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IN THE WINGS Little Village Lawndale High School Reflects Dr. King’s Legacy Regina Taylor’s Magnolia is a powerful evocation of the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Fittingly, one of the Chicago Public Schools that will be attending Magnolia as part the Goodman’s Student Subscription Series—Little Village Lawndale High School—was created out of the same tradition of nonviolent direct action that King advocated. In 1998, the Chicago Board of Education allocated funds to construct three new high schools with the goal of having a selective enrollment institution in each of the city’s six regions. Within three years, two of those schools were open for business, but the third site, located in the Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village, remained vacant. Here, on Mother’s Day 2001, a group of neighborhood protestors went to work. Gathering across from the planned site at 31st and Kostner, they demonstrated against the overcrowded conditions of other neighborhood high schools and called for a hunger strike. In the ensuing 19 days, more than 500 people erected tents and camped out at the site, garnering attention from local and national media. Eventually, newly appointed Chicago school chief Arne Duncan reallocated funds to permit construction, and in the fall of 2005, Little Village Lawndale High School opened its doors. Neighborhood activists continued their work, going door-to-door soliciting input into the ideal school model. The result was an innovative division of the campus into four autonomous “small schools”: World Language High School, emphasizing biculturalism; Multicultural Arts High School, focusing on the arts; Infinity: Math, Science and Technology High School, centered on technology; and The School for Social Justice, commemorating peace and equity. Each school houses approximately 400 students and is open to all students in the Little Village neighborhood. This spring marks the first graduating class for each of the four schools at Little Village Lawndale, a school that stands as testament to King’s struggles for social justice. We are proud to include Little Village Lawndale High School as one of the innovative schools now participating in the Goodman’s Student Subscription Series, bringing the power of theater to the educational community. Photo courtesy of School of Social Justice. 14
Taking the Stage: A Celebration of Women in Theater* April 4–19, 2009 In conjunction with the female-focused season in the Owen Theatre (and the premiere of Regina Taylor’s Magnolia in the Albert), the Goodman will offer a series of conversations, workshops and performances entitled Taking the Stage: A Celebration of Women in Theater. This series will feature Goodman artists as well as representatives of Teatro Luna, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and About Face Theatre, among many others. Chicago’s women artists have been integral to the development of our vibrant local and national artistic community since the beginning of the “little theater” movement in the early 1900s. Chicago writer Susan Glaspell was a founding member of the Provincetown Players in Massachusetts, perhaps the most influential of these “little theaters.” Similarly, Mary Aldis’ Lake Forest Players became known in Chicago and elsewhere for their innovative work in the years just prior to World War I. Today, women artists and administrators are at the forefront of American theater, and many of Chicago’s most celebrated theaters and productions have been helmed by women. We hope you will join us as we honor the importance of women’s voices in contemporary theater. Owen Season Corporate Sponsor Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Condola Phyleia Rashad in Ruined. Photo by Liz Lauren. Coming this Spring, the Goodman Offers FREE Readings as Part of Science Chicago* The Museum of Science and Industry is collaborating with more than 100 local institutions, including the Goodman, to present Science Chicago, a year-long celebration of science. The Goodman is proud to present readings of three science-themed plays in the spring and summer of 2009: • Reykjavik, a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes about the scientific and ethical questions raised at the 1986 summit between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. • Tom Stoppard’s Hapgood, concerning a female British spymaster whose quest to discover the source of an information leak to the Russians is hampered by the whirl of quantum physics, double agents and triple-crosses. All readings will be presented in the Owen Theatre and will be followed by discussions featuring Goodman artistic staff and noted experts in the fields of physics and bioengineering. • Caryl Churchill’s A Number, in which three sons—two of whom are clones of the first—confront their father with the discovery of several genetically identical counterparts. * Please check our website at GoodmanTheatre.org for upcoming details on specific times and locations. 15
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