Ibsen's Ghost (Official Show Program)

GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE

2023 – 2024

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From the Artistic Director Dear Theatregoers, I have been an enormous fan of Charles Busch for years, since I saw his Psycho Beach Party.

He has grown to be a legendary performer and writer. A drag icon!

So it is such a thrill and honor to have Charles and his longtime director Carl Andress bring us his latest world premiere, Ibsen’s Ghost.

This “irresponsible autobiographical fantasy” will surely delight you as Charles plays the irrepressible Widow Ibsen. Both historical and hysterical, this sophisticated comedy shines a new, original light on the Great playwright Henrik Ibsen and the colorful, surprising characters of his world.

Shaping that world will be Charles’ director Carl Andress who has assembled an amazing cast of top tier talent of stage and screen. In addition, a first class team of designers have all been enlisted to create this detailed vision of the dawn of the twentieth century with a twist.

We are so proud to debut this work partnering with our friends at Primary Stages in Manhattan, now led by Erin Daley.

Enjoy!

David Saint Artistic Director

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Ibsen’s Ghost

by Charles Busch Set Designer Shoko Kambara Costume Designer Gregory Gale Lighting Designer Ken Billington Sound Designers Jill BC Du Boff & Ien DeNio Hair, Wig & Makeup Designer Bobbie Zlotnik Dialect Coach Rebecca Simon Production Stage Manager Avery Trunko General Manager Scott Goldman Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey Casting by McCorkle Casting Directed by Carl Andress

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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 Wolf.............................................................................................Thomas Gibson Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen...........................................................Charles Busch Gerda.....................................................................................................Jen Cody George Elstad / The Rat Wife..............................................Christopher Borg Magdalene Kragh Thoresen...............................................................Judy Kaye Hanna Solberg.......................................................................Jennifer Van Dyck

Setting: Oslo, Norway. June, 1906.

Ibsen’s Ghost will be performed with one 15-minute intermission Understudies never substitute for performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance: For Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen: Kate Hampton

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.

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COMPANY bios.

Christopher Borg (George Elstad/The Rat Wife) With Charles, Borg has appeared in The Confession of Lily Dare (2020 Nom Lucille Lortel Award - Outstanding Featured Actor), Judith of Bethulia (Urdamani the Eunuch), Red Scare of Sunset (staged reading). Other Off-Broadway: Penny Pennyworth, The Play About the Naked Guy. Off-Off Broadway: Doric Wilson’s Street Theatre, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Off the King’s Road. As a writer/performer with New York Neo-Futurists: The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill Vol. 2, The Infinite Wrench, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Regional: Shakespeare’s R&J (Juliet), Gross Indecency, Raised in Captivity, Bent, Pterodactyls.

Charles Busch (Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen/ Playwright) is the author The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which ran nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony® nomination for Best Play, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history.

Mr. Busch is the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. The Dramatist’s Guild has honored him with the Flora Roberts Award for sustained commitment to the theatre. His autobiography, Leading Lady: The Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy was recently published by BenBella books.

Charlesbusch.com Jen Cody (Gerda) Thrilled to be back with the troupe.

Other Charles Busch plays: Judith of Bethulia, Cleopatra, Times Square Angel, Taboo. Broadway/ Off: A Christmas Story, Shrek, Pajama Game, Taboo, Urinetown, Seussical, Beauty and The Beast, Grease, Cats, The Wild Party, Best Foot

Forward, Hallelujah Baby!, Tenderloin, Henry and Mudge (drama league nomination) Film/ TV: New Amsterdam, The Good Fight, Paper Spiders, Instinct, Blue Bloods, Bull, Winx Club, Robot and Monster, American Dad, Law and Order, Unforgettable, Khumba, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, P.King Duckling, Shrek Live. Her voice is best known as Charlotte La Bouff in Disney’s Princess and the Frog (Annie Award Winner for Best Leading Voice in a Major Motion Picture.

