Tag: Geffen Playhouse
Pearl Cleage is Shamelessly Optimistic
"We don't need to tell them how to live. We can simply say, 'We see you. We love you. Godspeed.'"
Playwright Beth Hyland’s Winter of Reckoning
"The things in your work that you end up feeling happiest with, you don’t know where they come from. The things you feel least happy with are the ones where you know it came from your brain."
Best Bets: February 23rd – March 1st
Two world premiere plays and a world premiere musical
Cultural Attache’s Icons 2025: Douglas Lyons
"Beau the Musical" and "Table 17" are just two of his many plays
Playwright Douglas Lyons Takes a Seat at “Table 17”
"I learned to trust my silly. Everyone's silly is different, and finding mine changed my life."
Rudi Goblen on the Art of Radical Imagination
“My job is to cook the meal. How people eat it—that’s up to them.”
Roxana Ortega Finds Her Voice in “Am I Roxie?”
"I don't think you have comedy without death, which is why I think the comic understands the depth of what this life is."
Best Bets: September 1st – September 7th
"Songs of War" and "Songs of Peace" are part of Art Song Chicago 2025 Festival curated by Nicholas Phan
BEST BETS: FEBRUARY 3rd – FEBRUARY 9th
Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington, Noises Off and previews of upcoming works top this week's list.
BEST BETS: NOVEMBER 4th – NOVEMBER 10th
It's the first full week in November and we are quickly working ourselves to the end of the year. Which means we have some...