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A Note From The Executive Director Dear Friends, Thanks for coming out to George Street Playhouse. We’re so glad you’re here.

Now, The Shark is Broken, despite the title, isn’t really about a shark. It’s about three men: talented, complicated, maybe a little too opinionated, stuck on a boat, trying to make a movie... and slowly realizing they’ve got to survive each other first. It’s funny, for sure, but it also says something about ambition, doubt, and what it takes to create something meaningful when nothing goes according to plan.

That’s what I love about this piece. Yes, it’s about actors and movie-making, but it’s also about being human. The frustration, the egos, the isolation, the moments of connection. And somehow, in the middle of all that, the work still gets done. Something real comes out of the chaos. If you’ve ever had to work on a team project (or sit in a Zoom call that should have been an email), you’ll feel right at home.

At George Street, we chase stories like this: stories that bring us together, make us laugh, and remind us how much we have in common, even when we disagree. Especially when we disagree.

So settle in, enjoy the show, and as always, thank you for supporting live theatre. We’re glad you’re on this ride with us, even if the boat gets a little rocky.

All my best,

Edgar Herrera Executive Director George Street Playhouse

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GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE David Saint, Artistic Director Edgar Herrera, Executive Director Present

The Shark Is Broken

by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon Scenic Design by Anne Mundell Costume Design by Siena Zoë Allen Lighting Design by Alan C. Edwards Sound Design by Joanna Lynne Staub Projection Design by Adam J. Thompson Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design by Jennifer-Reneé Mullins Fight Direction by Jeffrey M. Bender Production Stage Manager Christina M. Woolard Casting by McCorkle Casting, Ltd. Artistic Associate Laiona Michelle Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey General Manager Scott Goldman Directed by Peter Flynn Original West End Production Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, GFour Productions, Larry Magid, Tulchin Bartner Productions, in association with Jane Bergère.

Original Broadway Production Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, GFour Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, LD Entertainment, No Guarantees, Jane Bergère, Richard Batchelder, Larry Magid, Theatre Tours International Ltd, Shooting the Breeze, Cue to Cue Productions/ Jamie deRoy, Marc Goldman/Richard & Claudia Beeny, Jill Lenhart/Yara Shoemaker Couture, Moellenberg/ Hornos, Pinnacle Productions/Bill Hanney, Jesse Singer/Matthew Levy.

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 Roy Scheider........................................................................Jason Babinsky Robert Shaw......................................................................Jeffrey M. Bender Richard Dreyfuss..................................................................Max Wolkowitz

The Shark Is Broken will be performed with no intermission.

Setting: On board the Orca, on the open ocean east of Martha’s Vineyard, between East Chop and Oak Bluffs.

Voiceovers:

Zawadi Anglin, Christopher J. Bailey, Ronald DeSciora, Hudson Flynn, Billy Goheen, Charles Hudson III, Kim Quick, Andrew Wolf

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.

COMPANY bios.

Jason Babinsky (Roy Scheider) Broadway: Network, Billy Elliot (also first national tour), Ghost.

Off-Broadway: Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic Theater), Caucasian Chalk Circle (CSC), A Man’s a Man (CSC). Regional: City Theatre, Alley Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theater, Huntington Theater, St. Louis Rep, CATF, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Syracuse Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, NSMT, PCLO, Hangar Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival. Film: “Sweethearts,” “She Said,” “ou Were Never Really Here,” “A Cure for Wellness,” “The Wizard of Lies (HBO),” “Contagion,” “You Don’t Know Jack (HBO),” “Law Abiding Citizen.”

Television: “Succession,” “Elsbeth,” “Law and Order,” “Law and Order SVU,” “FBI,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “The Equalizer,” “New Amsterdam,” “The Good Wife,” “Billions,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Bull,” “The Blacklist,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Knick,” “Person of Interest.”

Jeffrey M. Bender (Robert Shaw / Fight Director) is making his George Street Playhouse debut. Jeff teaches Theater Appreciation at Rutgers University and has taught over 10,000 students in the last 6 years. He’s been a company member of the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ for over 26 years, performed in 28 plays, and will be directing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) there later this summer. Broadway: A Time to Kill (The Golden Theatre) and Cymbeline (Lincoln Center).

