Calizto Bieito Revives CAMINO REAL for Goodman Theatre, March-April

Calixto Bieito has began rehearsals for a production of Camino Real by Tennessee Williams for the Goodman's Albert Theatre, Chicago. The play will run March 3 to April 8.

Camino Real is among the more overtly poetic plays from a writer famous for his psychological realism.

For his first original American production, Bieito is collaborating withlongtime artistic partners Catalan playwright and co-adapter Marc Rosi Marc Rosichch and German set designer Rebecca Ringst, as well as Chicago-based costume designer Ana Kuzmanic Ana Kuzmanic, lighting designer James F. Ingalls James F. Ingalls, sound designer Richard Woodbury Richard Woodbury and music director Andra Velis Simon.

The ensemble cast of thirteen includes David Darlow, Matt DeCaro, Tony Award nominee André De Shields, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Carolyn Ann Hoerdemann, Antwayn Hopper, Travis A. Knight, Monica Lopez and more.

From 1999 to 2011, Calixto Calixto Bieito Bieito was the artistic director of Teatre Romea in Barcelona. He is currently the artistic director of Barcelona International Teatre, a hub for international coproduction and exhibition. Among other awards, he received the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (2010) for International Projection by the City Council of Barcelona, the European Culture Award (2009) by Pro Europa: the European Cultural Foundation and the Herald Archangel Award for Best Artist of the Edinburgh Festival in 2003.

Camino Real runs March 3 – April 8, 2012 in the Goodman's Albert Theatre. Tickets
($25 – $79; subject to change) can be purchased at GoodmanTheatre.org by phone at 312.443.3800.