Thomas Gibson (Wolf) Theatre: NYSF, MCC, EST, Theater for a New Audience, MTC, En Garde Arts, Circle in the Square, Kennedy Center, Yale Rep, Center Stage Film: Eyes Wide Shut, Psycho Beach Party, Barcelona, Sleep With Me, Stardom, Love and Human Remains, Far and Away, Viva Rock Vegas Television: Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, The Inheritance, A Will of Their Own, Chicago Hope, Dharma and Greg, Criminal Minds. Juilliard, Group XIV

Judy Kaye (Magdalene Kragh Thoresen) is a two-time Tony® Award recipient (Phantom of the Opera and Nice Work If You Can Get It). She has been nominated for Mamma Mia! and for her performance as Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir. She played the role of Queen Elizabeth in Diana, a true musical story and, most recently, played Mary in ’Til Death off-Broadway. In a career spanning five decades, Ms. Kaye has played roles ranging from Lily Garland in On the Twentieth Century, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd to Rizzo in Grease, as well leading roles in Cinderella, Wicked and Anastasia, all on Broadway. For more, Google!

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COMPANY bios.

Jennifer Van Dyck (Hanna Solberg) is a frequent collaborator with Charles Busch and Carl Andress: The Confession of Lily Dare (Outer Circle Critics Award), Cleopatra, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister, The Third Story. Broadway: Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages, Barrow St., Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Keen Company, Naked Angels. Other favorite collaborations: playwright Sarah Schulman, playwright and director David Auburn, director Michael Barakiva. Film/Television: all versions of Law & Order, Blindspot, Madam Secretary, Bull, The Good Wife, The Blacklist, Royal Pains, Elementary, Person of Interest, Too Big to Fail, Michael Clayton, Across the Universe.

Kate Hampton (u/s Suzannah Thoresen Ibsen) Broadway: Birthday Candles, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Deep Blue Sea. First National Tour: Spring Awakening. OffBroadway: The Master Builder (BAM); The Typographer’s Dream (Clubbed Thumb); All My Sons (Roundabout). Regional Favorites: A Doll’s House, Part 2, God of Carnage, Fallen Angels, Boeing, Boeing, Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice (Asolo Rep); An Inspector Calls, How the Other Half Loves, The Cocktail Hour (Florida Rep); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Talley’s Folly, Absurd Person Singular (Peterborough Players); Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Humana Festival); Loot (Arden); The Real Thing (Olney); Hard Times (Williamstown). TV: Bones, the Law & Order trifecta, Sex and the City. Training: Brown University; Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London

Carl Andress (Director) is proud to have staged over 15 original productions of critically acclaimed plays written by and starring Charles Busch, including The Tribute Artist, The Confession of Lily Dare, and The Divine Sister, plus the films The Sixth Reel and A Very Serious Person. In addition to many other New York and regional productions, he has also directed and produced numerous workshops, galas and special events. Carl is a proud recipient of the 2022 Einhorn Mentorship Award, given by Primary Stages and in 2023, he was named Artistic Director of the historic, awardwinning Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, CT. carlandress.com Shoko Kambara (Set Designer) Work at GSP: Having Our Say, Little Girl Blue, Midwives, Her Portmanteau. Recent Theater: Bees and Honey (MCC), Fairycakes (Greenwich House), Ring of Fire (Geva Theatre), Native Gardens (Syracuse Stage/ Geva Theatre/Portland Stage). Opera: The Prince of Players (Houston Grand Operaworld premiere), The Barber of Seville (Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Omaha and many more around the US). Film: Eileen, The Good Nurse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Cavan, Summer Fridays.

Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute: In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, In America: An Anthology of Fashion. MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Gregory Gale (Costume Designer) is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer working in film, television, theater, opera, and dance. Gale has won two Lucille Lortel Awards for Fairycakes and The Voysey Inheritance, and nominations include 2 Tony Awards: Cyrano de Bergerac and Rock of Ages, 5 Lucille Lortell Awards, 3 Drama Desk Awards, and 5 Henry Hewes Design Awards. He was also the recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. His opera designs include La Rondine and An American Soldier (OTSL), The Prince of Players, and El Milagro del Recuerdo (Houston Grand Opera). Recent films include The Mental State, and Real Drag.

COMPANY bios.

