunity and the venue to do just that! Whether it’s a play with a cast of four people or a cast of 30 people, the intricacies played out upon our stages are creative, informative, original and timely. And I never fail to be informed AND entertained. As Shakespeare once said, “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances…” I think my fellow board members will agree that you sit down in George Street Playhouse as an audience member, but you become so enmeshed in the production, that you leave as a part of the show. It always makes me want to come back for more!

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GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE

David Saint, Artistic Director

Jamie Grant, Interim Managing Director

Present Clyde’s

By Lynn Nottage

Directed by Melissa Maxwell

Scenic Design by Riw Rakkulchon

Costume Design by Azalea Fairley

Lighting Design by Cheyenne Sykes

Sound Design and Original Music by Scott O’Brien

Hair and Make Up Design by Fre Howard

Fights and Intimacy by Cristina (Cha) Ramos

Production Stage Manager Christina M. Woolard*

Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey

Casting by McCorkle Casting

Supported by Philip Kirstein and Melinda Raso Kirstein

World Premiere by the Guthrie Theater

Originally commissioned by the Joe Dowling and produced by Joseph Haj, Artistic Directors

Broadway Premiere Produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York, 2021 Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Khady Kamara, Executive Director

Clyde’s is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York

In accordance with Actors’ Equity Association regulations, we remind you that all electronic devices, including cellular phones, watches, and anything else that lights up or makes noise must be turned off during the performance.

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

Made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

George Street Playhouse is a constituent of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. The theatre operates under an agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, and is a member of the New Brunswick Cultural Center.

CAST in order of appearance

Montrellous .......................................................................... Gabriel Lawrence*

Clyde ............................................................................................ Darlene Hope*

Letitia ................................................................................... Sydney Lolita Cusic*

Rafael ............................................................................................ Xavier Reyes*

Jason ....................................................................................... Ryan Czerwonko*

Understudies never substitute for performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance:

For Clyde and Letitia: Cherita Armstrong*

SETTING

A truck stop sandwich shop-a liminal space

Clyde’s is performed without an intermission

Stage Manager ................................................................ Christina M. Woolard*

*- denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

The director is a member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The stage technicians of George Street Playhouse are proud members of IATSE Local 21.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Projection and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Sydney Lolita Cusic (Letitia) is excited to be making her George Street Playhouse debut. Previous credits include Tr@k Girls Pt 1 (Anita, Ensemble Studio Theatre) FLEX (Cherise, TheatreSquared) Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, Stella Adler Studio); Jane Eyre (Bertha, Playwrights Horizons Downtown); The Colored Museum (New York University Tisch); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Alchemical Studios). She received her BFA at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Much love to her parents, brothers, and circle of friends for their constant support. In addition to acting, she is a theater and film producer. sydneycusic.com

Ryan Czerwonko (Jason) is an actor and filmmaker in NYC. TV: The Endgame, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, The Blacklist (NBC), The Deuce, Watchmen (HBO), and many more. FILM: Cherry, Paint, Birder. THEATRE: First Folio Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare, Livermore Shakespeare. Ryan is the artistic director of “Adult Film”, a film and theatre collective in Brooklyn. He teaches acting in his apartment. IG: @ryanczerwonko + @ adultfilm.nyc.

Darlene Hope (Clyde) earned her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of South Florida and her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. She also studied extensively in London, Paris, and Italy under lauded international artists Corin Redgrave, Sir Donald Sinden, Dame Sian Phillips, Patsy Rodenburg OBE, Maestro Antonio Fava,

Sheridan Morley, and Tony Award winner Mark Medoff. Perhaps best known as the title character in A Visit From Aunt Flo, the Cannes Lion Award-winning viral video that has received over 2.5 million views worldwide, Miss Hope has toured extensively throughout the US, South America and the Caribbean combining her bright and captivating performances with philanthropy, humanitarian relief, and young artist mentorship. She is the author of multiple plays, screenplays, and faithbased journals, and is the founder of HopeFull Productions. OFF BROADWAY: Sistas the Musical, Normalcy. SELECT REGIONAL: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Rep, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Miami New Drama, American Stage, Norwegian Cruise Lines, TheatreworksUSA.

TV/FILM: Halston, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, FBI, God Friended Me, Strut, Commedia By Fava, Don’t Shoot the Messenger, When Bae Doesn’t Pay Attention. DarleneHope.com.

Gabriel Lawrence (Montrellous) Gabriel

Lawrence is excited to make his George Street Playhouse debut. Stage credits include: Martin Luther King - The Mountaintop (Arc Stages), Frederick Douglas -The Agitators (Playhouse on Park), Dez - Skeleton Crew (Baltimore Center Stage), Even - Sweat (The Asolo) and title roles in Macbeth and Julius Caesar (The Acting Company). TV credits include: FBI, EVIL, Prodigal Son, The Deuce, Mysteries of Laura and recurring parts on ABC’s What Would You Do?. He teaches classes in acting, debate, filmmaking and Shakespeare throughout Manhattan and beyond. MFA, Theatre: UC San Diego Theatre. Visit mrgabriellawrence.com for more information.

