(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse presents What Became of Us by Shayan Lofti and directed by Laiona Michelle (GSP's Little Girl Blue). Previews begin on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, with opening night set for Friday, March 20, for a limited engagement through Sunday, April 5, 2026, at George Street Playhouse.
Tony Award winner Francis Jue (Yellow Face) and Christine Toy Johnson (The Music Man) star in this intimate story of siblings whose lives take different paths and whose bond continues to draw them back together.
From childhood dreams to adult struggles, their evolving relationship navigates closeness, distance, and ambition, leading to moments of reckoning and return. Told through memory and choice, the story traces how shared history and diverging experiences shape who they become and how they find their way back to one another.
Christine Toy Johnson and Francis Jue
The performance schedule for What Became of Us is as follows: Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm. Exceptions: there will be no matinee performance on Thursday March 19. The evening performance on Friday April 3 will be replaced by a 2:00 pm performance. Tickets start at $35 and are available for purchase online. Performances take place in the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (11 Livingston Avenue).
The play is a close look at a relationship shaped by memory, conflict, and enduring love.
Full season subscriptions begin at $176. Groups of 10 or more can save 20% on tickets. Each student rush ticket is priced at $10 and will be available for purchase one hour prior to the performance. To purchase tickets and learn more about George Street’s discount opportunities, please click here.
The creative team of What Became of Us will feature scenic design by Shoko Kambara (GSP’s Little Girl Blue), costume design by Niiamar Felder (GSP’s What the Constitution Means to Me), and lighting design by Artistic Producer Christopher J. Bailey (GSP’s An Old-Fashioned Family Murder). Casting is by McCorkle Casting.
For more than 50 years, George Street Playhouse has produced 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. Entering its 52nd season, the organization has a rich history of producing nationally renowned theatre.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint (1997-2025) the Playhouse filled a unique theatre and arts education role in the city, state, and greater metropolitan region. George Street Playhouse appointed Edgar Herrera from Managing Director to Executive Director in January 2025.
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 was seen on Netflix. 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. Other productions include the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League Award-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.
