Lottery Day

Lottery Day

By Ike Holter, Directed by Lili-Anne Brown

WORLD PREMIERE: March 29 – April 28, 2019

Not everyone will go home a winner.

“Great, young, thrilling Chicago writer” (Chicago Tribune), Ike Holter (Exit Strategy, Sender) assembles the vibrant characters from his acclaimed works for a raucous theatrical bash. Long the matriarch of a quickly gentrifying neighborhood, Mallory invites the lonely residents, hardcore activists and starving artists of her block to what she hopes will go down as a legendary barbeque—thanks to a special surprise. Her mysterious plan to revitalize her community, however, may just be the very thing that tears it apart.

For more information about the show, including cast head shots and bios, please visit GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay.

Press Releases

April 3, 2019: The World Premire of Lottery Day Concludes Ike Holter’s Seven-Play “Rightlynd Saga” 
February 7, 2019: Casting Announced for Sweat and Lottery Day

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For more information about the show, including cast head shots and bios, please visit GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay.

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Ike Holter, Playwright

IKE HOLTER (Playwright) is a 2017 winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize, one of the highest awards for playwriting in the world. Holter is a resident playwright at Victory Gardens Theater, and has been commissioned by The Kennedy Center, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, South Coast Repertory and The Playwrights’ Center. His work has been produced at the Steppenwolf Garage, The Philadelphia Theater Company, off-Broadway at Barrow Street Theatre and Cherry Lane Theatre, The Lily Tomlin Center in Los Angeles, True Colors in Atlanta, Forward Theater in Wisconsin, Water Tower Theater in Dallas, 3oaks in Michigan and Jackalope Theatre Company, Teatro Vista, A Red Orchid and The Inconvenience in Chicago. He is the artistic director of The Roustabouts and is a regular performer at Salonathon in Chicago.

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Lili-Anne Brown, Director

LILI-ANNE BROWN* (Director) A native Chicagoan, Brown works as a director, actor and educator, both locally and regionally. She is the former artistic director of Bailiwick Chicago, where she directed Dessa Rose (Jeff Award), Passing Strange (BTA Award and Jeff nomination for Best Director of a Musical), See What I Wanna See (Steppenwolf Theatre Garage Rep) and the world premiere of Princess Mary Demands Your Attention by Aaron Holland. Other directing credits include The Wolf at the End of the Block (16th Street Theatre), Marie Christine (Boho Theatre), Peter and the Starcatcher (Metropolis Performing Arts), The Wiz (Kokandy Productions),  Xanadu (American Theatre Company), Jabari Dreams of Freedom by Nambi E. Kelley (Chicago Children’s Theatre), American Idiot (Northwestern University); the national tour of Jesus Snatched My Edges; and Little Shop of Horrors, Hairspray, Unnecessary Farce, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at Timber Lake Playhouse. She is a member of SDC, SAG-AFTRA and a graduate of Northwestern University.

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J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

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Pat Whalen (Ricky), Mckenzie Chinn (Cassandra), Sydney Charles (Zora), Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) and Tommy Rivera-Vega (Ezekiel) in the world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

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J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory) and James Vincent Meredith (Avery in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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McKenzie Chinn (Cassandra), Sydney Charles (Zora), Pat Whalen (Ricky), Michele Vazquez (Vivien) and Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Michele Vazquez (Vivien) and J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory) in the Goodman premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (April 9 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Tommy Rivera-Vega (Ezekiel) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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James Vincent Meredith (Avery), Tony Santiago (Nunley), Michele Vazquez (Vivien), Pat Whalen (Ricky), J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory), Robert Cornelius (Robinson), Tommy Rivera-Vega (Ezekiel), Sydney Charles (Zora) and Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Sydney Charles (Zora), Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) and Pat Whalen (Ricky) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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James Vincent Meredith (Avery) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Sydney Charles (Zora) and McKenzie Chinn (Cassandra) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Tony Santiago (Nunley), Robert Cornelius (Robinson), Michele Vazquez (Vivien), Pat Whalen (Ricky), Tommy Rivera-Vega (Ezekiel), J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory), James Vincent Meredith (Avery), McKenzie Chinn (Cassandra), Sydney Charles (Zora) and Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Robert Cornelius (Robinson) and J. Nicole Brooks (Mallory) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

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Pat Whalen (Ricky), Sydney Charles (Zora) Tony Santiago (Nunley), Robert Cornelius (Robinson) and James Vincent Meredith (Avery) in the Goodman world premiere of Lottery Day by Ike Holter, directed by Lili-Anne Brown (March 29 – April 28, 2019). GoodmanTheatre.org/LotteryDay

Author: Liz Lauren

Category: Production Photos