For Immediate Release
GOODMAN THEATRE PRESENTS THE CROWD YOU'RE IN WITH,
REBECCA GILMAN'S INTIMATE LOOK AT THE MODERN FAMILY
***WENDY C. GOLDBERG MAKES HER GOODMAN DEBUT DIRECTING THE CHICAGO PREMIERE***
(Chicago, IL - March 19, 2009) Goodman Theatre is proud to present the Chicago premiere of The Crowd You're In With by Rebecca Gilman. "A delightfully funny and thought-provoking new play" (San Francisco Chronicle), The Crowd You're In With is directed by Wendy C. Goldberg, artistic director of the National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and runs May 23 - June 21, 2009 in the Owen Bruner Theatre. Tickets are $10 - $39. The Sara Lee Foundation is the Owen Season Corporate Sponsor.
A backyard barbeque is the perfect place to tackle life's big questions: Is the chicken done? Does the band need a new tune? Is the time right to have a baby? Rebecca Gilman's fresh and moving new play takes an intimate look at modern families, friendships and the ins and outs of love allowing even the happiest couples to question the meaning in their lives.
About the Playwright and Director
Rebecca Gilman is a regular fixture at the Goodman with her productions of Dollhouse, Spinning Into Butter, Boy Gets Girl and Blue Surge all making their world premiere on the Goodman stage. Her other works include The American in Me, The Glory of Living (for which she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2001), The Crime of the Century, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Boys Are Coming Home and Lord Butterscotch and the Curse of the Darkwater Phantom. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prince Prize for Commissioning New Work, the Roger L. Steven Award from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the George Devine Award. Gilman has been said to "write plays with such intriguing plots that the audience finds itself hungry for what is going to happen next…" (Chicago Tribune).
Wendy C. Goldberg is in her fourth season as Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, where she directed The Crowd You're In With. Other recent directing credits include the world premiere of Deathbed, Doubt (co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Actors Theater of Louisville), Third and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball. For five seasons, Goldberg served as Artistic Associate at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where she conceived and led "Downstairs in the Old Vat Room," an artistic initiative dedicated to the development of new American plays.
Tickets are $10 - $39 and may be purchased online at GoodmanTheatre.org, at the Goodman Theatre Box Office, 170 North Dearborn Street, or by phone at 312.443.3800. Mezztix are half-price mezzanine tickets available at 12 noon at the box office and at 10am online at GoodmanTheatre.org on the day of performance, subject to availability; Mezztix are not available by telephone. When purchasing on GoodmanTheatre.org, enter the promo code MEZZTIX. 10Tix are $10 mezzanine tickets for students available at 12 noon at the box office and at 10am online at GoodmanTheatre.org on the day of performance, subject to availability; 10Tix are not available by telephone. Valid student I.D. must be presented when picking up the tickets at will call. Limit four tickets per student with I.D. Tickets are subject to availability and handling fees apply. Discounted group tickets for 10 persons or more are available at 312.443.3820.
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