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Francis Guinan STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2022
Fred

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Mr. Oldfield

[Chicago]
Chicago Premiere, 2018
Dad

[Chicago]
World Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, 2017
Mr. Oldfield

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Charlie Aiken

[Broadway]
1990
Mr. Wainwright

The Man Going Back

Weedpatch Camp Director

Car Salesman

1st Narrator

[Off-Broadway]
1987
Brother/Barney

[Off-Broadway]
1983
Eric

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1931
Performer

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1930
Ensemble

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1928
Ziegfeld Glorified Girl

Ziegfeld Glorified Girl

[Broadway]
1927
Ensemble


Francis Guinan Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play

Francis Guinan, Downstate

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Featured Actor - Play

Francis Guinan, The Grapes of Wrath

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LEROY AND LUCY World Premiere, NOISES OFF & More Announced For Steppenwolf's 2024/2025 Season


Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director Brooke Flanagan, has announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring several Chicago and world premieres.

Goodman Theatre, Paramount Theatre & More Nominated for 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Awards


Discover the nominations for the 55th Anniversary Jeff Awards for Equity Theater! Find out who made the cut and get ready for the highly anticipated awards ceremony.

Photos & Video: See Bebe Neuwirth, Alex Newell & More at The Actors' Equity Foundation Awards Ceremony


See photos & video from the Actors' Equity Foundation Awards Ceremony!

Bebe Neuwirth Will Host the 2023 Actors' Equity Foundation Awards, Honoring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary K. Klinger, and More


The Actors' Equity Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the professional theatre community, has announced that Brian Stokes Mitchell and Mary K Klinger have been added to their roster of 2023 award recipients to be celebrated at an event hosted by Bebe Neuwirth. 

SOME LIKE IT HOT, PARADE, and More Take Home 2023 Drama Desk Awards; Full List of Winners!


Winners for the 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today. Among the big winners were Some Like It Hot, Parade, and more.

Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan, Darius de Haas & More to be Honored With 2023 Actors' Equity Foundation Awards


The Actors’ Equity Foundation has announced its award recipients for 2023, including Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan and more.

SOME LIKE IT HOT, LEOPOLDSTADT & More Win 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards


The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Find out who won here!

SHUCKED, SOME LIKE IT HOT Lead Nominations for 2023 Drama Desk Awards


Nominations for the 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today and BroadwayWorld has the full list here!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK; SOME LIKE IT HOT; & More Lead Nominations for Outer Critics Circle Awards


The Outer Critics Circle has announced the nominees for the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Leading the pack with the most honors of the season is the Broadway musical New York, New York, with twelve nominations. Check out the full list of nominations here!

Playwrights Horizons Announces Final Extension of DOWNSTATE


Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has extended the New York premiere of Bruce Norris's provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, a second and final time, to January 7, 2023.

Photos: First Look at DOWNSTATE at Playwrights Horizons - Now Extended!


See photos of the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, now extended at Playwrights Horizons to December 22.

Review Roundup: Bruce Norris' DOWNSTATE Gets NY Premiere At Playwrights Horizons


Playwrights Horizons will present the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, October 28–December 11 (opening November 15). This provocative work surrounds a registered address in downstate Illinois, where four men convicted of sex crimes share a group home, living out their days post-incarceration.

BARD AT THE GATE Season 3 Launches Tomorrow With SHAPESHIFTER by Laura Schellhardt


BARD AT THE GATE will launch its 3rd season on October 19 with the premiere of Laura Schellhardt’s play SHAPESHIFTER, with an opening night pre-show Zoom party hosted by the digital theater series’ creator, Paula Vogel at 7 pm, followed by a performance of the play online starting at 7:30 pm.

BARD AT THE GATE Season 3 Announced Featuring 4 Plays by Women, Including US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo


Four plays by women – including a solo work written and performed by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo – will be featured in the third season of BARD AT THE GATE, the digital theater streaming series created by Paula Vogel in 2020.

New York Premiere of Bruce Norris' DOWNSTATE to be Presented at Playwrights Horizons in October


Playwrights Horizons will present the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, October 28–December 11 (opening November 15). This provocative work surrounds a registered address in downstate Illinois, where four men convicted of sex crimes share a group home, living out their days post-incarceration.

Festival Of Cinema NYC to Return For Its 6th Year, Showcasing 124 Independent Films


Festival of Cinema NYC will return for its 6th year, as a live in-person 10-day event, August 5 - August 14. Taking place at the Regal UA Midway theater in Forest Hills, Queens, FOC NYC will showcase 124 independent films from more than 25 countries, with over 90 anticipated filmmakers to be in attendance.

VIDEO: First Look at ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Chicago Shakespeare Theater


Chicago Shakespeare Theater is presenting William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well in the Courtyard Theater through May 29, 2022.  

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Celebrates Shakespeare's 458th Birthday On April 23


As literary events converge with National Poetry Month in April and World Book Day and William Shakespeare's Birthday on April 23, Chicago Shakespeare Theater is celebrating with productions and programs onstage, online, and in classrooms across the country.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater Announces Cast and Creatives For William Shakespeare's ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL


Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, staged by acclaimed director Shana Cooper.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Announces Live 2021/22 Season Featuring Works by Tracy Letts, Tina Landau & More


Today Steppenwolf Theatre Company unveiled its path to welcoming audiences back to the theater—and not the same one they left but a stunning new 50,000 sq. ft. theater building and education center on Halsted Street.

Francis Guinan FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Francis Guinan been in?

Francis Guinan has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.

How many West End shows has Francis Guinan been in?

Francis Guinan has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Francis Guinan been nominated for?

Francis Guinan has been nominated for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Downstate" and Outstanding Featured Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Grapes of Wrath."

What is Francis Guinan next theatre project?

Francis Guinan's next show will be Downstate which opens on 11/15/2022 on Off-Broadway.

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