February/March 2016 goodman theatre

WALT SPANGLER (Set Designer) most recently collaborated with the Goodman on Buzzer. Other Goodman credits include designs for Measure for Measure (2013 Jeff Award nomination), Desire Under the Elms, Turn of the Century, King Lear, Hollywood Arms, Heartbreak House, A True History of the Johnstown Flood and Blue Surge. Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, directed by Robert Falls; Hollywood Arms, directed by Harold Prince; Scandalous, directed by David Armstrong; A Christmas Story the Musical, directed by John Rando and the upcoming Tuck Everlasting, directed by Casey Nicholaw. New York credits include designs for The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre Company, The New Group and Lincoln Center Festival. Regional credits include work with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater, The Shakespeare Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Centerstage, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, the 5th Avenue Theatre and the Alley Theatre. Mr. Spangler received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
ANA KUZMANIC (Costume Designer) most recently collaborated with the Goodman on Smokefall. Previous costume designs for the Goodman include Camino Real, Measure for Measure, Mary, The Seagull, A True History of the Johnstown Flood, Desire Under the Elms, Rock ’n’ Roll, The Cook and King Lear. Her Chicago credits include work at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Court Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and The House Theatre of Chicago. Ms. Kuzmanic is the recipient of a Jeff Award for The Comedy of Errors at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Her Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning August: Osage County, Robert Falls’ Desire Under the Elms and Superior Donuts. Regional theater credits include work with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, the Geffen Playhouse and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her design work is featured in the theater, film and entertainment industries around the country and internationally, and from 1997 through 2002 she designed her own fashion and jewelry line. Ms. Kuzmanic is a native of the former Yugoslavia and earned an MFA from Northwestern University. She is an assistant professor of costume design at Northwestern University.