Xavier Reyes (Rafael) is a Puerto Rican actor, thrilled to tell this story, his second Lynn Nottage play! Having worked all over the US, Puerto Rico, Japan and Canada, some favorite credits include: Moliere’s SCAPIN at Pioneer Theatre Company, Trading Places directed by Kenny Leon at the Alliance Theatre, Kinky Boots Broadway National Tour, Night at the Museum workshop, Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage) , Fun Home, Hair, In The Heights, Rent, West Side Story and others. Thank you God, universe, creatives, cast, Melissa, GSP, and BLOC. Thank you audience member for showing up, supporting and being a part of this beautiful story! I dedicate this particular journey to my brother Steven. Follow @XavierReyesActor

Cherita Armstrong (U/s Clyde, Letitia) Theatres: Utah Shakespeare Festival, American Place Theatre, MCC, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Theatre for the New City, New York Theatre

Workshop Theatres: St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Public Theatre (Maine), Hollywood

Fringe Festival Theatre credits: Trouble in Mind, (Millie Davis) Clue, (Ms. Scarlet) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, (Harriet Jacobs-solo performance), Seven Guitars, Well, Old Settler, Oak & Ivy, Harlem Duet, The African Company

Presents Richard III, Beehive, Tambourines To Glory.

Television: 9-1-1, Pretty Little Liars, Law & Order:

SVU, Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Rafael Jordan (U/s Rafael, Montrellous) is an Actor, Director, and Producer working on stage and screens. He was recently seen as trumpet-playing headliner Blue in Paradise Blue at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, and Edmund in King Lear with Joe Morton at The Wallis Annenberg in Beverly Hills. Other Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Magic Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre. Notable roles include: Bobby - American Buffalo; Will – Shakespeare in Love; Paul – King Charles III, Ben Gun in the world premier of runboyrun by Mfoniso Udofia. TV credits: Law & Order SVU, FBI: Most Wanted, Godfather of Harlem, City on a Hill, Blue Bloods. Rafael stars in the forthcoming indie feature film The Nurse, and short film Christmas Eve currently on Amazon. Rafael founded Village Park Productions with his sister Aisha Jordan, where they are busy creating and producing film and series’, known for sketch series #HashtagTheShow. Rafael received an MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre. IG @Rafaeliscoolbutrude, @ hashtagtheshow, Twitter @Blackachusetts

Lynn Nottage (Playwright) Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play RUINED has received an Obie, the Lucille Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play (Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodman Theatre). Other plays include INTIMATE APPAREL (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play; Roundabout Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, South Coast Repertory); FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Obie Award; Playwrights Horizons,

London’s Tricycle Theatre); CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY; LAS MENINAS; MUD, RIVER, STONE; POR’KNOCKERS, and POOF! Nottage is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2007 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” the National Black Theatre Festival’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, the 2004 PEN/ Laura Pels Award for Drama, and the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, as well as fellowships from the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists, and New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild, an alumna of New Dramatists and a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is a visiting lecturer. www.lynnnottage.net

Melissa Maxwell (Director) specializes in new play development. Credits include: Trouble in Mind (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Safe House (Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis; received 6 St Louis Theatre Circle Award Nominations); Slashes of Light (The Kitchen Theatre/Civic Ensemble; world premiere); Tunnel Vision (Off the WALL Theatre, world premiere); American Slavery Project’s Unheard Voices (NY Historical Society and other venues); Show Way (Vital Theatre; received Off Broadway Theatre Alliance ‘Best Family Show’ nomination): Nathan the Wise (Pearl Theatre Company); world premiere of scientist Carl Djerassi’s (creator of the contraceptive pill) Taboos (Soho Playhouse). Melissa is also an actor, award-winning playwright, and a motivational speaker with two TEDx Talks to her credit (TEDxMosesBrownSchool: Taking Ownership; TEDxBarnardCollegeWomen: On Courage). www.melissamaxwell.com.

Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, amongst others. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit organization on a fight to end eating disorders. B.F.A. Ithaca College, M.F.A Yale School of Drama (Donald & Zorca Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design Recipient). Member of United Scenic Artist 829. IG: @riwrdesign

Azalea Fairly (Costume Designer) is a New Orleans born NY based costume designer. NYC Off Broadway and Regional credits include: Detroit 67 (TheaterSquared, AR), Blood Knot (Flat Rock Playhouse, NC), By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Colorado Fine Arts Center, Nominated for 2022 Henry Award for Outstanding Costume Design), 10x10 Play Fest (Barrington Stage MA), Schoolgirls (TheaterSquared, AR), What Lies Beneath (On Site Opera NYC), TJ Loves Sally Forever (Jack Theater, NYT Critics Pick). Broadway assistant credits include: Hamilton and A Strange Loop (2022 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical). Film design credits include The Rainbow Experiment and Paris in Harlem.

Azalea-Fairley.com.

