The Play

Friedman Theatre
GOOD PEOPLE (World Premiere)
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Daniel Sullivan

with Becky Ann Baker, Patrick Carroll, Tate Donovan, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Frances McDormand and Estelle Parsons.

Previews begin February 8, 2011
Opening Night March 3, 2011

Subscriber/Patron run through April 10, 2011
Tickets on sale thru May 29, 2011

Together, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and MTC have brought four outstanding new plays to the New York stage. Their most recent collaboration, Rabbit Hole, earned Lindsay-Abaire the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now, he returns to MTC, along with Rabbit Hole director and Tony Award® winner Daniel Sullivan, to premiere his newest work, the timely and powerful Good People.

Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out.

With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.

Good People was commissioned through the Bank of America New American Play Program. Production support for Good People was provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. Good People is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting new American plays at Manhattan Theatre Club.