George Olesky

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About George Olesky

Versatile theater professional with over 15 years of experience spanning performance, education, and arts administration. Accomplished actor with credits in television, regional theater, Downtown and Off-Broadway productions. Devoted educator with expertise in developing innovative theater curricula and mentoring emerging artists. George Olesky is a New York-based actor, writer, producer, educator & co-founder of The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research. He has acted in 11 plays by emerging playwright Matthew Gasda (Dimes Square and Other Plays) since 2021. Further theater credits include Roundabout, The Vineyard, Bedlam, Rattlestick, People's Light, Trinity Rep, SpeakEasy Stage, Epic Theater Ensemble, Dixon Place, ADULT FILM, Bay Street, and A Noise Within. He has appeared in works for Netflix, AppleTV+, Amazon Prime, ABC, FOX, CBS, and Starz. He most recently starred in Aimee Armstrong’s Envy/Desire and Johnny Taranto’s Coney Island Time. He has been an Actor in Residence at Maine Media Workshops & College in Rockport, ME since 2018 under the guidance of directors Karen Moncrieff, Allen Coulter, & Geary McCleod. Olesky earned his MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep where he was a recipient of a 'Brown in the World' Grant for a performing arts research fellowship in Berlin. This season at BCTR he appears as ‘Astrov’ in a new translation of Uncle Vanya and ‘Charlie’ in Gasda's latest tech drama Doomers while continuing to workshop Mid Life Crisis Actor.