CHINGLISH Plays Goodman's Albert Theatre Through 7/24
Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) makes his Goodman debut with the world premiere of Chinglish, a razor-sharp new comedy about the challenges of doing business in a culture worlds apart from our own.
Chinglish is Hwang's second collaboration on a world premiere with Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman, following Yellow Face at Center Theater Group and The Public Theater. Chinglish, performed in a blend of English and Mandarin (with English surtitles), begins previews June 18 (Opening Night is June 27) and runs through July 24, 2011, in the Goodman's Albert Theatre; tickets are $25 - $73 (prices are subject to change).
Chinglish concludes the Goodman's "Decade on Dearborn" celebratory season, which featured five world-premiere productions-including two Goodman commissions-two adaptations of classic works and a direct-from-Broadway hit. Major Production Support for Chinglish is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Goodman Theatre Women's Board is the Major Production Sponsor. Bank of America and PwC are the Corporate Sponsor Partners. Chinglish is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation's New American Plays Award. Principal support of Artistic Development and Diversity Initiatives is provided by The Joyce Foundation.
Hwang's semi-autobiographical Yellow Face runs concurrently with Chinglish at Silk Road Theatre Project (June 14 – July 17) in a Goodman co-production directed by Goodman Associate Producer Steve Scott. Performances are at The Historic Chicago Temple Building (77 W. Washington). More information at srtp.org.
"The U.S. and China are at a critical moment in history-each nation is deeply interested in, but knows very little about, the other," said playwright David Henry Hwang. "Chinglish was born from the many visits I've made to China over the past five or six years to witness the exciting changes there. During one particular visit, I toured a new arts center where everything was first-rate-except for the ridiculously translatEd English signs. It was at that moment when I thought of writing this play."
Tickets to CHINGLISH ($25 - $73) are currently on sale at GoodmanTheatre.org subscriptions
can also be purchased at the box office (170 North Dearborn) or by phone at 312.443.3800.
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