Jamal Howard.
CHICAGO: The Goodman Theatre has named Jamal Howard the 2023 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow. Howard will help on a Goodman manufacturing as a member of the theatre’s inventive workforce.
“Jamal’s work is so deliciously wide-ranging — from making work for the very young, to choreographing and directing great contemporary texts,” Goodman inventive director Susan V. Booth mentioned in an announcement. “It’s this expansive curiosity and practice that renders him such a compelling artist, and one we feel so fortunate to have join us this year at the Goodman.”
The season-long Maggio Fellowship, a chance for an early-career director, was established in 2002. It is known as for the late Goodman affiliate inventive director Michael Maggio, who directed 22 productions on the Goodman and over 60 nationwide.
A Chicago-based director and choreographer, Howard is the co-artistic director of New American Folk Theatre and an affiliate firm member with TUTA Theatre. At the Goodman, Howard choreographed Masks Off for the 2021-22 Playwrights Unit. His directing credit embody work at Porchlight Music Theatre, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Right Angle Entertainment, Children’s Theater of Madison, Emerald City Theatre, the place he was beforehand affiliate inventive director. Howard is at the moment directing Michael Gene Sullivan’s The Great Khan at Redtwist Theatre and choreographing Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM! for BoHo Theatre.
“This is an honor that makes me feel that I’ve solidified myself as a Chicago theatre director and that the Goodman will be a new artistic home for me,” Howard mentioned in an announcement. “I hope my work inspires audiences to lead a more empathetic life, and I want to inspire the artistic community to think more about how we can make art responsibly by leading with empathy and collaboration.”
Founded in 1925, the Goodman Theatre is an arts and group group distinguished by the excellence and scope of its inventive programming. The Goodman’s inventive priorities embody new play growth, giant scale musical theatre works, and reimagined classics. The Goodman additionally often serves as a manufacturing and program accomplice with nationwide, worldwide, and Chicago firms. As of 2019, the theatre had a finances of roughly $32.9 million.
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