"I cannot think of a better director for the marvelous play than Anders Cato," said George Street Playhouse Artistic Director David Saint. "In addition, I am thrilled to welcome two accomplished actors to our stage for the first time, Bob Ari and Randy Harrison. This combination of director and cast is sure to result in a remarkable evening of theatre."
Individual tickets as well as multiple-admission package are currently available and may be purchased through the George Street Playhouse Box Office, 732-246-7717 or online at www.GSPonline.org. George Street Playhouse is located at 9 Livingston Avenue, in the heart of New Brunswick's dining and entertainment district, easily accessible by car or public transportation.
The design team for Red includes set designer Lee Savage, costume designer Jennifer Moeller and lighting designer Dan Kotlowitz . Original music for the production will be composed by sound designer Scott Killian.
"The child must banish the father. Respect him, but kill him." So says the artist Mark Rothko to his new assistant Ken in John Logan's Tony Award-winning play Red. Lit from within and fueled by the passion of their creator, Mark Rothko's Seagrams Murals are powerful paintings of crimson, maroon and black that were intended to hang in a building designed by architectural titans. But when a new assistant enters his studio, Rothko finds himself reconsidering the future of his works as he is confronted by the rise of the next generation.
Bob Ari (Rothko) Broadway : Frost/Nixon (u/s Richard Nixon), The Constant Wife, Bells Are Ringing, Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Off-Broadway : The Late Christopher Bean, Die Mommie Die!, Jolson & Company, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Baby Anger, June Moon. Tours: Frost/Nixon (U.S.), West Side Story (Europe), Guys & Dolls (Europe). Regional Theatres: Delaware Theatre Co., Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut St. Theatre, Wilma Theatre, Long Wharf, A.C.T., New Jersey and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and many others. Film: Two Lovers, Wanted, Kissing Jessica Stein, Music of the Heart, Cradle Will Rock. Television: Law and Order SVU, Ed, Law and Order, Cheers, Cagney and Lacey, Soap, L.A. Law, Diff'rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, All My Children.
Randy Harrison (Ken) made his Broadway debut in the musical Wicked. His off-Broadway credits include A Letter for Ethel Kennedy (MCC Theatre), Oak Tree at the Perry Street Theater, Antony and Cleopatra for Theatre for a New Audience and many others. Regional credits include several appearances at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, as well as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Anne Bogart's SITI Company, the Guthrie and others. He is well known for his television debut in the Showtime series Queer as Folk, which ran from 2000-2005. Other television appearances include the made-for-TV movie Bang, Bang You're Dead based on the play of the same name. He is soon to be seen in Patrick Donelley's upcoming post-modern feature film adaptation of Julius Cesar, starring as Brutus opposite John Shea in the title role.
John Logan's award-winning plays include Never the Sinner, Hauptmann, Speaking in Tongues, Scorched Earth, Music from a Locked Room, Snow and Riverview: A Melodrama with Music. His new adaptation of Ibsen's The Master Builder appeared in the West End in 2003. He is a member of the Victory Gardens Theatre Playwright Ensemble. Mr. Logan's work as a screenwriter includes Hugo (directed by Martin Scorcese), Sweeney Todd, The Aviator, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Any Given Sunday and RKO 281.
Anders Cato (Director) feels honored to be back at George Street Playhouse, where he directed Circle Mirror Transformation, I Am My Own Wife, Doubt, Souvenir, and The Seafarer. He has worked extensively at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, where he recently directed Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and a new adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts. Other directing credits include War, and Craig Lucas's adaptation of Miss Julie at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York, When the World Was Green at American Repertory Theater and Moscow Art Theatre, Blood Orange at Cherry Lane Theatre, A Dream Play at Westbeth Theatre, The War in Heaven at La Jolla Playhouse, All My Sons, Tango Palace, and In Berlin at 7 Stages, an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment at Cleveland Playhouse, Mrs. Warren's Profession at The Alley Theatre in Houston, and Texts for Nothing at The Royal Court Theatre in London.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint, George Street Playhouse has become a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Noted Arts Administrator Norma Kaplan was appointed Managing Director in September 2011. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway -- recent productions include the Outer Critics' Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the recent Broadway hit and Tony® and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features four issue-oriented productions that are seen by more than 40,000 students annually. George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by its lead season sponsor, Johnson & Johnson.