Riw Rakkulchon (Set Designer) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/They has worked at

Cheyenne Sykes (Lighting Designer) is originally from the Coast Salish region of Canada, she works on a wide range of projects including dance, performance art, music festivals, and theatre. Select Recent Design Credits: Her Portmanteau (George Street Playhouse), This Is Our Youth (Area Stage Company), Be More Chill (Area Stage Company), Polylogues (Colt Coeur), The Softstream (Digital Concert from Softee), Performance Artist Miles Greenberg’s FOUNTAIN I, PNEUMOTHERAPY (II), and

HAEMOTHERAPY (1), Black Exhibition (The Bushwick Starr), The Slow Room (PSNY), AGNES (59E59, Lesser America), PROTOTYPES (Susan Marshall & Company). Select Assistant/Associate Credits: Bonnaroo Site Lighting (David Weiner Design), Sanctuary City (NYTW), Mary (Kanye West at Lincoln Center), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons), White Noise (The Public Theater), “Daddy” (New Group/ Vineyard).

Scott O’Brien (Composer/Sound Designer) has composed and designed theatre and dance for a variety of off-Broadway and regional theaters. He was the Resident Composer/ Sound Designer for American Globe Theatre (2000-2014), the Chautauqua Theater Company (2006-2009), Adirondack Theatre Festival (2013-2015) and the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN (2019 and 2021 seasons). He has lectured on Sound Design at SUNY-Rockland, Pace University, Fairleigh-Dickinson University, The Duke Ellington School for the Arts and Montclair State University (heading up the Sound Design Program there from 2015-2019). His production company Duck & Trout Music is based out of Gardiner, ME. Currently, he is composing for The Public Theatre (Lewiston, ME) and Theatre at Monmouth (Monmouth, ME). He has the good fortune to collaborate frequently with director, actor and playwright Melissa Maxwell.

Fre Howard (Wig & Makeup Designer) is an Artisan, Mom, educator (Faces By Fre,LLC). Fre grew up in Michigan, now resides in Philadelphia, PA. Fre Designed Wigs and Makeup for The Fisher Center at Bard SummerScape’s Dom Juan, Ars Nova’s Mrs.

Murray’s Menagerie, and was the Assistant Designer on Othello for Opera Philadelpia. In 2019, Fre became the First woman of color to design Makeup and Wigs for Operas at The Curtis institute of Music and Temple University Fre has worked in Film and Television for Netflix, Apple TV, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - Season 13, Bel-Air on Peacock and National Commercials, Including Smartwater. Yaasss to our GSP Clyde’s Cast and Crew!

Cristina (Cha) Ramos (Fights and Intimacy) is a multidisciplinary theater artist with a metric montón of books, swords, and altars in her NYC apartment. She is an intimacy & fight director, dramaturg, playwright, performer, and instructor. Recent projects include: intimacy and fight direction for Dom Juan at the Fisher Center at Bard College; associate intimacy direction for COMPANY on Broadway; dramaturgy for new works by José Rivera and Leslie Ayvazian; performing with the Vixens En Garde all-female sword-fighting Shakespeare comedy troupe; teaching intimacy and stage combat in-person and online; and ongoing development of her three original plays. More info at www.CallMeCha.com.

Christina M. Woolard (Production Stage Manager) stage manages for theatre, circus, and live events. Previous credits include American Hero and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (George Street Playhouse), Dead + Alive (One Year Lease), Space Dogs (MCC), Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Preparedness (The Bushwick Starr), Passing Through (Goodspeed Musicals), Will You Come With Me? and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (The Play Company), Wilder Gone (Clubbed Thumb), Sunset Circus (Parallel Exit) and An American In Paris (The Argyle Theatre). Pandemic activities included

ONSTAGE APRIL 25-MAY 31

Directed By David Saint

stitching PPE with the Broadway Relief Project. Proud AEA member and alumna of Rutgers University. For Mom — your song is in my heart.

Pat McCorkle, CSA; McCorkle Casting LTD (Casting) Pat McCorkle and McCorkle Casting continue to strive for inclusivity and social awareness during it’s 35 year history in casting. She has cast for George Street Playhouse for over 25 years. Broadway: Over 50 productions including, On The Town, Amazing Grace, End of the Rainbow, A Few Good Men. etc. OffBroadway: Over 60 productions: Highlights; Tribes, Our Town, Driving Miss Daisy. Regional Theatre: Guthrie, Barrington Stage, CATF and hundreds of regional theatres throughout the country. Feature films: Currently casting six films for theatrical release. Previous projects: Premium Rush, Ghost Town, The Thomas Crown Affair, Die Hard with a Vengeance, etc. Television: 2 new films for Hallmark, Twisted, Humans for Sesame Street, Californication-(Emmy Nomination), Chappelle’s Show, Strangers with Candy etc. (mccorklecasting.com)

Christopher J. Bailey (GSP Production Manager) This season marks Mr. Bailey’s 24th at George Street Playhouse and 18th as its Production Manager, having previously served the Playhouse as Technical Coordinator and Sound and Lighting Manager. Recently for GSP he was Lighting Designer for The Immigrant. Was also Lighting Designer for GSP’s production of Clever Little Lies, which moved to the Guild Hall Theatre in East Hampton and then off-Broadway to the Westside Theatre. His other designs for GSP includes 6 scenic designs and 9 sound designs for GSP’s Educational Touring productions, 28 lighting designs and 40 sound designs for GSP’s

mainstage productions. Also, has designed for: Pearl Theatre, Barrington Stage, Premiere Stages, Bickford Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Strand Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, Ashlawn Highland Opera, LKB Dance, Randy James Dance, Rand Theater, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf, Delaware Theatre Company, Jacob’s Pillow, and more. Mr. Bailey also teaches Stagecraft and Play Production at Middlesex County College.

