ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

The Goodman Theatre will participate in ENOUGH!: Plays to End Gun Violence: a ground-breaking series of readings staged simultaneously in multiple cities nationwide. Ticket reservations include all six 10-minute staged readings, performed in a single evening. This year’s plays were selected by nationally recognized dramatists Idris Goodwin, Lauren Gunderson, Zora Howard, Samuel D. Hunter, David Henry Hwang, Octavio Solis, and Lloyd Suh.
The six 10-minute plays authored by teenage playwrights, include Niarra C. Bell’s The Smiles Behind, Amanda Fagan’s Lightning Strike, Pepper Fox’s A Call for Help, Sam Lee Victor’s A Disorderly House, Justin Cameron Washington’s No Prospering Weapons, and Valentine Wulf’s The Matter at Hand. This is Goodman’s third time participating in ENOUGH!, the first being a virtual offering in 2020, featuring Ghost Gun, written by Olivia Ridley and directed by Ken-Matt Martin. The second offering was presented on April 20, 2022 and featured eight plays by teenage playwrights and was directed by Quenna L. Barrett and Georgette Verdin.
SELECTED READINGS
DIRECTORS
FEATURED ACTORS
Ann Delaney
RONNIE MOORE in A Call for Help
STAGE DIRECTIONS in A Disorderly House
CLAUDETTE LATETE in The Matter at Hand
HALLIE in Lightning Strike
Andres Enriquez
STAGE DIRECTIONS in A Call for Help
JEFFERSON in The Smiles Behind
JACK in A Disorderly House
CESAR MENDOZA in The Matter at Hand
La’Mar Hawkins
BRIAN JOHNSON in A Call for Help
STAGE DIRECTIONS in The Smiles Behind
DOWN-AND-FALLING in No Prospering
Aila Ayilam Peck
MARTHA HERNANDEZ in A Call for Help
DIANE in A Disorderly House
STAGE DIRECTIONS in The Matter at Hand
Adhana Reid
SIERRA DRAFFEN in A Call for Help
LAY in The Smiles Behind
STAGE DIRECTIONS in No Prospering
Donovan Session
CAMERON GAINS in A Call for Help
KAY in The Smiles Behind
UP-AND-COMING in No Prospering Weapons
Matt Young
BILL MAST in A Call for Help
JANKO KOSTIC in The Matter at Hand
STAGE DIRECTIONS in Lightning Strike