Director David Saint and the company of "Tales from the Guttenberg Bible". (L to R) David Saint, Carine Montbertrand, Steve Guttenberg, Arnie Burton and Dan Domingues. Photo by Jeffrey Auger Photography.
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse (GSP) has announced the full cast for the spring comedy event-- the world premiere of Tales from the Guttenberg Bible written by and starring Steve Guttenberg at the Arthur Laurents Theater at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. Performances run April 25th to May 21st, 2023.
Tales from The Guttenberg Bible directed by David Saint, is a farcical, laugh-out-loud story written by and starring veteran screen actor Steve Guttenberg (Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, Cocoon). This hilarious journey takes the audience from the Guttenberg’s family home on Long Island to the glamour of Hollywood as Guttenberg himself tells-all – i.e. how he broke into the Paramount Lot – to his run-ins with everyone from Paul Reiser to Tom Selleck, Kevin Bacon to Merv Griffin.
The cast for Tales from the Guttenberg Bible features: Arnie Burton, Dan Domingues, Steve Guttenberg and Carine Montbertrand.
“This cast is absolutely hysterical! They are playing over 90 characters between the four of them,” says David Saint, director and Artistic Director, George Street Playhouse. “We couldn’t be more excited to finish our extraordinary season with this wild Hollywood ride and the importance of family.”
Design and Production team features: Caite Hevner (Scenic Designer), Lisa Zinni (Costume Designer), Joe Saint (Lighting Designer), Scott Killian (Sound Designer), Samantha Flint (Production Stage Manager) and Casting by McCorkle Casting.
Tickets begin at $25 and are now on sale. For subscriptions and group discount information visit www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org or call 732-246-7717.
Biographies:
Arnie Burton (Man #1) Broadway; Machinal, Peter and the Starcatcher, The 39 Steps, A Free Man of Color, Amadeus. Off Bway highlights; Lewiston/Clarkston (Drama Desk nom. Featured actor), The Government Inspector (Callaway Award), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Drama League nom), The Tempermentals (Drama Desk Award ensemble), The New Yorkers (ENCORES), The Explorers Club (MTC), Lives of the Saints, Mere Mortals (Primary Stages), Timon of Athens, The Winter’s Tale, The Jew of Malta, The Merchant of Venice (TFANA) , Fairycakes, Tail! Spin!, The Last Sunday in June. International; The Merchant of Venice (RSC). Regional highlights; Before the Meeting (Williamstown), All in the Timing, Big Sky (Geffen Theater. LA), Confederacy of Dunces (Huntington Theater), William Finn’s The Royal Family of Broadway (Barrington St), Strange and Separate People (Penguin), Perfect Nonsense (Hartford Stage) also A.R.T., The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Philadelphia Theater Co, Shakespeare Theater of DC. Film: The Greatest Showman, The Invention of Lying, Igby Goes Down, Game 6, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. TV includes: “Wecrashed,” “Jessica Jones,” “Search Party,” “New Murphy Brown,” “Elementary,” “The Good Fight,” “Blacklist,” “White Collar,” “Flesh & Bone” (recurring), “Blue Bloods,” “Frasier,” “Law & Order,” “L&O Criminal Intent,” “Caroline in the City,” “Sister Sister.”
Dan Domingues (Man #2) George Street Playhouse: Wit; Human Events. Off-Broadway: A Sherlock Carol; at The Public: The Tempest, Wild Goose Dreams, Fidelis, The Great Immensity; 59E59, Rattlestick, Abingdon, BAM, INTAR, Atlantic, Cherry Lane. Regional: Bay Street, Barrington, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie, Goodman, NY S&F, Rep of St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre, Long Wharf, and Portland Stage. Film & TV: “Zoo,” “Run All Night,” “Future ’38,” “In Stereo,” “New Amsterdam,” “West 40s,” “Blacklist,” “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order.” Dan holds an MFA from the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard, is an associate artist with The Civilians and co-host of podcast Hot Date.
