Lucky Stiff

(Bio as of October 2025)

Lucky Stiff, they/he (Ghost of Christmas Past/Topper/Makeup Consultant for Christmas Past) is a director/writer/performer working in Chicago and New York, returning to The Goodman for their fifth year in A Christmas Carol. Their work in new play and musical development and nightclub culture-inspired performance art has been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Blue Man Group Chicago and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, among many others. MFA: Directing for Theater from Northwestern University. Fellow, Leon Levy Foundation Director’s Group at Roundabout Theatre Company (2024).