• ★★★★ (out of four)

  - Chicago Tribune

• "Ike Holter concludes saga on a winning note with mighty Lottery Day"

  - Chicago Sun-Times

• ★★★★★ (out of five)

  - Time Out Chicago

• "Masterful"

  - PerformInk

• "Delivers a comic and dramatic win"

  - Daily Herald

• "You're going to want to savor this"

  - Newcity

• Lottery Day "hits the jackpot"

  - Chicago Tribune

• "Gripping"

  - Chicago Sun-Times

• "Lottery Day brings Ike Holter's Chicago cycle to a triumphant close"

  - Chicago Reader

• "Electric"

  - Time Out Chicago

• "Enormously enjoyable"

  - PerformInk

• "Might be the most Chicago thing you've ever seen"

  - Newcity

• Full of "raucous energy"

  - BroadwayWorld

• "A meditation on endings and new beginnings"

  - Chicago Reader

• "Five years after Exit Strategy kicked the party off, Lottery Day is here to close it down. This is the last call. Get in while you can."

  - Time Out Chicago

• "A visual wonderland that makes the audience want to enter"

  - PerformInk

• "Holter is a natural poet"

  - Chicago Tribune

• "A raucous world premiere production"

  - Daily Herald

• Great show! A lot of fun, and very real. There's a lot going on here that we can all relate to. You'll enjoy it.

  Kenneth G. via Facebook

• Lottery Day at the Goodman Theatre is wonderful. Smart. Nuanced. Complex. Soulful. In other words, #Chicago.

  Alia D. via Twitter

• LOVED this show! So complex and yet so very simple, true and authentic! 

  Lois H. via Facebook

• Terrific acting, set and producing.

  Susan A. via Facebook

• It was amazing! Definitely different than expected! It's a must-see! 

  Diondai B. via Facebook

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  Drinks & Discussion Events

  Throughout the run

  Enhance your theater-going experience with one of our Drinks & Discussion Series events! Stay after select performances for a Post-Show Discussion and a complimentary glass of wine, or enjoy an Artist Encounter event.

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  Ike Holter's "Lottery Day" Hits the Jackpot—His Chicago Saga Ends in a Culture-Clash Party in a Near West Side Backyard

  From Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones

  "Playwright Ike Holter’s extraordinary Rightlynd saga — a multi-part dramatic odyssey that has taken a lucky few of us over a five-year stretch to the Jackalope Theatre, Victory Gardens, A Red Orchid, Teatro Vista, and Steep Theatre, all without ever leaving the joys and stresses of the same, fictional 51st Chicago ward — reached its thrilling end on Monday night at the Goodman Theatre."

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  Ike Holter Concludes Saga on a Winning Note with Mighty "Lottery Day"

  From Chicago Sun-Times's Catey Sullivan

  "The gentrification of Chicago’s fictitious 51st Ward has been an ongoing theme for Holter, who closes out his seven-play “Rightlynd Saga” with “Lottery Day’’ at the Goodman Theatre. But with his final installment in the series, Holter hits harder than in of his previous works."

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  Time Out Chicago Gives "Lottery Day" ★★★★★ (out of 5)

  From Time Out Chicago's Alex Huntsberger

  "The final play in Ike Holter’s seven-show Rightlynd Saga, Lottery Day is the rare team-up event that hits the jackpot. Pulling in characters from the previous plays—Exit Strategy, Sender, Prowess, The Wolf at the End of the Block, Rightlynd and Red Rex—Lottery Day builds on its predecessors with an eye toward tearing the whole complex to the ground."

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  Lili-Anne Brown and Ike Holter on Their Upcoming Collab at the Goodman, "Lottery Day"

  From Michigan Avenue's Hilary Brown

  "For playwright Ike Holter and director Lili-Anne Brown, it's as honest as it gets. That authenticity comes full circle on March 29 at the Goodman, as the power duo present their first world-premiere production, Lottery Day. The culminating chapter of Holter's seven-play series melds superhero saga with raw Chicago neighborhood grit, a modern-day noir set in the unlikely confines of a backyard barbecue in Chicago's mythical 51st ward ("The Avengers for theater," says Brown)."

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  Q & A with Playwright Ike Holter

  The Lottery Day playwright sits down with Regina Victor

  "Ike Holter sat down with Regina Victor in advance of the upcoming Lottery Day to discuss his incisive politics, storefront theater and how he perfects his lyrical language."

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  A Seven-Play Success: Ike Holter's "Rightlynd Saga"

  A look at the full "Rightlynd Saga"

  "One of the most significant literary achievements in modern-day Chicago” (Chicago Tribune)—Ike Holter’s seven-play “Rightlynd Saga”—is now complete. Courtesy of the playwright and dramaturg Kendra Miller, here is a look back at these remarkable works."

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Join us for any of the following accessible performances.

The Goodman is proud to offer an inclusive range of programs that help make performances accessible to all audiences, including enhanced performances, accessible seating, braille and large print programs, complimentary Assistive Listening Devices and complimentary tickets for Personal Care Assistants and professional caregivers.

Questions? Please contact 312.443.3800 (voice), 312.443.3829 (TTY/TDD) or email Access@GoodmanTheatre.org.

Touch Tour and Audio-Described Performance
Sunday, April 21
12:30pm Touch Tour & 2pm Performance

Reservations for the touch tour are available at check-out for no additional charge. For more information, please call the Box Office or email Access@GoodmanTheatre.org.

American Sign Language-Interpreted Performance
Saturday, April 27 at 2pm

Open-Captioned Performance
Sunday, April 28 at 2pm