From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll\u2019s wildly imaginative, ground-breaking memoir that takes theater to new heights. Inspired by the Tony Award-nominated former trapezist\u2019s mesmerizing life story, a company of fearless performers transforms memory into daring aerial feats that are as moving as they are breathtaking. In the air, on the floor and from the heart, Montreal\u2019s multidisciplinary creative collective, The 7 Fingers, brings its \u201cthrillingly modern brand of circus\u201d (Time Out New York) to The Goodman in this moving new work that embraces the fear and courage of being human. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n November 13- December 31 | Starring Tim Hopper as Ebenezer Scrooge <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Millions have rediscovered Dickens\u2019 classic at The Goodman over the past five decades\u2014and know why it\u2019s \u201cthe best Christmas story ever told!\u201d (Time Out Chicago). Follow the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge as ghostly intervention transforms his holiday disdain into delight one fateful Christmas night. Chicago favorite Tim Hopper\u2014”for whom a furrowed brow and serious visage comes easily\u201d (Chicago Tribune)\u2014makes his debut as Scrooge. This timeless production, long heralded for its \u201cfirst-rate cast and marvelous staging\u201d (Chicago Sun-Times), is not to be missed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n January 23-February 21, 2027 | A Chicago Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The kids are not only all right, they\u2019re on fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fueled by pop music, optimism and fury, five young women are about to light up some of the darkest secrets of their one-stoplight town. The Chicago premiere of the Tony Award nominated Broadway smash sensation\u2014hailed as \u201cthe new era of cool-girl theater\u201d (BrooklynRail.org) \u201cigniting its own cultural moment\u201d (Variety)\u2014pulses with humor and energy. Heroes, villains and who gets blamed when the hysteria starts are up for debate in this \u201cvital, hilarious, thrilling and urgently necessary\u201d (The New York Times) unflinching perspective of a generation staking its claim. A co-production with Guthrie Theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n March 27-April 25, 2027 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n How well do we know the ones we love most? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Four decades after its astonishing debut, Marsha Norman\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning darkly comic landmark drama returns in a new, of-the-moment production\u2014starring Emmy- and Golden Globe-award winner S. Epatha Merkerson (Law and Order, Chicago Med, the HBO film Lakawanna Blues, Broadway\u2019s Come Back Little Sheba). When a daughter makes a life-altering confession to her mother, their ordinary evening exchange gives way to a breathtaking roller coaster ride\u2014gripping, profoundly relevant and \u201cmore harrowing than even its plot suggests\u201d (The New York Times). With unblinking honesty, Emmy Award-winner Michael Pressman directs this profound reckoning about choice, care and what it means to be truly heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n June 18 – July 25, 2027 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “A global knockout” (Rolling Stone). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tune in, wake up, fight back! With urgent new creative force, Green Day\u2019s two-time Tony Award-winning smash sensation that defined a generation roar back to the stage\u2014for the first time in Chicago in more than a decade\u2014in Susan V. Booth\u2019s major new production. Three lifelong friends search for meaning in a world that never stops demanding it, each pulled deeper into chaos\u2014of war, of responsibility, of escape. Every song from the band\u2019s eponymous Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album and hits from 21st Century Breakdown punctuate this high-octane, adrenaline-fueled experience about the ever-elusive promise of the American dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n September 26-November 1, 2026, | A World Premiere <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Detective skills: unverified. Determination: unmatched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n FACT: Maria was last seen at her Quincean\u0303era. FACT: The party ended early due to an unknown emergency. FACT: Maria has not responded to any messages in 36 hours. Now, her three best friends\u2014armed with confidence, questionable clues, and zero adult supervision\u2014are on the case, racing against the clock to find out what happened. Half-baked theories, big feelings and the pressures of Latine girlhood punctuate this joy ride through the power and pleasure of adolescent friendships\u2014a comic thriller of secrets, sisterhood and solving crime. A Collective World Premiere with Barrington Stage Company and Hartford Stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n February 27 – March 28, 2027 | A World Premiere <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing spoils faster than pride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Carol has just been fired. Meantime, her husband Michael has bought and paid for her company\u2019s $12,000 dinner. Instead of canceling, they decide to go through with it to prove they still have a place at the table. But when no guests arrive, the evening unravels into a darkly funny collision of money and marriage that asks what we are prepared to normalize in exchange for belonging. Susan V. Booth directs this smart, searing new satire that serves up a slice of privilege and power from \u201cone of the best playwrights in Chicago. Or maybe the country. Or the universe\u201d (Chicago Reader). FEAST! is the recipient of the 2026 Laurents \/ Hatcher Foundation Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n April 17 – May 16, 2027 | A Chicago Premiere <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVisual pop, fleet pacing, muscular energy, welcome humor\u201d (San Diego Union Tribune). <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Mexico City, 1968, courage comes with a price. When two Black American sprinters deliver a protest seen around the world, what followed was more complex\u2014and far more dangerous. With a blend of sharp wit and searing emotion, Academy Award-nominee Kemp Powers explores what it truly costs to speak out when everyone is watching in this gripping Chicago-premiere production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n December 5-13 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Offered free of charge, the annual New Stages Festival is designed to give playwrights an opportunity to experience their work in front of an audience. New Stages offers Chicago theatergoers a first look at dozens of plays, many of which have gone on to become successful full productions\u2014including three plays featured in the Centennial season, Ashland Avenue, Revolution(s) and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u2014as well as Noah Haidle\u2019s Smokefall, Lynn Nottage\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined and more.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5 MIN READ — Celebrating its 101st season, Goodman Theatre announces 12 productions in the 2026-2027 programming. From the genre- defying the 7 Fingers to Green Day’s generation-defining hit musical. Read the full lineup below. 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Green Day’s American Idiot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dead Girl’s Quincea\u00f1era<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Feast!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Xixth (The Nineteenth)\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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