Play On Words: Poetry

The Goodman is thrilled to partner with our colleagues from The Poetry Foundation to present PLAY ON WORDS, a program blending the worlds of theater and literary arts. With this collaboration, our two organizations commission local poets to respond to each play in our season, offering new insights and avenues of access to the works of art on our stages.

RECENT POEMS

The Antiquities: “Last Known Record of Human Voice” by Ruben Quesada

BUST: “TIMES I HAVE HID” by Michael Dean

Betrayal: “I CONFESS” by E. J. Wade

Fat Ham: “Kinfolk“ by Jyreika Guest

Primary Trust: “A Poem” by Victor Musoni

Inherit the Wind: “A Renaissance Polymath (Multitudes)“ by Roy Kinsey

2023/2024 POEMS

The Nacirema Society: “Promise and Conundrum” by Barbara L. McBee

LUCHA TEOTL: “Xochiquetzal” by Erika L. Sánchez

Highway Patrol: “We Make Ourselves” by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

The Matchbox Magic Flute: “Caregiving“ by R. Clare Singh

The Penelopiad: “Meanwhile, What the Dead Suggest“ by Rachel DeWoskin

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: “Preface to a Ten Volume Hymnal“ by Ireon Roach

English: “last week“ by Abhi Shrestha

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: “savanah, georgia“ by avery r. young