David Saint (Artistic Director) is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 43 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Additional productions include Fully Committed and Tiny Beautiful Things for the GSP virtual season, Midwives, and Conscience, in addition to The Trial of Donna Caine, American Hero, American Son, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner in the 2017-18 season. His time here has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Harriet Harris, Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Elaine May, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach, and many others including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In addition, many new award-winning works have begun their life here during his tenure such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies, and It Shoulda Been You. He has directed Final Follies at Primary Stages, Clever Little Lies at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY and off-Broadway at West Side Theatre, as

well as the National tour of West Side Story. In July 2016, he directed West Side Story at the legendary Hollywood Bowl starring Jeremy Jordan and Solea Pfeiffer. In Summer 2019, he directed a revolutionary new production of West Side Story for IHI Stage Around in Tokyo and served as Associate Producer for the Academy Award-nominated film version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. He also has directed on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, Seattle Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburg Public, Long Wharf and many others by such writers as Aaron Sorkin, Wendy Wasserstein, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Joe DiPietro and Jonathan Larson. He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, L.A., Drama Critics Award, several DramaLogue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation.

Jamie Grant (Interim Managing Director) has been a leader and innovator in performing arts for more than three decades. The former President and CEO of the Ordway Center (Saint Paul, MN), Long Center (Austin, TX) and McCallum Theatre (Palm Springs, CA) has worked in both the United States and Canada. Under Jamie’s leadership, for the first time ever a production went directly from the Ordway to Broadway when SIX opened. For 13 years Jamie was the general manager of the Centre in the Square in Kitchener, Ontario, an award-winning multi-purpose performing arts center with a main hall of 2000 seats, plus an art gallery and studio theatre. Jamie has accomplished the rare feat of opening many new performing arts centers: Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunswick, Heritage

Theatre in Brampton, Ontario, Skylight Theatre Amphitheatre in Toronto and was the founder and Producer of Theatre Malton. An adjunct lecturer at the University of Waterloo, Jamie taught for almost a decade for the Centre for Cultural Management and is a regular lecturer, panelist and guest speaker for other universities, colleges, and professional conferences. A soughtafter part-time consultant for many years, Jamie has done strategic planning work for dozens of arts, entertainment and non-profit organizations in the United States and Canada for over 25 years. He has recently decided to grow Grant Management Group and currently serving as Interim Managing Director at George Street Playhouse.

Q&A with Lynn Nottage courtesy

of Guthrie Theater

When a play idea sparks, which comes first: people, plot or platform?

It depends. Sweat began with a commission from Oregon Shakespeare Festival to write a play that engaged with American history — specifically a revolution. I didn’t know where to start, so I found my way through immersive research. I wrote By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, a play about an African American starlet in the 1930s, after watching a film series on Turner Classic Movies. I became acutely aware of the absence of strong, black females in film during that period, and I wondered about the fate of talented black actresses who dared to challenge the status quo.

What was the spark that became Clyde’s (originally titled Floyd’s)?

Clyde’s began as a conversation with Sweat, which takes place in Reading, Pennsylvania, where I spent a great deal of time interviewing residents. I wanted to write about the deindustrialization happening there, but I also wanted to write something fun, accessible and irreverent — hence Clyde’s.

Is it challenging to write multiple plays at once?

When I’m writing a play with weighty themes, I often have another play going — my side hustle — that becomes my escape. The plays are in conversation, but they demand opposite parts of my brain. With Sweat, I wanted to dialogue on an immediate, political and visceral level. With Clyde’s, I wanted to dialogue on a spiritual and emotional level. My research involved eating delicious food and chatting with a friend who owned an artisanal sandwich shop. I tasted things I love and came up with flavor combinations that felt delightful and unexpected. My favorite part of writing was imagining the sandwiches.

Inquiring minds want to know: What’s your favorite sandwich?

I love a good tuna sandwich with habaneros, red onions and chopped pickles

This interview was originally published in the 2019 Floyd’s program at the Guthrie Theater, where the play was commissioned and had its world premiere. Portions of the interview have been edited.

Tell us more about your research in Reading. Why did this community captivate you?

On my first visit, I assumed I would do a quick series of interviews and I’d develop a play. But I found that Reading demanded more attention. There was an air of despair, frustration and an overall sense of abandonment permeating the city, and I felt I couldn’t walk away. I was drawn to the honesty and spirit of the people and became invested in understanding their circumstances and how the economic downturn led to the city’s decline. It echoed what was happening throughout the country, and I wanted to fully understand the how and the why. What began as a simple trip became more than two years of immersion, and that engagement led to the writing of Sweat.

Yet my conversations with the people of Reading didn’t feel complete. So I created a massive performance installation called This Is Reading, which was based on our interviews and designed to help heal and engage the community through constructive and collective dialogue.

Clyde’s is the grace note in the Reading trilogy. It’s about formerly incarcerated people who have been marginalized and are unsure if they can reintegrate into society. They struggle until they realize they have all the tools necessary to rebuild their lives. I also think that’s true of Reading.

