George Abud

GEORGE ABUD is an award-winning actor, director, and playwright. He is currently starring in Danya Taymor’s new production of Spring Awakening at Studio Seaview. Film: Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler & Bad Bunny (dir. Darren Aronofsky). Broadway: Marinetti in Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin (OBC Recording); The Band’s Visit starring Katrina Lenk & Tony Shalhoub (Daytime Emmy Award, OBC Recording); The Visit starring Chita Rivera & Roger Rees (OBC Recording). Off-Broadway: Macheath in 3Penny Opera (Theatre at St. Jean’s); A Christmas Carol opposite Michael Cerveris (PAC NYC); The Beautiful Lady directed by Anne Bogart (La MaMa); Nerd Face in Emojiland (Drama Desk nom., Duke on 42nd); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui opposite Raúl Esparza, Nathan The Wise opposite F. Murray Abraham, Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro directed by John Doyle (Classic Stage Company); Cornelia Street opposite Norbert Leo Butz, The Band’s Visit directed by David Cromer (Atlantic Theater Company); Lolita, My Love opposite Robert Sella (York Theatre Company). Regional: Richard Nixon in The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical directed by Christopher Ashley (Signature DC, Helen Hayes Award; La Jolla Playhouse, Craig Noel Award); The Ruins directed by Osh Ashruf (Guthrie Theater); Frank Russell in Queen of the Mist opposite Mary Testa (PEAK Performances); Anything Goes directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge (The MUNY); Marinetti in Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse, Craig Noel nom.); Lewis Chapman in August Rush directed by John Doyle (Paramount Theatre); Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun directed by Sarna Lapine (Bay Street Theater); Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Geva Theatre Center). As playwright, his new politically-charged adaptation of 3Penny Opera premiered Off-Broadway this past winter starring Katrina Lenk, Barbara Walsh, and Mary Testa; and his first play The Ruins received its world premiere at the prestigious Guthrie Theater in 2025.