Goodman Theatre Presents THE LONG RED ROAD

Goodman Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Brett C. Leonard's The Long Red Road directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, February 13 - March 14, 2010 in the Goodman's 400-seat flexible Owen Bruner Theatre. Tickets are $12 - $45 and are currently on sale at GoodmanTheatre.org or by calling 312.443.3800.

In this raw, provocative world premiere, Sam attempts to drink away his past and exorcise his demons on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, where he has been trying to forget his role in a tragic accident involving his family. When a visitor from his past arrives on the reservation, Sam is forced to face his guilt and take a harrowing look at the man he has become. The Long Red Road is a searing play about the way one person's anguish can tear a family apart.

Brett C. Leonard (Playwright) has been a LAByrinth Theater Company Member since 2003. He is the Associate Artistic Director of London's Shotgun Theatre and the recipient of the 2008 Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award. His playwriting credits include Unconditional (LAByrinth at The Public, directed by MarK Wing-Davey; Toronto's Column 13), Guinea Pig Solo (LAByrinth/Public, the first co-production; Chicago's Chopin Theater/Collaboraction: Chicago Tribune's "Top 10 of 2005"; and Berlin's 50th Anniversary of the Arts Festival at the House of World Culture), Roger and Vanessa (London's Latchmere Theatre 503, directed by Robert Delamere; L.A.'s Actors' Gang; Sydney's Tap Gallery) and Scotch and Water (London's New Company, Critics' Choice Time Out London). His short plays include Bobo an' Spyder... (NY's Production Company/Australia Project, directed by Bob Glaudini), Beauty and Light (Chicago's Collaboraction Sketchbook '05) and Interrogation (Sketchbook '06). Unconditional is published in Smith and Kraus' "New Playwrights - Best Plays 2008." His debut feature film Jailbait, starring Michael Pitt and Stephen Adly Guirgis, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, won both the Grand Jury Prize and Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Lake Placid Film Festival and is available on Warner Brothers' DVD. He is currently adapting Unconditional for the screen for Cooper's Town Productions and Overture Films.

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Director) recently finished shooting the film version of Jack Goes Boating, based on the play of the same name. Previously on stage at The Public in the LAByrinth Theater Company production, Hoffman reprises his role of Jack while also stepping behind the camera to make his feature directorial debut. Hoffman was last seen in Richard Curtis' latest project Pirate Radio. Prior to that, he starred in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, NY and John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. Hoffman also starred in the independent film The Savages, Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War and Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Previously, Hoffman starred in Capote, which he executive produced through his company, Cooper's Town Productions. In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, Hoffman earned a Golden Globe and SAG Award for his performance.

Other film credits include Mission Impossible: III, Along Came Polly, Cold Mountain, The Party's Over, Owning Mahowny, 25th Hour, Red Dragon, Punch-Drunk Love, Love Liza, Almost Famous, State and Main, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Magnolia, Flawless, Patch Adams, Happiness, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, Twister, Nobody's Fool, Scent of a Woman and HBO's Empire Falls.

As an actor, Hoffman's theater credits include Jack Goes Boating (The Public Theater), Long Day's Journey Into Night (Broadway), The Seagull (The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival), True West (Broadway), Defying Gravity (American Place Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (directed by Peter Sellars), Shopping and F*cking (New York Theatre Workshop) and The Author's Voice (Drama Department).

His directing credits include the world premieres of The Little Flower of East Orange, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings, all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and produced by LAByrinth. Additionally, Hoffman directed Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living at MCC Theater. He traveled to Australia to direct Andrew Upton's Riflemind at the famed Sydney Theater Company and also mounted the play later in London.

Tickets to The Long Red Road ($12 - $45) are currently on sale at GoodmanTheatre.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office (170 North Dearborn) or by phone at 312.443.3800. Mezztix are half-price mezzanine tickets available at 12 noon at the box office, and at 10am online (promo code MEZZTIX) day of performance; Mezztix are not available by telephone. 10Tix are $10 mezzanine tickets for students available at 12 noon at the box office, and at 10am online on the day of performance; 10Tix are not available by telephone. Valid student I.D. must be presented when picking up the tickets. Limit four per student with I.D. All tickets are subject to availability and handling fees apply. Discounted Group Tickets for ten persons or more are available at 312.443.3820.

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