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OnStage – Feathers and TeethFeathers and Teeth featuresPage 3 - A Conversation with Feathers and Teeth Playwright Charise Castro SmithPage 11 - Stage Screams: The Horror Genre in TheaterPage 14 - A Costume Designer’s PerspectivePage 15 - Listen Up: Making Noise with Feathers and Teeth Foley Artist Carolyn HoerdemannPage 17 - Paving the Way for Latino/a Work: Feathers and Teeth Director Henry Godinez Champions New Voices at the GoodmanThe ProductionPage 20 - Why Feathers and Teeth? 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Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60601A Conversation with Feathers and Teeth Playwright Charise Castro SmithBy Neena ArndtCharise Castro Smith, who penned the genre-blending play Feathers and Teeth, sat down with the Goodman’s Associate Dramaturg Neena Arndt to discuss her inspirations for the play and why she likes to mix comedy with horror.Neena Arndt: What was the catalyst for Feathers and Teeth? Charise Castro Smith: I trained as an actor and only started seriously writing about five years ago. As an actor I was always cast as girlfriends or in sidekick roles. The juicy, cool roles I wanted to play were usually dudes. I would love to play Richard III, but chances are they’re going to cast a dude. I started thinking about this with my last play, The Hunchback of Seville, in which the lead character is a hunchback lady. So for this play I thought, “What about female psychopaths? Where are they on stage?” I wanted to create an awesome, crazy role for a woman to play. I started with the character of Chris and originally thought the play was going to be about this young girl who was a psychopath. I read The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson, which I really loved. The book explores whether this condition of non-empathy is a nature or nurture issue. But then my thought process moved away from that and I started watching ‘70s horror films and became really interested in how horror can actually be a way to understand the obsessions or fears of a culture. It also provides access to some really primal issues—this play is a horror play, yes, but it’s also about a grieving family. As I was finishing the play and developing it in subsequent workshops, I became very interested in the idea of revenge plays.NA: How would you describe the genre of the play? CCS: My friend put it in a way that I really love—she called it a “thrilledy.” She said, “It’s a thriller comedy.” And I was like, “Oh yeah? Okay, yeah, I’ll take that.” I love the juxtaposition of a genre with comedy. The play I mentioned earlier, The Hunchback of Seville, is historical, but it’s funny. A play I’m currently working on is science fiction, but it’s also funny. NA: Feathers and Teeth has a lot of elements of horror but also involves a family that recently lost its matriarch. What are you looking to explore about grief and loss, or about what it means to lose a parent?CCS: I’m extremely fortunate that both my parents are living. My grandma died seven years ago and I was very close with her. With grief, I think first you try to deny it and then you are angry. Then there are the stages of grief, right? Seven years later I’ve accepted it in a way, but I don’t know if there’s ever a way to really forget about it or fully let it go. You just kind of negotiate it. In the play, Chris, the daughter, deals with loss in a really specific way by seeking revenge and acting out; she’s really angry. Arthur, her father, handles it in a different way. He’s totally in denial and shuts the door to the past. Both of those methods of coping really come back to bite them—literally. I think there’s this primal thing that we can manage in different ways, but ultimately we can’t really control it.NA: This play was developed over the past several years as part of the Goodman’s New Stages Festival. How did that process work for you?CCS: [Director] Henry Godinez and I have developed a way of talking about the play and I totally trust his vision. During that process I learned how not to tip my hand too much early on—how to preserve the suspense as long as possible. Sometimes people ask me what I want the audience to know about the play going into it. My response is “not much.” The fun things about the play are the surprises. Stage Screams: The Horror Genre in TheaterBy Neena ArndtFor the first time in its history, Goodman Theatre dips a toe into the crimson waters of horror with Feathers and Teeth. The play focuses on a family whose matriarch recently succumbed to cancer, but rather than taking the form of a taut emotional drama, Feathers and Teeth plumbs its emotional depths through a mysterious combination of humor and horror. In the play, the family home is invaded by someone or something who, like the family’s grief, threaten to eat them alive.“People think horror is too morbid,” says Scott T. Barsotti, a Chicago-based playwright known for curdling the blood of audiences with his eerie work, “but to me, closing yourself off to entire realms of the emotional spectrum is far more morbid than any ghost story.” Barsotti’s plays have been produced most frequently at WildClaw Theatre, a seven-year-old venture whose tagline boldly declares “storytelling is in our blood.” The company was formed to fill a void in Chicago’s robust theater scene, as few companies regularly produce horror plays. Barsotti, however, is convinced horror works are on the rise. “Playwrights are getting more comfortable straying away from traditional ideas of comedy and drama and experimenting with genre—not just horror, but science fiction and fantasy as well.”Horror traces its origins from folklore, religious traditions and cultures across the world focused on death and the possibility of an afterlife. Demons, werewolves, witches and other supernatural creatures make frequent appearances, giving forms and names to the deep-seated fears that lurk within us all. Western literature and theater are dotted with elements of horror, from the sword-wielding demons in Dante’s Inferno to the ghost of Banquo in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, to the gigantic helmet that falls from the sky and crushes a character in Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otrano. Horror didn’t become a truly defined genre until the 19th century when writers like Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe began penning stories and novels with chilling narratives involving the reanimation of corpses, or a heart that beats long after its owner has expired.Even while horror literature grew in popularity, few theater artists embraced it fully. One notable exception was Max Maurey, who served as the artistic director of Paris’ Le Thé?tre du Grand-Guignol from 1898 to 1914. Under his leadership the theater earned a reputation for presenting horror plays that featured bleak worldviews and copious special effects. Grand-Guignol playwrights often created characters who suffered from insanity or underwent hypnosis; these altered mental states allowed them to commit unsavory acts, including torture and graphic murders. And while for much of theater’s history evil characters in plays had been punished or brought to justice, Grand-Guignol criminals were rarely taken to task; this invoked a frighteningly chaotic world for the audience. In one such play, André de Lorde’s Le Laboratoire des Hallucinations, a surgeon discovers his wife’s paramour on his operating table and renders him zombie-like in a gruesome brain surgery; when the patient awakes in a crazed state, he drives a nail through the doctor’s head. In another de Lorde play, L’Horrible Passion, a nanny strangles her young charges. De Lorde’s interest in such horrible acts was rooted in a burgeoning understanding of mental illness, and he often collaborated with Alfred Binet,a psychologist best known for developing IQ tests. Patrons of Grand-Guignol likely saw little science in de Lorde’s work, however, and Maurey took pride in the number of audience members who fainted during performances—the average was two each night. The Grand-Guignol closed its doors in 1962 after suffering a decline in audiences since the 1940s. The theater’s leaders chalked up its demise to the Holocaust. “Before the war, everyone felt that what was happening onstage was impossible,” said its final director, Charles Nonon. “Now we know that these things, and worse, are possible in reality.” Yet, whatever toll the atrocities of war might have taken, horror found an audience in the late 20th century on film. Inspired both by literature and ever-improving special effect techniques, filmmakers dominated the horror genre, addressing topics ranging from nature gone awry (The Birds), to physical manifestation of the devil (Rosemary’s Baby), to cannibalism (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). As a literary genre, horror held strong, with Stephen King selling 350 million (and counting) copies of his books.Why, then, has such a prevalent genre enjoyed lesser popularity on stage? Barsotti offers his theory: “We see more horror in literature and film because horror is a genre primarily concerned with the imagination, and that makes it inherently more cerebral, introspective and reactive. Inner monologue and anxiety are much easier to depict in prose or through film editing than they are on stage, and of course visual effects can help a lot of the storytelling in cinema. That can be harder to pull off live.” Still, he is quick to point out, “Theater has a way of sucking us in, while film keeps us at a distance and reading happens at our own pace—we can put a book down if we start to get too creeped out. But nothing beats the empathic experience an audience has with live actors.” Thrilling Nights at the TheaterBy Michael MelliniHorror may not be the most prevalent genre on stage, but several plays and musicals have attempted to send audiences home in fright. Learn about a few below! DraculaBela Lugosi terrorized theater audiences in a 1927 stage version of Bram Stoker’s novel. A nurse armed with smelling salts was even stationed in the lobby of Broadway’s Fulton Theater to revive fainting theatergoers. Dracula descended on Broadway again in 2004, this time in a short-lived musical version. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSeeking revenge on the judge who wrongfully imprisoned him, deranged barber Sweeney Todd teams up with local pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett, who has the gruesome idea of baking Sweeney’s victims into her entrées. Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 musical received the Tony Award for Best Musical and was adapted into a 2007 film from Hollywood’s macabre masters Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. The Woman in BlackAdapted from Susan Hill’s novel, The Woman in Black has haunted London audiences with its chilling ghost story for 25 years and counting. A businessman visiting the secluded mansion of a recently deceased client encounters a mysterious figure who may be responsible for tragic events that have struck the local townspeople. Little Shop of HorrorsInspired by the 1960 horror comedy B-movie of the same name, the Little Shop of Horrors musical infuses the tale of nebbish florist Seymour Krelborn with toe-tapping tunes reminiscent of the Motown era. When Seymour acquires a unique looking plant at a mysterious market, he soon discovers that not only can the plant talk, but it’s developed a taste for human flesh. The musical ran off-Broadway for more than five years and Frank Oz directed a 1986 film adaptation.Carrie Tormented telekinetic teen Carrie White wreaks havoc on her high school wrong-doers in a musical adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. The 1988 musical ran only five performances and became notorious within theater circles as one of Broadway’s most high profile flops. In 2012, the musical’s creative team reworked much of the show at off-Broadway’s MCC Theater. The new version has since played regional theaters across the country, including Bailiwick Chicago.FrankensteinNational Theatre of Great Britain and director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) brought Mary Shelley’s novel to electrifying life in a much-lauded stage adaptation of the horror tale. Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) and Johnny Lee Miller (Elementary) alternated in the roles of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his monster, making the play one of London’s hottest tickets in 2011.A Costume Designer’s PerspectiveFeathers and Teeth is set in 1978 in a Midwestern factory town. Charise Castro Smith’s script includes stage directions that reference pop culture, fashion trends and important figures from the era including Farrah Fawcett, Led Zeppelin, polyester suits, The Brady Bunch and Richard Nixon. Costume designer Christine Pascual was tasked with designing clothes that would befit a seemingly tight-knit family of the late ‘70s. Above are sketches of Pascual’s costumes featured in the play. Listen Up: Making Noise with Feathers and Teeth’s Foley Artist Carolyn HoerdemannActress Carolyn Hoerdemann takes on the unique role of a Foley artist in Feathers and Teeth by providing a live soundscape for the mysterious creature that invades the home of the family at the center of the play. Below Hoerdemann describes the responsibilities of a Foley artist and why she’s excited to fill the stage with intriguing noises each night. Named for Jack Foley, the term “Foley artist” dates back to the early days of radio dramas and silent films, when filmmakers needed someone on hand in the studio to create sound effects. Universal Studios called on radio drama artist Jack Foley to provide sounds for their productions. A Foley artist’s sound station could feature any number of props including brushes, metal, bells, doors and much more. My experiences as a Foley artist began years ago when I was in a play that featured a Foley artist performing alongside the actors on stage. As we mimed with props, the Foley artist provided the accompanying sounds. It was fascinating and moving. I have also directed radio horror plays for WildClaw Theatre of Chicago’s Deathscribe, an annual horror festival of live radio dramas that utilize Foley artists on stage. It’s a very unique and fun night at the theater. My involvement with Feathers and Teeth was sort of a happy accident. The play began life as a reading during the Goodman’s 2013 New Stages Festival. Director Henry Godinez and Charise Castro Smith felt they needed the visceral sound of Feather and Teeth’s creature to be included to achieve the full effect of the play. The casting director asked if I would be able to create the sounds of the creature with my voice, which then resulted in me creating more sound effects in the rehearsal room, and this ultimately became a happy alchemy of voice and Foley artistry. I was thrilled when I was asked to return for the play’s workshop production at New Stages the following year. Hearing the sound effects live rather than pre-recording them adds another layer to the play that’s so alive, juicy and tangible. Charise now says she can’t imagine the play without the sound effects present. I’m truly humbled and thrilled at this sentiment. I approached creating the noises of the creature just like I would any character. I must try to find the truth and vulnerability of the creature. It has motivations, desires and needs just like any other character and forms connections with each of the characters in the play. I did look to certain things for inspiration: from baby animals to noises I make myself when in an intense situation. Despite not playing a human like my co-stars, I’m present with the cast throughout the rehearsal process. I have my own little Foley station set up, and as I watch the scenes unfold, I play with sound just as the other actors play off each other. We work together to find the right rhythms and nuances that will adhere to Charise and Henry’s overall vision.Paving the Way for Latino/a Work: Feathers and Teeth Director Henry Godinez Champions New Voices at the GoodmanBy Neena ArndtThis season, the Goodman will present three works by Latino/a writers: Charise Castro Smith’s Feathers and Teeth; José Rivera’s Another Word for Beauty, a musical exploration of a Colombian women’s prison; and an adaptation of Roberto Bola?o’s soaring novel 2666. This abundance of Latino/a work reflects a substantial shift in the Goodman’s programming priorities over the past two decades; Artistic Associate Henry Godinez, who directs Feathers and Teeth, has fostered and championed the work of countless Latino/a playwrights, directors, designers and actors during his tenure. “Before I directed the Goodman/Teatro Vista co-production of Cloud Tectonics by José Rivera in 1995, the Goodman had never produced a play by a Latino writer,” Godinez recalls.In 2003, Godinez spearheaded the Goodman’s first Latino Theatre Festival, which showcased Latino theater artists from Chicago and around the world, including companies from Barcelona and Mexico City. The Goodman hosted five more Latino Theatre Festivals over the next decade while simultaneously producing more Latino work in its regular seasons. Works by playwrights like Karen Zacarías, Eduardo Machado and Quiara Alegría Hudes were staged, while small Latino/a companies expanded their audience bases by performing in the Festival—providing Chicago audiences more chances to enjoy the works of these world-class theater artists. “It is incredibly gratifying to now see Latino work as an integral part of the Goodman’s programming, and the commissioning of Latino playwrights as an ongoing priority,” Godinez comments.Feathers and Teeth has made two appearances in the Goodman’s New Stages Festival with Godinez as director, first as a staged reading in 2013 and then as a workshop production in 2014. “It’s such a pleasure to be part of the development of a new play, especially one as interesting as Feathers and Teeth,” remarks Godinez. “The play has grown most significantly in the clarity of its arc as a thriller, and how best to keep the audience in suspense until the very last minute. That affects how the characters evolve and how the plot lines are revealed.” As Feathers and Teeth receives its world premiere, Godinez adds Smith to the ranks of the playwrights whose work he has shepherded to the Goodman stage. “Charise takes realism and infuses it with a combination of 1970s campy television and truly frightening elements of a horror thriller,” Godinez says. “She does so without ever compromising the central story of a teenage girl’s genuine, heartbreaking loss and grief. It’s remarkably human.”NotesWhy Feathers and Teeth?In a world in which many things (including plays) are easily categorized, Charise Castro Smith’s Feathers and Teeth is a delightful anomaly. At first glance, it’s a dark parody of such late ‘70s family sitcoms as The Brady Bunch, replete with shag carpeting, lacquered hairstyles and uneasy family dinners. Beneath its chrome-and-plastic surface, though, the play is an emotional journey through the mind and attitudes of its protagonist Chris, whose typically adolescent traumas are heightened by recent family turmoil: the death of her mother and the arrival of her stepmother Carol, whose chirpy demeanor may be hiding a darker reality. And there are other forces—unseen but distractingly, perhaps ominously, vocal. Are they figments of Chris’ fevered imagination? Or are they something more insidious, more terrifying—perhaps a portent of untold horrors to come?A wily mashup of family drama, absurdist satire, farce and out-and-out suspense, Feathers and Teeth is also exuberant in its theatricality, especially in its onstage use of a Foley artist—the usually unseen but ubiquitous source of sound effects, reactions and mysterious voices—to heighten the sense of other-worldly weirdness that Chris is experiencing. Added as part of the first public reading of the play (in our 2013 New Stages Festival) and developed subsequently through the play’s New Stages workshop production last fall, this element has become central to the fun and foreboding that Castro Smith has captured in this new work. Under the able directing hand of Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez and a skilled company of actors and designers, Feathers and Teeth is perhaps one of the most unusual plays the Goodman has ever produced. It’s also a haunting and entertaining introduction to one of the most idiosyncratic playwrights now at work in the American theater.For generations the idea of “the creature under the bed” has been a staple of children’s stories and adult nightmares, encapsulating the unknown fears that lie in wait just out of sight. In Feathers and Teeth, Castro Smith has taken this age-old trope and given it new vitality, in a play that will amuse you as it scares you. And it might just remind you of those undefinable but powerful terrors that plague us all, even in our own backyards.Robert FallsArtistic DirectorGoodman TheatreRobert Falls, Artistic DirectorRoche Schulfer, Executive DirectorPresentsFEATHERS AND TEETHBy CHARISE CASTRO SMITHDirected by HENRY GODINEZSet Design by KEVIN DEPINETCostume Design by CHRISTINE PASCUALLighting Design by JESSE KLUGSound Design by MIKHAIL FIKSELCasting by ADAM BELCUORE, CSA; ERICA SARTINI-COMBSDramaturg: TANYA PALMERProduction Stage Manager: KIMBERLY OSGOOD*Feathers and Teeth was produced in a developmental production by Goodman Theatre in the New Stages Festival.Lead Support of New Play Development: Time Warner FoundationMajor Support of New Work Development: The Pritzker Pucker Family FoundationSupport of New Work Development: The Harold And Mimi Steinberg Charitable TrustAdditional support provided by the season, New Work and production sponsors.GOODMAN THEATRE PROUDLY THANKS ITS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE 2015/2016 SEASONABBOTT/ABBOTT FUND, Sponsor Partner for Disgraced and the Season Opening CelebrationLESTER AND HOPE ABELSON FUND FOR ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT, Instituting New Work InitiativesALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Major Corporate Sponsor for Wonderful Town, Community Engagement Partner and Sponsor Partner of the Goodman GalaPAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION, Major Support of General OperationsTHE EDITH-MARIE APPLETON FOUNDATION/ALBERT AND MARIA GOODMAN, Major ContributorsJULIE AND ROGER BASKES, 2015/2016 Season SponsorsBMO HARRIS BANK, Major Contributor, Benefactor of the Season Opening Celebration and the Goodman GalaJOYCE CHELBERG, Major ContributorTHE ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION, Major Support of New Play DevelopmentTHE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST, Major Support of General OperationsJOAN AND ROBERT CLIFFORD, 2015/2016 Season SponsorsCOMED/EXELON, Official Lighting Sponsor for Wonderful Town, Guarantor of the Season Opening Celebration and Benefactor of the Goodman GalaPATRICIA COX. Albert Season and New Work SponsorTHE CROWN FAMILY, Major Support of the Student Subscription SeriesTHE DAVEE FOUNDATION, Major Support for the expansion of New StagesSHAWN M. DONNELLEY AND CHRISTOPHER M. KELLY, Major ContributorsEDELMAN, Major Corporate SponsorEFROYMSON FAMILY FUNDEFROYMSON-HAMID FAMILY FOUNDATION, Education and Community Engagement Season SponsorsJULIUS N. FRANKEL FOUNDATION, Major Support of General OperationsRUTH ANN M. GILLIS AND MICHAEL J. MCGUINNIS, 2015/2016 Season SponsorsGOODMAN THEATRE SCENEMAKERS BOARD, Sponsor Partner for the PlayBuild Youth IntensiveGOODMAN THEATRE WOMEN’S BOARD, Major Production Sponsor for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Major Support of Education and Community Engagement ProgramsADNAAN HAMID AND ELISSA EFROYMSON, Major ContributorsIRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION, Major ContributorTHE JOYCE FOUNDATION, Principal Support for Diverse Artistic and Professional DevelopmentJPMORGAN CHASE, Major Corporate Sponsor for Wonderful Town, Benefactor of the Season Opening Celebration and the Goodman GalaKATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP, Major Corporate Sponsor for Another Word for Beauty and Guarantor of the Season Opening CelebrationTHE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, Major Support of General OperationsSWATI AND SIDDHARTH MEHTA, Major ContributorsPEPSICO, Official Beverage Sponsor for A Christmas Carol POLK BROS. FOUNDATION, Principal Foundation Support of the Student Subscription SeriesCAROL PRINS AND JOHN HART, Albert Theatre SponsorsALICE AND JOHN J. SABL, Major ContributorsMICHAEL A. SACHS AND FAMILY, Education and Community Engagement Season SponsorsTHE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, Leading Contributor of General Operating SupportTARGET, Major Corporate Sponsor of the Target Student MatineesTIME WARNER FOUNDATION, Lead Support of New Play DevelopmentTHE WALLACE FOUNDATION, Lead Support of New Work Audience DevelopmentKIMBRA AND MARK WALTER, 2015/2016 Season SponsorsAs of August 27, 2015Cast (In Alphabetical Order)HugoJordan Brodess*EllieAli BurchChrisOlivia CyganCarolChristina HallFoley ArtistCarolyn HoerdemannArthurEric Slater*Setting: A factory town in the Midwest, Spring 1978Additional Staff:Shadow Puppet Design: Andrea Everman; Fight Consultant: David WooleyUnderstudies never substitute for a listed player unless an announcement is made at the beginning of the play. Ali Burch—Carol, Foley ArtistJenna Ebersberger—Chris, ElliePaul Fagen—Arthur Brian Muldoon—Hugo The video and/or recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.Goodman productions are made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and a CityArts 4 program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.Goodman Theatre is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group, Inc., the national service organization of nonprofit theaters; the League of Resident Theatres; the Illinois Arts Alliance and the American Arts Alliance; the League of Chicago Theatres; and the Illinois Theatre Association.Goodman Theatre operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States; the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union; the Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local No. 10-208, American Federation of Musicians; and the United Scenic Artists of America, Local 829, AFL-CIO. House crew and scene shop employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local No. 2. *Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.PROFILESJORDAN BRODESS* (Hugo) returns to Goodman Theatre, where he previously appeared in the New Stages Festival production of Feathers and Teeth. Chicago credits include American Myth at American Blues Theater. Regional credits include Red (Dallas Theater Center), Eat Your Heart Out (The Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville), Black Tie (WaterTower Theatre) and A Christmas Carol (ATL). Mr. Brodess’ film and television credits include The Killer Inside Me and Crisis. He holds a BFA from the University of Oklahoma and was an apprentice at the Shaw Festival (Ontario) and Actors Theatre of Louisville. ALI BURCH (Ellie) makes her Goodman Theatre debut. Chicago credits include understudying in?Monstrous Regiment?at Lifeline Theatre,?hamlet is dead. no gravity?at Red Tape Theatre and?Tea At Five?at First Folio Theatre. Regional credits include?That High Lonesome Sound?