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Your
Guide to Everything Happening at GSP!
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This Spring’s musical event is the 2005 Broadway and Off-Broadway
hit, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE! This charming
musical comedy tells the tale of six middle school “misfits” in
Putnam County, NY finding themselves through one of the most
competitive and brave journeys adolescents can embark on – a
Spelling Bee! With a book by Rachel Sheinkin, music & lyrics by
William Finn, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, and helmed by returning
director Colin Hanlon, this Tony Award-winning timeless and
hilarious story about self-discovery proves that W-I-N-N-I-N-G (and
losing) isn’t everything.
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GSP has
some exciting classes coming up! Don't wait! Sign up now!
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Join award-winning writer/actress/director Laiona Michelle (Little Girl Blue,
Mandela) as she shares her unique experiences and
techniques for creating complex characters and dynamic stories as
well as playwriting techniques. Laiona Michelle has been
nominated for numerous awards, including the Lucille Lortel (2022),
Antonyo Awards (2022); and she is the recipient of the Barrymore
and Carbonell Awards (2004); The NAACP Hollywood award (2005), and
she was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award (2005). Some of her
TV/Film credits include Lift,
All My Children, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal
Intent, The Blacklist, and Crashing, as well as Amazon’s Sneaky Pete. Read Full Bio
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Behind
the Scenes with the Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee!
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(L to R) Top Row: Lila Coogan, Jordan Brown, Angel Lin,
Coleman Cummings, Sammy Pignalosa, Sumi Yu, Ally Bonino, Aaron Michael
Ray, Kilty Reidy
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Rehearsals for The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are in full
swing! The cast and crew are incredibly excited to share
more behind the scenes. Seats are selling fast! Get your
tickets soon.
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Call us today at (732) 246-7717 and select Option 2,
subscription renewal, to renew your current subscription
package(s) for our 2023/2024 season
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Celebrate the 25th
anniversary of David Saint as George Street Playhouse’s
Artistic Director! We’ll be highlighting his amazing tenure
with some incredible events and surprises throughout the year.
We asked David if he could share some memories from his past 25
years, and we’ll be sharing them with you in our weekly
e-news.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy his
25 Years of Memories.
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THOSE WINDING PATHS
Anne Meara brought me her latest play to direct, Down
The Garden Paths, a thoughtful comedy based on alternate realities
around a family. And it ended up being quite a family affair.
Jerry Stiller, her husband appeared in a series of videos to bridge
the scenes as an eccentric professor of metaphysics. Their daughter
Amy acted in the show. And then the Wallachs , Eli and Ann Jackson
and their daughter Roberta starred. The play went on to The Long
Wharf Theatre, as well as Florida’s Parker Playhouse and finally an off-Broadway Minetta Lane production.
This is a good example of the many winding paths a show can take in
its life of development. Explore all the paths.
One of my many favorite memories of Eli was when during the course
of the 90-minute show without an intermission, some audience
members, (especially in Florida) got up to go to the restroom.
Finally, Eli blurted out “why can’t they wait to go?” When I
explained several were quite old, he responded “I’m onstage the
whole time and I’m 87!!! How old ARE they???!!!”
This show was also the birth of a new career for our dear friend
Board member Sharon Karmazin. She invested in this show’s move to
New York and since then has become a major investor and producer of
many, many shows and is the proud recipient of several Tony Awards
as a result. And for me: the sister I never had.
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George Street Playhouse at the New Brunswick
Performing Arts Center
9 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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