Redtwist Theatre Is a Not-For-Profit 501(C)(3) Organization

To do white hot drama, in a tiny black box, with a little red twist

Redtwist Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization

July 21, 2015

Contact: Michael Colucci 773-728-7529,

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-and-tumble 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:

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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