Ken Billington (Lighting Designer) Over 100 Broadway shows to his credit, including New York, New York, the original Sweeney Todd, Waitress, Sunday in the Park with George (2008 & 2017), and The Scottsboro Boys to name a few. His Tony Award lighting for Chicago has been seen worldwide. Other Projects: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Fantasmic! at Disneyland, and architectural lighting for work NYC’s 54 Below and Tavern on the Green. Ken is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Jill BC Du Boff (Sound Designer) Broadway: Summer 1976, Derren Brown: Secret, The Heidi Chronicles, Hand to God, Disgraced, Children of A Lesser God, Picnic, Wit, Other Desert Cities, Good People, The Constant Wife, The Good Body, Bill Maher: Victory…. Off-Broadway includes Lincoln Center Theater, MTC, Atlantic Theater Company, Vineyard Theatre, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The Public, Second Stage Theatre, NYTW, WP, Cherry Lane Theatre, Signature Theatre, Clubbed Thumb (affiliate artist), Penguin Rep. Radio: Studio 360, Radiolab, The New Yorker Radio Hour, and The New Yorker podcasts.; Director of Audio at Marvel Entertainment Drama Desk and Henry Hewes nominations. Awards: Ruth Morley Design Award, Obie for Sustained Excellence, Lilly Award. Jill is currently the Head of Sound Design at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Love to Adam, Milo, and Mabel.

Ien DeNio (Sound Designer) is a two-time Drama Desk nominated enbee, who, for reasons passing understanding, seems to enjoy leaving their umbrella at home when it is most assuredly going to rain. Usually downpour. This makes their mother make that exasperated noise.. the one you grew up with, the one that makes you cringe just a little bit.

Awkward. Yep. That one. Bet you just heard it in your head. Sound Designed. They have also designed many shows in many places.

That one was a particular favorite. This one too. Also the other one. www.iendenio.com [Neverbugs... little ones.]

Bobbie Zlotnik (Hair, Wig and Makeup Designer) George Street Debut! OffBroadway: Emojiland (Drama Desk Nom.), Gatsby Immersive, Fairycakes, Drop Dead Perfect, Disenchanted, Forbidden Broadway, Bed Bugs!!!, and many more. National Tours: On Your Feet, Emojiland, Cocomelon LIVE. Cape Playhouse; Baskerville, Camelot, An American in Paris, Sense & Sensibility, Jersey Boys, Ain’t Misbehavin’. The Lex: White Christmas, The Sound of Music, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, Newsies, Music Man. Gulfshore Playhouse: Winter Wonderettes, 26 Miles, Barefoot In The Park, Steel Magnolias, The 39 Steps. Park Playhouse: Matilda, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Penguin Rep: Gene & Gilda, The Virtuous Life of Joseph Andrews, Souvenir. Syracuse Stage: Tender Rain, Our Town. Tuacahn: Wonderland. Bucks County Playhouse; Evita. PCLO: Godspell.

Hangar Theatre; Kinky Boots. Theatre By The Sea: Love And Other Fables.

Rebecca Simon (Dialect Coach) is honored to return to GSP where she coached voice and dialects for A Walk on The Moon, American Hero, Trying and Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical. Other coaching credits include shows for The McCarter Theatre, including The White Snake directed by Tony® Award-winner Mary Zimmerman as well as shows for Bristol Riverside Theatre and Forestburgh Playhouse among others. Rebecca is an Assistant Professor of Voice, Speech, and Acting in the School of Theatre and Dance at East Carolina University. She also maintains a private studio with clients from all over the globe. www.rebeccasimonvoice.com Avery Trunko (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses; OffBroadway: Belfast Girls (Irish Repertory Theater); Dig, The Confession of Lily Dare (Primary Stages); Hangmen, On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company); Privacy, Julius Caesar (Public Theater); This Space Between Us, Molly Sweeney (Keen Company); By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theatre); Eureka Day (Colt Coeur); Superstitions, The Ding Dongs, Is Edward Snowden Single? (The Pool Plays) Select

COMPANY bios.

Regional: Hartford Stage Company, Oklahoma City Rep, Dorset Theatre Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Yale Repertory Theatre; Avery holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama, and a BFA from Hofstra University.

Christopher J. Bailey (GSP Production Manager) This season marks Mr. Bailey’s 25th 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. 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.