Every character in Clyde’s has been impacted by the criminal justice system. Why this deliberate choice?

I was interested in people who find themselves in limbo and attempt to emerge from a place of darkness without knowing how to fully embrace the light. The equivalent of that in our society are formerly incarcerated individuals who must reengage with a culture that doesn’t necessarily welcome them home with open arms. In that sense, the sandwich shop in Clyde’s is purgatory. Each character is trying to negotiate their freedom and fully inhabit a body that was held captive physically and emotionally. They’re learning how to lean into forgiveness and understand that they have the power to transcend their mistakes

A National Theatre, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal co-production

In association with Berkeley Repertory Theater

Based on the novel by Emily Brontë

Adapted and directed by Emma Rice

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VISIONARIES $25,000+

James N. Heston

Peter Jewell and Fred Eisinger

Sharon Karmazin

Arthur Roswell

SUSTAINERS $10,000– $24,999

Lucy Hughes and Sean Devlin

Julie and Robert Goldstein

In Memory of Albert and Barbara Goldstein

Anne E. Hayden

The Honorable Thomas H. Kean

Nancy and Duncan MacMillan

Mindy Raso Kirstein and Phil Kirstein

ADVOCATES $5,000 – $7,499

Laura Baron

Lois and Ronald Bleich

Joan and Robert Campbell

Leonard Littman

Ellen Ozur and Stuart Brown

Lora Tremayne

BENEFACTORS $2,500 – $4,999

Edward S. Atwater, IV

Regina Belowsky

William Engel

Dave Greene

Tillie and Bob Kahle

Lorraine J. Knapp

Laura and Dean Livingston

Rita Paszamant

Kimberlee S. Phelan

Dorothy and Norman Politziner

Ann and Robert Rafano

Christine Renz and Noah Levy

Adrienne and Andrew Ross

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Janice and Lewis Stolar

Bob Virgadamo and Kim Sarik

Vicki and Neil Weisfeld

ANGELS $1,000 – $2,499

Isa Beck

Wanda Blanchett

Walter Bradhering

Benjamin Bucca

Kathleen Campbell Jackson

Marylou and Al D’Augusta

D’Maris and Joseph Dempsey

Barbara and Paul Eggermann

Barbara and Gerald Essig

Bobbi and Barry Freedman

Susan Garruto

Marc Gonzer

Margaret and Thomas Gorrie

Christine Grant and Michael Halpern

Jamie Grant

John and Clara Grosso

Margaret Grove

In Memory of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees

Sharon and Mark Gruber

Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D.

Irene and Steven Lieberman

Janet Lonney

Pamela and Andrew Lovasz

Adele T. Macula, Ed.D.

Maureen and Anthony Marchetta

Barbara Martalus

In Memory of Robert J. Martaus, longtime friend of the Playhouse

Dina Mastellone

Eliza and Jeffery Mazen

Mark McMahon and Roberto Moreira

Elizabeth Otterbein

C. Sharon and Jonathan Parker

Richard A. Patt

Mona and Barry Portnoy

Kristen Rich and Anthony Camaioni II

Marie and Marshall Rosen

Carole and Stephen Schneider

In Honor of Janice Stolar

Kathy and Ken Schurzky

Lynn and Barry Sherman

Noreen and Patrick Sinko

Nonny and Paul Stahlin

Renée Troiano

Margaret Velden

Caroline and Frank Weymar

Nancy and Edward Winant

Philip and Rebecca Witt

Michele and George Wolansky

Anonymous

Anonymous

BACKERS $500 – $999

Marie M. Adair

Deborah Alexander

Adelaide Brenner

Carol Condon

Lynnette Durko

Camara Epps

Barbara and Sheldon Freidenreich

The Ganguly Family

Willard Geller

Nancy and Dean Georgiades

James G. Gibson

Lisa A. Goldstein

Gwendolyn and Michael Greenberg

Jeffrey Hyman

Lynda and John Kazmark

Nancy L. Lee

Joan and Richard Barry McCormick

Daphne and Steven Mishkin

Amy and Michael Moorby

Lisa Moro and Alan Voorhees

INDIVIDUALS

Robert Nolan

Tari Pantaleo

In Honor of Deb Lemeshow

Jerome N. Pasichow and Robin

Greenberg

Mary and Theodore Petti

Barbara and Howard Sorkin

Dan Vickery

Adam White

Warren Zimmerman

PARTNERS $250 – $499

Marci and Martin Abschultz

Deborah Alexander

Jennifer Allen

Barbara Baier

Jeanne and James F. Barrett, II

Stuart Bauer

Diane Beni

Karen A. Beverly

Robert Henry Bishop, Jr.