Regional: Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Denver Center Theatre, Old Globe in San Diego, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and numerous NYC theatre companies. TV credits: “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Detour.”

Max Wolkowitz (Richard Dreyfuss) is thrilled to be making his George Street debut! N.Y./Regional: The Sabbath Girl: The Musical (59E59 and Original Cast Recording); Waiting for Godot (Barrington Stage, Berkie Award “Outstanding Featured Actor”); Cabaret (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Indecent (Arena Stage/KC Rep/

Baltimore Center Stage); The Chosen (Long Wharf); Assisted Loving (Capital Rep); Doctors Jane and Alexander (UTC61); Love, Sex & Death in the Amazon (Collider Theater); My Name Is Asher Lev (Penguin Rep); Ivanov (Trinity Rep); Indian Summer (Brown/ Trinity Playwrights Rep). TV: “FBI” (CBS). BA: Bennington. MFA: Brown/Trinity. Member of The Actors Center. Thanks to my team at DGRW and all my love to jk!

Ian Shaw (Co-Writer) trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, having obtained a BA in American Studies at Sussex University. He premiered The Shark is Broken for a 3-day run in Brighton, which, followed by a run at the Edinburgh Fringe and transferred to The Ambassadors Theatre in the West End in 2021. The show received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and ran at Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, before transferring to Broadway’s John Golden Theatre in 2023. Other theatre includes: War Horse and Common (National Theatre); Widowers’ Houses, The Importance of Being Earnest, Nude with Violin, The Philadelphia Story, and The Brothers Karamazov(Manchester Royal Exchange); Three Sisters (Nuffield and Theatre Royal Bath); Private Lives and Closer (Birmingham Rep); The Rivals (Derby Playhouse and Philadelphia Walnut St); The Tempest(SRT) and Much Ado About Nothing in London’s West End. Television includes: Sharpe; Soldier, Soldier; Medics; Wuthering Heights; The Queen; Ghost Hour;Silent Witness; Cambridge Spies and the Emmy award-winning Hiroshima. Film includes: Century;Moondance; The Boys and Girl from County Clare; The Contract and Johnny English Reborn.

Joseph Nixon (Co-Writer) is the author (with Brian Mitchell) of the plays Those Magnificent Men (New Perspectives, 2010); Big Daddy vs. Giant Haystacks (The Foundry Group, 2011); Seven Studies in Salesmanship (The Foundry Group, 2013); and the musical The Opinion Makers (Mercury Theatre/Derby Theatre 2013.) He has written material for Joanna Neary, Jo Caulfield, Jerry Sadowitz, and Basil Brush.

Peter Flynn (Director) Peter is delighted to return to the George Street Playhouse where he directed the world premiere of Curvy Widow by Bobby Goldman and Drew Brody, and Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck which was the first virtual performance GSP offered during the pandemic. Recent credits include the southeast regional premiere of The Lehman

COMPANY bios.

Trilogy for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Fiddler on the Roof for the Olney Theatre Center; the multimedia performances of November 1918: The Great War & The Great Gatsby for Carnegie Hall and Eyes of The World for the Boston Pops, which is available on pbs. org. Peter is returning to South Africa this summer to direct the African tour of Calling Us Home by Alice Gillham for which he directed the world premiere in 2023. Other credits include: Smart Blonde by Willy Holtzman starring Andréa Burns; Rhapsody in Seth starring Seth Rudetsky; On the Twentieth Century with Douglas Sills & Marin Mazzie; Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney; and Andrea Martin’s one-woman show, Andrea Martin: Final Days Everything Must Go. Peter is an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre at Montclair State University, and an Associate Artist at Ford’s Theatre. He is also the Board Chair for Live And In Color, a not-for-profit theatre development company creating plays and musicals by and for Artists-Of-Color. peterflynndirector.com

Anne Mundell (Scenic Designer) is pleased to join George Street Playhouse for her first production.