McCorkle Casting: 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. OffBroadway: 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) Primary Stages (Co-Producer) is an OffBroadway not-for-profit theater company dedicated to inspiring, supporting, producing, and sharing the art of playwriting. We operate on the strongly held belief that the future of American theater relies on nurturing playwrights and giving them the artistic support needed to create new work. Since our founding in 1984, we have produced more than 135 new plays, and last year, we proudly returned to 59E59 Theaters as their Resident Off-Broadway Theater Company, most recently producing Theresa Rebeck’s critically-acclaimed Dig. Our productions and artists have received critical acclaim, including numerous Tony, Obie, Lortel, Off-Broadway Alliance, AUDELCO, Outer Critics’ Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk awards and nominations. Primary Stages supports playwrights and develops new works through commissions, workshops, readings, and our education and engagement programs: the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), Creative Access Grants, the Echoes Writers Group, our Free Student Matinee Program, and the Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project.

Through these programs, Primary Stages advocates for our artists, helping them make important—and often transformative— connections within the theater community.

For more information on Primary Stages and our various programs, please visit us at primarystages.org.

COMPANY bios.

David Saint (Director/Artistic Director) is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed nearly 50 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Tales from the Guttenberg Bible. 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 Drama-Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/ Hatcher Foundation.

Edgar Herrera (Managing 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.

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INSIDE IBSEN’S GHOST

An Interview with Director, Carl Andress

Please tell us about yourself and your background in theatre.

I essentially grew up around the theater and developed a real passion for it when I was very young. My parents were great devotees of the stage, so I grew up going to see shows with them in New York and Boston, plus my mother was also a performer, so I eventually became immersed in the practice of theater both onstage and off, for as far back as I can remember and so I knew at a very young age that it was my aim to make the theater my profession.

How did you first meet and tell us about your first project together?

I came to New York with ambitions for being an actor, and somehow fate put me in the right place at the right time when I met Charles in 1995, as we were working together on an off-Broadway musical called Swingtime Canteen. As our friendship grew over the next couple of years, he saw something in me, which I hadn’t quite realized myself. He believed that I had what it takes to be a director, and he gave me an opportunity with a new play he was writing, called Queen Amarantha, which was a departure for him. I think it’s important for artists to grow and expand, so having the opportunity to explore our enthusiasm for that project, even though it didn’t quite work, was the beginning of an almost 30-year creative collaboration, which has taken us to offBroadway, Broadway, all around the country, and even to the silver screen.

How would you describe your artistic process as individuals and how do you approach collaborating together?

Well, it always starts with a long, enthusiastic conversation! Charles will mention an idea he’s been considering for a new project and then we get to talking about it and before long, I'll receive the first draft of a script. Then we will have many more long and exciting conversations as we imagine what the world of the play might look like, who might be in it and what it will sound like.

Tell us about Ibsen's Ghost and what you hope for audiences to experience while watching the performance.

Charles has written a funny, insightful and incredibly clever new play, informed by his lifelong admiration for the plays of Henrik Ibsen. And by creating a character based on the life of Suzannah Ibsen, he has found an ingenious way to evoke some of his favorite themes from Ibsen's works, while at the same time weaving in allusions to some of the playwrights who followed him, such as Strindberg, O’Neill, and even Williams!

INSIDE IBSEN’S GHOST

An Interview with Playwright and Star, Charles Busch Please tell us about yourself and your background in theatre I began my career in the theater nearly fifty years ago through a lot of hard work, and found a place for myself in the theater as an actor/playwright.

Several of my plays have been adapted as films, which gave me the opportunity to work in both mediums, but the theater has been my true home.

How did you first meet and tell us about your first project together?

Carl Andress came into my life not long after he graduated college. I knew immediately that he had imagination and insight and a fierce work ethic. At that time in the late 1990's, I was feeling a bit stifled in my work as a purveyor of Hollywood camp parody. I was writing a play called "Queen Amarantha" which was a big departure in style for me. Carl gave me the confidence to go with my instinct and ultimately I asked him to co-direct the play with me. It was not a success but what we learned from that project was invaluable and has imprinted all of our work together since.

How would you describe your artistic process as individuals and how do you approach collaborating together?