AARON SPIVEY (Lighting Designer) returns to Goodman Theatre, where he previously designed Brigadoon and served as associate lighting designer for The Iceman Cometh and Turn of the Century. Mr. Spivey served as the associate/assistant designer on 25 Broadway productions including Aladdin, Motown, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award for Best Lighting), Catch Me if You Can, The Merchant of Venice, 9 to 5, Tarzan, Little Women, Grease, A Chorus Line, Lend Me a Tenor and Collected Stories. His off-Broadway credits include Wanda’s World, From My Hometown, 4 Guys Named José, Golf the Musical and Elle. His regional credits include The Secret Garden (Children’s Theater of Charlotte), Marry Me a Little (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Bomb-ity of Errors (Syracuse Stage), 4 Guys Named José (Actors’ Playhouse), Mame (Helen Hayes PAC), Little Shop of Horrors and Beautiful Dreamer (Cherry County Playhouse). He also worked on A Chorus Line in Mexico City.
RICHARD WOODBURY (Sound Designer and Composer) is the resident sound designer at the Goodman, where his credits include music and/or sound design for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Little Foxes; stop. reset.; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Ask Aunt Susan; Luna Gale; Measure for Measure; Teddy Ferrara; Other Desert Cities; Crowns; Camino Real; A Christmas Carol; Red; God of Carnage; The Seagull; Candide; A True History of the Johnstown Flood; Hughie/Krapp’s Last Tape; Animal Crackers; Magnolia; Desire Under the Elms; The Ballad of Emmett Till; Talking Pictures; The Actor; Blind Date; Rabbit Hole; King Lear; Frank’s Home; The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove; A Life in the Theatre; Dollhouse; Finishing the Picture; Moonlight and Magnolias; The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?; Lobby Hero and many others. Steppenwolf Theatre Company credits include Slowgirl, Belleville, Middletown, Up, The Seafarer, August: Osage County, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Hysteria, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Memory of Water, The Libertine and others. Broadway credits include original music and/or sound design for Desire Under the Elms, August: Osage County, Talk Radio, Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Death of a Salesman and The Young Man from Atlanta. Mr. Woodbury’s work has also been heard at Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada, London’s Lyric and National theaters, in Paris and at regional theaters across the United States. Mr. Woodbury has received Jeff, Helen Hayes and IRNE Awards for Outstanding Sound Design and the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Collaborative Artist, as well as nominations for Drama Desk (New York) and Ovation (Los Angeles) awards. Mr. Woodbury has composed numerous commissioned scores for dance and has performed live with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Merce Cunningham Dance companies.
MIKHAIL FIKSEL (Sound Designer and Composer) returns to the Goodman, where he previously worked on Feathers and Teeth, The Upstairs Concierge, The World of Extreme Happiness, Venus in Fur, Buzzer, Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men, Fish Men, Massacre (Sing to Your Children), El Grito del Bronx and the New Stages Festival. Chicago credits include I Will Kiss These Walls, Home/Land and Feast at Albany Park Theater Project; The Old Man and The Old Moon, Hamlet, Hesperia, The Real Thing and Travels with My Aunt at Writers Theatre; Death and the Maiden, Mojada and Oedipus El Rey at Victory Gardens Theater; Blood and Gifts and Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West at TimeLine Theatre Company; Fulfillment and The Royale at American Theatre Company; Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, Woyzcek, Frankenstein and Oedipus at The Hypocrites; Petrified Forest, The Master and Margarita and Uncle Vanya at Strawdog Theatre Company; Exit Disclaimer and Power Goes with The Seldoms and The Better Half with Lucky Plush. Mr. Fiksel’s regional and off-Broadway credits include Stupid F*#king Bird and Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Pearl Theatre Company; The Old Man and the Old Moon at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the New Victory Theatre; Fulfillment at The Flea Theater; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at the Dallas Theater Center, Second Stage Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse and Stuck in the Elevator at Long Wharf Theatre and American Conservatory Theatre. He has received eight Jeff Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, an After Dark Award, nominations for the Henry Hewes Design Award and for the LA Drama Critics Circle Award and was recently honored with the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. Mr. Fiksel is a member of 2nd Story; a resident artist with Albany Park Theatre Project; an artistic associate with Timeline Theatre Company, Teatro Vista and WildClaw Theatre and on the faculty at Loyola University Chicago. MikhailFiksel.com
SHAWN SAGADY (Projection Designer) returns to the Goodman, where he previously designed projections for stop. reset., The White Snake and Brigadoon. His Broadway credits include All The Way (also at American Repertory Theatre), Leap of Faith and Memphis. Mr. Sagady’s off-Broadway work includes stop. reset., Mound Builders and Emotional Creature (Signature Theatre Company); By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage) and Father Comes Home From the Wars (The Public Theater). He has worked on the national tours of Memphis and Julius Caesar. Regionally, his work has appeared in The Little Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Fingersmith, The Great Society, A Wrinkle in Time, The White Snake, Measure for Measure and American Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Back Back Back (The Old Globe); Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse) and Cowboy Vs. Samurai (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company).
