Free Series has Launched Nearly 35 New Plays Over Seven Years, Including the Goodman’s Upcoming Production of The Long Red Road
Brand-new plays from six contemporary, diverse voices of the American theater come together for two weekends in Goodman Theatre’s 2009 New Stages Series, Dec. 11 – 20, 2009.
The series of script-in-hand staged readings takes place in the Goodman’s Owen Theatre and is open to the public. Tickets are free, but reservations are required: 312-443-3800 (members of the media only: 312-443-5151).
For its seventh year, the New Stages Series includes the newest work by:
- acclaimed playwright, director, actor and Goodman Theatre Artistic Associate Regina Taylor;
- Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics, 2003);
- Kia Corthron, whose work has appeared at Manhattan Theatre Club, Mark Taper Forum and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays;
- Minneapolis-based playwright Carlyle Brown, whose work has been commissioned by the Goodman, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Arena Stage;
- Chicago playwright Rohina Malik, known for her work with Teatro Vista, 16th Street Theater, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and Live Bait Theater;
- and award-winning playwright Thomas Bradshaw, whose latest play The Bereaved at Wild Project in New York opened to critical and popular acclaim in September.
About the Goodman Theatre’s New Stages Series
The Goodman’s New Stages Series has provided the first look at nearly 35 new plays, many of which have gone on to receive world-premiere productions at the Goodman—including the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined by Lynn Nottage and the upcoming The Long Red Road by Brett C. Leonard (Feb. 13 – March 14, 2010).
Several others have been produced at theaters across the country, including Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, New York’s The Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, American Theatre Company and Geffen Playhouse. A complete list of these productions is available upon request.
The New Stages Series is supported in part by generous grants from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and the Glasser and Rosenthal Family.
The Davee Foundation is the major contributor toward research and development of new work at the Goodman. Prince Charitable Trusts is a Gold Benefactor supporter of the Goodman Theatre’s Endowment for New Work.
New work at the Goodman is also made possible in part by the Lester and Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development.
The Series is also made possible by Goodman World Premiere Season Sponsors Randy and Lisa White, and M. Ann O’Brien, and New Works Season Sponsors: Julie and Roger Baskes; Joan and Robert Clifford; Patricia Cox; Eva and Michael Losacco; Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation; Karen and Richard Pigott; Alice Rapoport and Michael Sachs, Sg2; Shaw Family Supporting Organization; and Orli and Bill Staley.