Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner
David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole). Esteemed Canadian director Jackie Maxwell, now in her 11th season as Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, makes her D.C. directorial debut and returns to direct in the United States after five years. Named Best Play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle during its Broadway run, Good People runs February 1-March 10, 2013 in the Kreeger Theater. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
Tony Award nominee
JohAnna Day (Broadway's Proof,
Arena Stage's The Quality of Life and The Rainmaker) takes on the role of
Margaret Walsh. Day is joined by Helen Hayes Award winner
Andrew Long (international tour of Richard III,
Studio Theatre's Frozen) as Margaret's long-lost boyfriend Mike in a cast that also features
Francesca Choy-Kee (
Huntington Theatre Company's Luck of the Irish) as Kate, Michael Glenn (Kennedy Center's The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg) as Stevie,
Rosemary Knower (Everyman Theatre's Rabbit Hole) as Dottie and
Amy McWilliams (
Ford's Theatre's A Christmas Carol,
Signature Theatre's Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) as Jean.
The creative team for Good People includes Set Designer Todd Rosenthal, Costume Designer Linda Cho, Lighting Designer Michael Gilliam, Original Composition & Sound Designer James Sugg, Stage Manager Kurt Hall and Assistant Stage Manager Christi B. Spann.
For tickets or more information, visit: http://arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/productions/good-people
Photo Credit: Margot Schulman
Rosemary Knower
JohAnna Day
JohAnna Day, Francesca Choy-Kee and Andrew Long
JohAnna Day and Michael Glenn
JohAnna Day and Francesca Choy-Kee
Michael Glenn, Rosemary Knower, JohAnna Day and Amy McWilliams
JohAnna Day and Amy McWilliams
JohAnna Day and Andrew Long
Rosemary Knower and JohAnna Day
Amy McWilliams, JohAnna Day and Rosemary Knower