Mundell’s design work includes theater in venues across the US, museum exhibition, installation and fine arts, parade floats, industrial design, opera, symphony, and dance. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Scenic Design at Carnegie Mellon University and Resident Set Designer at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Cofounder of the Roboceptionist project a decade-long collaboration with the Robotics Institute at CMU, Founder of Growing Theater Outreach. AB from Kenyon College, MFA from Brandeis University, Certificates include Inquiry Driven Leadership from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Strategic Change Management from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Siena Zoë Allen ( Costume Designer) is a New York based costume designer for theater and opera. Recent credits include The Eyes of the World (Carnegie Hall), November 1918: The Great War & The Great Gatsby (Boston Symphony Hall, PBS), The Lehman Trilogy (Maltz Jupiter), someone spectacular (Signature Theatre), Maybe Tomorrow (ART Theatres), See What I Wanna See (Theatre 154), Cracksull Row (Irish Repertory Theatre), Bastard Jones (the cell), The Last 5 Years (Streaming, Out of the Box Theatrics). Zoë holds an MFA from NYU Tisch, and is a Princess Grace Award Winner. She is represented by United Talent Agency. More at www.sienazoeallen.com.

Alan C. Edwards (Lighting Designer) West End: Harry

Clarke. Off-B’way: Sally & Tom (Public); Sunset Baby, The Hot Wing King, Fires in The Mirror [Lortel Nom.], Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (Signature); Harry Clarke [Lortel Award] (Vineyard); Kill Move Paradise [Drama Desk nom] (NBT); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (CTH); Dakar 2000 (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional: Appropriate (Old Globe); Beautiful (Asolo Rep); Gatsby: An American Myth, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (A.R.T.). Dance: In The Same Tongue (Dianne McIntyre); Chasing Magic, NYCC Artists at The Center ‘23 (Ayodele Casel); Rhythm Is Life (Dormeshia); Lifted, by Christopher Rudd for American Ballet Theatre. Broadway: Assoc. to Jennifer Tipton on The Testament of Mary. Teaching: Lighting Design faculty at Yale School of Drama. Training: M.F.A from the Yale School of Drama. www.alancedwards.com

Joanna Lynne Staub (Sound Designer) is a NYCbased Sound Designer and Audio Engineer making her GSP debut. Her design credits include Alliance Theatre, American Players Theatre, Bay Street, Berkshire Theatre Group, Bucks County Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, 5th Avenue Theatre, Geva Theatre, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Seattle Rep, Trinity Rep, and WP Theatre. She has worked extensively associate designing and engineering Broadway shows and national touring companies. TV credits include PBS Great Performances, The View, and the NBC-Live!

Productions of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, and The Wiz. She is a Drama Desk Nominated Sound Designer, Jeff Award (Chicago) Nominated Composer, and a GRAMMY Nominated Recording Engineer, along with having won regional design awards in Nashville and San Diego. She holds music, audio engineering, and technical theatre degrees from Ithaca College and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Proud member of USA-829. jlssound.com Adam J. Thompson (Projection Director) is the recipient of the 2023 USITT and Live Design Rising Star Award, recognizing early career excellence, innovation, and artistic achievement in the field of design. He is the Founding Artistic Director of The Deconstructive Theatre Project and the Resident Projection Designer at both Palm Beach Dramaworks and Teatro Nuovo. Adam’s national work as a producer, director, and designer has been recognized with awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and The Jerome Robbins Foundation. He holds a BA in directing and dramaturgy from Emerson College

COMPANY bios.

Jennifer-Reneé Mullins (Hair, Wig and Makeup Designer)has been doing hair for over a decade for mediums such as Film, Television, and theatre.

Television Productions such as: “The Last of Us,” “Fallout,” “American Crime, American Sports Story,” “American Horror Story,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live “and more. Having worked on films such as, “Dungeons and Dragons,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and a myriad of others as well as theatrically, The San Francisco Opera, Hadestown Broadway, Hadestown North American Tour, Hadestown West End. Christopher J. Bailey (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 Sound Designer for King James, 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.

