Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Vote for George Street Playhouse!

GSP nominated for Favorite Theater to See a Play in JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards

JerseyArts.com People's Choice Awards

George Street Playhouse is one of nine venues up for Favorite Theater to See a Play in the 2015 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. Public voting begins Wednesday, January 7, and runs through February 19, 2015. To place your votes and to see a full list of nominees and categories, please visit www.JerseyArts.com/peopleschoice.

In all, GSP is among 10 arts districts and 96 organizations nominated for the yearly awards program ran by Discover Jersey Arts to honor the work of New Jersey’s vital, vibrant and diverse arts organizations. Discover Jersey Arts is a co-sponsored project of the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State dedicated to increasing the awareness of and participation in the arts in N.J.

In addition to supporting George Street Playhouse, please vote for New Brunswick in the Arts District category and support our neighboring Hub City nominees:

  • The State Theatre (Large Performing Arts Center) 
  • Zimmerli Art Museum (Art Museum) 
  • American Repertory Ballet (Dance Company) 
  • New Jersey Film Festival (Film Festival)

Nominees for the People’s Choice Awards were nominated by their peers through the Jersey Arts Marketers network, which is made up of hundreds of nonprofit arts groups across the state.

“The nominees should be very proud of the work they’re doing to establish New Jersey. as a destination for arts and culture,” said Jim Atkinson, ArtPride New Jersey Foundation’s Director of Programs and Services.
Ballots are prepped for arts lovers across the state to vote for their favorite arts organizations in 16 categories. From favorite performing arts center to favorite dance company, favorite art gallery to favorite arts district, it’s the public’s turn to decide who’s who among the Garden State’s cultural community.

Winners will be announced in early March and will be honored at the New Jersey Conference on Tourism, held each year at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City.