(The Humana Festival of New American Plays) and?At The Vanishing Point,?Blissful Orphans,?A Christmas Carol and?Dracula(Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she was an acting apprentice during the 2014/2015 season). Additional regional credits include?Hello Out There?at Savage Rose Theatre. Ms. Burch is represented by Paonessa Talent.OLIVIA CYGAN (Chris) returns to Goodman Theatre, where she appeared in the New Stages Festival reading and workshop production of Feathers and Teeth. Chicago credits include Tusk Tusk at Piven Theatre Workshop; productions at TimeLine Theatre Company and Theatre Seven of Chicago and readings and workshops at the Goodman, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theater. Ms. Cygan is a theater major at Northwestern University, where her credits include Pride and Prejudice, Aimée and Jaguar, The Grapes of Wrath and the upcoming As You Like It. This winter, she will appear as Lady Anne in The Gift Theatre’s Richard III at the Steppenwolf Garage.CHRISTINA HALL (Carol) returns to Goodman Theatre, where she previously served as an understudy for Ask Aunt Susan. Chicago credits include Soon I Will Be Invincible (Lifeline Theatre); Mr. Burns... (Theater Wit); Always, Patsy Cline (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Jeff Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical); The Wild Party (Bailiwick Chicago, Jeff Award for Best Ensemble and Best Musical), as well as work with Kokandy Productions, Strawdog Theatre Company, Interrobang Theatre Project, Porchlight Music Theatre, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, The Inconvenience, Muse of Fire and Promethean Theatre Ensemble. She holds a BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University.CAROLYN HOERDEMANN (Foley Artist) returns to the Goodman, where she appeared in?Measure for Measure,?Camino Real and the New Stages Festival production of Feathers and Teeth. She was last seen at Door County Shakespeare and in?Travesties?at American Players Theatre. Ms. Hoerdemann has also worked at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, European Repertory Company, Trap Door Theatre, TUTA, Collaboraction, Chicago Children’s Theatre and others.This fall she can be seen in Greg Allen’s adaptationof Ghosts at Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. Film and television credits include Chicago Fire,?Empire, the upcoming independent film Pilgrim and the web series Under Covers. Ms. Hoerdemann also teaches performance at DePaul University.?ERIC SLATER* (Arthur) returns to the Goodman, where he previously appeared in the 2013 and 2014 productions of?Smokefall, and as Bob the Sheep in?Revenge of the Space Pandas?as part of the David Mamet Festival. Most recently he appeared in Writers Theatre’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank. He has worked in Chicago at Court Theatre, Next Theatre, Steppenwolf’s Garage Theatre and Chicago Children’s Theatre, among many others. Off- and off-off-Broadway credits include productions with The Public Theater, York Theatre Company, The Kitchen, Theater for the New City, The Kraine Theater and The Brick Theater. Regional work includes productions at American Repertory Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Grand Arts, Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Madison Repertory Theatre and Dobama Theatre. Mr. Slater is a company member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and a founding member of the New Ensemble, an immersive theater company. TV credits include playing Greg Sullivan on?season two of Chicago Fire.CHARISE CASTRO SMITH?(Playwright) returns to the Goodman, where her play Feathers and Teeth was featured as part of the 2013 and 2014 New Stages Festival. Her plays include?Estrella Cruz [The Junkyard Queen]?(Ars Nova ANT Fest/Yale Cabaret/Upcoming: Halcyon Theatre); Boomcracklefly?(Miracle Theater in Portland, Oregon); The Hunchback of Seville (Washington Ensemble Theatre/Upcoming: Trinity Repertory Company), Washeteria (Soho Repertory Theatre) and That High Lonesome Sound (The Human Festival of New American Plays). She is currently working on commissions from Trinity Repertory Company and South Coast Repertory. As an actress, Ms. Castro Smith has appeared in Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company/GableStage/The Public Theater) and on television in The Good Wife and Unforgettable. She is an alumna of Ars Nova’s Playgroup and was a 2012/2013 Van Lier Fellow at New Dramatists. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and her BA from Brown University.HENRY GODINEZ (Director) is the Resident Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre. His Goodman directing credits include?The Sins of Sor Juana?and?Mariela in the Desert?by Karen Zacarías; José Rivera’s?Boleros for the Disenchanted?(and?world?premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre); Regina Taylor’s?Millennium Mambo;?Luis Alfaro’s?Electricidad?and Straight as a Line; The Cook by Eduardo Machado; Zoot Suit?by Luis Valdez;?the Goodman/Teatro Vista co-production of José Rivera’s?Cloud Tectonics and the 1996–2001 productions of?A Christmas Carol. He also served as the director of the Goodman’s Latino Theatre Festival. Mr. Godinez’s other Chicago credits include Water by the Spoonful (Court Theatre), A Civil War Christmas (Northlight Theatre),?A Work of Art at Chicago Dramatists, A Year with Frog and Toad?and?Esperanza Rising?(Chicago Children’s Theatre), Two Sisters and a Piano?(Apple Tree Theatre/Teatro Vista co-production) and?Anna in the Tropics?(Victory Gardens Theater).?Co-founder and former artistic director of Teatro Vista, Mr. Godinez’s other directing credits include work at Portland Center Stage, Signature Theatre Company in New York City, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. As an actor, Mr. Godinez appeared most recently in the Goodman/Teatro Buendía world premiere of Pedro Páramo. He has also appeared on television in?Above the Law, The Beast,?The Chicago Code,?Boss?and?Chicago Fire. He is the recipient of the 1999 Theatre Communications Group Alan Schneider Director Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the Lawyers for the Creative Arts and was honored as the 2008 Latino Professional of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Godinez is a professor at Northwestern University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Arts Council and?Albany Park Theater Project.KEVIN DEPINET?(Scenic Designer) returns to the Goodman, where he recently designed scenery?for Smokefall, Brigadoon?and The Iceman Cometh. He has?designed?for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, McCarter Theatre,?Court Theatre,?Writers Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Denver Center?Theatre Company,?Arden Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, Cincinnati?Playhouse in the Park, American Players?Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre and The Mark Taper Forum.?Broadway credits include associate designer for August: Osage County, The Motherf**ker with the Hat and Of Mice and Men. National tour credits include Camelot and Ragtime. Mr. Depinet?has also designed for the National Theatre of Great Britain in London, the Discovery Channel, Netflix, 21st Century Fox and Disney.?CHRISTINE PASCUAL (Costume Designer) most recently collaborated with the Goodman on the workshop productions of Feathers and Teeth, Carlyle and The Magic Play for the New Stages Festival 2014. Other Goodman credits include New Stages 2012 and 2013; The Happiest Song Plays Last; Fish Men; El Nogalar; Massacre (Sing to Your Children) (co-production with Teatro Vista); Congo Square Theatre Company’s Black Nativity and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (co-production with Congo Square Theatre Company). Chicago credits include The Projects, The Royale, Welcome to Arroyo’s, It’s a Wonderful Life, True West, Topdog/Underdog, The People’s Temple and Living Out (American Theatre Company); Tamer of Horses, A View from the Bridge and Between You, Me and the Lampshade (Teatro Vista); Disconnect, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Relatively Close, The Romance of Magno Rubio, Hambone, Blackbird and We are Proud to Present... (Victory Gardens Theater); Bud, Not Buddy (Chicago Children’s Theatre); Trevor, Simpatico and Megacosm (A Red Orchid Theatre); Tigers Be Still (Theatre Wit);?Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Piano Lesson, The First Breeze of Summer and Flyin’ West (Court Theatre); Our Lady of the Underpass (16th Street Theater and Teatro Vista); The House on Mango Street (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Sanctified, St. James Infirmary, Seven Guitars, Elmina’s Kitchen, From the Mississippi Delta and A Soldier’s Play (Congo Square Theatre Company); Ten Cent Night (Chicago Dramatists) and Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and Teatro Vista at Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Second Stage Theatre. Regional credits include The Island at American Players Theatre; Fences at Virginia Stage Company and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at Centerstage. Ms. Pascual was a 2010 Henry Hewes Design Award nominee and an exhibitor at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s 2012 conference.JESSE KLUG (Lighting Designer) most recently collaborated with the Goodman at the 2014 New Stages Festival. Other Goodman credits include New Stages Amplified and the 2011/2012 Season’s El Nogalar. Chicago credits include productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Marriott Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, Paramount Theatre, American Theatre Company and Chicago Dramatists. Mr. Klug’s off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Second Stage Theatre (Lucille Lortel and Hewes Design Award nominations), The Screwtape Letters at the Westside Theatre, Romulus at the Guggenheim Museum and The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Regional credits include the national tour of The Screwtape Letters and productions at the Fulton Theatre, the Geffen Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Mr. Klug is the resident lighting designer at Drury Lane Theatre, Route 66 Theatre Company and Chicago Tap Theatre. He is the winner of Jeff and After Dark awards.MIKHAIL FIKSEL (Sound Designer) returns to the Goodman, where he previously worked on The Upstairs Concierge, The World of Extreme Happiness, Venus in Fur, Buzzer, Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men, Fish Men, Massacre (Sing to Your Children), El Grito del Bronx and the New Stages Festival. Recent Chicago credits include The Old Man and The Old Moon, Hamlet, Hesperia, The Real Thing and Travels with My Aunt at Writers Theatre; Mojada, Oedipus El Rey and Tree at Victory Gardens Theater; Blood and Gifts, Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West and Our Kind of Town at TimeLine Theatre Company; War with the Newts at Next Theatre Company; Awake and Sing! at Northlight Theatre; I Will Kiss These Walls, Home/Land and Feast at Albany Park Theater Project; Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, Woyzcek, Frankenstein and Oedipus at The Hypocrites; Petrified Forest, The Master and Margarita and Uncle Vanya at Strawdog Theatre Company; Pony at About Face Theatre and 1001 at Collaboraction. Mr. Fiksel’s regional and off-Broadway credits include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at the Dallas Theater Center, Second Stage Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse; In the Next Room...or the vibrator play at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Mauritius at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. He has received seven Jeff Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, an After Dark Award, nominations for the Henry Hewes Design Award and for the LA Drama Critics Circle Award and was recently honored with the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. Mr. Fiksel is an ensemble member of 2nd Story, an artistic associate with Teatro Vista, Collaboraction, Wildclaw and Redmoon Theater and on the faculty at Loyola University Chicago. .TANYA PALMER?