As a director, Carl becomes involved in the play when it's just a sliver of an idea in my brain. He knows me so well that he poses the perfect questions that strikes sparks in my imagination. He's an excellent dramaturge. Some of his questions are thematic and some are as specific as "What color wig do you see yourself wearing in this story?" When I present him with a full draft, we read the script out loud together with the two of us playing all of the parts. It's a relationship built very much on trust and a lot of laughter.

Tell us about Ibsen's Ghost and what you hope for audiences to experience while watching the performance.

I hope the audience won't think we're doing a revival of Ibsen's "Ghosts." This play is a comedy/drama about the legendary Norwegian playwright's wife, Suzannah.

She was a brilliant woman, who made a splash at a young age as a playwright but gave up her career to become the woman behind the great man. There is very little written about her emotional life, so I've taken the liberty of imagining her conflict between her wifely devotion and her creative frustration. I've also taken several real life figures who were footnotes in Henrik Ibsen's life and made them major characters.

The play is subtitled "An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy," allowing me the freedom to use the life of this playwright of genius as a starting off point for my comic invention.

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CONTRIBUTING PARTNER $5,000 - $9,999 The Amboy Foundation Anela Kolohe Foundation The Fred C. Rummel Foundation Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings Foundation Nancy Friday Foundation Nassau Communications Peapack-Gladstone Bank Pepsico Schumann Fund for New Jersey

GUARANTORS $2,500 - $4,999

Barton Nurseries Clinton Honda, Land Rover of Princeton & Somerset Patriots Eisner Amper Erdmann Group Fox Rothschild Genova Burns Hackensack Meridian Health LCK Wealth Management Newport Capital Group Northfield Bank PSEG Foundation Withum Wealth Management

THANK YOU for your annual support PATRONS $1,000 - $2,499 Alchemation Bridgewater Acura Delta Dental Douglas Auto Group Gorgeous Entertainment IBEW, Local 456 The Jerome Robbins Foundation Levenfeld and Pearlstein, LLC New Brunswick Cultural Center NJM Insurance Group Plumbers & Pipefitters, Local 9 SAPRO Solix, Inc. St. Peter’s Hospital WME

BACKERS $500 - $999

Actors Equity Foundation, Inc. Bruns-Pak Worldwide Crumbl Cookies Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP IATSE Local 21 Kelso & Bradshaw New Brunswick City Center New Jersey Theatre Alliance

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Current Matching Gift Companies Supporting GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE ATT

IBM Corporation

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Prudential Foundation

Johnson & Johnson

GE Corporation

Merck Company

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Goldman Sachs

Merrill Lynch & Co.

S&P Global Foundation

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey

PepsiCo Pfizer

Verizon

UBS

INDIVIDUALS PRODUCER’S CIRCLE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $25,000+ Joan and Robert Campbell James N. Heston Peter Jewell and Fred Eisinger Sharon Karmazin The Honorable Thomas H. Kean Arthur Roswell Anonymous

CO-PRODUCER $10,000– $24,999

Lois and Ronald Bleich Lucy Hughes and Sean Devlin Julie and Robert Goldstein In Memory of Albert and Barbara Goldstein Bill and Rhonda Hagaman Anne E. Hayden Cecelia and Seward Johnson Mindy Raso Kirstein and Phil Kirstein Nancy and Duncan MacMillan David Saint Janice and Lewis Stolar

PLAYWRIGHT $5,000 – $7,499 Marie Adair Laura Baron William Engel Tillie and Bob Kahle Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D. Leonard Littman Adele T. Macula, Ed.D. Kimberlee and Michael Murphy Ellen Ozur and Stuart Brown Dorothy and Norman Politziner Jocelyn Schwartzman Nonny and Paul Stahlin Cuyler and Lexine Tremayne Lora Tremayne Anonymous

DIRECTOR $2,500 – $4,999 Edward S. Atwater, IV Christine and Joseph Bartonek Nancy and Joseph Benincasa Al Berger and Carol Auerbach Wanda Blanchett Betsy and Lou Garlatti Margaret and Thomas Gorrie Janice and Brian Haggerty Steve and Ruth Hendel Julie Jimenez Josh Kalafer Laura and Dean Livingston John Mortenson C. Sharon and Jonathan Parker

Rita Paszamant Richard A. Patt Christine Renz and Noah Levy Adrienne and Andrew Ross Carole and Stephen Schneider In Honor of Janice Stolar Vicki and Neil Weisfeld

