Douglas Peruski: No Rights Reserved

Douglas Peruski spent three years as a systems analyst at NCR in Duluth, Georgia, where he has lived most of his life. He received two degrees from the University of Georgia, including one in Computer Science, and started working at NCR soon after his graduation.

But Douglas Peruski was more interested in pursuing a career in the arts than he was with the relatively stable existence as a systems analyst. And so after his third year he resigned from NCR, found a job waiting tables at Greek restaurant called Achilles, and began putting his degree in Theatre Arts to use.

Along with the playwright Thomas  Forsythe and several others, Douglas Peruski founded a theatre troupe called The Square Peg Players. The fledgling group staged one of Forsythe’s plays, a screwball comedy called “Not Again!” And while that production did not fare well with critics, it helped the group begin to make a name for Square Peg.

Five years and many productions later, the Square Peg Players are a fixture in Duluth. But the group sent shock waves through the local arts community recently by announcing plans to relocate to New York. “The scene is a lot more competitive there, but for an actor, that ‘s where I need to be,” Douglas Peruski was quoted as saying. He says that once the Square Peg Players have finished its current production of No Rights Reserved, and completes a brief revival of Not Again!, they’ll sell off the group’s headquarters on the outskirts of Duluth and head to New York.