Stage and screen star Linda Gehringer returns to the Owen Theatre, where she was last seen in Rebecca Gilman’s The Crowd You’re in With (a performance for which she earned a Joseph Jefferson Award nod). This time, she commands the stage as Helene, the central and sole character in Dael Orlandersmith’s new play.
Perhaps best known for her solo works in which she often inhabits multiple characters—with admirably expressive subtlety—playwright and performer Dael Orlandersmith is a storyteller through and through, an artist for whom no moment in life is insignificant, no person undeserving of consideration.
I want to aim really high, artistically and emotionally. In the ‘70s I saw Bette Midler, and what she did to me as an audience member in making me feel connected to life, I want to do to other people.
“It’s very much like a film score,” Marsh says of the music, which he will perform live on piano at every performance, accompanied by a quintet of musicians. “The song structures harken back to American Songbook-type songs—but with a contemporary flair.
Cale’s performance was recorded live at the Goodman Studio Theatre for National Public Radio’s "This American Life."
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, it’s clear that difficult conversations about masculinity, vulnerability and inequality are long overdue, and almost impossible to entertain.
This play, at its core, is about a group of guys attempting–not necessarily succeeding—to be open about who they are, what they’re afraid of, and how they might learn to move forward in a world that is moving forward with or without them.
These issues are ingrained in us, and are not easily separated into the now and then.
For nearly three decades, Suzan-Lori Parks’ distinct style has solidified her status as one of theater’s most imaginative, respected writers.
Shortly before rehearsal for Having Our Say began, Goodman Theatre’s longtime Resident Director pondered the valuable lessons audiences can learn from the Delany sisters’ fascinating lives, and reflected on the milestones of his own incredible career.
