In Goodman Theatre’s 45th anniversary year run of “A Christmas Carol” adapted from Charles Dickens’ prose and directed for a third year by Jessica Thebus, there are a few lines inserted when Bob Cratchit is in the marketplace purchasing the goose that will be roasted for the family’s holiday dinner.
Goodman Theatre kicks off the new year with a new play: Christina Anderson’s poignant, transporting and quietly subversive story of racial justice, political legacy and family forgiveness, The ripple, the wave that carried me home winner of the prestigious 2022 Horton Foote Prize, awarded to “an original work of exceptional quality.”
When the COVID-19 lockdown hit in March 2020, Chicago’s artistic productions were abruptly placed on hold. Now more than two years later, theater companies are evaluating a path forward with an audience that has new expectations.
Celebrated creative collaborators over two decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey will return to Goodman Theatre with their latest Broadway production, Clyde’s, launching the Goodman’s 2022/2023 Season.