Theater of the Mind

It’s all inside your head. But is any of it real?

Co-created by Academy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning artist David Byrne and writer Mala Gaonkar, Theater of the Mind is a new theatrical experience you’ll see, feel, taste and hear.

Inspired by both historical and current neuroscience research, the show takes you on an intimate and immersive journey inside how we see and create our worlds. Peer behind the curtain of the physical realm as you move through a series of rooms with your guide, where you’ll participate in thought-provoking experiments–and marvel at the wonders of your mind.

Theater of the Mind will debut during The Goodman’s Centennial 25/26 Season and take place in the Reid Murdoch Building (333 North LaSalle Street) in the heart of downtown Chicago.

Artwork: Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Annie Barbour in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.

Donnie L. Betts in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.

Donnie L. Betts in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.

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Annie Barbour in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.

Donnie L. Betts in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.

Donnie L. Betts in Theater of the Mind at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Matthew DeFeo.