George is a Detroit native with extensive experience in arts administration and theatre as both a practicing artist and scholar. His arts administration background includes founding and operating a summer theatre arts school, sales and education program management at the suburban Boston Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and performance management at the Boston University School of Music. George studied at Mary Baldwin University and the American Shakespeare Center, where he received his M.F.A. in Shakespeare and Performance, focusing on stage directing. He also has an M.A. in Shakespeare Studies from the University of Birmingham Shakespeare Institute (United Kingdom) and a B.G.S. from the University of Michigan.