KING JAMES Playbill by George Street Playhouse

G E O R G E S T R E E

A Note From The Executive Director

Dear Friends,

Welcome to George Street Playhouse, and thank you for joining us for King James by the brilliant Rajiv Joseph.

This is a story about friendship—about the kind of bond that can only grow over time, through shared passions and quiet conversations. And yes, basketball plays a big role here. But, you don’t have to be a sports fan to feel the heartbeat of this play. With humor, honesty, and the unmistakable voice of Rajiv Joseph— whose Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo earned a Pulitzer nomination— King James reminds us how the game can mirror life, how heroes can bring us together, and how the stories we tell each other help us understand ourselves.

We’re especially excited to welcome back Ryan George, now stepping into the role of director after impressing audiences on our stage as a performer. Along with a stellar cast and creative team, he’s bringing something special to this production—something that honors not just LeBron James the legend, but also the very human story that unfolds around his legacy.

As always, we invite you to come back soon. Up next: The Shark Is Broken , running April 22 to May 18—a hilarious and revealing behind-the-scenes dive into the making of Jaws. It’s a show we think you’ll love.

At George Street Playhouse, our mission is simple: to enrich people’s lives by producing world-class theatre. With your support, and with plays like these, we continue that mission—one evening, one performance, one connection at a time.

Executive Director

George Street Playhouse

APRIL 11 - 14

Carmen A production by Opera Theater Rutgers

APRIL 17

Chef Scott Conant Culinary Conversations Lecture Series

APRIL 23

Rutgers Mingus Ensemble The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

APRIL 25

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble When Jazz Fuses

APRIL 26

Beatles vs Stones - A Musical Showdown

APRIL 29 - MAY 18

The Shark is Broken Directed by Peter Flynn

MAY 3

Kim and Kayla Waters Presented by the Jazz Remix

MAY 6

New Lens Film Festival Student film competition

MAY 9 - 11

Pasión A mixed bill of new and known works

MAY 12

Chef Alex Guarnaschelli Culinary Conversations Lecture Series

MAY 16

Chi-Town Transit Authority A “Chicago” concert experience

MAY 24

When Pain Talks “The Monologue”

JUNE 27

Chef Andrew Zimmern Culinary Conversations Lecture Series

AUGUST 2

John Violinist A mix of contemporary, hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul

AUGUST 23

Steve Hofstetter Live comedy from the author, columnist & comedian

Board of Trustees

Chairman: James N. Heston*

President: Penelope Lattimer, Ph.D.*

Vice President: Philip L. Kirstein*

Secretary: Sharon Karmazin*

Treasurer: Kimberlee S. P. Murphy CPA*

Ronald L. Bleich, CPA

Edgar Herrera*

Lucy Hughes

Adele T. Macula, Ed.D.

Dina M. Mastellone, Esq.

Al D’Augusta

Cody P. Eckert

Kenneth M. Fisher

Norman Politziner

David Saint*

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Janice G. Stolar

Lora Tremayne

*Denotes Members of the Executive Committee

Trustees Emeritus

Peter Goldberg

William Hagaman

Clarence E. Lockett

Honorary Board of Trustees

James Cahill

Anthony L. Marchetta

Alan W. Voorhees

George Wolansky

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

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F a i r L a d y

T H E B L A N C H E & I R V I N G L A U R I E

F O U N D A T I O N

GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE

David Saint, Artistic Director

Edgar Herrera, Managing Director

Present

King James

by Rajiv Joseph

Set Design by Frank J. Oliva

Costume Design by Azalea Fairley

Lighting Design by Amara Payton McNeil

Sound Design by Christopher J. Bailey

Video Design by Douglas Sharf

Production Stage Manager Samantha Flint

Casting by McCorkle Casting, Ltd.

Artistic Associate Laiona Michelle

Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey

General Manager Scott Goldman

Directed by Ryan George

This production is sponsored by

King James was co-commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director; David Schmitz, Executive Director) and Center Theatre Group (Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director; Douglas C. Baker, Producing Director), and received its world premiere in 2022 in co-productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, and Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.

King James is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC servicing Dramatists Play Service imprint (www.dramatists.com).

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

King James will be performed with one 15 minute intermission.

Setting: Cleveland, Ohio - 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016

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.

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.

