September 20, 21* Oct. 3†, 4, 5, 17, 18, 19 @ 7:30pm
September 22, October 6**, 20†† @ 2pm
*denotes PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH performance
†denotes scheduled U/S performance
**denotes talk back performance
†† denotes captioned performance
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Directed by: James Mardock
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A group of middle-aged men’s lives are changed when a stranger crashes their Thursday night support group. As they clumsily grapple with gender identities, cultural appropriation, and the loneliness of aging, their ideas of what it means to be a man are completely upended. Set in the months following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Fairey’s play explores the confusion, comedy, and vulnerability of trying to understand one’s place in the world when the world has been forever changed.
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CAST
Bradford Ka'ai'ai as Roger
Layne La Vanway as Brian
Dametrius Munerlyn as Delano
Eduardo Arce-Gutierrez as Kevin
Kim Rochelle as Officer Caruso
Matthew Stevenson as Officer Nowak
Joseph Villegas as Alex
Hannah Sage Sloan as Officer Cauro Understudy (†10/3)
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CREW
Asst. Direction: Greg Hilman
Stage Manager: Anthony Mendoza
Asst. Stage Managers: Hannah Sage Sloan & Emma Greene
Scenic, Lighting, Prop, & Sound Designer: Chad Sweet
Accent & Dialect Coach: Rosie Brownlow-Calkin
Intimacy Director: Thomas Rao
Fight Choreographer: Chad Sweet
Costumer: Moira Bengochea
Dramaturg: Luis Galvez
Why "Support Group for Men?"- a statement from the Artistic Leadership Committee
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"'POTUS' and 'Support Group for Men' are a fantastic compliment to one another and we’re so excited about the challenges and opportunities with running them in rep. . Biting, funny, and incredibly timely as we head into election season - both shows will have our audiences laughing while they investigate social norms and will help us discuss challenging topics in a light-hearted manner that will encourage dialogue instead of division."
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SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN was produced in a developmental production in Goodman Theatre’s
2016 New Stages Festival, and received its world premiere at Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Executive Director), Chicago, Illinois, on July 2, 2018.
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“SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)”
