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A FREE GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY Streaming Dec. 1 - 31 CHICAGO’S THEATER SINCE 1925A Not-For-Profit Arts and Civic Organization in the Heart of the LoopHenry GodinezResident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez is passionate about creating theater that reflects the world around us. Take a closer look at how he supports Latinx artists and audiences at the Goodman and beyond.It Can't Happen HereGoodman Theatre is a broadcast partner of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s audio drama,It Can’t Happen Here—based on the eponymous 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel about the ascent of a U.S. president who promises to return the country to greatness—available through November 8.LISTEN NOWAnnouncing Goodman's 20/21 Playwrights Unit including Eliza Bent, Marisa Carr, Terry Guest and Exal Iraheta.Over the past 10 years, the Goodman has commissioned more than 40 Chicago-based playwrights through this unique annual residency. Goodman Theatre’s commitment to new work and commissioning emerging artists continues as four Chicago-based writers are announced as the 2020/2021 Playwrights Unit.READ MOREReview: Fannie Lou Hamer, played in a Chicago park by E. Faye Butler, roars out a timely messageBy Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune"[E. Faye] Butler’s fiery monologue, oft-underscored on live electric blues guitar by the musician Felton Offard, had such power and potency, it echoed and reverberated with sharp cracks, its constituent words bouncing off the shuttered playground, the field house, the empty baseball diamond."READ MORESpeak on It! Fannie Lou Hamer's Legacy Takes the Chicago Stage With a 9-Venue Outdoor Run—and a Voting DriveBy Maiysha Kai, The Root"Inspired by [Fannie Lou] Hamer’s fiery rhetoric and 'all the audacious Mississippi women' in her own family, [Cheryl L.] West also shared that she was 'especially motivated to tell the story of a Mississippian woman in her own vernacular and to share the folksy poetry and fire in her spoken word'—including the famed spirituals 'I Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round,' 'We Shall Not Be Moved' and 'I’m on My Way to Freedom.'”READ MOREGoodman Theatre brings live theater to the parks, with timely tale of Fannie Lou HamerBy Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun-TimesPlaywright Cheryl L. West says "I feel like right now, we’ve lost some hope. And when you lose hope, you start to feel helpless... Fannie [Lou Hamer] never allowed herself to feel helpless... We don’t have time to wring out hands. Now is the time for artists to get busy. Whatever your gift is, now is the time to give it to the world because people need it. They need hope and inspiration...”READ MOREDael Orlandersmith Receives Doris Duke Artist Award"TheDoris Duke Charitable Foundation(DDCF) has announced the winners of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Awards, which awards each artist with a total of $275,000 in unrestricted funds including $25,000 dedicated to encouraging retirement savings." The winners of this year's prize include, among others, Goodman Theatre Artistic AssociateDael Orlandersmith.READ MOREGoodman Theatre announces 2021 SeasonFive of the productions on the docket have been previously announced...But there are also three newly announced shows: a production of a new play called the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson (in collaboration with the Berkeley Repertory Theatre), a reprise of Mary Zimmerman’s The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, and a staging of Fannie, a one-person play with gospel music about activist Fannie Lou Hamer that stars E. Faye Butler.READ MORE Arts As EducationDid you know that the Goodman impacts thousands of Chicago youth and lifelong learners each year through a host of Education and Engagement programs?Our Alice Rapoport Center is home to it all. Join us! Explore all Education Engagement programming CELEBRATING 95 YEARSToday's Goodman Theatre traces its roots back to the dream of multifaceted artist, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who worked to open Chicago's first major theater and training program from drama students at the Chicago Art Institute.Goodman's parents took up his cause after his death and in the fall of 1925, the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre opened its doors.Our Full History You seem to have JavaScript disabled. Please enable JavaScript to utilize all features of this website. NOTE: You must enable JavaScript to complete your payment process. Goodman's Flexible 350 Seat Courtyard TheatreLearn More SHOW EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTSWant the latest news on upcoming Goodman productions, events and programs? Sign up for our email newsletter.SIGN UP

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