ARTIST $1,000 – $2,499

Isa Beck Walter Bradhering Benjamin Bucca Kathleen Campbell Jackson Suresh and Sudesh Chugh Marylou and Al D’Augusta D’Maris and Joseph Dempsey Carol Edelson Barbara and Paul Eggermann Barbara and Gerald Essig Bobbi and Barry Freedman Susan Garruto Paula and Jack Gentempo Marc Gonzer Christine Grant and Michael Halpern Edgar and Luz Herrera Dave Greene Nancy and Dean Georgiades Jamie Grant John and Clara Grosso Margaret Grove In Memory of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees James Hancock Tom Heston Joanne Kerekes Steven Klein Irene and Steven Lieberman Janet Lonney Pamela and Andrew Lovasz Maureen and Anthony Marchetta Yvonne Marcuse Barbara Martalus In Memory of Robert J. Martalus, longtime friend of the Playhouse Dina Mastellone Eliza and Jeffery Mazen Mark McMahon and Roberto Moreira Edward Mendlowitz Lisa Moro and Alan Voorhees Marlene and Michael Nissenblatt Elizabeth Otterbein Mona and Barry Portnoy Ann and Robert Rafano Marie and Marshall Rosen Kathy and Ken Schurzky Lynn and Barry Sherman Noreen and Patrick Sinko Marlo Thomas Renée Troiano

INDIVIDUALS Margaret Velden Caroline and Frank Weymar Nancy and Edward Winant Philip and Rebecca Witt Michele and George Wolansky Warren Zimmerman Anonymous (2)

PARTNERS $500 – $999

Kathy and Richard Adleman Dr. Deborah Alexander Jackie and Phillip Barrood Mayor and Mrs. James Cahill Mary and Alden Carlson Joe Dipietro Jackie Eiermann Camara Epps Margaret Fourounjian Barbara and Sheldon Freidenreich The Ganguly Family Willard Geller Lisa A. Goldstein L. Goldstein and I. Novak Adam and Erica Grenker David Hargrove Tim Heston Gary Hoagland Lynne Holton Winnie Holzman and Paul Dooley Ruby Hope Jeffrey and Susan Hyman Laurie Kamhi Lynda and John Kazmark Leslie and Tom Kelso Suzanne and Eric Krebs Nancy L. Lee Susan Mansfield and John Byrne Joan and Richard Barry McCormick Amy and Michael Moorby Maria and Abel Moreyra Carolyn Myers and Dan Vickery Jerome N. Pasichow and Robin Greenberg Louis Ray Mary and Gary Reece Ellen Ruane Barbara and Howard Sorkin Randee Stolar Gail Wahle and Rick Taffer In honor of Janice Stolar David Wagner Peter Weitsen Irene Wolff

BACKERS $250 – $499

Marci and Martin Abschultz Barbara Baier Peggy Barbella and William Fitzsimmons Diane Beni

Karen A. Beverly Robert Henry Bishop, Jr. Susan and Alan Blanchette Karen and David Blivaiss Chris Bohjalian Shelley and Tom Brankner Donna Castronovo Nina Chimura Carol and Joseph Ciorciari Mark Corso Melissa and Charles Daniel Alison and Jim Decker Lynnette Durko Mark Evanko Angela Fevola and Karen Maccaron Anita Frank James G. Gibson Marlene and Joel Gordon Tina B. Gordonhal Donna Greco Gwendolyn and Michael Greenberg Austin Hagaman Denise and Irwin Hametz M Wilma Harris Evelyn Hartmann Margaret and Dennis Helms Joel and Ellen Henkin Ruby Hope Karen Horlick Cynthia J. Jankech Alex Jimenez Donna and Bud Keller Kevin Janis and George Kupczak Ellen Kennedy and David Fiegley David Kirstein Pat and Roger Klein Sharon and Joseph Kosmo Randi and Eli Kramer Martin Lasus Erika Leak Rose and Anthony LoCastro Ruth Marcus Richard McAdams Cheryl and Jeff McBride Denis and William McBride Sandy Rae Mckenzie Mary Ann McLaughlin Tali Mendelberg and Gilbert Blitz Joan and Rabbi Bennett Miller Cheryl Mintz and Harris Richter Jim Mulroy Judith S. Musicant and Hugh Clark Sherrilynn Novack Brenda J. Overcash and Thomas West Joseph and Laura Perez Marcus Porcelli Karen Price Bethany and Jonathan Rabinowitz

