Paving the Way for Latino/a Work: Feathers and Teeth Director Henry Godinez...
During the 2015/2016 Season, the Goodman will present three works by Latino/a writers: Charise Castro Smith’s horror comedy Feathers and Teeth; José Rivera’s Another Word for Beauty, a musical...
View ArticleListen Up: Making Noise with Feathers and Teeth’s Foley Artist Carolyn...
Heading into rehearsals for Charise Castro Smith’s horror comedy Feathers and Teeth, many of the cast members may stretch or perform other exercises as they prepare to get into character. Carolyn...
View ArticleA Conversation with Feathers and Teeth Playwright Charise Castro Smith
In Charise Castro Smith’s genre-blending play Feathers and Teeth, Chris, a teenage girl lamenting the recent death of her mother, plots against her father’s new girlfriend with an intricate revenge...
View ArticleBeyond Disgraced: Three Additional Works by Ayad Akhtar
“After September 11, I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to run away from myself,” Disgraced playwright Ayad Akhtar recently said during an interview for the Goodman’s OnStage+. “I was going to...
View ArticleFirst Person: Actor Behzad Dabu Recounts his Journey with Disgraced
In Disgraced, Chicago-based actor Behzad Dabu portrays Abe, the 22-year-old nephew of successful Manhattan lawyer Amir. Abe’s request for his uncle to assist a local imam facing legal trouble sparks...
View ArticleA Conversation with Disgraced Playwright Ayad Akhtar and Director Kimberly...
Disgraced, by playwright, novelist, screenwriter and actor Ayad Akhtar, premiered in Chicago in 2012 at American Theatre Company. The play then went on to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater,...
View ArticleMusical Director Malcolm Ruhl on Putting the ‘Carol’ in A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol’s Musical Director Malcolm Ruhl returns for his 11th production this season, where he can be seen on stage throughout the show playing various instruments alongside three other...
View ArticleMaking Merry with the Cast of Twist Your Dickens
Sue Salvi: Where is your favorite place to spend the holidays? Pittsburgh, which is where my family (my mom, brothers and their kids) live. What is one of your favorite and/or funniest holiday...
View ArticleA Director and Two Writers: An Interview with the Twist Your Dickens Creative...
Twist Your Dickens returns to the Owen Theatre for a second year this holiday season. The following is a conversation between director Matt Hovde and authors Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort. Matt Hovde: So...
View ArticleDouble the Humbug: A Conversation with A Christmas Carol’s Two Scrooges Larry...
For eight seasons, Jeff Award-winning actor Larry Yando (The Goodman’s The Little Foxes and The Jungle Book) has simultaneously frightened and delighted theatergoers with his performance as greedy...
View ArticleExperience the Music of Héctor Buitrago and Aterciopelados
Get a feel for the music of Héctor Buitrago and his band Aterciopelados with these music videos, then listen to some of his original compositions live in Another Word for Beauty.
View ArticleActress Janet Ulrich Brooks on Preparing for the Marathon Experience of 2666
Jeff Award-winning actress Janet Ulrich Brooks is one of 15 actors appearing in Robert Falls’ and Seth Bockley’s epic stage adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel 2666. With its large cast,...
View ArticleActress Socorro Santiago on Navigating the World of Another Word for Beauty‘s...
New York-based actress Socorro Santiago anchors the cast of José Rivera’s Another Word for Beauty as Ciliana, a sixtysomething “feisty prisoner with mischievous eyes, a real prison busybody,” who’s...
View ArticleFact, Fiction and the Unknown: The Civilians’ Process
Where do plays come from? A quick, glib answer is “from the mind of the playwright.” That response, however, fails to take into account the myriad ways in which different artists work to shape their...
View ArticleSongs from the Soul: Grammy Award Winner Héctor Buitrago Brings His Eclectic...
Renowned Colombian songwriter and Another Word for Beauty composer Héctor Buitrago has made a career by tearing down walls. His Grammy Award-winning works with Aterciopelados, the groundbreaking band...
View Article“Inside Beauty” with José Rivera
Get an in-depth look at playwright José Rivera’s work Another Word for Beauty and his remarkable two-decade legacy with Goodman Theatre.
View ArticleSay ‘Hello’ to Dolly: Tony Award Nominee Kristine Nielsen Brings Her...
More than four decades have passed since actor Kristine Nielsen first plotted and schemed across her high school stage as The Matchmaker’s namesake character Dolly Gallagher Levi. Now, having built a...
View ArticleThornton Niven Wilder: A Timeline of the Influential Author’s Life
1897 | Wilder is born in Madison, Wisconsin on April 17. 1906 | He moves to Hong Kong in May and to Berkeley, California in October. 1906-10 | Wilder attends Emerson Public School in Berkeley. 1910-11...
View ArticleLooking for Love: The Cast of The Matchmaker on the Highs and Lows of Romance
From dating horror stories to their own attempts at matchmaking, cast members from The Matchmaker weigh in on their memorable romantic experiences below! KRISTINE NIELSEN (Dolly Gallagher Levi) What...
View ArticleLies, Truth and Theatricality: Thornton Wilder’s Vision
Nearly each day of the year, somewhere in America, an actor strides on stage and declares, “This play is called Our Town…The name of the town is Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire—just across the...
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