George Abud

George Abud is an Arab-American actor, writer, and director. His first book of poetry A Day and Its Night is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and his website: georgeabud.com. His first play The Ruins is currently making its world premiere at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis as part of the 2025/26 season. He can also currently be seen as Duane in the feature film Caught Stealing directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, and Bad Bunny. He was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Nerd Face in Emojiland at The Duke on 42nd Street; he also features on its Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording. On Broadway, Abud most recently starred as Marinetti in the new musical Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin; also, The Band’s Visit starring Katrina Lenk & Tony Shalhoub, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award; and The Visit starring Chita Rivera & Roger Rees; featuring on all three Original Broadway Cast Albums. Off-Broadway, Abud has starred in The Beautiful Lady directed by Anne Bogart at La MaMa Experimental Theatre; Cornelia Street opposite Norbert Leo Butz at the Atlantic Theater Company; 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, all at Classic Stage Company; also at Atlantic he was in the original production of The Band’s Visit directed by David Cromer; and Lolita, My Love opposite Robert Sella at the York Theatre Company. Regionally, he starred as Richard Nixon in The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical directed by Christopher Ashley (Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical), and as Filippo Marinetti in Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin (Craig Noel nomination for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical), both at La Jolla Playhouse; also, Lewis Chapman in August Rush directed by John Doyle at Paramount Theatre; Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun directed by Sarna Lapine at Bay Street Theater; and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Geva Theatre Center. Internationally, he starred alongside Barbara Walsh, Marc Kudisch, and Paulo Szot in The New Prince at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam.