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!