Christina M. Woolard (Production Stage Manager) stage manages for theatre, circus and live events.

Previous credits include Clyde’s, American Hero, and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (George Street Playhouse), Laughs In Spanish (Hartford Stage), Stalker (off-Broadway), A Good Day To Me Not To You (Waterwell), Space Dogs (MCC), Summer Stock and Passing Through (Goodspeed Musicals), Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Preparedness (The Bushwick Starr), Will You Come With Me? and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (The Play Company), Dead + Alive (One Year Lease), Sunset Circus (Parallel Exit). Proud AEA member and alumna of Rutgers University.

For Mom — your song is in my heart.

Caitlyn Ostrowski (Assistant Stage Manager)is thrilled to be celebrating her 10th show at George Street Playhouse! Originally from East Brunswick, New Jersey, her credits include: Assistant Stage Manager for What the Constitution Means to Me, Gene & Gilda, Small, Tick…Tick…BOOM!, The Club, Having Our Say, …Spelling Bee, and Production Assistant for Clyde’s and Her Portmanteau (George Street Playhouse). Assistant Stage Manager for Tales from the Guttenberg Bible (Bay Street Theatre).

Production Assistant for The Last Supper (Inclusion Media), The Gorgeous Nothings (Lifejacket Theatre Co), 2ST Sapphire Anniversary Gala (Second Stage Theater), and “An Evening with Justin Paul & Friends” (Westport Country Playhouse). Production Stage Manager for Field Station: Dinosaurs (2021 Season).

Caitlyn graduatexd with a BFA in Stage Management from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts. She would like to thank her partner Emily, her family, and her friends here at GSP for always supporting and believing in her.

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)

COMPANY bios.

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 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 (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.

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INDIVIDUALS Maureen and Anthony Marchetta Maria and Abel Moreyra Jack Moskowitz Marlene and Michael Nissenblatt Elizabeth Otterbein Richard A. Patt Mona and Barry Portnoy Natalie Rodan and Neil Burns Marie and Marshall Rosen Kathy and Ken Schurzky Lynn and Barry Sherman Noreen and Patrick Sinko Judi Smith Marlo Thomas Renée Troiano Margaret Velden Philip and Rebecca Witt Susan Wolford Anonymous On behalf of Sharon Karmazin

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Kathy and Richard Adleman Jackie and Phillip Barrood Diane Beni Susan and John Byrne Mayor and Mrs. James Cahill Christopher Costa Nancy and Jeff Davis Lynnette Durko Willard Geller Paula and Jack Gentempo L. Goldstein and I. Novak Gwendolyn and Michael Greenberg Tim Heston Lynne Holton Karen Horlick Jeffrey and Susan Hyman Cynthia J. Jankech Laurie Kamhi Lynda and John Kazmark Everett Kline and David Wald Suzanne and Eric Krebs Rose and Anthony LoCastro Carolyn Malcolm Emily Mann Joan and Richard McCormick Barbara Martalus In Memory of Robert J. Martalus, longtime friend of the Playhouse

Charlene and Thomas Martino Edward Mendlowitz Amy and Michael Moorby Carolyn Myers and Dan Vickery Doris and Dennis O’Dea Jim Pabst Bethany and Jonathan Rabinowitz Marguerite and Rene Schlag Randy Schwartzman Barbara and Howard Sorkin D. Sundman Ilene Wolf

BACKERS $250 – $499

Marci and Martin Abschultz Dr. Deborah Alexander Jennifer Allen Thomas F. Arnold Barbara Baier Peggy Barbella and William Fitzsimmons Robert Henry Bishop, Jr. Karen and David Blivaiss Shirley and William Bowers Jennifer and Richard Bullock Joanne and James Bunce Judith E. Burgis Tina Cali Andrea and James Carroll Donna Castronovo Heather Champagne Linda Choplick Carol and Joseph Ciorciari Anne Clifton Ellen and Ted Cohen Melissa and Charles Daniel Lori S. DeVine Dane Dickler Sharon and Richard Famely Diane and Matthew Feldman Matthew Ferguson Barbara and Sheldon Freidenreich Marlene and Joel Gordon Denise and Irwin Hametz M Wilma Harris Evelyn Hartmann Toni Head and Graham Cox Joel and Ellen Henkin Patricia Irons Joyce Jonat Judith and Richard Kaye

