Good People

By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Kaarin Fairfax 

Australian Premiere 

Is opportunity granted or earned? Is it possible to start life over? 

Following a successful run on Broadway last year, Good People, the latest play from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) is set to make its Australian premiere at Red Stitch Theatre. 

Welcome to South Boston, or Southie as it’s affectionately referred to by its loyal residents - working class folk striving to make ends meet. 

Margie is one of those residents, laid off from yet another job, she just can’t seem to catch a break. 

Wry, rough around the edges and ready to make a change, she goes to seek out the one who got away, both from Southie and from her. 

But can this old flame be her ticket to a fresh start? 

Drawing a line between white collar and working class Boston, Lindsay-Abaire ponders the fate of those who break out and those who get stuck. 

Is it a personal choice or is our destiny in the hands of sheer dumb luck? 

Set in the neighbourhood where he grew up, Good People is particularly personal to American playwright and lyricist Lindsay-Abaire, who brings his signature humour to this tough and tender new work. 

Lindsay-Abaire’s repertoire includes the intensely emotional Rabbit Hole, which Red Stitch premiered in 2007 receiving a Green Room Award nomination, and the mischievously humorous Shrek the Musical, which he was nominated for a Tony Award. 

Acclaimed Australian actress and award-winning director, Kaarin Fairfax returns to Red Stitch where she won a Green Room award for her direction of Uncle Bob in 2002. 

Good People will feature Red Stitch ensemble members Olga Makeeva, Dion Mills and Andrea Swifte alongside guest actors Alexandria Steffensen, Jane Montgomery Griffiths and Rory Kelly.