Ed Dixon's GEORGIE to Receive Workshop in NYC Next Week

Martin Platt and David Elliott (Perry Street Theatricals) announce a workshop presentation of Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, directed by Eric Schaeffer and written by and starring Ed Dixon, on April 11, 2016. The presentation will run 90 minutes, with no intermission.

Director Eric Schaeffer says "it has been nothing but pure joy in working with Ed Dixon to bring this special story to life. Not many artists would be able to shed layer after layer of emotion to expose the deep feelings of life and this extraordinary journey like Ed does on stage night after night. He is truly one our greatest character actors working today in the American theatre and GEORGIE lets him use all of his hidden talents to bring this story to life in a unique and original way. The end result is an amazing night in the theatre for anyone who loves life in and beyond the footlights."

Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose was originally produced in January 2016 at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia (Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director; Maggie Boland, Managing Director), had a Developmental Production at Sharon Playhouse in Sharon CT (John Simpkins, Artistic Director & Justin Ball, Managing Director) and will premiere Off-Broadway Fall 2016.

Ed Dixon (writer) is the author/composer/lyricist of Shylock (The York Theatre) which garnered him his first Drama Desk Nomination. He wrote Richard Cory with A. R. Gurney, on a Steinberg Grant from Playwrights Horizons. It was nominated for a Leon Rabin Award for best new work and won the NYMF Festival Award and the Audience Prize. Cloak and Dagger, his four person musical has just opened at the Signature Theatre in DC, helmed by artistic director, Eric Schaeffer. Dixon's Fanny Hill was presented by the York Theater where it won a Dramalogue Award, two Dean's List Awards and was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. Cather County which opened at Playwright's Horizons won him a Leon Rabin Award at Lyric Stage in Dallas where it was also named best new theater work of 2000. Dixon's grand farce, L'hotel was given its premiere at Pittsburgh Public Theater by Producing Artistic Director, Ted Pappas. Ed's comic thriller, Whodunit... The Musical has had numerous productions all over the United States and he is the author of the highly successful book, Secrets of a Life on Stage... And Off. As an actor, Ed has appeared in more than a dozen Broadway shows including The Iceman Cometh, The Best Man, Cyrano, Sunday in the Park with George, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, Anything Goes, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Three Musketeers and Les Miserables.