Independent Arts News Reporting A Special One Night Engagement of My First Ex-Husband at George Street Playhouse
Reported Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Pictured Above: Joy Behar. Photo Credit: Joy Behar X account
NEWSROOM POST: NEW BRUSWICK, NEW JERSEY
Written and Performed by Joy Behar. Directed by Randal Myler. Produced by Caiola Productions and Cyrena Esposito. Featuring Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Veanne Cox. Thursday, August 28th, Only with two shows 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
New Brunswick, NJ – (July 30, 2025) George Street Playhouse (Christopher J. Bailey, Scott Goldman, and Laiona Michelle, Artistic Producing Triumvirate & Edgar Herrera, Managing Director) announced today a one-night-only presentation of My First Ex-Husband, written and performed by Joy Behar. Directed by Randal Myler, My First Ex-Husband will be presented Thursday August 28, 2025, with two showtimes at 3:00 pm and 7:30PM at George Street Playhouse (9 Livingston Avenue at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 11 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). Tickets are on sale now at secure.georgestreetplayhouse.org/myfirstexhusband. New Brunswick, NJ – George Street Playhouse (David Saint, Artistic Director & Edgar Herrera, Managing Director) is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for King James by Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) and directed by Ryan George (GSP’s The Club). King James began previews on March 18 with an opening night on March 21 with a limited run through Sunday, April 6, 2025. Tickets are available now at www.georgestreetplayhouse.org.
The cast of My First Ex-Husband will include Behar, Sherri Shepherd (“Sherri”), and Tony Award nominee Veanne Cox (An American in Paris).
My First Ex-Husband is a bold and heartfelt adaptation of true stories by the legendary Joy Behar, comedienne and co-host of “The View.” With razor-sharp wit and no filters, it explores the messy, hilarious truths of love, sex, and relationships. Whether you’re happily coupled, cautiously committed, or considering changing the locks, relationships are complicated—and universally relatable. These stories are your stories, only funnier. Each weekend, a cast of four stars from theatre, television, and film join the show, bringing their unique personalities to tell these tales that may be eerily familiar. Outrageous yet deeply relatable, this show will resonate with anyone who has navigated the turbulent and often titillating seas of love. Times Square Chronicle says that My First Ex-Husband “appeals to men, women, and anyone who has ever been in a relationship.”
“The stories are very relatable,” says Behar. “Even if you never got a divorce, you still have problems with in-laws, let’s say, or sex, or kids, or money — everybody has problems. Marriage is a work in process all the time.”
Pictured Above: Veanne Cox. Photo Credit: Contributed.
The production was originally conceived by Behar along with lead producers Rose Caiola and Cyrena Esposito. Behar crafted the evening of monologues based on interviews with friends and colleagues who had navigated breakups. My First Ex-Husband was first presented at Bay Street in August 2024 before opening the new Off-Broadway MMAC Theatre in January 2025.
Tickets to My First Ex-Husband begin at $55 and are available for purchase at secure.georgestreetplayhouse.org/myfirstexhusband.
About George Street Playhouse
For more than 50 years, George Street Playhouse has produced groundbreaking new works, inspiring productions of the classics, and hit Broadway plays and musicals that speak to the heart and mind, with an unwavering commitment to producing new work. As New Brunswick’s first producing theatre, George Street Playhouse became the cornerstone of the revitalization of the City’s arts and cultural landscape. Entering its 52nd season, the organization has a rich history of producing nationally renowned theatre.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint (1997-2025) the Playhouse filled a unique theatre and arts education role in the city, state, and greater metropolitan region. George Street Playhouse announced the appointment of Edgar Herrera as Managing Director, effective June 1, 2023. Effective January 1, 2025, Herrera became Executive Director.
Beginning with the 2019-20 Season, George Street Playhouse moved to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in downtown New Brunswick. Featuring two state-of-the-art theatres—The Arthur Laurents Theater with 253 seats and The Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater which seats 465—and myriad amenities, the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center marks a new era in the esteemed history of George Street Playhouse. Founded by Eric Krebs, George Street Playhouse, originally located in an abandoned supermarket on the corner of George and Albany Streets, was the first professional theatre in New Brunswick. In 1984, the Playhouse moved to a renovated YMCA on Livingston Avenue, and in 2017 took temporary residence in the former Agricultural Museum at Rutgers University during construction of its new home. The Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway. In 2018, George Street Playhouse was represented on Broadway with Gettin’ the Band Back Together which premiered on the Playhouse mainstage in 2013. American Son, produced by George Street Playhouse in 2017, opened on Broadway in 2018 starring Kerry Washington and Stephen Pasquale, and was seen on Netflix. Other productions include the Outer Critics’ Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger. In 2015, It Shoulda Been You opened on Broadway and Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies opened off-Broadway. Both shows received their premieres at the Playhouse. Other productions include the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League Award-nominated production of The Spitfire Grill; and the Broadway hit and Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at the Playhouse during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