(Dramaturg) is the director of new play development at Goodman Theatre, where she coordinates New Stages, the theater’s new play program, and has served as the production dramaturg on a number of plays including the world premieres of The Upstairs Concierge by Kristoffer Diaz, Ask Aunt Susan by Seth Bockley, Smokefall by Noah Haidle, Magnolia by Regina Taylor, The Long Red Road by Brett C. Leonard and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Prior to her arrival in Chicago, she served as the director of new play development at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she led the reading and selection process for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. She is the co-editor, with Amy Wegener and Adrien-Alice Hansel, of four collections of Humana Festival plays, published by Smith & Kraus, as well as two collections of 10-minute plays published by Samuel French. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she holds an MFA in playwriting from York University in Toronto.KIMBERLY OSGOOD* (Production Stage Manager) has stage-managed more than 65 productions at Goodman Theatre since 1990. Among them are The World of Extreme Happiness, Ask Aunt Susan, Buzzer, Smokefall, The Seagull, The Long Red Road, Ruined, Talking Pictures, Hughie, The Trojan Women, Big Love (also at Brooklyn Academy of Music), Garden, Schoolgirl Figure, Lillian, Vigils, Mirror of the Invisible World, Escape from Paradise, Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (also at Lincoln Center Theater’s Serious Fun Festival), Eliot Loves and Marvin’s Room. Additional credits include productions for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre and Court Theatre. Before coming to Chicago, Ms. Osgood spent eight years with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where she served as director of the Intern Company and production stage manager.Robert Falls (Goodman Theatre Artistic Director) Most recently, Mr. Falls reprised his critically acclaimed production of The Iceman Cometh, featuring the original cast headed by Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Last season, he also directed Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles and a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Other recent productions include Measure for Measure and the world and off-Broadway premieres of Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian. This season at the Goodman, Mr. Falls and Goodman Playwright-in-Residence Seth Bockley will co-direct their world premiere adaptation of Roberto Bola?o’s 2666, and Mr. Falls will also direct the Chicago premiere of Rebecca Gilman’s Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976. Among Mr. Falls’ other credits are The Seagull, King Lear, Desire Under the Elms, John Logan’s Red, Jon Robin Baitz’s Three Hotels, Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio and Conor McPherson’s Shining City; the world premieres of Richard Nelson’s Frank’s Home, Arthur Miller’s Finishing the Picture (his last play), Eric Bogosian’s Griller, Steve Tesich’s The Speed of Darkness and On the Open Road, John Logan’s Riverview: A Melodrama with Music and Rebecca Gilman’s A True History of the Johnstown Flood, Blue Surge and Dollhouse; the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden and the Broadway premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida. Mr. Falls’ honors for directing include, among others, a Tony Award (Death of a Salesman), a Drama Desk Award (Long Day’s Journey into Night), an Obie Award (subUrbia), a Helen Hayes Award (King Lear) and multiple Jeff Awards (including a 2012 Jeff Award for The Iceman Cometh). For “outstanding contributions to theater,” Mr. Falls has also been recognized with such prestigious honors as the Savva Morozov Diamond Award (Moscow Art Theatre), the O’Neill Medallion (Eugene O’Neill Society), the Distinguished Service to the Arts Award (Lawyers for the Creative Arts) and the Illinois Arts Council Governor’s Award. ROCHE EDWARD SCHULFER (Goodman Theatre Executive Director) is in his 36th season as executive director. On May 18, 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Chicago Theatres. In 2014, he received the Visionary Leadership Award from Theatre Communications Group. To honor his 40th anniversary with the theater, Mr. Schulfer was honored with a star on the Goodman’s “Walkway of Stars.” During his tenure he has overseen more than 335 productions, including close to 130 world premieres. He launched the Goodman’s annual production of A Christmas Carol, which celebrates 38 years as Chicago’s leading holiday arts tradition this season. In partnership with Artistic Director Robert Falls, Mr. Schulfer led the establishment of quality, diversity and community engagement as the core values of Goodman Theatre. Under their tenure, the Goodman has received numerous awards for excellence, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater, recognition by Time magazine as the “Best Regional Theatre” in the US, the Pulitzer Prize for Lynn Nottage’s Ruined and many Jeff Awards for outstanding achievement in Chicago area theater. Mr. Schulfer has negotiated the presentation of numerous Goodman Theatre productions to many national and international venues. From 1988 to 2000, he coordinated the relocation of the Goodman to Chicago’s Theatre District. He is a founder and two-time chair of the League of Chicago Theatres, the trade association of more than 200 Chicago area theater companies and producers. Mr. Schulfer has been privileged to serve in leadership roles with Arts Alliance Illinois (the statewide advocacy coalition); Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for more than 450 not-for-profit theaters); the Performing Arts Alliance (the national advocacy consortium of more than 18,000 organizations and individuals); the League of Resident Theatres (the management association of 65 leading US theater companies); Lifeline Theatre in Rogers Park and the Arts & Business Council. He is honored to have been recognized by Actors’ Equity Association for his work promoting diversity and equal opportunity in Chicago theater; the American Arts Alliance; the Arts & Business Council for distinguished contributions to Chicago’s artistic vitality for more than 25 years; Chicago magazine and the Chicago Tribune as a “Chicagoan of the Year”; the City of Chicago; Columbia College Chicago for entrepreneurial leadership; Arts Alliance Illinois; the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee for his partnership with Robert Falls; North Central College with an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree; Lawyers for the Creative Arts; Lifeline Theatre’s Raymond R. Snyder Award for Commitment to the Arts; Season of Concern for support of direct care for those living with HIV/AIDS; and the Vision 2020 Equality in Action Medal for promoting gender equality and diversity in the workplace. Mr. Schulfer is a member of the adjunct faculty of the Theatre School at DePaul University, and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he managed the cultural arts commission.For Feathers and Teeth: Jerrell L. Henderson, Kathryn Sims Watts: Assistants to the directorShannon Golden: Production Assistant Nicole Malmquist: Assistant Lighting DesignerSarah Espinoza: Assistant Sound DesignerJon Beal: Assistant to the Fight ConsultantAnnika Bennett: Literary InternColleen Layton: Stage Management InternHISTORYCalled America’s “Best Regional Theatre” by Time magazine, Goodman Theatre has won international recognition for its artists, productions and programs, and is a major cultural, educational and economic pillar in Chicago. Founded in 1925 by William O. Goodman and his family in honor of their son Kenneth (an important figure in Chicago’s cultural renaissance in the early 1900s), Goodman Theatre has garnered hundreds of awards for artistic achievement and community engagement, including Tony Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, the Goodman’s priorities include new plays (over 100 world or American premieres in the past 30 years), reimagined classics (including Falls’ nationally and internationally celebrated productions of Death of a Salesman, Long’s Day’s Journey into Night, King Lear and The Iceman Cometh, many in collaboration with actor Brian Dennehy), culturally specific work, musical theater (26 major productions in 20 years, including 10 world premieres) and international collaborations. Diversity and inclusion are primary cornerstones of the Goodman’s mission; over the past 25 years, more than one-third of Goodman productions (including 31 world premieres) have featured artists of color, and the Goodman was the first theater in the world to produce all 10 plays in August Wilson’s “American Century Cycle.” Each year the Goodman’s numerous education and community engagement programs, including the innovative Student Subscription Series, serve thousands of students, teachers, life-long learners and special constituencies. In addition, for nearly four decades the annual holiday tradition of A Christmas Carol has led to the creation of a new generation of theatregoers in Chicago.Goodman Theatre’s leadership includes the distinguished members of the Artistic Collective: Brian Dennehy, Rebecca Gilman, Henry Godinez, Steve Scott, Chuck Smith, Regina Taylor, Henry Wishcamper and Mary Zimmerman. The Chairman of Goodman Theatre’s Board of Trustees is Joan E. Clifford; Swati Mehta is President of the Woman’s Board.From the Goodman Archives: American Buffalo, 1975Forty years ago this fall saw the world premiere of a contemporary classic: American Buffalo, by Chicago native David Mamet. A revelatory story of honor and betrayal set in a junk shop in the then-seedy Lincoln Park neighborhood, American Buffalo was perhaps the most notable play to come out of Goodman Stage 2, a series created to showcase new voices and emerging artists. Under the direction of junior Goodman staff members Gregory Mosher and Roche Schulfer (now celebrating his 36th season as executive director), Stage 2 brought the Goodman debuts of a number of young Chicago artists (including directors Robert Falls and Frank Galati) and a wide range of provocative new plays. Produced at the Ruth Page Auditorium under Mosher’s direction, and featuring the actors Bernard Erhard, J. J. Johnston and a young William H. Macy, American Buffalo blended urban grit with profanity and offended some local critics—but not Richard Christiansen at the Chicago Daily News, who called it “a triumph for Chicago theater—and a treasure for Chicago audiences.” A New York production soon followed, and today American Buffalo remains one of the most highly regarded plays of the late 20th century.The TheaterGOODMAN THEATRE 170 North Dearborn Street | Chicago, Illinois 60601 | 312.443.3800 | Box Office Hours: Daily 12–5pmSUBSCRIPTION AND TICKET INFORMATIONSubscriptions and tickets for Goodman productions are available at the Goodman Box Office. Call 312.443.3800 or stop by the box office. All major credit cards are accepted: American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa. Tickets are available online: GROUP DISCOUNTS Discounts are available for your group of 10 or more for most Goodman productions, except A Christmas Carol, for which the minimum is 15. 