Susan and Alan Blanchette

Karen and David Blivaiss

Chris Bohjalian

Shelley and Tom Brankner

Adelaide Brenner

James and Joanne Bunce

Mark Corso

Melissa and Charles Daniel

Roy Epps

Lyn and David Fasanella

Angela Fevola and Karen Maccaron

Marlene and Joel Gordon

Pamela Gray

Denise and Irwin Hametz

Evelyn Hartmann

Joel and Ellen Henkin

Frederick Holt

Ruby Hope

Karen Horlick

Sherry and Janice Johnson

Donna and Bud Keller

Kevin Janis and George Kupczak

Ellen Kennedy and David Fiegley

Scott Killian

Pat and Roger Klein

Sharon and Joseph Kosmo

Susanne and Alex Kucsma

Martin Lasus

James Lockwood

Carolyn Lumia

Susan Mansfield and John Byrne

Ruth Marcus

Richard McAdams

Cheryl and Jeff McBride

Mary Ann McLaughlin

Tali Mendelberg and Gilbert Blitz

Joan and Rabbi Bennett Miller

Cheryl Mintz and Harris Richter

Judith S. Musicant and Hugh Clark

Carol Natarelli

Brenda J. Overcash and Thomas West

Marcus Peter Porcelli

Bethany and Jonathan Rabinowitz

Laurence Rothstein

Rita Seplowitz Saltz

Karen Satterthwaite

Victoria and Michael Shernicoff

Sheldon Singer

Theodore Stahl

Joanne Stern

Bonnie and David Sudol

Patrice Sullivan

Mary and Donald Thomas

Pannie Trifillis-Kiledjian

Stephen M. and Gabriella Vajtay

Carol Volkland

Bonnie and Allan Warton

Lynne Weiss

Caroline Willard

Joanne and Allen Williams

Michael Wolk

Susan and Jerry Zweig

FRIENDS $100 – $249

Carol Adelman

Eric Allender

Beth and Marc Alterman

Mary Jo Altom

Valerie Anderson

Thomas F. Arnold

Janet and Alan Arnowitz

Mona Asher

Peggy Barbella and William Fitzsimmons

Anne Berry

Gail and Barry Bertiger

Stacey and Dennis Borden

Elizabeth and Bill Braden

H. Neil Broder

Leah and Peter Brown

Jennifer and Richard Bullock

Joanna Burger

Joan and Gary Busman

Vincent Cardarelli

Cricket and Janette Cardozo

Eva Carey

Marilyn and Charles Carroll

Cheree Causey

Premala Chandra

Linda Choplick

Carol Ciorciari

Carol U. and Lewis B. Coe

Lorraine and Harvey Cohen

Margaret Cohen

Fay Colligan

Donald B. Cook

Sheila Cooper

Ellen and Cliff Cramer

James Crimmins

Anne and James Dalin

Natalie Darwin

Nancy and Jeff Davis

Mary Ellen Decoster

Anthony DeMarco

Joanna and James Demaria

Norman J. Diamond

Dr. Paul and Mrs. Betty Dicker

Dane Dickler

Tammy Dorff

Jennifer and John Dowd

Diane and Philip Dumont

Roy Eismann

THANK YOU for your annual support

Richard Engel

Rick Engler and Brad Caswell

Maureen Farrell

Paula and Irwin Feifer

Joseph Filep

Helen Fine

Rosemary Fiorillo

Barbara Fisk

Marie Foucher and Daniel Hyman

Bonnie and William Fox

Robert Gannon

Judith E. Gardner

Stacey and David Garfield

Eric Garfunkel

Pat and Diana Gatti

Alan Godber

Fred Goepel

Susan and Eric Goldman

L. Goldstein and I. Novak

Elizabeth and Roy Gotta

Cynthia A. Graney

Robert Grant

William Hagaman

Brenda and Roland Hagan

Margaret Hanlon

Daniel Harrington

Robert Harris

Robert Hartmann

Patricia M. Hastings

Lucille Heller

Jeffery Heend

Deborah Henry

Nancy E. Hines

Karen Hochman

Diane and Barnett Hoffman

Denise and James Houghton

Robert E. Howard

Kathleen K. Hutchins

Pamela Imbimbo

Elizabeth and John Jaskowiak

Alexander Jodidio

Joyce F. Jonat

Lynn and Ed Josell

Susan and Samuel Kamens

Seth Kane

Sharon Kaplan

Maxine Kasdin

Liz and Murray Katz

Barbara and Arthur Ketterer

