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To do white hot drama, in a tiny black box, with a little red twist
Michael Colucci
Artistic Director
Jan Ellen Graves
Managing Director
Johnny Garcia
Development Outreach Coordinator
Redtwist Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization
Kevin McDonald
Literary Manager
Catherine Miller
Casting Director
Charles Bonilla
Box Office Manager
July 21, 2015
Contact: Michael Colucci 773-728-7529, [email protected]
PRESS RELEASE – CHICAGO
The first Chicago storefront production of the 2011 Broadway smash hit and Jeff Recommended play
GOOD PEOPLE
is extending to August 23, 2015
By Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by five-time Jeff Award-winner Matt Hawkins from The House Theatre of Chicago
Featuring a cast of Jeff Award-winning Redtwist actors and guest artists.
After August 2, the role of Stevie will be played by David Raymond.
A funny, poignant, subversive look at what it means to be down on your luck.
THE PLAY
With Good People, Redtwist is doing what Redtwist does best: staging the first Chicago storefront
production of a Broadway hit and a Chicago smash. As with former productions like Man From Nebraska
and The Pillowman, Redtwist takes an iconic play and adapts it to the unique signature intimacy of its Bryn
Mawr storefront space, creating an entirely new and thoroughly explosive theatrical experience.
Good People had its world-premiere on Broadway in March, 2011, with Frances McDormand in the lead role
of Margie, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress. The play had its Chicago premiere at
Steppenwolf in September, 2012. It has since been produced around the world to great acclaim, and is
decorated with many accolades and awards, including a Tony nomination for Best Play.
THE STORY
Margie is a good soul from “Southie” with a string of bad luck. While at ease in her own world of rough-andtumble south Boston, she seeks an opportunity in the upper crust world of “lace-curtain” Chestnut Hill, in
which her old Southie boyfriend has forged his way as a successful doctor with a beautiful wife and new
baby. Little does he know that his old gal pal has not come merely to say hello. No no, Margie has a plan,
and both their lives are now at a crossroads.
CAST (in alphabetical order)
Jacqueline Grandt (Margie), KC Karen Hill (Jean), Aaron Kirby (Stevie), Kiki Layne (Kate), Mark Pracht
(Mike), Kathleen Ruhl (Dottie)
Understudies: Sharon Aiello (Dottie), Kona N. Burks (Kate), Denise Hoeflich (Jean), Erika Napoletano
(Margie), David Raymond (Stevie), Erik Wagner (Mike)
STAFF
Matt Hawkins (Director), James Fleming & Scott Wolf (Assistant Directors), Allison Queen (Stage
Manager), Melissa Nelson (Assistant Stage Manager), Eric Luchen (Set Designer), Kathryn A. Lesko
(Lighting Designer), Karli Blalock (Sound Designer), Allison M. Smith (Costume Designer), Jan Ellen
Graves (Prop Designer, Graphic Designer, Marketing), Elise Kauzlaric (Dialect Coach), Catherine Miller
(Dramaturg, Casting Director), Charles Bonilla (Box Office Manager), E. Malcolm Martinez (Box Office
Associate), Johnny Garcia (Box Office Associate, Associate Producer), Jan Ellen Graves & Michael Colucci
(Producers)
SCHEDULE
Runs: Thu, Fri, Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 3pm
Closes: Extending through Sun, Aug 22
Running Time: Approximately 2:10 total, which includes one intermission
Tickets: Thursdays, $30; Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, $35 (seniors & students $5 off)
RESERVATIONS
Call: 773-728-7529
Reservation link: www.redtwist.org
Redtwist is located at 1044 W Bryn Mawr, 2 blks W of LSD, 2 blks E of the Red Line EL station
Street parking (paybox til 10pm; free Sundays) available on Bryn Mawr, side streets, & Broadway
Please reserve 48 hrs in advance. Credit cards accepted by phone and online to guarantee seating.
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