Steve Guttenberg made his acting debut in The Boys From Brazil with Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck. From that recognition, he attracted a variety of leading roles including the film classic Diner (1983), which was chosen by Vanity Fair as the Best Film of the Last Thirty Years, and the broad comedy, Police Academy (1984) which continues to be one of the highest earning film franchises ever. In 1985 Guttenberg's fame increased with Cocoon, a life-affirming film of the highest order. The science fiction genre continued with Short Circuit (1986), John Badham's groundbreaking artificial intelligence film. Steve worked opposite Isabelle Hupert in Curtis Hansen's Bedroom Window (1986), the heralded Hitchcockian thriller. In 1987, Disney released Three Men and a Baby, Leonard Nimoy's popular movie about bachelors raising a child. The film went on to announce itself as the number one grossing film of the year and provided a successful sequel. On the legitimate stage, Guttenberg appeared in The Boys Next Door (1993) in London's West End, Prelude to a Kiss (1995) on Broadway, and Furthest From The Sun (2000) at the June Lune Theatre in Minneapolis. Guttenberg also played Henry Percy in 20150 The Hudson Warehouse Theatre's production of Henry IV. He has produced an Emmy-nominated television special, Gangs, performed in the original Miracle On Ice, and also ABC's The Day After, still one of the most watched television events of this century. Steve has written The Guttenberg Bible, a comedic account of his first ten years in the film industry, and The Kids from DISCO, a superhero children's book relating a story about his nieces and nephews. He guested on Veronica Mars, Party Down, Community and Law and Order (as every N.Y. actor should). Guttenberg has the record for most original films to go to franchises in film history, and appearing in the most films in The Screen Actors Guild from 1980-1990, tying Gene Hackman. He received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and continues to learn and study his beloved craft.
Carine Montbertrand (Woman) Off-Broadway: Soho Rep, Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Acting Company/Margaret - RIII). Regional: Independent Shakespeare Company (LA), Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Alley Theatre (Fool, world premiere by Theresa Rebeck), both Shakespeare Festival and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Acclaim Award for Emilia, Othello), Florida Rep, UDRep, Denver Center, Capital Rep, Hangar, Pioneer Theatre, Utah Shakespeare, and many more. She's the award-winning narrator of over 80 audiobooks - Recorded Books, Penguin Random House, Audible. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “As The World Turns.”
Tales from the Guttenberg Bible is produced in association with Julian Schlossberg.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint since 1997, George Street Playhouse produces groundbreaking new works, inspiring productions of the classics, and hit Broadway plays and musicals that speak to the heart and mind, with an unwavering commitment to producing new work. As New Brunswick’s first producing theatre, George Street Playhouse became the cornerstone of the revitalization of the City’s arts and cultural landscape. With its 47-year history of producing nationally renowned theatre, the Playhouse continues to fill a unique theatre and arts education role in the city, state and greater metropolitan region.
Beginning with the 2019-20 Season, George Street Playhouse moved to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in downtown New Brunswick. Featuring two state-of-the-art theatres -- The Arthur Laurents Theater with 253 seats and The Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater which seats 465-- and myriad amenities, the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center marks a new era in the esteemed history of George Street Playhouse.
Founded by Eric Krebs, George Street Playhouse, originally located in an abandoned supermarket on the corner of George and Albany Streets, was the first professional theatre in New Brunswick. In 1984, the Playhouse moved to a renovated YMCA on Livingston Avenue, and in 2017 took temporary residence in the former Agricultural Museum at Rutgers University during construction of its new home.
The Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway. In 2018, George Street Playhouse was represented on Broadway with Gettin’ the Band Back Together which premiered on the Playhouse mainstage in 2013. American Son, produced by George Street Playhouse in 2017, opened on Broadway in 2018 starring Kerry Washington and Stephen Pasquale, and appeared on Netflix in 2019. Other productions include the Outer Critics’ Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger. In 2015, It Shoulda Been You opened on Broadway and Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies opened off-Broadway. Both shows received their premieres at the Playhouse. Others include the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill; and the Broadway hit and Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at the Playhouse during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays.
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. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