TANYA PALMER (Dramaturg) is the director of new play development at Goodman Theatre, where she coordinates New Stages, the theater’s new play program, and has served as the production dramaturg on a number of plays including the world premieres of The Upstairs Concierge by Kristoffer Diaz, Ask Aunt Susan by Seth Bockley, Smokefall by Noah Haidle, Magnolia by Regina Taylor, The Long Red Road by Brett C. Leonard and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Prior to her arrival in Chicago, she served as the director of new play development at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she led the reading and selection process for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. She is the co-editor, with Amy Wegener and Adrien-Alice Hansel, of four collections of Humana Festival plays, published by Smith & Kraus, as well as two collections of 10-minute plays published by Samuel French. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she holds an MFA in playwriting from York University in Toronto.
JOSEPH DRUMMOND* (Production Stage Manager) is in his 42nd season with Goodman Theatre, where his credits include over 125 productions, including The Iceman Cometh (also at Brooklyn Academy of Music), Death of a Salesman (also on Broadway in 1999 and at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles), Glengarry Glen Ross (also on Broadway in 1984) and 12 productions of A Christmas Carol. He is included in the 2012 edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and is the recipient of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Lifetime Achievement after 25 years of stage management at the Goodman. He is a 45-year member of Actors’ Equity Association.
ALDEN VASQUEZ* (Production Stage Manager) has stage-managed 25 productions of A Christmas Carol and more than 70 productions at Goodman Theatre. His Chicago credits include 14 productions at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, including the Broadway productions of The Song of Jacob Zulu (also in Perth, Australia) and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. His regional theater credits include productions at American Theater Company, American Stage Theater Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Northlight Theatre, Peninsula Players Theatre, Remains Theatre, Royal George Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company and the Weston Playhouse. He teaches stage management at DePaul University, is a 31-year member of Actors’ Equity Association and a US Air Force veteran.
ROCHE EDWARD SCHULFER (Goodman Theatre Executive Director) is in his 36th season as executive director. On May 18, 2015, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Chicago Theatres. In 2014, he received the Visionary Leadership Award from Theatre Communications Group. To honor his 40th anniversary with the theater, Mr. Schulfer was honored with a star on the Goodman’s “Walkway of Stars.” During his tenure he has overseen more than 335 productions, including close to 130 world premieres. He launched the Goodman’s annual production of A Christmas Carol, which celebrates 38 years as Chicago’s leading holiday arts tradition this season. In partnership with Artistic Director Robert Falls, Mr. Schulfer led the establishment of quality, diversity and community engagement as the core values of Goodman Theatre. Under their tenure, the Goodman has received numerous awards for excellence, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater, recognition by Time magazine as the “Best Regional Theatre” in the US, the Pulitzer Prize for Lynn Nottage’s Ruined and many Jeff Awards for outstanding achievement in Chicago area theater. Mr. Schulfer has negotiated the presentation of numerous Goodman Theatre productions to many national and international venues. From 1988 to 2000, he coordinated the relocation of the Goodman to Chicago’s Theatre District. He is a founder and two-time chair of the League of Chicago Theatres, the trade association of more than 200 Chicago area theater companies and producers. Mr. Schulfer has been privileged to serve in leadership roles with Arts Alliance Illinois (the statewide advocacy coalition); Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for more than 450 not-for-profit theaters); the Performing Arts Alliance (the national advocacy consortium of more than 18,000 organizations and individuals); the League of Resident Theatres (the management association of 65 leading US theater companies); Lifeline Theatre in Rogers Park and the Arts & Business Council. He is honored to have been recognized by Actors’ Equity Association for his work promoting diversity and equal opportunity in Chicago theater; the American Arts Alliance; the Arts & Business Council for distinguished contributions to Chicago’s artistic vitality for more than 25 years; Chicago magazine and the Chicago Tribune as a “Chicagoan of the Year”; the City of Chicago; Columbia College Chicago for entrepreneurial leadership; Arts Alliance Illinois; the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee for his partnership with Robert Falls; North Central College with an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree; Lawyers for the Creative Arts; Lifeline Theatre’s Raymond R. Snyder Award for Commitment to the Arts; Season of Concern for support of direct care for those living with HIV/AIDS; and the Vision 2020 Equality in Action Medal for promoting gender equality and diversity in the workplace. Mr. Schulfer is a member of the adjunct faculty of the Theatre School at DePaul University and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he managed the cultural arts commission.
For 2666:

Associate Projection Designer: Omar Ramos

Stage Management Interns: Marcus Carroll; Jeremy Mendoza

Assistant Lighting Designer: Brian Elston

Fight Captain: Demetrios Troy

Literary Interns: Annika Bennett; Anna Jennings

Video Crew:

Stage Manager: Jonathan Nook

Camera Operator: Erik Scanlon

Hair & Makeup: Christine Sciortino

Wardrobe: Noel Huntzinger

Electricians: Nick Belley; Brian Sauer; Brian Elston

Grip: Tom Scott

Sound: Andrew Melzer

History
Called America’s “Best Regional Theatre” by Time magazine, Goodman Theatre has won international recognition for its artists, productions and programs, and is a major cultural, educational and economic pillar in Chicago. Founded in 1925 by William O. Goodman and his family in honor of their son Kenneth (an important figure in Chicago’s cultural renaissance in the early 1900s), Goodman Theatre has garnered hundreds of awards for artistic achievement and community engagement, including Tony Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, the Goodman’s priorities include new plays (over 100 world or American premieres in the past 30 years), reimagined classics (including Falls’ nationally and internationally celebrated productions of Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey into Night, King Lear and The Iceman Cometh, many in collaboration with actor Brian Dennehy), culturally specific work, musical theater (26 major productions in 20 years, including 10 world premieres) and international collaborations. Diversity and inclusion are primary cornerstones of the Goodman’s mission; over the past 25 years, more than one-third of Goodman productions (including 31 world premieres) have featured artists of color, and the Goodman was the first theater in the world to produce all 10 plays in August Wilson’s “American Century Cycle.” Each year the Goodman’s numerous education and community engagement programs, including the innovative Student Subscription Series, serve thousands of students, teachers, life-long learners and special constituencies. In addition, for nearly four decades the annual holiday tradition of A Christmas Carol has led to the creation of a new generation of theatregoers in Chicago.
Goodman Theatre’s leadership includes the distinguished members of the Artistic Collective: Brian Dennehy, Rebecca Gilman, Henry Godinez, Steve Scott, Chuck Smith, Regina Taylor, Henry Wishcamper and Mary Zimmerman. The Chairman of Goodman Theatre’s Board of Trustees is Joan E. Clifford; Swati Mehta is President of the Woman’s Board.
From the Goodman Archives: Zoot Suit, 2000

One of the most distinctive productions in recent Goodman Theatre history, Zoot Suit was playwright Luis Valdez’s examination of the Chicano experience in America, as seen through the events surrounding the infamous 1943 Zoot Suit riots (so called because of the distinctive garb worn by young Chicano men) in Los Angeles. A colorful blend of exuberant dance-hall sequences and starkly expressionistic drama, Zoot Suit focused on Henry Reyna and the members of the 38th Street Gang, whose false imprisonment on murder charges ignited the racial tensions that resulted in the riots. Along the way, Valdez captured the external and internal turmoil that enveloped the Chicano community, symbolized by the zoot suited figure of El Pachuco, a mythical embodiment of Chicano strength and power. First produced in 1978 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano-authored play to premiere on Broadway (in 1979); the Goodman revival was dynamically directed by Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez, and was the final Mainstage subscription production to be staged in the old Goodman home on Monroe Street.

The Theater
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GROUP DISCOUNTS

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GREAT GIFTS FROM THE GOODMAN

You’ll find a number of popular items related to the Goodman and Goodman productions—from posters, T-shirts, pins and mugs to published scripts—at the Goodman Gift Shop in the theater’s lobby. Gift certificates are available in any denomination and can be exchanged for tickets to any production at the Goodman. To order Goodman Gift Certificates, call the Goodman Box Office at 312.443.3800, or stop by the next time you attend a show.

PARKING - DON’T MISS OUT ON THE NEW $16.50 PARKING RATE!
On your next visit you can receive a discounted pre-paid rate of $16.50* for Government Center Self Park by purchasing passes at InterParkOnline.com/GoodmanTheatre. If you do not purchase a pre-paid parking pass and park in Government Center Self Park, you can still receive a discounted rate of $22* with a garage coupon available at Guest Services. Government Center Self Park is located directly adjacent to the theater on the southeast corner of Clark and Lake Streets. Learn more at GoodmanTheatre.org/Parking.

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USHERING

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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABLED

The Goodman is accessible to the disabled. Listening assistance devices are available at Guest Services at no charge to patrons. Information on additional services available at GoodmanTheatre.org/Access.

MEZZTIX

On the day of the performance, all remaining mezzanine level seats are available at half-price with code MEZZTIX. Tickets are available online beginning at 10am at GoodmanTheatre.org or in person beginning at noon. All MezzTix purchases are subject to availability; not available on Goodman’s mobile site or by phone; handling fees apply.

10TIX

On the day of the performance, all remaining mezzanine seats in the last three rows in the Albert Theatre are available for $10 with the code 10TIX. Tickets are available online beginning at 10am at GoodmanTheatre.org or in person beginning at noon. $10 student tickets are available in the balcony of the Owen Theatre for purchase anytime with code 10TIX. Limit four tickets per student ID. A student ID must be presented when picking up tickets at will call. All 10TIX purchases are subject to availability; not available on Goodman’s mobile site or by phone; handling fees apply.