NOAH HAIDLE'S 12-PLAY CYCLE, LOCAL TIME
This FREE series of script-in-hand staged readings takes place in the Owen Theatre and is open to the public.
Goodman Theatre is proud to collaborate with playwright Noah Haidle on the development of three new works which are part of a larger cycle named Local Time—twelve two-act plays that trace a 24-hour period in the life of a town. Tickets are free, but reservations are required: 312.443.3800.
"Tony Kushner saw the movie Nashville and said to himself, I want to put that on stage; what came out was Angels in America," Noah Haidle explains. "I saw the television show 24 and said to myself, I want to put that on stage. What came out is a cycle of plays called Local Time."
Local Time: 5-7 AM
Directed by Dexter Bullard
November 18 at 7 pm
A young couple discovers a newborn on their doorstep, but he's no ordinary infant. Within minutes he learns to talk and dance—and moments later, he's guzzling coffee, chain-smoking, and pondering the human condition. His new parents endeavor to guide him, but how do you parent a child who grows up in 20 minutes flat? In this raucous comedy, a fast-motion life provokes the terrifyingly mundane question: how should we spend the time we have each day?
Local Time: 7-9 AM
Directed by Henry Wishcamper
November 24 at 7 pm
In this zany, wistful new play about the elusiveness of memory, a playful narrator provides unexpectedly illuminating commentary on a family’s usual morning routine. But this family is anything but usual: Mother is about to give birth to twins, her daughter has decided to stop speaking, and Grandpa is so forgetful that the dog has to walk him. After the family leaves for the day, Mother tries to recall the events of the morning—but will the murky waters of memory allow her?
Local Time: 9-11 AM
Directed by Goodman Resident Director Chuck Smith
December 1 at 7 pm
An evocative comedy about a young man struggling to find his place in the world, this final play is set in a graveyard and follows a father and son grave-digging team appropriately named Dig and Digger. The elder Dig loves his job, and expects that his son will follow in his muddy footsteps. Young Digger has other ideas: he dreams of being an artist. As the two men work, they’re visited by mourners and ghosts, each with a different outlook on death and dying. Digger’s dad insists that grave digging eases the transition from life to death, and that it is important, nuanced work—maybe even art.
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