Since 2009, the Goodman has been spreading holiday cheer to service men and women and their families during our annual production of A Christmas Carol with the special Community Day and Share the Joy Day events. It started simply enough. The final performance of A Christmas Carol in 2009 landed on New Year’s Eve, and,…
Goodman Theatre believes that theater is more than a play or a place: it is an inspiring, expansive lens on the world that can profoundly engage communities and expand minds. Goodman programs promote literacy and learning, inspire self-confidence and empowerment — and effect positive change in society. The new Alice B. Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement at…
“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…