ShareThis***Director Rick Snyder orchestrates the hilarious havoc brought on by Mary Beth Fisher, Keith Kupferer, Beth Lacke and David Pasquesi***
(Chicago, IL) March comes in like a lion at Goodman Theatre when Yasmina Reza’s “savagely entertaining” (Variety), triple Tony-Award-winning God of Carnage, translated by Christopher Hampton, makes its Chicago debut starting March 5, 2011. Chicago Director Rick Snyder stages this searing comic dissection of what is perhaps the most daunting activity on earth: parenting. Acclaimed French Playwright Reza (Art, Conversations After a Burial), known for skillfully turning social tragedies into riotous comedies, rips through the most basic social settings into the heart and soul of two couples dealing with the mayhem of matrimony and parenthood in this “savvy and deliciously caustic new comedy” (Chicago Tribune). Performances are March 5 – April 10, 2011 in the Goodman’s Albert Theatre; tickets are $25 – $78. Allstate is the Lead Corporate Sponsor for God of Carnage and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and Fifth Third Bank are the Corporate Sponsor Partners.
“God of Carnage is a theatrical rarity—a comedy that translates easily to a variety of cultures and countries,” said Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls. “Yasmina Reza gives insights into human nature and behavior that are both wise and ruefully true, revealing the serious bases that are at the heart of some of our most outlandishly comic responses. I am thrilled to welcome Director Rick Snyder and some of the finest comic actors who bring these identifiable characters to life.”