THANK YOU for your annual support Theresa Richardson Laurence Rothstein Karen Satterthwaite Marguerite and Rene Schlag Rachel Silverstein Theodore Stahl Joanne Stern Bonnie and David Sudol Patrice Sullivan Mary and Donald Thomas Kerry Tremayne Pannie Trifillis-Kiledjian Bonnie and Allan Warton Bob Warwick B.J. Welsh Caroline Willard Joanne and Allen Williams Michael Wolk Susan and Jerry Zweig

FRIENDS $100 – $249

Carol Adelman Jennifer Allen Beth and Marc Alterman Sally Amatucci Thomas F. Arnold Janet and Alan Arnowitz Joanne and Richard Bednash Anne Berry Gail and Barry Bertiger Michael and Heidi Bonomo Stacey and Dennis Borden Elizabeth and Bill Braden Tonya Breland Adelaide Brenner H. Neil Broder Leah and Peter Brown Barbara and Stanley Bruskin Jennifer and Richard Bullock James Burns Vincent and Lori Caputo Vincent Cardarelli Eva Carey Cheree Causey Linda Choplick Carol U. and Lewis B. Coe Ellen and Ted Cohen Lorraine and Harvey Cohen Margaret Cohen Carol Condon Donald B. Cook Ellen and Cliff Cramer Natalie Darwin Mary Ellen Decoster Anthony DeMarco Norman J. Diamond Nadiyah Dorsey

Natalie and Michael Dougherty Jennifer and John Dowd Diane and Philip Dumont Richard Engel Paula and Irwin Feifer Barbara Fisk Alice D. Firgau Marie Foucher and Daniel Hyman Bonnie and William Fox Maria Galeota Robert Gannon Judith E. Gardner Stacey and David Garfield Pat and Diana Gatti Tom Gilligan Susan and Eric Goldman Elizabeth and Roy Gotta Cynthia A. Graney Robert Grant Brenda and Roland Hagan Margaret Hanlon Daniel Harrington David Harris Robert Harris Robert Hartman Patricia M. Hastings Jeffery Heend Deborah Henry Nancy E. Hines Frederick Holt Denise and James Houghton Robert E. Howard Kathleen K. Hutchins Thomasina Hyland Howard and Benay Irwin Joyce Jonat Sharon Kaplan Maxine Kasdin Liz and Murray Katz Barbara and Arthur Ketterer Marcia & Robert Kerchner Nancy and Lee Kevin Sunny and Ted Kordower Dr. Linda Korman Spiegal and Phil Spiegal Susanne and Alex Kucsma Deirdre Kugelmeyer Dr. and Mrs. Gregory M. LaGana Michael Lane Paul Leath Ann and John Lech Paul Lehrer Kathryn Lemerich Karen and David Levinsky Debra Levinson Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lind Susan London Kathleen Love and Glenn Bell Barbara Louis

THANK YOU for your annual support FRIENDS $100 – $249

Mary Ann Marcuzzi Leslie and Richard Marcus Ruth Margolin Josefina Mark Kimberly Markus Linda Massa Ellen and Tom Measday Beth and Mark Mehler Patty Melancon Donna and Stanley Messer Jane and Steven Miller Matthew Mingle Bruce Moskovitz and John Fellin Kathleen Morales Anne Mozer Bloomenthal and Martin Bloomenthal Mark Murphy Suzanne S. Nacson Barbara and Kurt Nathan John Nehls Deborah and Jason Newcomb In Memory of Janet Tappen Debbie and Henry Newman Rochelle and Bruce Newman Eugene O’Neill Anita and Harry Paborsky Kathryn C. Paige Linda Ackerly Pagano Vicki Parker Susan and Timothy Peitz Jim and Barbara Petrosini Donna Pincavage George F. Poppe Debra Price and Gary Arkell Joan Prichard Sylvia Psuty Barry V. Qualls Frank Rees Elliot Reiter Emily Remmington Kim and Chris Riemann Steven Rifkin Susan Rivkind and Richard Zucker Jeff Robinson Naomi Rose Alan Rothschild Jadqueline Sarka Barbara Schafer Cory and Stanley Schneider John and Lynn Semmlow Michele Senko Marjorie Shakun Marianne Sheridan Pat Shiffner Denise Shukoff Valerie Slade