Nancy and Lee Kevin

Dr. and Mrs. Gregory M. LaGana

Michael Lane

Paul Leath

Ann and John Lech

Karen and David Levinsky

Debra Levinson

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lind

Rose and Anthony LoCastro

Susan London

Kathleen Love and Glenn Bell

Barbara and Robert Lowry

Anna Lustenberg

Evelyn Maloney

Mary Ann Marcuzzi

Leslie and Richard Marcus

Ruth Margolin

Josefina Mark

Linda Massa

William McBride

Sandy Rae Mckenzie

Ellen and Tom Measday

Beth and Mark Mehler

Barbara and Donald Meltz

Donna and Stanley Messer

Marion Mezzetti

Frani and Ferenc Mike-Mayer

In memory of Noah Raines

Jane and Steven Miller

Jonathan C. Mills

Karol and Wayne Morrison

Bruce Moskovitz and John Fellin

Anne and Martin Mozer

Suzanne S. Nacson

Barbara and Kurt Nathan

Deborah and Jason Newcomb

In Memory of Janet Tappen

Henry Newman

Sherrilynn Novack

Dennis O’Dea

Eugene O’Neill

Anita and Harry Paborsky

C. Parella & D. Tomasso

Timothy Peitz

Margaret and Harry Perrin

The Pichinson Family

Donna Pincavage

Sylvia Psuty

Barry V. Qualls

Louise Rapkin

Ellen Rebarber

Barbara S. Reed

Zizi Reinhart

Elliot Reiter

Kim and Chris Riemann

Alberto Rivas

Susan Rivkind and Richard Zucker

Edwin Robinson

Jeff Robinson

Naomi Rose

Alan Rothschild

Marianne Ruby

David Saint

Marcia Santucci

Cory and Stanley Schneider

John and Lynn Semmlow

Michele Senko

Marjorie Shakun

Elliot Spack

Robert Spencer

Marianne Sheridan

Denise Shukoff

Anita J. Siegel

Ben Sifuentes-Jáuegui and Mark Trautman

Rachel Silverstein

Valerie Slade

Jennifer Smith Mullen and Ed Mullen

Christine Sohn

Eliot Spack

Marcella Ann Stapor

Naomi Stark

Natalie and Ernest Stein

Susan Stern

Marjorie and Jeffrey Stevens

Jill M. Stone

Sloane and David Stribling

Jacqueline Tepper

Michael Triebe

Cecelia Tyler

Karen Volpe

Bob Warwick

Elaine and Evan Wasserman

Debbie and and Bart Weinstein

Shelby Wells and Deborah Herman

Barbara Williams

Jon Winer

Gail Wovna

Includes annual support received through December, 2022. If you notice an error here, please do not hesitate to contact us at development@georgestplayhouse.org so that we may correct it for our next printing.

We gratefully acknowledge the following for their support of our 2022 GALA

BENEFIT

PRODUCING SPONSORS

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

PLAYWRIGHT SPONSORS

Joan and Bob Campbell

James N. Heston

Lucy Hughes and Sean Devlin

Sharon Karmazin & The Karma Foundation

Philip Kirstein & Melinda Raso Kirstein

WithumSmith+Brown

DIRECTOR SPONSORS

Ruth and Steve Hendel

Parker Health Group, Inc

David Saint

PARTNERS

Meg and Tom Gorrie

The Hon. Thomas H. Kean

Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D.

Nancy and Duncan MacMillan

Kimberlee Phelan

RWJBarnabas Health

Lexine and Cuyler Tremayne

FRIENDS

Eisner Amper

Flemington Car & Truck Country

Fox Rothschild

Betsy and Lou Garlatti

Genova Burns, LLC

Laurie Kahmi / LCK Wealth Management

The Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation

Merrill Lynch / The Erdmann Group

Northfield Bank

Sharon and Jonathan Parker

Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education

BACKERS

Nan and Joseph P. Benincasa

Lois and Ron Bleich

Bloomberg

Paula and Jack Gentempo

Adele Macula, Ed.D.

New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO)

