Widely acclaimed as a seminal masterwork of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT is at once a vaudevillian farce and a heartrending expression of our fear of uncertainty. A study of intimate relationships in all their comfortable and irritating glory, it also illustrates our need for companionship, our want of understanding, and our desperate hope that something good is waiting for us.

Directed by ensemble member Ronan Marra

featuring ensemble members Anthony Ingram, Christopher Prentice, Aaron Snook and Joseph Stearns with Benton Reynolds and Charles Schoenherr

set: Nancy Freeman, costumes: Laura M. Dana, lighting: Julie E. Ballard, violence: David Blixt, props: Lara Maerz, stage manager: ensemble members Anthony Ingram and Stephanie Ehemann

Jeff Recommended

"Highly Recommended…Who would have thought that this extensively analyzed 20th-century drama could be rendered so immediate and engaging?" — Mary Shen Barnidge, Chicago Reader

"There's no mystery to Signal's mastery of Beckett's seminal drama" — Catey Sullivan, Windy City Times full review

"Recommended…young but gifted cast…accessible-as-it-gets production that doesn’t compromise any of the playwright’s patent starkness" — Christopher Piatt, Time Out Chicago

"Some terrific performances. Christopher Prentice as Estragon and Aaron Snook as Vladimir deliver splendid portrayals" — Betty Mohr, Daily Southtown full review

"Magnetic and admirable" — Gordon West, Centerstage Chicago

"Highly Recommended … I've not seen better stage chemistry in many years" — Tom Williams, chicago critic.com review 1 | review 2

Jan 13 - Feb 20, 2006
Aug 11 - Sep 4, 2006

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