Dennehy, Gugino Star In DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS At Goodman

Desire Under the Elms By Eugene O'Neill will be directed by Robert Falls and run from January 17- February 22.  Featuring Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino, Boris McGiver, Daniel Stewart Sherman and Pablo Schreiber

Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Robert Falls' Desire Under the Elms starring the acclaimed, Tony Award-winner Brian Dennehy will be the centerpiece of an exploration of Eugene O'Neill in the 21st century.

Master American playwright Eugene O'Neill conceived Desire Under the Elms as he slept one night, imbuing it with the emotional pitch of a fever dream. Ephraim Cabot returns to his remote New England farmhouse with his third wife-the alluring, headstrong young Abbie-launching his three grown sons into a bitter fight for their inheritance. When Ephraim's youngest son sets his sights on Abbie, the resulting tempest brings tragic consequences.

Production contains nudity.

Running time for Desire Under the Elms is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.

Brian Dennehy* (Ephraim Cabot) returns to the Goodman, where his credits include Hughie (2004, also at Trinity Repertory Company and Long Wharf Theatre), Long Day's Journey Into Night (2002), Death of a Salesman (1998), A Touch of the Poet (1996), The Iceman Cometh (1992, also at Abbey Theatre, Dublin) and Galileo (1986). His Broadway credits include Inherit the Wind (2007), Long Day's Journey Into Night (Tony Award for Best Actor 2003), Death of a Salesman (Tony Award for Best Actor 1999) and Translations (1995). His off-Broadway credits include Richard Nelson's Conversations in Tusculum at The Public Theater (2008), Trumbo at Westside Theatre (2004) and The Cherry Orchard at Brooklyn Academy of Music (1988). Mr. Dennehy's regional theater credits include All's Well That Ends Well, Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape at Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario (2008); Says I, Says He at Mark Taper Forum; and Rat in the Skull at Wisdom Bridge Theatre. His credits in London's West End include Death of a Salesman, for which he received the Olivier Best Actor Statue in 2005. His feature films include Ratatouille, Assault on Precinct 13, Tommy Boy, Baz Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet, Presumed Innocent, Best Seller, The Belly of an Architect (Best Actor Chicago Film Festival), F/X, Cocoon, Silverado, Gorky Park and 10. Mr. Dennehy's television films include Death of a Salesman (Showtime: Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor), Thanks to a Grateful Nation (Showtime), The Warden (Showtime), The Doris Duke Story (CBS), Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (NBC), Undue Influence (CBS), A Season in Purgatory (NBC), Dead Man's Walk (ABC), Jack Reed: A Killer Amongst Us (NBC), Burden of Proof (ABC: Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor), Shadow of a Doubt (NBC), To Catch a Killer (The John Wayne Gacy Story) (Tribune: Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor), Murder in the Heartland (ABC: Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor), Nostromo (BBC) and Foreign Affairs (TNT: Cable Ace Award for Best Actor).

Carla Gugino* (Abbie Putnam) made her Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2004 revival of Arthur Miller's After the Fall, for which she received an Outer Critic's Circle Award nomination and a Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut for her role as Maggie. She followed that with her highly acclaimed portrayal of Catherine Holly in the Tennessee Williams classic Suddenly Last Summer, also for Roundabout. Ms. Gugino's most recent film credits include American Gangster, Righteous Kill, The Lookout, the Spy Kids trilogy, Sin City and Night at the Museum. She recently completed filming Watchmen and Race to Witch Mountain, both due out this spring. Other film credits include This Boy's Life, Miami Rhapsody, Snake Eyes, Judas Kiss, Center of the World and The Singing Detective. Ms. Gugino's television credits include the title character in the ABC series Karen Sisco, Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers
for the BBC, Threshold for CBS and Spin City. She can now be seen reprising her role on HBO's hit series Entourage.

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