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FURGANSON MARKETING ASSOCIATE/GROUP SALES MANAGERGABRIELA JIRASEK DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIAJENNY GARGARO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND RESEARCHMICHAEL MELLINI MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATORRACHEL WEINBERG NEW MEDIA ASSISTANTHANK GREENE AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENTASSOCIATEDAVID DIAZ MARKETING PROJECT ASSOCIATEERIK SCANLON CONTENT CREATORCASEY CHAPMAN SUBSCRIPTION SALES AND TELEFUND CAMPAIGN MANAGERSHARI EKLOF TELEMARKETING SALES ASSOCIATEJILLIAN MUELLER SHIFT SUPERVISORJANET BALOU, JOHN DONNELL, FREDERICKA GASTON, RAY JAMES, SUSAN MONTS-BOLOGNA, JILLIAN MUELLER, JAMES MULCAHY, WILL OPEL, SCOTT RAMSEY SUBSCRIPTION SALES/FUNDRAISINGPUBLICITYDENISE SCHNEIDER PUBLICITY DIRECTORKIANA HARRIS PUBLICITY MANAGERRAMSEY CAREY PUBLICITY ASSOCIATEGRAPHIC DESIGNKELLY RICKERT CREATIVE DIRECTORCORI LEWIS, CECILY PINCSAK GRAPHIC DESIGNERSCAMERON JOHNSONVIDEOGRAPHERTICKET SERVICESERIK SCHNITGER DIRECTOR OF TICKET SERVICESSUMMER SNOW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF TICKET SERVICESBRIDGET MELTON TICKET SERVICES MANAGERCLAIRE GUYER ASSISTANT TICKET SERVICES MANAGEREMMELIA HALPERN-GIVENS TICKET SERVICES SUPERVISOR PHILIP LOMBARD GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVETERRI GONZALEZ, KEYANA MARSHALL, ALEX MARTINEZ, RON POPP, RACHEL ROBINSON, SHAWN SCHIKORA TICKET SERVICES REPRESENTATIVESPRODUCTIONSCOTT CONN PRODUCTION MANAGERMATTHEW CHANDLER ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER, ALBERTAMBER PORTER ASSISTANT TO THE PRODUCTION MANAGERBEN JONES PRODUCTION APPRENTICESTAGE MANAGEMENTKIMBERLY OSGOOD PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERRYAN TREVIRANUS FLOOR MANAGERSCENIC ARTKARL KOCHVAR RESIDENT SCENIC ARTIST, USAATIM MORRISON, DONNA SLAGER SCENIC ARTISTSSCENERYRYAN SCHULTZ TECHNICAL DIRECTORLUKE LEMANSKI, ANDREW MCCARTHY ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTORS JOHN RUSSELL SCENE SHOP FOREMANSANDY ANETSBERGER, JOSH EDWARDS, STEPHEN GEIS, CASEY KELLY, DAVE STADT CARPENTERSMICHAEL FROHBIETER SCENE SHOP ASSISTANTMICHAEL BUGAJSKI, WILLIAM CZERWIONKA ASSISTANT CARPENTERSJASON HUERTA DRAFTSPERSONJAMES WARD LOGISTICS ASSISTANTJAMES NORMAN HOUSE CARPENTERJESS HILL HOUSE RIGGER CARPENTERALISON PERRONE, JESSICA STOPAK STAGEHANDPROPERTIESALICE MAGUIRE PROPERTIES SUPERVISORBRET HAINES PROPERTIES HEADCHRISTOPHER KOLZ PROPERTIES CARPENTERJEFF HARRIS PROPERTIES ARTISANRACHELLE MOORE STADT PROPERTIES ASSISTANTNICK HEGGESTAD ASSISTANT TO THE PROPERTIES SUPERVISOR BRET HAINES PROPERTIES HEADELECTRICSGINA PATTERSON LIGHTING SUPERVISORPATRICK FEDER ASSISTANT LIGHTING SUPERVISOR SHERRY SIMPSON ELECTRICS HEADMIKE DURST, PATRICK HUDSON, JAY REA ELECTRICIANSARIANNA BROWN, BRIAN ELSTON, BILL MCGHEE, ERIC VIGOELECTRICS OVERHIRESOUNDRICHARD WOODBURY RESIDENT SOUND DESIGNER DAVID NAUNTON HOUSE AUDIO SUPERVISORSTEPHANIE FARINA AUDIO HEADCLAUDETTE PRYZGODA SOUND BOARD OPERATORCOSTUMESHEIDI SUE MCMATH COSTUME SHOP MANAGEREILEEN CLANCY ASSISTANT TO THE MANAGERJESSICA RODRIGUEZ ASSISTANT TO THE DESIGNERNOEL ALYCE HUNTZINGER SHOP ASSISTANTBIRGIT RATTENBORG WISE HEAD DRAPERMCKINLEY JOHNSON DRAPERHYUNJUNG KIM FIRST HANDAMY FRANGQUIST, KELLY ROSE STITCHERSSUSAN LEMERAND CRAFTSKATELYN HENDUCKS MILLER, YVETTE WESLEY WARDROBEJENE? GARRETSON WARDROBE HEADOPERATIONS & FACILITIESJUSTINE BONDURANT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSCHRIS SMITH FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER KYLE SHOEMAKE GUEST SERVICES MANAGERDEMI SMITH, MELISSA YONZON HOUSE MANAGERSARTHUR MATHEWS ASSISTANT HOUSE MANAGERCHINA WHITMIRE, ANDY MEHOLICK GUEST SERVICES ASSOCIATESSAMANTHA BUCKMAN, DANIEL GOMEZ, KIERSTEN KOLSTAD PART-TIME GUEST SERVICES ASSOCIATESJOSHUA SUMNER FACILITIES COORDINATORRODRIGO GARCIA, ADAM KAUFMAN FACILITIES TECHNICIANSJAVIER MARTINEZ SECURITY OFFICERTAWANDA BREWER, MIGUEL MELECIO, RANDY SICKELS CUSTODIANSSTEPHANIE BOUDREAUX, ELIZABETH CREA, VALENTINO DAVENPORT, ALLISON DUDA, MARGARET DUNN, NATHANIEL FISHBURN, LINDSEY FISHER, KATE FITZGERALD, CRISTINA, GRANADOS, DESMOND GRAY, TERRY KRAUS, MICHAEL KRYSTOSEK, JUDY LOYD, KERI MACK, REBECCA MILES-STEINER, SARA MILLS, LILA MORSE, PARIS NESBITT, TAYLOR PITTMAN, VIRGINIA REYNOLDS, REBECCA CAO ROMERO, KELLY STEIK, DENISE STEIN, KATIE WALSH, KRISTYN ZOE WILKERSON, JORDAN ZEMAN FRONT OF HOUSE STAFFAFFILIATED ARTISTSKRISTIANA COL?N, SANDRA DELGADO, JENNI LAMB, CALAMITY WEST PLAYWRIGHTS UNITMARTI LYONS MAGGIO DIRECTING FELLOWCONSULTANTS & SPECIAL SERVICESCROWE HORWATH LLP AUDITORSM. GRAHAM COLEMAN DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP LEGAL COUNSELRICHARD L. MARCUS/OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART P.C. LOCAL LABOR COUNSELCAMPBELL & COMPANY FUNDRAISING CONSULTANTSELLWOOD & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT CONSULTANTSMEDICAL PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS MEDICAL CONSULTANTSINTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, LLC FACILITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTSHMS MEDIA, INC. VIDEO PRODUCTIONINTERNS COLLEEN LAYTON STAGE MANAGEMENTEMILY HART MARKETING/PR/PUBLICITYASHLEY DONAHUE DEVELOPMENTKATIE CALLAHAN CASTINGMARGARET COLE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTANNIKA BENNETT MARY LYNNE ANDERSON-COOPER LITERARY MANAGEMENT AND DRAMATURGYLUCINDA ALLEN PRODUCINGMORGAN LAKE SOUNDCivic CommitteeThe Honorable Mayor Rahm EmanuelThe Honorable Governor Bruce RaunerCivic Committee MembersEllen Alberding President, The Joyce FoundationKris and Trisha Rooney Alden, James L. Alexander Co-Trustee, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable TrustHeather Y. Anichini, The Chicago Public Education FundBrian Bannon, Commissioner, Chicago Public LibraryMelissa L. Bean, Chairman of the Midwest, JPMorgan Chase & Co.Philip Bahar, Executive Director, Chicago Humanities FestivalMr. and Mrs. Norman BobinsMichelle T. Boone, Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special EventsKevin J. Brown, President & CEO, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc.Patrick J. Canning, Managing Partner, Chicago Office KPMG LLPGregory C. Case, President and CEO, Aon Corporation Gloria Castillo, President, Chicago UnitedAdela Cepeda, President, A.C. Advisory, Inc.John Challenger, CEO, Challenger, Gray & ChristmasFrank Clark, Former Chairman and CEO, ComEdLester and Renée Crown, Crown Family PhilanthropiesPaula and James Crown, Crown Family PhilanthropiesThe Honorable Richard M. DaleyDouglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director, Art Institute of ChicagoChaz EbertRichard J. Edelman, President and CEO, EdelmanTorrey N. Foster, Jr., Regional Leader (Chicago), Heidrick & StrugglesAnthony Freud, General Director, Lyric Opera of ChicagoDenise B. GardnerSarah Nava GarveyElisabeth Geraghty, Executive Director, The Elizabeth F. Cheney FoundationMadeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Sandra P. Guthman, President and CEO, Polk Bros. FoundationJoan W. Harris, The Irving Harris FoundationChristie A. HefnerAnne L. KaplanRichard Lariviere, President and CEO, The Field MuseumCheryl Mayberry and Eric T. McKissackTerry Mazany, President and CEO, The Chicago Community TrustMichael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy, The Chicago Council on Global AffairsLangdon Neal and Jeanette SublettRichard S. Price, Chairman and CEO, Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.Jim Reynolds, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Loop CapitalLinda Johnson Rice, Chairman, Johnson PublishingJohn Rowe, Former Chairman and CEO, Exelon CorporationJesse H. Ruiz, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPMichael and Cari SacksVincent A.F. Sergi, National Managing Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLPRobert Sullivan, Regional President, Fifth Third Bank Franco Tedeschi, Vice President (Chicago), American AirlinesGenevieve Thiers and Daniel Ratner, Founder, SitterCity, ContactKarma, Opera ModaElizabeth Thompson Maria (Nena) Torres and Matthew PiersMr. Carlos E. Tortolero, President, National Museum of Mexican ArtArthur Velasquez, Chairman, Azteca Foods, Inc. Frederick H. Waddell, Chairman and CEO, Northern Trust CorporationLaysha L. Ward, President, Community Relations, Target Corporation and President, Target FoundationBenna B. Wilde, Program Director, Arts and Culture, Prince Charitable TrustDonna F. Zarcone, President and CEO, D.F. Zarcone & Associates LLC*As of August 2015LEADERSHIPGOODMAN?THEATRE?BOARD?OF?TRUSTEESChairJoan E. Clifford?Vice ChairmenRoger Baskes?Alice Young Sabl?Patrick Wood-Prince?PresidentAdnaan Hamid?Vice PresidentsSunny P. Chico?Rebecca Ford?Rodney L. Goldstein?Maria Green?Catherine Mouly?Michael D. O’Halleran?Kimbra Walter?TreasurerDavid W. Fox, Jr.?Assistant TreasurerJeffrey W. Hesse?SecretarySusan J. Wislow?Immediate Past ChairmanRuth Ann M. Gillis?Founding ChairmanStanley M. FreehlingHonorary ChairmanAlbert Ivar Goodman?Honorary PresidentLewis ManilowHonorary Life TrusteesThe Honorable Richard M. Daley and Mrs. Maggie Daley*Life TrusteesJames E. Annable?María C. BechilyDeborah A. BrickerPeter C.B. Bynoe?Lester N. Coney?Patricia Cox?Shawn M. DonnelleyPaul H. Dykstra?Stanley M. FreehlingRuth Ann M. GillisAlbert Ivar Goodman?Sondra A. Healy?Lewis ManilowJames F. Oates?Carol Prins?MembersKristin Anderson-Schewe?Anjan AsthanaDouglas BrownLamont Change?Philip B. ClementKevin ColeLoretta CooneyKathleen Keegan CowieMarsha CruzanJulie M. Danis?Brian DennehyRobert F. DenvirSuzette DeweyBilly DexterRobert A. Falls?Kristine R. Garrett?Harry J. Harczak, Jr.?Brian L. HecklerSteve HiltonDeidre HoganVicki V. Hood?Linda Hutson?Carl JenkinsSherry JohnCathy KenworthyJeffrey D. KorzenikSheldon LavinJoseph Learner?Elaine R. LeavenworthGordon C.C. LiaoAnthony F. MaggioreAmalia Perea MahoneyThomas P. Maurer?Nancy Lauter McDougalSwati Mehta?Gigi Pritzker Pucker?Alison P. RanneyElizabeth A. RaymondTimothy M. RussellRyan RuskinRoche Schulfer?Vincent A.F. SergiJill B. SmartChuck SmithShelly StayerSteve TraxlerPatty VanLammerenJ. Randall White?Neal S. Zucker?Emeritus TrusteesKathy L. BrockAlvin GolinRichard GrayLeslie S. HindmanH. Michael KurzmanEva LosaccoRichard L. PollayCarole David StoneLinda B. ToopsDia S. WeilMaria E. WynneEugene ZeffrenPast Chairmen in bold ?Executive Committee Member *DeceasedGOODMAN?THEATRE?WOMEN’S BOARDOfficersPresidentSwati Mehta1st Vice PresidentMargie Janus2nd Vice PresidentCynthia Scholl3rd Vice PresidentChristine PopeTreasurer Darlene BobbSecretaryMarcia S. CohnCommittee Chairs Annual FundJoan LewisCarole WoodAuctionDiane LandgrenCynthia SchollCivic EngagementAnu BehariNancy SwanEducationRenee TyreeLorrayne WeissGalaLinda KrivkovichSusan J. WislowHospitalityLinda W. AylesworthMembershipFrances Del BocaMonica Lee HughsonMargie JanusProgramDenise Stefan GinascolMember-at-LargeAndra S. PressPast PresidentsSherry JohnJoan E. CliffordAlice Young SablSusan J. WislowLinda HutsonCarol PrinsSondra A. HealyMembersSharon AngellChristine BranstadMary Ann ClementJane K. GardnerEllen GignilliatJudy GoldbergAva LaTanya HiltonJulie KorzenikWendy KriminsDiane LandgrenKay MabieAmalia Perea MahoneyPauline M. MontgomeryMerle ReskinMary SchmittBeth Herrington StamosSara F. SzoldSustaining MembersKathleen FoxDr. Mildred C. HarrisMary Ann KarrisCynthia E. LevinNancy ThompsonHonorary MembersKatherine A. AbelsonMrs. James B. Cloonan Joan M. Coppleson~Nancy S. LipskyNancy Lauter McDougalKaren Pigott~Gwendolyn RitchieMrs. Richard A. Samuels~Orli StaleyCarole David Stone~Mrs. Philip L. Thomas~Rosemary Tourville~Susan D. Underwood~ ~Past PresidentGOODMAN THEATRE SCENEMAKERS BOARDThe Scenemakers Board is an auxiliary group comprised of diverse, young professionals who support the mission of the theater through fundraising, audience development and advocacy.PresidentGordon C.C. LiaoVice PresidentJason Knupp TreasurerJustin A. KulovsekSecretaryKelli GarciaMembersNirav D. AminBrigitte R. AndersonElizabeth M. BalthropLauren Blair~Shelly BurkeTom CassadyTracy CliffordChanel ConeyVanessa CórdovaMorgan CrouchErin DraperStephanie E. GiomettiTony GlennHeather M. GroveJackie Avitia GuzmanKevin E. JordanDe-Anthony King, MBAShannon Kinsella~Megan A. McCarthyCraig A. McCawCheryl McPhilimy~Lee S. MickusTeresa MuiGary NapadovJessey R. NevesMollie E. O’BrienEddie PatelJaimie Mayer PhinneyDesmond D. PopeCaitlin Powell GimpelDella D. RichardsKristin M. RylkoJeffrey P. SenkpielDavid H. SmithKristin Atchison ThompsonStephen VaughnAnne C. Van WartStephanie D. WagnerMaria WattsGinger Wiley ~Past PresidentGOODMAN THEATRE SPOTLIGHT?SOCIETYWe gratefully recognize the following people who have generously included Goodman Theatre in their wills or estate plans. For more information on the Spotlight Society call Marty Grochala at 312.443.3811 ext. 597. Anonymous (4)Judy L. AllenKristin L. Anderson-Schewe and Robert W. ScheweSusan and James AnnableJulie and Roger BaskesJoan I. BergerDrs. Ernest and Vanice BillupsNorma BorcherdingDeborah A. BrickerJoe and Palma CalabreseRobert and Joan CliffordLester N. ConeyPatricia CoxTerry J. CrawfordJulie M. DanisRon and Suzanne DirsmithShawn M. DonnelleyPaul H. DykstraStanley