Directed by Robert Falls

Robert Falls

Robert Falls, Artistic Director

About Robert Falls:  The 2016/2017 Season marked Mr. Falls’ 30th anniversary as the artistic director of the Goodman in which he directed the world premiere of Jim McGrath’s Pamplona, starring Stacy Keach, and Annie Baker’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya. In the 2015/2016 Season he directed the Chicago premiere of Rebecca Gilman’s Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, and also partnered with Goodman playwright-in-residence Seth Bockley to direct their world premiere adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 (Jeff Award for Best Adaptation). During the 2014/2015 Season, he reprised his critically acclaimed production of The Iceman Cometh at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles and directed a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Other recent productions include Measure for Measure and the world and off-Broadway premieres of Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian. Among his other credits are The Seagull, King Lear, Desire Under the Elms, John Logan’s Red, Jon Robin Baitz’s Three Hotels, Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio and Conor McPherson’s Shining City; the world premieres of Richard Nelson’s Frank’s Home, Arthur Miller’s Finishing the Picture (his last play), Eric Bogosian’s Griller, Steve Tesich’s The Speed of Darkness and On the Open Road, John Logan’s Riverview: A Melodrama with Music and Rebecca Gilman’s A True History of the Johnstown Flood, Blue Surge and Dollhouse; the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden and the Broadway premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida. Mr. Falls’ honors for directing include, among others, a Tony Award (Death of a Salesman), a Drama Desk Award (Long Day’s Journey into Night), an Obie Award (subUrbia), a Helen Hayes Award (King Lear) and multiple Jeff Awards (including a 2012 Jeff Award for The Iceman Cometh). For “outstanding contributions to theater,” Mr. Falls has also been recognized with such prestigious honors as the Savva Morozov Diamond Award (Moscow Art Theatre), the O’Neill Medallion (Eugene O’Neill Society), the Distinguished Service to the Arts Award (Lawyers for the Creative Arts), the Illinois Arts Council Governor’s Award and, most recently, induction into the Theater Hall of Fame.

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Uncle Vanya, 2017

Tim Hopper (Vanya) in the Chicago premiere of Annie Baker’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, directed by Robert Falls. GoodmanTheatre.org/UncleVanya

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2666, 2016

Robert Falls’ 2016 production of 2666, based on the novel by Robert Bolaño, adapted and directed by Robert Falls and Seth Bockley. Pictured is Henry Godinez (Oscar Amalfitano) in “Part II: The Part About Amalfitano” of 2666.

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2666, 2016

Robert Falls’ production of 2666 based on the novel by Robert Bolaño, adapted and directed by Robert Falls and Seth Bockley. Pictured are Eric Lynch (Oscar Fate), Alejandra Escalante (Rosa Amalfitano), Demetrios Troy (Chucho Flores), Juan Francisco Villa (Charly Cruz) and Yadira Correa (Rosita Mendez) in “Part III: The Part About Fate” of 2666.

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Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, 2016

Robert Falls’ 2016 production of Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976 by Rebecca Gilman. Pictured are Cliff Chamberlain (Kim Durst), Cora Vander Broek (Kat Durst), Lindsay Stock (Kelly Durst) and Angela Reed (Elaine).

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Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, 2016

Robert Falls’ 2016 production of Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976 by Rebecca Gilman.Pictured are Cliff Chamberlain (Kim Durst) and Ty Olwin (Kyle).

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Uncle Vanya, 2017

Robert Falls’ 2017 production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Annie Baker. Pictured are Marton Csokas (Astrov) and Kristen Bush (Yelena).

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