George Lugg is a producer, curator and consultant who has been working in the field of contemporary performance for more than 30 years. He currently serves as producer for David Roussève/REALITY and for Emily Johnson / Catalyst, and served as a consulting producer for CalArt Center for New Performance from 2019–2024. Recent producing projects include the world premiere and current touring of Emily Johnson’s Being Future Being (2022); Octavio Solis’ Scene with Cranes, directed by Chi-wang Yang (2022); Daniel Alexander Jones’ Altar no. 1 (2021); Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol’s El Camino Donde Nosotros Lloramos (The Road Where We Weep) (2020); Faye Driscoll’s Come On In (2020); Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Space (2019); the Zhigaagoong/Chicago edition of Johnson’s Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars (2019), among others.

George began his career at On the Boards in Seattle in 1990, where he worked in a variety of roles until 1998. He joined the founding team that launched the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in Los Angeles in 2003, where he served as Associate Director for a decade and contributed to the curation its national and international dance and theater events. In addition, he oversaw REDCAT’s programs designed to incubate emerging artists and foster new works, including seven editions of its New Original Works Festival which provided early-stage opportunities for artists across performance practices, including Miwa Matreyek, Emily Mast, Wu Tsang, Lars Jan/Early Morning Opera, Kristina Wong, Alexandro Segade, Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Prumsodun Ok, and many others. He was an Associate Producer for both editions of RADAR L.A., an international festival of contemporary theater presented by REDCAT in collaboration with Center Theatre Group and The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival (2011, 2013). 

As a curator, he has partnered with a variety of Los Angeles institutions and venues—including Grand Performances, Los Angeles Performance Practice, UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures/Dance and Ace Hotel—to present leading national performance makers, often in their L.A. debut, including Okwui Okpokwasili, Michelle Ellsworth, Miguel Gutierrez, Emily Johnson, Becca Blackwell and Jeanine Durning; and world premiere works by Los Angeles-based artists, including d. Sabela Grimes, Milka Djordjevich and Micaela Taylor.

He served twice as Lead Program Consultant in the Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation (2020 & 2012), as a Hub Site Representative for New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (2012–14), and on the U.S. curatorial teams for the National Performance Network’s Performing Arts Asia Project (2011) and Performing Americas Project (2009–10), as well as panels and juries for United States Artists, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Santa Monica Arts Commission, among others.

In 2014 he was awarded a Horton Award for his service to the field. He graduated with honors from the University of Washington with a B.A. in dance.