M. FreehlingGloria FriedmanHarold and Diane GershowitzEllen and Paul GignilliatDenise Stefan GinascolMichael GoldbergerJune and Al GolinAlbert I. GoodmanRichard and Mary L. GrayMarcy and Harry HarczakSondra and Denis HealyVicki and Bill HoodLinda HutsonShelly IbachWayne and Margaret JanusB. JoabsonStephen H. JohnsonMel and Marsha KatzRachel E. KraftH. Michael and Sheila KurzmanAnne E. KutakRichard and Christine LiebermanNancy S. Lipsky Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Dorlisa Martin and David GoodMeg and Peter MasonTom and Linda MaurerElizabeth I. McCannKaren and Larry McCrackenNancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougalKevin C. McGirrJames F. OatesElizabeth Anne PetersKaren and Dick PigottPeter and Susan PiperSusan PowersCarol PrinsConnie PurdumCharlene RaimondiElizabeth A. RaymondMerle ReskinAngelique A. Sallas, PhDNatalie SaltielRoche SchulferMr. and Mrs. Robert E. ShawRose L. ShureMichael SilversteinElaine SoterHal S. R. StewartCarole David StoneJudith SugarmanMarlene A. Van SkikeDia S. WeilRandy and Lisa WhiteMaria E. WynneJames G. YoungThe Goodman holds dear the memory of the following individuals who have honored the work on our stages with a bequest. Their generosity will help to ensure that future generations will be able to share in their passion for live theater. Hope A. AbelsonAlba Biagini TrustGeorge W. Blossom IIICamilla F. Boitel TrustEstate of Marjorie DouglasBettie DwinellJoan FreehlingFlorence GambinoBernard Gordon TrustEvolyn A. HardingePatricia D. KaplanTheodore KasselCharles A. KolbKris MartinMr. and Mrs. William McKittrickNeil Pomerenke Carol Ann PorembaAlice B. RapoportGladys L. RipleyVerla J. RowanGeorge Northup Simpson, Jr. Vlada SundersLenore SwoiskinSPOTLIGHT SOCIETY ADVISORY COUNCILThe Advisory Council is a group of estate planning professionals who aid the Goodman with its planned giving program. The Goodman is grateful to its members for the donation of their time and expertise.Anita Tyson, Council Chair, JPMorgan Private Bank Christine L. Albright, Holland & Knight LLPSusan T. Bart, Sidley Austin LLPGwen G. Cohen, Morgan StanleyBeth A. Engel, Wells Fargo Private BankRobert G. Gibson, Clifton Allen LLPBarbara Grayson, Mayer Brown LLPRobert E. Hamilton, Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLPDavid A. Handler, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Charles Harris, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPLouis S. Harrison, Harrison & Held, LLPKim Kamin, Gresham Partners, LLCThomas F. Karaba, Crowley Barrett & Karaba Ltd.Rick Knoedler, Northern TrustKevin Lane, Vedder Price PCMichael A. Levin, BMO Harris Bank N.A.Sandra K. Newman, Perkins CoieLucy K. Park, Perkins CoieRuth A. Pivar, Quarles + Brady LLPTerry L. Robbins, Robbins & Associates LLCEileen B. Trost, Freeborn & Peters LLPImpact Creativity, a program of theatre ForwardImpact Creativity is an urgent call to action to save theater education programs in 19 of our largest cities. Impact Creativity brings together theaters, arts education experts and individuals to help over 500,000 children and youth, most of them disadvantaged, succeed through the arts by sustaining the theater arts education programs threatened by today’s fiscal climate. For more information on how “theater education changes lives,” please visit: ($100,000 or more)AOL?The Hearst Foundations($50,000 or more)The Schloss Family FoundationWells Fargo($25,000 or more)Buford Alexander and Pamela FarrSteven and Joy BunsonJames S. and Lynne Turley($10,000 or more)Dorfman & Kaish Family FoundationAlan and Jennifer FreedmanJonathan Maurer and Gretchen ShugartNational Endowment for the ArtsLisa OrbergFrank and Bonnie OrlowskiRBC Wealth ManagementGeorge S. Smith, Jr.Southwest Airlines?TD Charitable Foundation($2,500 or more)Paula DominickJohn R. DuttChrist and Anastasia EconomosBruce R. and Tracey EwingJessica FarrMason and Kim GrangerColleen and Philip HemplemanHoward and Janet KaganJoseph F. KirkSusan and John Major Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe FoundationJohn R. MathenaDaniel A. SimkowitzJohn ThomopoulosIsabelle Winkles($1,000 or more)Leslie ChaoSteven & Donna GartnerRuth E. GitlinKaren A. and Kevin W. Kennedy FoundationAdrian LiddardRobin & Bob Paulson Charitable FundMark RosenblattStephanie Scott ?In-kind supportBusiness Council Co-ChairsJoan Clifford (ex officio)Billy Dexter, Heidrick & StrugglesMaria Green, ITWJoe Learner, Savills Studley, Inc.Founding ChairRobert A. Wislow, CBRE/U.S. Equities Realty, Inc.Steering CommitteeBarbara Grant Bereskin, Lincoln Avenue PartnersMarsha Cruzan, U.S. BankKristine R. Garrett, The PrivateBankRodney L. Goldstein, Frontenac CompanyMembersAnjan Asthana, McKinsey & CompanyDoug Brown, Exelon CorporationPeter C.B. Bynoe, Equity Group InvestmentsLamont Change, Change Advisory GroupSunny P. Chico, SPC Educational SolutionsPhilip B. Clement, Aon CorporationRobert A. Clifford, Clifford Law OfficesKevin L. Cole, Ernst & Young LLPLester N. Coney, Mesirow FinancialSarah Copeland, GCM GrosvenorStephen D’Amore, Winston & Strawn LLPRobert F. Denvir, Winston & Strawn LLPSidney Dillard, Loop CapitalPaul H. Dykstra, Ropes and Gray LLPTherese K. Fauerbach, The Northridge Group, Inc.David W. Fox, Jr., Northern TrustKate S. Gaynor, Marsh Private Client ServicesRuth Ann M. Gillis, Exelon Corporation (Retired)Harry J. Harczak, Jr., CDW (Retired)John H. Hart, Hart Davis Hart WineSondra A. Healy, Turtle Wax, Inc.Brian L. Heckler, KPMG LLPSteve Hilton, McDonalds CorporationRenee Hochberg, Towers WatsonDeidre Kiselus Hogan, American AirlinesJeffrey W. Hesse, PWC, LLPSteve Hilton, McDonalds CorporationVicki V. Hood, Kirkland & Ellis LLPRalph V. Hughes, Macy’sCarl A. Jenkins, BMO Harris BankPeter C. John, Williams Montgomery & JohnCathy Kenworthy, Interactive HealthJeffrey D. Korzenik, Fifth Third BankElaine R. Leavenworth, AbbottAnthony F. Maggiore, JPMorgan ChaseWilliam F. Mahoney, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.Michael D. O’Halleran, Aon CorporationMarshall Peck, InterParkSteve Pemberton, WalgreensMichael A. Pope, McDermott Will & EmeryElizabeth A. Raymond, Mayer Brown LLPTimothy M. Russell, CDK GlobalJohn J. Sabl, Sidley Austin, LLPVincent A.F. Sergi, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPMarsha Serlin, United Scrap Metal, Inc.Steve Traxler, Jam Theatricals, Ltd.Steve Trepiccione, HSBCPatty VanLammeren, Allstate Insurance CompanySteven A. Weiss, Schopf & Weiss LLPJ. Randall White, The Nielsen Company (Retired)Patrick Wood-Prince, Jones Lang LaSalleNeal S. Zucker, Corporate Cleaning ServicesSUPPORTHonor and Memorial Gifts Honor gifts provide an opportunity to celebrate milestones such as anniversaries, birthdays, graduations or weddings. Memorial gifts honor the memory of a friend or loved one. Due to space limitations we are unable to include gifts of less than $100. Below are the commemorative gifts made between August 2014 and August 2015.In Honor of 2666Maria (Nena) Torres and Matt PiersIn Honor of Kristin Anderson-ScheweBea AndersonThea IdeIn Honor of James AnnableBettylu and Paul SaltzmanSteve and Florence ZellerIn Honor of Debbie BrickerSteven and Lauren ScheibeMarc and Cindy LevinIn Honor of Peter CalibraroSheldon and Goldie HolzmanIn Honor of the New Stages reading of CarlyleBernard and Marcia KamineIn Honor of Jeff Ciaramita on his 30th AnniversaryGoodman Theatre Women’s BoardIn Honor of Marcia CohnNorman and Virginia BobinsIn Honor of Patricia CoxKristin Anderson-Schewe and Robert SchewePriscilla and Steven KerstenIn Honor of Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnisExelon CorporationLisbeth StiffelIn Honor of Lindsey and Jenna GoodDennis and Nancy GoodIn Honor of Albert and Maria GoodmanLinda and E. Radford DeckerIn Honor of Linda Hutson’s BirthdaySallyan WindtIn Honor of Scott and Bobbi LebinDennis and Vivian CallahanIn Honor of David Naunton and Alice MaguireDavid and Mary SkinnerIn Honor of Jim Oates’ 90th BirthdayRandy and Lisa WhiteIn Honor of Jim Oates and Adam GrymkowskiJames and Judith OatesIn Honor of Christine PopeAnonymousDian and Ted EllerHolly Hayes and Carl W. SternIn Honor of Carol PrinsSylvia Neil and Daniel FischelMaril, Joe and Jane PattIn Honor of Alice SablKathleen and Nicholas AmatangeloSuzanne Martin and Hart WeichselbaumJosephine StraussIn Honor of Steve ScottSteven and Susan MarcusIn Honor of Barbara Stone SamuelsW. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation Trustee Emeritus GrantIn Honor of Regina TaylorKristin Anderson Schewe and Bob ScheweJoan and Robert CliffordRuth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnisIn Honor of Willa TaylorJo G. MooreIn Honor of Susan UnderwoodRichard and Elaine TinbergIn Honor of Lorrayne WeissSudy and Thomas AltholzIn Honor of Susan WislowMs. Barbara NeubergPatty and Dan WalshIn Memory of Hoda AboleneenOmar, Ashraf and Hani KhalilIn Memory of Dr. Morton A. ArnsdorfRosemary CrowleyIn Memory of Rev. Willie Taplin BarRev. Calvin S. Morris, Ph.D.In Memory of George S. BrengelJanyce D. BrengelIn Memory of Connie S. CarimiAnglique A. Sallas, Ph.DIn Memory of Rosaline CohnAlice SablIn Memory of Donald W. CollierKay Lemmer CollierIn Memory of Shirley ConeyKristin Anderson-Schewe and Bob ScheweTerry AthasNandi BallardKelli CaudillJackie CollinsBrian DiedrichEllie FormanAdam and Charmaine GoldmanLinda Johnson RiceMarty KaplanElaine R. LeavenworthRachel and Marc MangoubiMike MarkowitzDorlisa Martin and David GoodDana MikstayRichard PriceKristin ProvencherKristen SchaffnitDenise SchneiderKatie SeemanRoche Schulfer and Mary Beth FisherMichael SimonFrancois TeissonniereDaniel and Elizabeth WeilKneeland and Sharon YoungbloodIn Memory of Dr. W. Gene CorleyLynd Corley In Memory of Elizabeth Elser DoolittleSusan and Peter CoburnIn Memory of Margueite C. GainesStephanie R. GainesIn Memory of Sarah GoldbergSandra BlauNancy ThompsonIn Memory of Carlo MaggioDouglas R. Brown and Rachel E. KraftShawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. KellyGenevieve M. MaggioGladys C. NicosiaRoche Schulfer and Mary Beth FisherIn Memory of Michael MaggioLeigh and Henry BienenSandra GidleyRachel E. KraftCarlo and Genevieve MaggioJames F. Oates and Adam GrymkowskiIn Memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-WassermanDr. David WassermanIn Memory of Barbara B. SchultzBurton J. SchultzIn Memory of Merle WolinA. Sue SamuelsIn Memory of the Honorable Stephen R. YatesDeborah YatesInstitutional Support: Corporate, Foundation and?Government?DonorsGoodman Theatre is grateful to all of its institutional donors for their generous support between August 2014 and August 2015. Listed below are contributors at or above the $1,000 level.Ovation Society ($200,000 and above)Goodman Theatre Women’s Board The Shubert FoundationThe Wallace Foundation?Program Sponsors ($100,000 – $199,999)Paul M. Angell Family FoundationEdith-Marie Appleton FoundationThe Joyce FoundationPolk Bros. FoundationProducer’s Circle ($50,000 – $99,999)Abbott/Abbott FundAllstate Insurance CompanyBMO Harris Bank?The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation?The Chicago Community TrustThe Crown Family?EdelmanEdgerton FoundationExelon/ComEdFifth Third BankGoodman Theatre Scenemakers BoardJPMorgan ChaseJulius N. Frankel FoundationKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPThe John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation?National Endowment for the ArtsNorthern Trust BankPepsiCo?Target CorporationTime Warner Foundation?Director’s Circle ($30,000 – $49,999)American AirlinesBlue Cross Blue Shield of IllinoisErnst & Young LLPGCM GrosvenorIllinois Arts Council AgencyITWKPMG LLPLaurents/Hatcher Foundation, Inc.The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust?Premiere Circle ($20,000 – $29,999)Clifford Law OfficesCNAConant Family FoundationJacky and Michael Ferro — The Sun-Times Foundation/The Chicago Community TrustThe Glasser and Rosenthal FamilyLloyd A. Fry FoundationInteractive HealthJohnsonville Sausage, LLCMacy’sMarsh Private Client ServicesMayer Brown LLPMcDonald’s CorporationMesirow Financial Prince Charitable TrustsPwC LLPThe Rhoades FoundationUnited Scrap Metal, Inc.U.S. BankPatrons ($15,000 – $19,999)Baxter International Inc.John R. Halligan Charitable FundHeidrick & StrugglesHSBC North American HoldingsWalter E. Heller FoundationLoop CapitalThe Northridge Group, Inc.The PrivateBankTowers WatsonWalgreen Co.Winston & Strawn, LLPDistinguished Guarantors ($10,000 – $14,999)AnonymousHelen V. Brach FoundationThe Buchanan Family FoundationFTD Group, Inc.Harris Family FoundationKirkland & Ellis LLPMadden, Jiganti, Moore & Sinars LLPMcKinsey & Company, Inc.Peoples GasGuarantors ($5,000 – $9,999)Automatic Building ControlsArdmore Associates, LLCCreative Schools FundCramer-KrasseltHolland Capital ManagementINTREN, Inc.Jenner & Block LLPLeo Burnett WorldwideNeiman Marcus Michigan Ave.Nesek DigitalOgletree