Doug Harris (Matt) is an actor/writer. Select NYC credits: Redeemed (59E59), New Golden Age (Primary Stages), Disco Pigs (Drama League), The Rape of The Sabine Women… (Playwrights Realm), The Glass Menagerie (Masterworks). Select regional theater: Redeemed (CATF), A Few Good Men (La Mirada Theater), Still Life (Ancram Opera House), Sheepdog (CATF), A Few Good Men (The Pittsburgh Public), Waiting for Lefty (Quintessence) It’s Only A Play (George Street Playhouse), We’re Gonna Be Okay (B Street). New play development: Playwrights Realm, NYTW, The Lark, Actors Theatre of Louisville, NY Classical, Ensemble Studio Theater, Pipeline, etc. Select Film: “Caravan” (2025), “Motherland” (2025), “Spooky Action, “ “December 1, 1969,” “Viking Funeral,” “Crush” (currently in development). For Betsy and Anne. www.dougharrisactor.com.

Blake Morris (Shawn) is a Brooklyn-based storyteller by way of Chicago. Off Broadway: The Public Theater. Regional: The Huntington Theater, The Studio Theater (DC), The National Black Theater, The Kennedy Center, Two River Theater, Long Wharf Theater, Mill Mountain Theater, The Kelly Strayhorn Theater. TV: POSE, “Jessica Jones,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Good Fight,” “FBI,” “Blue Bloods.” MFA in Acting from UC Irvine.

Rajiv Joseph (Playwright) Rajiv Joseph’s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama. He has twice won the Obie Award for Best New American Play, first in 2016 with Guards at the Taj (also a 2016 Lortel Winner for Best Play) and then in 2018 with Describe the Night Other plays include King James, Letters of Suresh, Archduke, The North Pool, Gruesome Playground Injuries and Animals Out of Paper. He also wrote the libretto for the opera Shalimar the Clown, based on the novel by

Salman Rushdie. He has written for TV and film and has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, United States Artists and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal.

Ryan George (Director) is a Miami raised, Brooklyn based artist with a BFA from The University of Florida. He is so thrilled and humbled to be directing at George Street Playhouse for the first time, after being fortunate enough to act for the company on multiple occasions dating back to 2018. His previous directing credits include The Royale (The Hippodrome Theater) and The Mountaintop (The Hippodrome Theater & Uptown PAC). Some of his performance credits include Blues for an Alabama Sky (Barrington Stage), The Liar (Arvada Center), The Brothers Size (Gablestage), & Midwives (George Street Playhouse). He’s thankful to his partner, his family, friends, and team for their constant support! Learn more at iamryangeorge.com.

Frank J. Oliva (Set Designer) is an award winning Cuban-American Stage Designer. George Street Playhouse Debut. Recent work includes world premieres and new productions throughout the United States, in New York and Internationally. Frank won the Opera America Director/Designer Prize in 2022 and is the recipient of a Carbonell and 3 Silver Palm Awards, alongside nominations for Audelco and Henry Hewes awards. His work was exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial in 2019 and 2023, and profiled in Vulture, Visa Magazine and The Miami Herald. Member of Wingspace and United Scenic Artists. Proud graduate of New York University’s Tisch School. www.frankjoliva.com

Azalea Fairley (Costume Designer) is a New Orleans born NYC based costume designer and is thrilled to make a return to George Street Playhouse! Broadway: Associate Designer, A Strange Loop; Assistant Designer, Hamilton. Off-Broadway: Shadow/ Land (The Public); TJ Loves Sally 4Ever (Jack Theater); What Lies Beneath (On Site

Opera NYC). Regional: After Midnight (Paper Mill Playhouse); Fabulations (Chautauqua Theater Company); Eternal Life Pt1 (Wilma Theater, PA); Clyde’s (George St Playhouse NJ); Detroit ’67, Schoolgirls (TheaterSquared AR), Blood Knot (Flat Rock Playhouse NC), By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Colorado Fine Arts Ctr), 10×10 Play Fest (Barrington Stage MA), Film: “Murderer” and “The Rainbow Experiment.” Awards: Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design for the Audelco Awards, the Barrymore Awards, and The Henry Awards. Member USA 829. AzaleaFairley.com

Amara Payton McNeil (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based, Hartford-raised, theatrical lighting designer. She holds a B.A. in Theater from Fordham University and was the 2023 Howell Binkley Fellow. As a visual storyteller, she aims to create an immersive experience for the audience, using vibrant colors and dynamic angles to bring texture to the stage. She enjoys work created for and by the black community and projects that blend performance and culture. Credits include Broadway: Romeo & Juliet (DMC), Stereophonic (Asst. LD), Come From Away 2nd Nat Tour (Asst. LD), The Wiz Pre-Broadway Tour (HBB Fellow), Parade (LD Intern); Regional/Off-Broadway: Icons Gala (LD @ PAC NYC), Fabulation, or… (LD @ The Billie Holiday), Like They Do In The Movies (Assoc. LD at PAC NYC), Teeth (Assoc. LD @ New World Stages), Vegan Chitlins (LD at The Flea ), Hair (Assoc. LD at Two River), The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (ALD at La Jolla Playhouse).

