The Scene

by Theresa Rebeck

“New York parties will never seem quite the same after "The Scene," Theresa Rebeck's new comedy about a quartet of self-obsessed Manhattanites who wreak emotional havoc upon one another.” – The New York Post

Charlie is a talented, yet unemployed actor who rails daily against the soulless emptiness of "the biz." Charlie’s life is blown apart when he meets Clea, a 20-something fresh off the bus from Ohio with a voracious appetite for men and a ditzy combination of worldliness and naïveté. In a little black dress, she predatorily stalks her way into his life, fulfilling his fantasies — but leaving him feeling emptier than ever. But perhaps that was what he wanted all along....

A direct-from-New York hit by the author of Omnium Gatherum.

“Theresa Rebeck’s sharp-witted, sharp-elbowed comedy about the savage economies of sex and show business in contemporary Manhattan.” – The New York Times

A co-production with Hartford Stage.

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.