DeakinsEdmond and Alice Opler FoundationDr. Scholl FoundationThe Siragusa FoundationStandard ParkingTheater ForwardPrincipals ($2,500 – $4,999)Robert W. Baird & Co. IncorporatedClevestory Consulting LLCIngredionKatz & Stefani, LLCLichten Craig Architecture & InteriorsMarquette AssociatesWilliam Blair & CompanyWSF Associates & Partners, LLCSustainers ($1,000 – $2,499)Adage TechnologiesThe Bill Bass FoundationLauren Blair ConsultingBNSF Railway FoundationButler Family FoundationComplete Mailing Service, Inc.Corporate Value ManagementEllwood AssociatesHuber Financial AdvisorsPMI Energy Solutions, LLCPrimera Engineers, Ltd.Pritzker Traubert Family FoundationSahara Enterprises, Inc.W.R. Weis Company, Inc.Individual?Premiere?Society?Members And Major DonorsThe Premiere Society is a group of Goodman friends providing the core support for outstanding productions and award-winning education programs that reflect and enrich Chicago’s diverse cultural community. Membership in the Goodman Premiere Society is extended to individuals and couples who make an annual gift of $2,500 or more. Ovation Society ($100,000 and above) Julie and Roger BaskesJoan and Robert CliffordThe Davee FoundationRuth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnisAlbert and Maria GoodmanKimbra and Mark WalterDirector’s Circle ($50,000 – $99,999) Joyce ChelbergPatricia CoxShawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. KellyEfroymson-Hamid Family FoundationSherry and Peter JohnSwati and Siddharth MehtaCarol Prins and John HartMerle ReskinAlice and John J. SablHelen and Sam ZellChairmans Circle ($25,000 – $49,999)Anonymous (2)Susan and James AnnableBill and Linda AylesworthDeborah A. BrickerMarcia S. CohnConant Family FoundationJulie M. Danis and Paul F. DonahueDrs. Robert and Frances Del BocaEllen and Paul GignilliatMarcy and Harry HarczakRoy and Diane LandgrenAndra and Irwin PressMichael A. Sachs in Memory of Alice B. RapoportCynthia and Michael R. 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HillerVicki and Bill HoodThe Margaret and James C. Johnson Charitable FoundationJoan and Rik LewisAmalia and William MahoneyDonald L. Martin IIChris and Eileen MurphyAlexandra and John NicholsJames F. OatesElizabeth Raymond and Paul HybelRyan Ruskin and Mike AndrewsMary and Edward H. Schmitt, Jr.Nancy and Kevin SwanDistinguished Guarantors ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (4)Kristin Anderson-Schewe and Robert ScheweSharon and Charles AngellRajeev and Monika BahriJohn and Caroline BallantineMary Jo and Doug BaslerMaría C. Bechily and Scott HodesAnjan Asthana and Anu BehariSteve and Lynn BolanowskiMs. Jean BramletteDouglas R. Brown and Rachel E. KraftMary Kay and Art BushonvilleCarol and Tom ButlerTom and Dianne CampbellKevin and Eliza ColeBob and Loretta CooneyBrad and Becky CosgroveSheryl and Dominic CurcioJudy and Tapas K. Das GuptaJames and Nina DonnelleyFeitler Family FundChristine FinzerDavid and Alexandra FoxAlbert and Suzanne Friedman/Friedman PropertiesJane K. GardnerJonathan and Kristine GarrettMr. and Mrs. Alvin GolinSabrina and AntonioBrenda and James GruseckiJoseph S. HaasMary Kay and Ed HabenLynn Hauser and Neil RossKeith and Jodi HebeisenBrian L. Heckler and Coley M. GallagherKimberlee S. HeroldLeslie S. HindmanLinda HutsonFruman, Marian, and Lisa JacobsonRussell N. Johnson and Mark D. HudsonLoretta and Allan KaplanJoseph B. Kastenholz and Mary GriffinDietrich and Andrew KlevornJean A. KlingensteinRobert Kohl and Clark PellettRobert and Cheryl KopeckyElaine R. LeavenworthDr. Paul M. LisnekMs. Eva T. LosaccoJim and Kay MabieOrlanda B. Mackie, M.D.Anthony and Julianne MaggioreRalph and Terrie MannelJane and William McMillan, Ph.D.Ms. Iris NicholaichukKatherine and Norm OlsonMs. Abby O’Neil and Mr. Carroll JoynesBruce and Younghee OttleyMs. Marianne J. ParrilloKaren and Dick PigottMr. and Mrs. Richard L. PollayDaniel Ratner FoundationAnthony N. 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HallKatherine HarrisDrs. Mildred and Herbert HarrisDr. Robert A. HarrisHolly Hayes and Carl W. SternTed and Dawn HelwigEva L. HershmanMrs. Sheila K. HixonEugene HollandLou and Mary HollandKathy and Joe HorvathHuber Financial AdvisorsStewart HudnutSegun Ishmael M.D.Nancy JeffreyAndrew and Monica JohnsonStephen H. JohnsonAnne L. KaplanJared KaplanNicholas* and Mary Ann KarrisDr. Claudia A. KatzCathy and Bill KenworthyOmar S. KhalilHunter and Susan KingsleyShannon and Gene KinsellaMrs. Annette R. KleinmanJason and Deborah KnuppNancy and Sanfred KoltunJeff and Julie KorzenikChuck and Cindy KreislDrs. Vinay and Raminder KumarScott and Bobbi LebinMalcolm and Krissy MacDonaldChris and Susan MarshallScott and Susan McBrideDr. and Mrs. John P. McGeeJohn and Etta McKennaPamela G. MeyerEllie and Bob Meyers/Harvey B. Levin Charitable TrustLee MickusJulie and Scott MollerPaulette Myrie-HodgeSuzu and David NeithercutJames and Judith OatesLee and Sharon OberlanderCathy and Bill OsbornRobert and Catherine ParksPenny Pritzker and Bryan TraubertMichael A. PruchnickiDave Rice Rob and Martha RouzerJude Runge and Thomas NussbaumBettylu and Paul SaltzmanA. Sue SamuelsBarbara and Richard SamuelsRichard and Ellen Sandor Family FoundationLinda and Mitchell SaranowKenneth D. Schmidt, M.D.Mark Schulte and Mary HolcombDrew ScottKaren Seamen and Chris SchenkSusan and Harry SeigleJill and Steve SmartMarge and Larry SondlerDavid and Jeni SpinneyMichael and Salme Harju SteinbergAlberta R. StevensHal S. R. StewartCarole David StoneKelly and Jami StoneBrian and Sri SullivanDan and Catherine SullivanLiisa Thomas and Stephen PrattMr.* and Mrs. Philip L. ThomasMr. and Mrs. Richard L. ThomasMs. Nancy ThompsonNancy Ali and Kulbir ThukralTomasik Kotin KassermanMr. Brady I. TwiggsSusan and Bob UnderwoodMs. Gloria A. WaltonDr. David Wasserman - in memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-WassermanMs. Vanessa J. WeathersbyPolly Weiss and Robert KasperChristina WolfWilliam Wolf and Meredith Bluhm-WolfSandy Worley and Marc WalfishRonald & Geri Yonover FoundationMs. Sandra L. YostCelebrity ($1,000 – $1,999) Anonymous (6)Drew AhrensMr. and Mrs. Thomas AltholzCarol Lynn AndersonKay and Michael AndersonMr. and Mrs. Brian S. ArbetterMr. Gustavo BambergerKen BelcherThe Bill Bass FoundationAndrea BillhardtLauren Blair and David WheelerMr. and Mrs. Andrew K. BlockBrainard Nielsen MarketingAmanda BramhamRick BrickwellThe Bromley FamilyMark and Jami BronsonBeth Sprecher BrooksSue and John BrubakerDean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock FoundationShelly BurkeMr. and Mrs. John. D. BurnsMaureen and Scott ByronMark CappelloCarbonari Family FoundationCharles CarlsonRoger and Virginia CarlsonMs. Cecilia M. CarreonLamont and Paulette ChangeAhyoung Cho and James ChiuMr. and Mrs. Peter CoburnC. 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SargentAllen and Janet SchwartzDr. Elizabeth SenguptaMike and Vickie SilverMelissa and Chuck SmithRonald and Mary Ann SmithDr. Stuart P. Sondheimer and Bonnie LucasJacqueline SpillmanAnne and Scott SpringerFredric and Nikki Will SteinTeresa Samuel and James StewartLiz StiffelPhil and Judy StinsonNorm and Lynda StromJudith SugarmanGilbert TerlicherEncompass MeetingsAnne and William TobeyRosemary and Jack TourvilleSteve TraxlerStephen VaughnStephanie Wagner and Ian SmithdahlCharles J. Walle, Jr.Chester and Norma Davis WillisRoycealee J. WoodRichard and Mary WoodsMichael and Jennifer ZellnerStar ($500 – $999) Anonymous (8)Naila and Rafiq AhmedNirav D. AminLinda and Arrie Ammons, Jr.Robert AndersonMrs. Batja S. AstrachanJacqueline Avitia-GuzmanBackas and FeingoldRichard and Janice BailJohn and Sharon BaldwinJoAnn BallardNandi BallardMs. Bonnie A. 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Featuring a handful of the best new plays we’ve read over the course of the last year, the annual New Stages Festival serves as a testing ground, drawing our audiences into a conversation about the works we’re considering for future seasons. New Stages also functions as a laboratory where accomplished theater artists from Chicago and around the country can experiment with new and ambitious ideas on a larger scale than many new play development processes allow. The goal is to create a pathway for new plays to move to full productions at the Goodman and the work has paid off: each year since its inception, at least one play from New Stages has gone on to be presented as part of the Goodman’s regular season, including this season’s Feathers and Teeth, Another Word for Beauty, Carlyle and the special theatrical event 2666. Moving a new play from words on a page to full production is a labor-filled and time-intensive process. The writer often begins in isolation, but by definition a play relies on a group of collaborators–actors, designers, a director–for it to take shape. In spite of the months, sometimes years, of work that goes into the creation of a new play, playwrights often aren’t truly able to see what they’ve created until the moment the play is in front of an audience. With this in mind, the Goodman expanded New Stages in 2011, adding three fully staged developmental productions to its existing lineup of staged readings. These productions, which offer three weeks of rehearsal, modest production values and multiple performances, provide playwrights with all the elements of a full production without some of the pressures of a world premiere–such as the scrutiny of critics. This year’s plays are wildly ambitious in terms of the scope of stories being told and the theatrical language used to tell them. Full descriptions of the New Stages developmental productions and staged readings follow on the next pages. Remember, tickets to all New Stages readings and productions are free. We hope to see you at the theater, where you will be among the first to see these compelling new stories and take part in the conversation about the future of American theater. Sincerely, Tanya PalmerDirector of New Play DevelopmentMother Road (Developmental production)by Octavio SOlisdirected by Juliette CarrilloOctober 28 – November 14Originally commissioned by the National Steinbeck Center, Octavio Solis’ Mother Road is inspired by John Steinbeck’s Depression-era masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck’s novel depicts the Joad family’s journey from Oklahoma to California in search of work after they were drove from their home by drought and economic hardship. Set in the present day, Mother Road serves as a reimagining of Steinbeck’s work. In the play, we meet farmer William Joad, the last remaining member of a branch of the Joad family who stayed behind in Oklahoma. He fought to hold on to the family farm, and now, old and childless, William has no kin left to whom he can pass down the land. He hires a private detective in hopes of finding another surviving member of the Joad clan. The detective proves successful, but the man he finds is not who William expected. Enter Martín Jodes, a young Mexican American man descended from Steinbeck’s protagonist, Tom Joad. Tom ran off to Mexico, where he raised a family; some of his descendants, including Martín’s mother, returned to California in search of work. And so William Joad meets Martín Jodes in Weedpatch, California, once the government work camp site where Tom Joad and other laborers found work and shelter during the Depression. Now, that same town is home to migrant farm laborers arriving from across the southern border—facing many of the same economic hardships, exploitive work conditions and systemic prejudice that Joad and his fellow Okies faced when they migrated to California over 80 years ago. What follows is a journey like the one the Joads embarked on in The Grapes of Wrath. Rendered with a combination of mythic theatricality, precisely observed naturalism and raucous humor, Solis’ revisionist look at this quintessentially American story reveals a country that is both changed and unchanged, where the land and its people continue to be in peril, but where home and family can mean safety and survival.Objects in the Mirror (Developmental production)by Charles Smithdirected by Chuck SmithOctober 30 – November 15In 2009, playwright Charles Smith traveled to Adelaide, Australia, to see a production of his play Free Man of Color. The production featured a young Liberian actor named Shedrick Yarkpie in the title role. Impressed by Shedrick’s talent and intrigued by his life story, Smith got to know the actor and learned about his tumultuous journey from war-torn Liberia, through a number of refugee camps in Western Africa, before his final relocation to Australia.Shedrick came of age during the bloody rule of Charles Taylor, an American-educated freedom fighter turned warlord who served as president of Liberia from 1997 to 2002, during which time he ran the country as a personal fiefdom, looting its resources and instigating rebellion