By Jim McGrath
Directed by Robert Falls

"A triumph"

— Splash

July 10 - August 19 in Goodman's Owen Theatre

Around 90 minutes with no intermission

Stacy Keach triumphantly returns to the Goodman in a  tour-de-force performance as legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

After the prize comes the pressure. Five years after receiving career-defining awards, Ernest Hemingway faces a looming deadline for a story about the rivalrous matadors of Pamplona. In declining health and consumed by the demise of his fourth marriage, he must now conquer the despair that threatens to engulf him.

 

 

Trailer

Playwright Jim McGrath

Actor Stacy Keach

Trailer

Playwright Jim McGrath

Actor Stacy Keach

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Artists

By JIM MCGRATH, Directed by ROBERT FALLS

Cast

STACY KEACH - Ernest Hemingway

Creative Team and Crew

KEVIN DEPINET - Scenic Design
NOËL HUNTZINGER - Costume Design
JESSE KLUG - Lighting Design
MICHAEL ROTH - Composer and Soundscape
ADAM FLEMMING - Projection Design
TANYA PALMER - Dramaturg
LAUREN V. HICKMAN - Production Stage Manager

Critical Praise

  • "Hemingway's words, Stacy Keach's courage, battling it out in a hotel room"

    - Chicago Tribune

  • "Memorable and evocative"

    - TheaterMania

  • "A stellar performance"

    - PerformInk

  • "A delight to witness"

    - Chicago Reader

  • "Keach makes for a terrific Hemingway"

    - Chicago Sun-Times

  • "You couldn't ask for a better Hemingway than Keach"

    - TheaterMania

  • "A one-actor show of the highest order"

    - Splash

  • "Mines the emotional content of Hemingway's biography"

    - Chicago Tribune

  • "There's a clear passion burning inside Keach's performance"

    - TheaterMania

  • "Engaging"

    - Chicago Sun-Times

  • Stacy Keach "remains a force as ever"

    - Third Coast Review

  • "Keach is jovial and witty as Hemingway"

    - PerformInk

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