Career
Now in his 18th season at George Street Playhouse, Artistic Director David Saint has directed thirty five mainstage productions, most recently Clever Little Lies, Outside Mulingar, Good People, Marlo Thomas and Keith Carradine in Arthur Laurents’ New Year’s Eve, Matthew Arkin in Donald Marguiles’ Sight Unseen, Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys, William Finn’s landmark musical Falsettos, Joan Vail Thorne’s The Things You Least Expect, the film noir musical Gunmetal Blues, Inspecting Carol, the world premiere of Arthur Laurents’ 2 Lives, The Last Five Years, Lend Maine a Tenor and the world premiere of Charles Evered’s Celadine starring Amy Irving. Mr. Saint’s time in New Brunswick has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Uta Hagen, Arkansas Gurney, Arthur Laurents, George Grizzard, Chita Rivera, Eli Wallach, Frances Sternhagen, Anne Meara, Dan Lauria, Stephen Sondheim and Jack Klugman. Recent credits include the National Tour of West Side Sypry, Arkansas Gurney’s new play The Fourth Wall at Primary Stages, starring Sandy Duncan, as well as the world premiere of Mark Saint Germain’s The God Committee at Barrington Stage.
Mr.
Saint was recently a panelist for the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative for the Pew Charitable Trust, has taught at Bennington College, and directed the short film Celebrity. He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, and several Drama-Logue Awards. He is currently President of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation and Literary Executor of Arthur Laurents" estate, George Street Playhouse.