Neena Arndt

Neena Arndt is the literary manager and dramaturg at Goodman Theatre. Since 2008, she has served as dramaturg for more than 40 productions, including Robert Falls’ productions of The Cherry Orchard, The Winter’s Tale, An Enemy of the People, and The Iceman Cometh, David Cromer’s production of Sweet Bird of Youth and the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale. She has also worked with the American Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the New Harmony Project and Actors Shakespeare Project, among others. Ms. Arndt has taught at Boston University and DePaul University. She holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, and a BA in linguistics from Pomona College.
Goodman Productions:
- Betrayal: (2025) Dramaturg
- The Penelopiad – Featured Press: (2024) Dramaturg
- The Penelopiad: (2024) Dramaturg
- A Christmas Carol 2023: (2023) Dramaturg
- The Cherry Orchard: (2023) Dramaturg
- A Christmas Carol 2022: (2022) Dramaturg
- A Christmas Carol 2021: (2021) Dramaturg
- I Hate It Here: (2021) Dramaturg
- The Sound Inside: (2021) Dramaturg
- graveyard shift: (2020) Dramaturg
- In the Sick Bay of the Santa Maria: (2019) Dramaturg
- Bernhardt/Hamlet: (2019) Dramaturg
- The Winter’s Tale: (2019) Dramaturg
- Twilight Bowl: (2019) Dramaturg
- We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time: (2018) Dramaturg
- Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3): (2018) Dramaturg
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sister’s First 100 Years: (2018) Dramaturg
- An Enemy of the People: (2018) Dramaturg
- Twilight Bowl – New Stages: (2017) Dramaturg
- A View from the Bridge: (2017) Dramaturg
- Ah, Wilderness!: (2017) Dramaturg
- Uncle Vanya: (2017) Dramaturg
- The Magic Play: (2016) Dramaturg
- Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976: (2016) Dramaturg
- The Matchmaker: (2016) Dramaturg
- 2666: (2016) Dramaturg
- Another Word for Beauty: (2016) Dramaturg
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: (2015) Dramaturg
- The Little Foxes: (2015) Dramaturg
- Two Trains Running: (2015) Dramaturg
- The Magic Play: (2014) Dramaturg
- The World of Extreme Happiness: (2014) Dramaturg
- Brigadoon: (2014) Dramaturg
- Luna Gale: (2014) Dramaturg
- By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: (2013) Dramaturg
- Measure for Measure: (2013) Dramaturg
- The World of Extreme Happiness: (2012) Dramaturg
- Sweet Bird of Youth: (2012) Dramaturg
- The Iceman Cometh: (2012) Dramaturg
- Chicago Boys: (2011) Dramaturg
- Red: (2011) Dramaturg
- Stage Kiss: (2011) Dramaturg
- God of Carnage: (2011) Dramaturg
- The Seagull: (2010) Dramaturg
- The Sins of Sor Juana: (2010) Dramaturg
- A True History of the Johnstown Flood: (2010) Dramaturg
- Animal Crackers: (2009) Dramaturg
- Boleros for the Disenchanted: (2009) Dramaturg
- Ghostwritten: (2009) Dramaturg
- Desire Under the Elms: (2009) Dramaturg