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Cast Announced for Rebecca Gilman's Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976 at the Goodman

Artistic Director Robert Falls will lead the newly revealed creative team.

Director Robert Falls playwright Rebecca Gilman will work together on the Chicago premiere of Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976.
Director Robert Falls and playwright Rebecca Gilman will work together on the Chicago premiere of Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976.
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The Goodman Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming Chicago premiere production of Rebecca Gilman's Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976. Helmed by Gilman's Luna Gale collaborator Artistic Director Robert Falls, the production is set to run May 21-June 19 with an opening night on May 31.

Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976 takes pleace in a small Wisconsin town where a corporation acquires a local cheese manufacturer, which employs the majority of the town’s working class citizens. For the Durst family, the merger presents both a newfound opportunity and a moral dilemma.

The cast will feature Cliff Chamberlain as longtime factory employee Kim Durst, Cora Vander Broek as his wife Kat, and Lindsay Stock as their daughter, Kelly. Rounding out the cast are Ty Olwin (Kyle), Angela Reed (Elaine), and Ann Whitney (JoAnne).

The creative team includes Kevin Depinet (set), Richard Woodbury (sound), Jenny Mannis (costumes), and Jesse Klug (lights).

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