The Congo Square Theatre Company caps its 2006-2007 season with Derrick Sanders’ staging of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at Goodman Theatre’s Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, on Jan. 20-Feb. 18. The play is part of the Goodman Theatre’s August Wilson Celebration (Jan. 13-Feb. 19).
Winner of the 1998 New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best Play, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911 and tells the story of Herald Loomis, a man searching the country with his young daughter to find his estranged wife. Loomis’ journey takes him to the boarding house, where his self-discovery leads him to salvation.
Tickets are $15-$37. Call the Goodman Theatre Box Office at 312-443-3800 or visit www.goodmantheatre.org.