Roger is Dead

written and directed by Elaine May

with Tom Bloom, Mark Blum, Julia Brothers, Carman Lacivita, Patricia O'Connell, Marlo Thomas

In Roger is Dead, Marlo Thomas plays Doreen, the socialite wife of a right-wing Republican. On her way to a fundraiser, driven by a possibly illegal immigrant, she ends up at the home of a former employee and her left-wing husband. How? Why? Do they kill her? Reject her? Adopt her? See it to find out.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Mitchell Krieger, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award 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 five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 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 funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra—Sarah Chang

Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Location: State Theatre
Tickets: P $75.00; A $65.00; B $55.00; C $45.00
A free Pre-performance Insight is available

Respighi, Gli Ucelli (The Birds); Wuorinen, New Work (Orpheus Commission); Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Orpheus performs with the greatest soloists in the world. On its coast-to-coast U.S. tour, it stops in New Brunswick to collaborate with violinist Sarah Chang.

Now 21-years-old, Chang is recognized the world over as one of classical music's most captivating and gifted artists, appearing with nearly every major orchestra in the U.S., as well as in the major capitals of Europe and Asia.

Last season, you heard violinist Joshua Bell play Vivaldi’s virtuoso work, now hear the pre-eminent Sarah Chang’s interpretation.

Roger is Dead

written and directed by Elaine May

with Tom Bloom, Mark Blum, Julia Brothers, Carman Lacivita, Patricia O'Connell, Marlo Thomas

In Roger is Dead, Marlo Thomas plays Doreen, the socialite wife of a right-wing Republican. On her way to a fundraiser, driven by a possibly illegal immigrant, she ends up at the home of a former employee and her left-wing husband. How? Why? Do they kill her? Reject her? Adopt her? See it to find out.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Mitchell Krieger, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award 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 five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 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 funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.