across the region. Opposition to his rule culminated in the outbreak of a civil war that lasted from 1999 to 2003, a conflict marked by its unprecedented use of child soldiers, most of whom were between the ages of eight and 10.It was from this environment that the young Shedrick escaped with his uncle John, moving from refugee camp to refugee camp in hopes of finding their names on a list of those shortlisted for relocation to the United States. Along the way, Shedrick lost family members to war and disease—and when his dead cousin Zaza’s name appeared on a list of refugees granted asylum in Australia, Shedrick took on his late relative’s identity in order to gain a new home and life. He arrived safely in Adelaide, but Shedrick Yarkpie had vanished in the rearview mirror, leaving Zaza Workolo in his place. Shedrick lost his country, childhood, family and own name. He’s haunted by the ghost of the cousin and can’t relinquish the person he used to be. Smith, reunited here with longtime collaborator and Goodman Resident Director Chuck Smith, chronicles Shedrick’s quest to recover his sense of self in this moving new play about hope, memory and survival.King of the Yees (Developmental production)by Lauren Yeedirected by Joshua K. BrodyNovember 1 – 15Visit any Chinatown in America and you will likely find a small sign posted over an inconspicuous door with this family name character: 余The Yee Fung Toy (the Yee Family Association) originated in 1886 when Yee clansmen immigrated to America during construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad. The men created the association to establish a gathering space for celebrations and social services like medical care and funerals. Since that time, Yee Family Associations have sprung up around the country and world. Only male Yees can join the association and all business is conducted in Cantonese. Larry Yee of San Francisco is one of the grand elders of the national organization. His daughter, Lauren Yee, is a playwright whose new play King of the Yees explores the world of her father, dying Chinatowns and how we honor the lineage of our families when that lineage is hundreds of years in the past and thousands of miles away. In King of the Yees, Lauren takes us down a rabbit hole into the imagined streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, introducing us to characters at the same time foreign and familiar, racing through time and space to find her now-missing father. Lauren is also a character in her own play. In the midst of King of the Yees, while Lauren is still writing the play, she assembles a team of actors on stage to play herself, her father, disgraced state senator Leland Yee, stylish criminal Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow and the 1,000 year-old Revered Yee Chung-Sheung, among others. Bitingly hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees presents a shockingly funny and confusing world similar and true to our own. King of the Yees leaps across cultural and national borders to examine just how much of ourselves comprises our own identities and how much is influenced by what our family wants us to be.Lady in Denmark (Staged reading)by Dael Orlandersmith directed by Chay YewSaturday, November 14, at 10:30amOwen TheatreIn this one-woman show, Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith takes us through the life of Helene, a Danish American woman who, in the wake of her husband’s death, finds solace in the music of Billie Holiday. Known for her darkly poetic style and piercing insight into human psychology, Orlandersmith weaves a narrative that explores jazz, family and the end of life.The Amateurs (Staged reading)by Jordan Harrisondirected by Oliver ButlerSaturday, November 14, at 2pmOwen TheatreMr. Larking is God. Or at least he’s playing God in a 14th century production of the story of Noah’s flood. As his co-stars prepare to perform for the Duke, the crew is plagued by deadlines, a fear of the Black Death (which already claimed one of the leads) and a secret that could divide them all. The Amateurs is a comic tale of plagues, purpose and finding your voice in the moment.R?dvinsv?nster (Red-Wine Leftists): 1977 (Staged reading)by Rebecca Gilman directed by Wendy C. GoldbergSunday, November 15, at 10:30amOwen Theatre Kyle, an auto worker from Reynolds, Wisconsin, has been chosen by his union to travel to socialist Sweden to see how Volvo has reimagined the assembly line for its workers. The play is part of a trilogy from Goodman Theatre Artistic Collective member Rebecca Gilman that also includes Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, which will be produced in the Owen Theatre this spring.Public EventsWant to learn more about what inspires the work on our stages? Take advantage of these events to enrich your Goodman Theatre experience.Artist Encounter: Feathers and TeethSunday, September 27 | 5–6pmPolk Rehearsal RoomJoin Feathers and Teeth’s playwright Charise Castro Smith and director Henry Godinez for an in-depth conversation about the play.Tickets are $5 for the general public, FREE for Subscribers, Donors and students.Playbacks: Feathers and TeethOwen TheatreFollowing each Wednesday and Thursday evening performance of Feathers and Teeth, patrons are invited to join us for a post-show discussion about the play with members of the Goodman’s artistic staff. FREE.Accessibility Performances of Feathers and Teeth:ASL-Signed PerformanceOctober 7 | 7:30pmAudio-Described PerformanceOctober 11 | 2pmTouch tour at 12:30pmOpen-Captioned PerformanceOctober 18 | AccessDive into Goodman Theatre’s History at a New Exhibit at the Newberry Library!Stagestruck City: Chicago’s Theater: Tradition and the Birth of the GoodmanSeptember 18 – December 31The Smith Gallery in the Newberry Library 60 W. Walton St.FREE and open to the publicThis fall, the Newberry Library presents an exhibition entitled Stagestruck City: Chicago’s Theater Tradition and the Birth of the Goodman, which explores the founding of the Goodman within the context of more than 60 years of a robust and ever-changing Chicago theater scene. Colorful programs and posters offer a glimpse of the city’s late 19th and early 20th century theater, and letters, scripts and photographs shed light on the life of Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, the Chicago businessman/playwright after whom the theater was named in 1925. For more information please visit Stagestruck-CityCurator-led Exhibition Tours:September 29, 6pmNovember 12, 6pmDecember 12, 11amJOIN THE PREMIERE SOCIETY: SUPPORT GOODMAN THEATRE’S PRODUCTIONS AND PROGRAMSGoodman Theatre has won international renown for the quality of its productions, the depth and diversity of its artistic leadership and the excellence of its many education and community programs.As a not-for-profit, the Goodman cannot sustain its standard of excellence on ticket sales alone. By providing additional financial support, our donors help keep our stages full of thought-provoking productions, support our free education and community programming and champion the theater’s commitment to developing new plays.Premiere Society members enjoy the definitive theatergoing experience, including Premiere Concierge services, opportunities to meet artists and attend VIP events with behind-the-scenes access at the theater.For more information, visit Support, call 312.443.3811 ext. 220 or email Development@.Engaging Communities. Expanding Minds.: The Alice B. Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement at Goodman TheatreOpening Early 2016The new Center will offer nationally renowned, arts-centered programs for Chicago teachers, students and lifelong learners. These immersive and illuminating programs will impact thousands of individuals through the transformative power of theater. Working in active collaboration with educators and other community partners, we aspire to create a home for all. Please join us.To learn more about the Alice B. Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement visit Center or call 312.443.3811 ext. 597.Exploring Identity with Students and Youth Artists at the GoodmanBy Teresa Rende“You made him see that gap. Between what he was assuming about you, and what you really are,” Emily says to her husband, Amir, in the first scene of Disgraced, the opening production of the Goodman’s 2015/2016 Season. The couple is recounting a recent experience in which a waiter made racist assumptions about Amir, and the speed with which those assumptions were upended once Amir spoke. This gap, between what others assume about us and who we really are, is a divide which Goodman Education and Community Engagement is particularly curious to explore. Each summer we have the joy of welcoming 80 students from across Chicagoland into Goodman Theatre’s PlayBuild Youth Intensive, our six-week program for 14-to-18-year-olds. PlayBuild is designed to validate the voices of its participants and inspire them to examine their own potential for creativity through storytelling techniques. The program culminates in a public presentation of an original performance conceived and executed by the participants. In light of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the unrest facing our nation in recent years in the wake of deaths of men of color such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Grey, the young artists of PlayBuild 2015 spent the summer investigating image and identity. Their performance was built around the central metaphor of water, an element capable of providing life and taking it away. The stories shared during PlayBuild forced each of us to consider our true selves and the biases that may shape our perception of those we encounter every day. We are excited to carry this crucial investigation of identity into the 2015/2016 Student Subscription Series (SSS), during which Goodman education staff will work with teachers to design lesson plans to enhance their theatergoing experience. This season, SSS students will attend performances of Disgraced, A Christmas Carol, Another Word for Beauty, Carlyle and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. Each of these works uniquely explores the self that we are now, expected to be and hope to become. They also ask us to examine how we manage our professional, religious and familial relationships when opinions don’t align. Are we beholden to something greater than ourselves? Who has the right to define beauty, and when and where we can experience it? What are the ethics of representation and who governs them? How is the self manipulated in social and mass media, and is our reputation a reflection of action or opinion?In PlayBuild Youth Intensive’s culminating performance, The Water is Rising, the ensemble asked themselves and their audience, “Who am I? Who was I yesterday, who will I be tomorrow and how do I make the world better for those who come next?” While the 80 artists of The Water is Rising started this investigation with Goodman Education and Community Engagement this summer, we cannot wait to continue exploring identity throughout the 2015/2016 school year with the 2,800 Chicago public high school students who will join us for these ING SOONBah Humbug! Holiday Shows:Goodman Theatre’s 38th annual production of A Christmas Carol November 14 – December 27 | Albert TheatrePresented in Partnership with The Second CityTwist Your DickensDecember 4 – December 27 | Owen TheatreVisit for more informationNew Stages FestivalOctober 28 – November 15 | Owen TheatreNew Stages is a celebration of innovative new works designed to give playwrights an opportunity to take risks and experiment. Chicago audiences get a first look at these new plays, many of which go on to become successful full productions. New Stages productions are FREE. January 16 – February 21, 2016 | Albert Theatre Another Word for Beautyby JOS? RIVERA | music by H?CTOR BUITRAGO directed by Steve Cosson Each year the female inmates at a Bogotá, Colombia, prison compete in a beauty pageant intended by their jailers to motivate and rehabilitate them. Inspired by true events, Another Word for Beauty is a haunting and soulful examination of women trapped within a prison’s walls and the events and circumstances that led to their arrests.On Stage NowSeptember 12 – October 18 | ALBERT Theatre Disgracedby Ayad Akhtar directed by Kimberly Senior Amir Kapoor has turned his back on his upbringing in pursuit of the American dream—he’s married to a beautiful woman, lives in a luxurious Manhattan apartment and is eyeing a lucrative promotion at his powerful law firm. But when Amir hosts a dinner party for his African American co-worker and her Jewish husband, the initially pleasant evening explodes into a volatile argument over race, religion and class in the modern world. ................
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