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David Mamet’s newest controversial work, “Race” has begun its month long run at the Goodman. After a year of a critically acclaimed, sold out run on Broadway, the play is being staged with direction by Chuck Smith. Two lawyers, one black, one white, are hired to defend a wealthy white man charged with the sexual assault of an African-American female. The prejudices of each character is explored in a play that could only be written by Mamet.

The direction staff has been hanging posters and distributing handbills for this short run throughout the more theater friendly neighborhoods of Chicago’s north and south sides.

“Race” will be at the Goodman until February 19. Interested parties are encouraged to purchase tickets quickly. Most shows are likely to sell out. Visit goodmantheatre.org for seats and more.

The Chicago holiday tradition returns to the Goodman this week. “A Christmas Carol” will be spreading holiday cheer and magic until the end of the year. For over thirty years the Goodman has been part of family traditions, telling the Charles Dickens’ classic story of an old man rediscovering his soul.

The direction staff has been distributing handbills and hanging posters throughout the north side of Chicago for this production made to be seen by the entire family.

“A Christmas Carol” will be at the Goodman Theatre through December 31. Tickets are available for purchase with discounted rates for groups of 15 or more. Please visit goodmantheatre.org for more information.

If the paintings of Mark Rothko ever captured your imagination, “Red” may be for you. Set during the two years it took artist Rothko to paint his set of murals for Manhattan’s Four Seasons, “Red” tells the story of the artist at his commercial height. After a critically acclaimed run in New York, Chicago theater goers will get to see the Goodman’s take on this new play.

The direction staff has been distributing posters and handbills for this upcoming production throughout the north side of Chicago.

“Red” will run at the Goodman Theatre from September 17 to October 23. Tickets are currently available. For more information about this production, including an interview with director Robert Falls, please visit goodmantheatre.org.

David Henry Hwang, the writer of “M. Butterfly,” has written a new comedy about cultural differences. “Chinglish” is about a Midwestern American businessman who is in China, trying to push his business along in a new market. The problems are his translators aren’t too reliable, his partners may be lying and he’s becoming intriguiged by a beautiful government official. This is the world premiere of the play and it’ll only be running for a limited time until it heads to New York. In addition to “Chinglish,” the Goodman Theatre and Silk Road Theatre Project is currently staging Hwang’s work, “Yellow Face,” as a companion piece.

The direction staff has been distributing promotional materials for this Goodman Theatre production throughout theater loving neighborhoods on the north side and on our Chinatown route.

The world premiere of “Chinglish” runs until July 24 at Goodman Theatre. For tickets, interviews with the writer and articles about this production, please visit goodmantheatre.org.

Just because race is a difficult subject to address doesn’t mean artists should leave it alone. “Yellow Face” is writer David Henry Hwang’s, JEFF Awards recommended play about race. It’s an attempt to discuss discomfort in casting along with the dillemma of telling other artists what they should or shouldn’t do. The Chicago Tribune has praised the play. “It offers one of the very few frank and humorous explorations of a topic that tends to be taboo in artistic circles, and a dangerously mined sea in which smarter people know not to wade. As such, it is positively cathartic.” In addition to “Yellow Face,” the Goodman Theatre is currently staging Hwang’s new work, “Chinglish,” as a companion piece.

The direction team has been distributing promotional materials for this Silk Road Theatre Project and Goodman Theatre production throughout theater going neighborhoods on the north side and on our Chinatown route.

The Chicago premiere of “Yellow Face” runs until July 17 at Pierce Hall in The Historic Chicago Temple Building. For tickets, reviews and behind the scenes making of videos, please visit srtp.org.

Life imitates art or the other way around. The story of two former loves starring in a 1930s melodrama playing current lovers leads to, well, maybe love. This new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant winner Sarah Ruhl, “Stage Kiss” is about what happens before, during and after what happens on stage. This world premier production is one of the reasons the Goodman is known as the place for groundbreaking Chicago theater.

The direction team has been putting up posters and distributing fliers to our normal Chicago theater loving routes. We’ve expanded our Goodman coverage to include the north shore suburbs.

“Stage Kiss” runs until June 5 at the Goodman Theater. Please visit goodmantheatre.org for tickets, show times and more information.

The Goodman Theatre and Teatro Vista are currently staging “El Nogolar.” Written by Tanya Saracho and directed by Cecilie D. Keenan, the play is about the Galvin family. New City recommends the show saying, “Tanya Saracho’s reworking of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” as “El Nogalar” (The Pecan Orchard) crafts a more complex and colorful picture of a nation not only in a constant struggle to come to terms with its neighbor to the north, for sure, but also with its own troubled past and present.”

The direction team has focused on distributing materials to Chicago’s Hispanic neighborhoods including Pilsen, Little Village, West Lawn, Back of the Yards and more.

“El Nogolar” runs until April 24 at the Goodman Theatre. Please visit goodmantheatre.org for tickets and more information.

One of the most highly praised comedic plays in recent memory is running at the Goodman Theatre. After a highly successful Broadway run that merited the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and three Tony Awards, including Best Play, “God of Carnage” will be in Chicago for the next month. Time Out Chicago has said, “Snyder and his crack quartet of actors masterfully maneuver among the play’s shifting loyalties and increasingly over-the-top recriminations as the parents slip from surface civility into increasingly childish psychological blows of their own.”

The direction staff has been distributed posters and handbills throughout the city and suburbs for “God of Carnage.”

“God of Carnage” runs until April 17 at the Goodman Theatre, two shows on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit goodmantheatre.org for tickets and more information.

Regina Taylor is about to debut her new play trilogy in Chicago this month at the Goodman. “Jar Fly”, “Rain” and “Ghoststory” tell the story of Iris Spears. “Jar Fly” covers her teen years and their lost innocence. “Rain” presents Iris as a 34-year old in a failing marriage who just wants to go back home. The final piece, “Ghoststory”, gives us Iris looking back and examining her life. The Dallas Morning News has called the trilogy, “sprawling, florid, earthy and abundantly alive.”

Direction and direction printworks is handling both the printing and distribution of promotional materials for The Trinity River Plays.

The Trinity River Plays runs from January 15 to February 20 at the Goodman Theatre. Visit goodmantheatre.org for tickets and information.

The annual tradition “A Christmas Carol” returns to the Goodman Theatre this year with a brand new Ebenezer Scrooge. Chicago’s own John Judd will play the role of the classic curmudgeon. Director William Brown returns for his fourth year. The production has been performed annually for over thirty years. It’s a show in which the Chicago Tribune said “magic took over the show.”

In addition to spreading the word and good cheer throughout the city, direction printworks also handled the production of promotional materials.

“A Christmas Carol” runs November 19 to December 31 at the Goodman Theatre. Please visit goodmantheatre.org for more information.