Christopher J. Bailey (Sound Designer / GSP Production Manager) This season marks Mr. Bailey’s 26th at George Street Playhouse and 19th as its Production Manager, having previously served the Playhouse as Technical Coordinator and Sound and Lighting Manager. Most recent for designing for GSP was Lighting Designer for What the Constitution Means to Me and The Immigrant. 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.

Douglas Sharf (Video Design/Assistant Director) Grateful for his first collab with GSP. Video designer out of the need to make his own films, in order to realize his own scripts. Video credits incl: Last Call (HBO), Harry & Meghan (Netflix), The Children of the Underground (FX), Justice (Doug Liman)... Love to Gorgeous Ryan George, All Rats, Beck, Sharves. UF SoTD 2010. Check out his death metal band The Red Mass Ritual.

Samantha Flint (Production Stage Manager) (she/her) Previously at George Street Playhouse: Gene & Gilda, What the Constitution Means to Me, tick, tick...BOOM!, The Club, Having Our Say, Tales from the Guttenberg Bible,...Spelling Bee, Her Portmanteau, A Walk on the Moon, It’s Only A Play, Bad Dates, Conscience, Midwives, The Immigrant. Broadway. Venus in Fur (MTC). Off-Broadway: Final Follies, HIM (Primary Stages); Measure for Measure, In the Wake, The Winter’s Tale, The Brother/Sister Plays (The Public). Selected Regional: Murder on the Orient Express, Disgraced, The Winter’s Tale, The Brother/Sister Plays, Herringbone (McCarter Theatre Center); Murder on the Orient Express, Somewhere (Hartford Stage); Camelot (Two River Theater); June Moon, The Visit (Williamstown); Kinky Boots, ...Spelling Bee, Barefoot in the Park (Bucks County Playhouse); Tales from the Guttenberg Bible (Bay Street Theater); Chicken & Biscuits (Crossroads Theatre Company); And A Nightingale Sang (Westport Country Playhouse). Education: The Theatre School at DePaul University.

McCorkle Casting Ltd, Pat McCorkle, CSA Rebecca Weiss, CSA (Casting) McCorkle Casting continues to strive for inclusivity and social awareness during its 35-year history in casting and is pleased to be associated with this George Street Playhouse production. Broadway: Over 50 productions including On The Town, Amazing Grace, End of the Rainbow, A Few Good Men. etc. Off-Broadway: Over 60 productions: Highlights; Tribes, Our Town, Driving Miss Daisy. Regional Theatre: Guthrie, Barrington Stage, CATF, City Theatre-Pittsburgh, Olney Theatre and hundreds of regional theatres throughout the country. Feature films: Currently casting six films for theatrical release. Previous project highlights: “Premium Rush”, “Ghost Town”, “The Thomas Crown Affair”, “Die Hard with a Vengeance”, etc. Television: 3 new films for Hallmark, “Twisted”, Humans for “Sesame Street”, “Californication” (Emmy Nomination), “Chappelle’s Show”, “Strangers with Candy” etc. (mccorklecasting.com)

The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation was established in 1983 by New Brunswick philanthropist Irving Laurie The Foundation supports a variety of projects across broad issue areas. The 2024/2025 program of cultural support currently includes the Lincoln Center Theatre presentation of McNeal; the public television series “American Masters;” NJPAC’s 2024/2025 American Song series; the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Pirates of Penzance; the Kennedy Center’s 2024/2025 Broadway Center Stage series; the Paley Center programs on The Media’s Role in Combating Antisemitism; and the 2024/2025 Drew Forum –New Jersey’s most prestigious ongoing speakers series – this year featuring Bob Costas, Andy Borowitz and Senator Al Franken. The Foundation has provided approximately $107,000,000 in grants to a variety of philanthropic endeavors, addressing the Foundation’s interest in the arts, education, health care and social services.

David Saint (Artistic Director) is in his 27th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed nearly 50 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed tick, tick...BOOM! and Chris Bohjalian’s The Club. Additional productions include Tales from the Guttenberg Bible, 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 awardwinning 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 Drama-Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation.

Edgar Herrera (Executive Director) Born and raised in Mexico, Mr. Herrera received the prestigious 2004-2005 Management Fellowship of the League of American Orchestras, taking on special projects with senior leadership at The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, The Aspen Music Festival & School and The Elgin Symphony (IL). In 2005 he was appointed the Executive Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra; after two years leading the PSO, he was nominated for the League´s Executive Director of the year under 40. In 2007, he was recruited by the Syracuse Symphony to lead the Marketing and Patron Development department. Mr. Herrera moved to Mexico City in 2009 to become the Executive Director of a private foundation formed by partners of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In 2013 the Clinton Global Initiative extended an invitation to Mr. Herrera and his foundation to become a member. In 2014, with an entrepreneurial mindset and smart investments, Mr. Herrera successfully developed a multitude of business ventures, including a digital accounting firm, an international trade enterprise, a consulting firm and a mining business, which he sold in 2019 to go back to his real passion, the performing arts. Mr. Herrera joined the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in early 2020, where he successfully used his experience, both in the Arts and in the private sector, to completely transform the institution.