THANK YOU for your annual support Donna and Bud Keller Nancy and Lee Kevin Scott Killian David Kirstein Pat and Roger Klein Sharon and Joseph Kosmo Randi and Eli Kramer Susanne and Alex Kucsma Jaynee LaVecchia Michael Mastro and Richard Hester Elisa Mazen Richard McAdams Cheryl and Jeff McBride Denise and William McBride Sandy Rae Mckenzie Mary Ann McLaughlin Sharon and Vance Merolla Jane and Steven Miller Joan and Rabbi Bennett Miller Judith S. Musicant and Hugh Clark Sherrilynn Novack Brenda J. Overcash and Thomas West Doris and Jack Paster Barbara and Ken Peabody Jack Phelan Karen Price Steve Rifkin and Merle Soroco Alan Rothschild Laurence Rothstein Karen Satterthwaite Lynn Schlesinger Victoria and Michael Shernicoff Rachel Silverstein Karen and Sheldon Singer Theodore Stahl Bonnie and David Sudol Patrice Sullivan Mary and Donald Thomas Kerry Tremayne Cecilia Tyler Dara Wargo Bob Warwick Martha Weisgerber Dr. Lynne Weiss Peter Weitsen B.J. Welsh Caroline Willard Adam White

FRIENDS $100 – $249

Carol Adelman Beth and Marc Alterman Sally Amatucci Janet and Alan Arnowitz Mona Ascher Gail and Barry Bertiger Susan and Alan Blanchette Barbara Blumenthal Stacey and Dennis Borden Elizabeth and Bill Braden Shelley and Tom Brankner Mindy Brintz In honor of Sharon Karmazin Barbara Broggi Barbara and Stanley Bruskin Sharon and Greg Ciggelakis Sandra and Joe Chmielewski Carol U. and Lewis B. Coe Margaret Cohen Donna Coleman Donald B. Cook Mark Corso Ellen and Cliff Cramer Carolyn Daurio Mary DeCicco and John Wallmark Joanna and James DeMaria Norman Diamond Jennifer and John Dowd Jeffrey Dreisbach Elaine and Alan Dunst Richard Engel Fran Erlitz Paula and Irwin Feifer Angela Fevola and Karen Maccaron Joseph Filep Alice D. Firgau Marie Foucher and Daniel Hyman Judith and John Fowler Bonnie and William Fox Judith E. Gardner Pat and Diana Gatti Tom Gilligan Carol and Jack Goldberg Susan and Eric Goldman Elizabeth and Roy Gotta Dr. Jeffrey Graber Cynthia A. Graney Evan Graulau Robin Greenberg and Jerome Pasichow Brenda and Roland Hagan Margaret Harris

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

Robert Harris Robert Hartmann Nancy E. Hines Frederick Holt Denise and James Houghton Robert E. Howard Thomasina Hyland Kevin Janis and George Kupczak Jane James Maxine Kasdin Liz and Murray Katz Barbara and Arthur Ketterer Marcia and Robert Kerchner In honor of Sharon Karmazin Sunny Kordower Dr. and Mrs. Gregory M. LaGana Rose-Marie Lamar Michael Lane Paul Leath Ann and John Lech Robin Leichenko Paul Lehrer Karen and David Levinsky Debra Levinson Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lind Kathleen Love and Glenn Bell Leslie and Richard Marcus Ruth Margolin Beth and Mark Mehler Donna and Stanley Messer Cheryl Mintz and Harris Richter Linda J. and Richard Mirocco Jr. Bruce Moskovitz and John Fellin Deborah Morgan Jean Mottley Anne Mozer Bloomenthal and Martin Bloomenthal Suzanne S. Nacson Barbara and Kurt Nathan Debbie and Henry Newman Rochelle and Bruce Newman Anita and Harry Paborsky