Dorothy and Norm Politziner

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Nonny and Paul Stahlin

Janice G. and Lewis Stolar

Lora Tremayne

DONORS

Lisa Goldstein and Ira Novak

Flemington Car & Truck Country

Anne Hayden

Kathleen Hayes

Amy and Michael Moorby

James and Barbara Petrosini

Primepoint

QuickChek

Carole & Dr. Stephen Schneider

Patricia Shiffner

Somerset Health Care Foundation

Dee and Herb Williams

SPECIAL APPEAL DONORS

Marie M. Adair

Edward Atwater

Carol Auerbach and Al Berger

Ashley and David Bednash

Jo Ann and Rich Bednash

Nancy and Joseph P. Benincasa

Jacqueline Brendel

Merissa Buczny

John M. Burns Jr

Donna Castronovo

Ellen and Ted Cohen

Corveleyn Law Firm

Christopher Costa

James Decker

Brenda and Jerry Deener

Lucy Hughes and Sean Devlin

Nadiyah Dorsey

Jelani Dukes

William V. Engel

Camara Epps

Lilly M. and Eilan Ezrachie

Flemington Car and Truck Country

Margaret Fourounjian

Genova Burns

Amy Gianficaro

Margaret and Thomas Gorrie

Bill Hagaman

Judith and James Hancock

Julie Hench

Tom Heston

The Karma Foundation

Governor Thomas Kean

Jeremy and Lucy Kessous

Mindy Raso Kirstein and Phil Kirstein

Steven Klein

Sheri and Tim Konz

Rachana and Anand Kulkarni

Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D

Howard Lenn

Adele T. Macula, Ed.D

Anthony Marchetta

Charlene and Thomas Martino

Elizabeth Mattison

Felicia E. McGinty

Paula and Larry Metz

Mark McMahon and Roberto Silva Moreira

Maria and Abel Moreyra

John Mortenson

Christopher Paladino

Laura and Joseph Perez

Kimberlee S. Phelan

Michael Pintabone

Robert Polak

Josh Prince

Matthew Pulomena

Muriel Grimmett and Louis Ray

Mary and Gary Reece

Marissa Reibstein and Moin Hydari

Philip Rinaldi

Natalie Rodan and Neil Burns

Simona and Ovid Romanoschi

Kelly Ryman

Lynn and Barry Sherman

Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui

Nonny and Paul Stahlin

Susan and Frank Teneyck

Hal R. Terr

Lindsey and Whitney Tisch

Lexine and Cuyler Tremayne

Lisa and Carter Tremayne

Kathleen Ventrella

Martha M. Weisgerber

BJ Welsh

Irene Wolff

Michael Yarrow

SPECIAL

THANKS TO BAM Desserts

Kenneth M. Fisher, Jr./ Nassau Communications

The Palace at Somerset Park

ARTISTIC

General Manager

Artistic Associate

Scott Goldman

Laiona Michelle

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Chief of Staff

Administrative Assistant

Data and Special Projects Manager

Business Assistant

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development

Development Associate

EDUCATION

Director of Education

Education Associate

PROPERTIES

Properties Supervisor

COSTUMES

Costume Shop Manager

Megan Cherry

Crystal Harris

Shakera Blakney

Lynne Holton

Jacqueline Brendel

Haley Kisly

Nadiyah S. Dorsey

Daniella Saldaña

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Director of Digital Strategy & Communications

Marketing Associate & Graphic Designer

Press Representative

Photographer

Videographer

Production Key Art

Graphic Design

PATRON SERVICES

Sales and Patron Services Manager

Assistant Patron Services Manager

Patron Services Associates

PRODUCTION

Production Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Company Manager

COVID Safety Manager

SETS

Technical Director

Shop Foreman

Scenic Charge

Painter

Head Carpenter

Caprenters

Jason Paddock

Matthew Holowienka

Corinne Antonelli

Holly Garman, HMG

Public Relations

T. Charles Erickson

Michael Boylan Film

Dominic Grijalva

Debra L. Lemeshow

Gary Frangione

Susan Blumert

Allen Neuner

Marlene Zyontz

Christopher J. Bailey

Billy Goheen

Sal Fabio

Amir Lembirck

Mohamed Haddara

Nick Skiba

Jim Hancocks

Jeanette Mieses

Dori Lichter

Bry Belling

James McMenamin

Jake Blanchette

Assistant Costume Shop Manager

Draper

Wardrobe and Hair Supervisor

Nimon Ibranimaj

Robert Lavagno

Joleen Addleman

Loyd

Becky Erlitz

Grace Wylie

Rachel Pollard

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Assistant Costume Designer Tyler Alexander Arnold

Assistant Lighting Designer David Shocket

Assistant Sound Designer Nate Brown

Nikki Beliniski

Assistant Hair and Makeup Designer Asha Campbell

Assistant Stage Manager

Production Assistant

Anna Mondragon

Freddy Krepps

Caitlyn Ostrowski

Head Electrician Markus Johnson

Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Sound Supervisor

Assistant Sound Supervisor

Hair and Wig Crew

Stitcher

Dresser and Make Up Crew

Ryan Fisher

Ted Crimy

Chiara DeSantis

Jannete Fisher

Hanna Allison

Ariana Papin

NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Executive Director

Director of Operations

NBPAC Patron Services Manager

House Manager/

Assistant Box Office Manager

Assistant House Manager

Marketing Manager

Box Office Associates

Interm Production Manager/

Lighting Supervisor

Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Sound and Video Supervisor

Deck Supervisor

Deck Hand

A1

A2

Lighting Console Programmer

Lighting Console Operator

Special Thanks to Tattoo Artist

Merissa Buczny

Mark Sharp

Victoria Muscio

Keelin Higgins

Emani Simpson

Eric Greenberg

Jessica Jasionowski

Joy Lynn Pringle-Bato

Thomas Williamson

Aiden Mitchell

Joshua Maywood

Andre Penn

Chris Nielson

Prince Bawuah

Jason Jackson

Harrison Freni

Nick Kraemer

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David Saint, Artistic Director • Jamie Grant, Interim Managing Director

For Your Information

George Street Playhouse is located at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org

AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES

We offer audio-described performances for patrons with visual impairment.

Please call the Patron Services, 732-246-7717, for further information. Large print and Braille programs are available upon request. Audiodescribed performances are made possible by support from Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc.

CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES

We offer captioned performances for patrons with hearing impairment.

George Street Playhouse’s accessible programming is made possible in part by Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM

For patrons who have a hearing impairment, light-weight, comfortable receivers are available from the NBPAC Concierge desk. If any individual requires special assistance or assistive technology, please contact the Patron Services Manager at 732-246-7717 as far in advance of the program as possible.

COVID-19 SAFETY

All patrons are welcome and highly encouraged to wear masks at all times while inside the venue.

• Patron Services: 732-246-7717

FIRE NOTICE

The exit indicated by the red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of a fire or other emergency, please do not run, WALK TO THE EXIT.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

George Street Playhouse maintains a policy of not cancelling performances due to inclement weather. Please call Patron Services, 732-246-7717, if you have any questions.

LATE SEATING POLICY

The theatre is open to the public one halfhour prior to the performance. In consideration of all patrons, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of House Management.

RECORDING EQUIPMENT

Due to copyright and union regulations and restrictions, still cameras, video cameras or any type of recording equipment is not permitted at any time in the theatre and will be confiscated.

SMOKING

The NBPAC is a smoke-free environment. There is no smoking or vaping in the building.