Champagne Reception & Dinner

Catherine Lobardi and Stage Left

Cabaret and Award Presentation

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

the legend of

BASIC INFO BASIC INFO

FULL NAME: FULL NAME:

LeBron Raymone James LeBron Raymone James

BORN BORN : December 30, 1984 : December 30, 1984

BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE : Akron, Ohio : Akron, Ohio

SPOUSE SPOUSE : Savannah James : Savannah James ((2013-present) 2013-present)

CHILDREN: CHILDREN:

LeBron Jr., Bryce, Zhuri

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:: Capricorn Capricorn

stats of a king stats of a king

• 21 seasons for the Cavaliers, Lakers, Heat.

• Averages: 27.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists in 1,492 regular-season games.

• Selected to play in 20 All-Star games.

• Awards: Rookie of the Year, 4 MVP, 4 Finals MVP, 4 NBA championships

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Rose-Marie Lamar

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Paul Lehrer

Karen and David Levinsky

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Anonymous

We are grateful to our new and renewing annual fund donors listed here for their gifts received through March 3, 2025. If you notice an error here, please contact us at development@georgestplayhouse.org so that we may correct it for our next printing.

David Saint, Artistic Director • Edgar Herrera, Executive Director

ARTISTIC

General Manager Scott Goldman

Artistic Associate Laiona Michelle

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Director of Finance

Administration Manager / Board Liaison

Ganapathi Kamath

Megan Cherry

Business Assistant Lynne Holton

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development

Jacqueline Brendel

Development Manager Haley Kisly

Development Associate Madaline Krawchuk

MARKETING & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Marketing Manager

VIP Sales Manager

Data Services Manager

Customer Experience Supervisor

Assistant Patron Services Manager

Patron Services Associates

Photographer

Danny Decker

Michelle Dorant

Vannesa Hamilton

Rose Curran

Gary Frangione

Susan Blumert

Jessica Pace

Marlene Zyontz

T. Charles Erickson

Key Art Graphic Designer Corinne Antonelli

PRODUCTION

Production Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Christopher J. Bailey

Billy Goheen

Company Manager Sal Fabio

SETS

Technical Director

Shop Foreman

Head Carpenter

Carpenter/Rigger

Mohamed Haddara

Nick Skiba

Jake Blanchette

Tyler Hughes

Carpenter Ezra Silkes

Scenic Charge

PROPERTIES

Properties Supervisor

COSTUMES

Costume Shop Manager

Assistant Costume Shop Manager

Wardrobe Supervisor

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Assistant Stage Manager Qixuan Sun

Production Assistant Wonu Ogunfowora

Assistant Scenic Designer Michael Ruiz del Vizo

Assistant Costume Designer Tyler Alexander Arnold

Associate Lighting Designer Will Rossiter

Assistant Sound Designer Joe Parisi

Lighting Supervisor

Ryan David Fisher

Assistant Lighting Supervisor Laura Downey

Sound Supervisor Kwamina Biney

Assistant Sound Supervisor Chiara DeSantis

Video Programmer / Supervisor

Dresser

Xavier Vassallo

Christina Gillespie

Stitchers Kaden Adrian Woodward

Donna Tomaselli

Emily Knapp

NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Executive Director Merissa Buczny

Director of Operations

Mark Sharp

Director of Patron Services Victoria Muscio

House Manager/

Assistant Box Office Manager Jessica Jasionowski

Marketing Manager

Eric Greenberg

Social Media Coordinator Shellby Lawless

Box Office Associates Shellby Lawless Ross Matos

Production Manager /

Lighting Supervisor

Deck Supervisor

LX Programmer / Board Operator

Gwen Streitman

Tommy Williamson

Andre Penn

Matthew Binkowitz

Assistant Lighting Supervisor Aiden Mitchell

Audio and Video Supervisor

Joey Copsetta

Assistant Sound Supervisor / A1 Prince Bawuah

Deck Crew

Jim Hancocks

Jason Jackson

Christopher Nielsen

Matt Turner

Nick Sosa

Robert Lavagno

Joleen Addleman Loyd

Becky Erlitz

Rachel Pollard

For Your Information

George Street Playhouse is located at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org • Patron Services: 732-246-7717

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.

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 canceling 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.