Jennifer Smith Mullen and Ed Mullen Christine Sohn Kathleen Soucek Robert Spencer Marcella Ann Stapor Wendy Stein Marjorie and Jeffrey Stevens Jill M. Stone Sloane and David Stribling Jacqueline Tepper Whitney and Lindsey Tisch Michael Triebe Karen Volpe Brian Wallace Elaine and Evan Wasserman Barbara Williams Eric and Adriana Winkelman Anita Wolfsen Mindy Wolkstein and Frank Giresi Anonymous

We are grateful to our new and renewing annual fund donors listed here for their gifts received between July 1, 2022 and December 18, 2023. 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.

STAFF David Saint, Artistic Director • Edgar Herrera, Managing Director

ARTISTIC General Manager Artistic Associate

Scott Goldman Laiona Michelle

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Director of Administration / Board Liaison Director of Finance Business Assistant

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Director of Special Campaigns and Major Gifts Development Associate

EDUCATION Director of Education Education Associate

Megan Cherry Ganapathi Kamath Lynne Holton

Jacqueline Brendel Angela Kluwin Haley Kisly

Nadiyah S. Dorsey Daniella Saldaña

MARKETING & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Director of Marketing & Customer Experience Marketing Manager VIP Sales Manager Tessitura Manager Assistant Patron Services Manager Senior Associate, Patron Services Patron Services Associates

Photographer

PRODUCTION

Jason Paddock Danny Decker Michelle Dorant Vannesa Hamilton Gary Frangione Rose Curran Susan Blumert Jessica Pace Marlene Zyontz T. Charles Erickson

Production Manager Assistant Production Manager Company Manager

Christopher J. Bailey Billy Goheen Sal Fabio

Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Carpenters

Mohamed Haddara Dori Lichter AJ Hansen Patrick Wellman Jake Blanchette Nick Skiba Jim Hancocks Jeanette Mieses Maria Somers

SETS

Scenic Charge Painter

PROPERTIES

Properties Supervisor Assistant Properties Supervisor

Robert Lavagno Anna Mondragon

COSTUMES

Costume Shop Manager Assistant Costume Shop Manager Wardrobe Supervisor Cutter/Draper Cutter/Draper Cutter/Draper

Joleen Addleman Loyd Becky Erlitz Rachel Pollard Kaden Adrian Woodward Caroline LaPorta Cathy Homa-Rocchio

FOR THIS PRODUCTION Assistant Stage Manager Production Assistant Assistant Set Designer Assistant Costume Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting Supervisor Sound Supervisor Wig Supervisor Assistant Sound Supervisor Dresser Stitchers

Kelly Hatfield June Torres Maddie Goddard Natalie Loveland Garett Pembrook Ryan Fisher Kwamina Biney Ariana Papin Chiara DeSantis Christina Gillespie Hanna Alison Donna Tomaselli Ariana Papin Christina Gillepsie Kaity Kearchner Amanda Caswell Suzann Cornelison

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

Production Manager / Lighting Supervisor Interim Production Manager Sound and Video Supervisor Deck Supervisor Lighting Programmer A1 A2 Deck

SPECIAL THANKS Norwegian Translation /Dialect Key Art Photographer Wig (Key Art Photo) Makeup (Key Art Photo) Styling (Key Art Photo) Charles Busch’s Costumes

Merissa Buczny Mark Sharp Victoria Muscio Keelin Higgins Emani Simpson Eric Greenberg Jessica Jasionowski Joy Lynn Pringle-Bato Tommy Williamson Cheri Snook Joshua Maywood Andre Penn Aiden Mitchell Prince Bawuah Jason Jackson Chris Nielsen

Eirill Alvide Falck Michael Wakefield Katherine Carr Nathan Johnson Gregory Gale Eric Winterling, Inc.

Western Costume Company and Period Corsets

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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.

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

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

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.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM

RECORDING EQUIPMENT

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.

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.