It begins innocuously enough. A young, upwardly mobile Wall Street attorney (and lapsed Muslim) and his beautiful, idealistic (and Caucasian) artist wife are throwing…
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,…
For the first time in its history, Goodman Theatre dips a toe into the crimson waters of horror this fall with playwright Charise Castro…
Now among the most celebrated American plays of this decade, Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced will soon become among the most performed, with more than 20…
In Disgraced, Emily’s portrait of her husband Amir in the style of Diego de Silva y Velázquez’s 1650 Portrait of Juan de Pareja becomes…
Horror may not be the most prevalent genre on stage, but several plays and musicals have attempted to send audiences home in fright. Learn…