Kathryn C. Paige Carol Parella Glenn and Judy Parker Vicki Parker Marcus Peter Porcelli Joan Pritchard Sylvia Psuty Frank Rees Elliot Reiter Michael Reyes Arlene and Alberto Rivas Susan Rivkind and Richard Zucker Naomi Rose Sharon and Norman Rosen Ludmila Sak Jacqueline Sarka Cory and Stanley Schneider John and Lynn Semmlow Michele Senko John Sharkey Pat Shiffner Valerie Slade Christine Sohn Kathleen Soucek Robert Spencer Marcella Ann Stapor Joanne Tischler Stern Marjorie and Jeffrey Stevens Sloane and David Stribling Mary Carol Stunkel Hal Terr Michael Triebe Pannie Trifillis-Kiledjian Jana Varlejs Ernest Vernachio Joan Vernon Elaine and Evan Wasserman Bonnie and Allan Warton Amari Williams Michael Yarrow Janet Zastko Anonymous

We are grateful to our new and renewing annual fund donors listed here for their gifts received through April 14, 2025. 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, Executive Director

ARTISTIC

General Manager Artistic Associate

Scott Goldman Laiona Michelle

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

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Development Manager Development Associate

Ganapathi Kamath Megan Cherry Lynne Holton

Jacqueline Brendel Haley Kisly Madaline Krawchuk

MARKETING & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Marketing Manager VIP Sales Manager Data Services Manager Customer Experience Supervisor Assistant Patron Services Manager Patron Services Associates

Photographer Key Art Graphic Designer

PRODUCTION

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

Production Manager Assistant Production Manager Company Manager

Christopher J. Bailey Billy Goheen Sal Fabio

Technical Director Shop Foreman Head Carpenter Carpenter/Rigger Carpenter Scenic Charge

Mohamed Haddara Nick Skiba Jake Blanchette Tyler Hughes Ezra Silkes Jim Hancocks

SETS

PROPERTIES Properties Supervisor

COSTUMES

Costume Shop Manager Assistant Costume Shop Manager Wardrobe Supervisor

Robert Lavagno

Joleen Addleman Loyd Becky Erlitz Rachel Pollard

FOR THIS PRODUCTION Assistant Stage Manager Production Assistant Assistant Director Assistant Scenic Designer Assistant Costume Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Associate Projection Designer Lighting Supervisor Assistant Lighting Supervisor Sound Supervisor Assistant Sound Supervisor Video Supervisor Dresser Stitchers

Caitlyn Ostrowski Jessica Paul Billy Leys Emma Cummings Amanda Roberge Jiahao (Neil) Qiu Đạt Peter Tôn Ryan David Fisher Laura Downey Kwamina Biney Chiara DeSantis Xavier Vassallo Christina Gillespie Hanna Allison Kaden Adrian Woodward

Executive Director Managing Director Director of Patron Services House Manager/ Assistant Box Office Manager House Manager Marketing Manager Social Media Coordinator Box Office Associates

Production Manager / Lighting Supervisor Deck Supervisor LX Programmer Board Operator Assistant Lighting Supervisor Audio and Video Supervisor Assistant Sound Supervisor / A1 A2 Deck Crew / Automation Operator Deck Crew / Fly Operator

Merissa Buczny Mark Sharp Victoria Muscio

NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Jessica Jasionowski Sadiera Esannason Eric Greenberg Shellby Lawless Shellby Lawless Ross Matos Gwen Streitman Tommy Williamson Andre Penn Matthew Binkowitz Jasmin Batalla Aiden Mitchell Joey Copsetta Prince Bawuah Jason “J2” Jackson Christopher Nielsen Nick Sosa

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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.

Co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

PRIMªRY

TRUST

By Eboni Booth / Directed by Timothy Douglas

Primary Trust explores the inner and outer lives of Kenneth, a dedicated loner with a passion for drinking Mai Tais on weeknights.

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May 8-25, 2025 DeShawn Harold Mitchell and Shane Taylor.

Photo by Mikki Schaffner.

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