photo by Erin Fiedler

Jeff Goode

playwright


  • Broadway Play Publishing's Playwright of the Year, 2006
  • Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, 2007
  • Backstage Garland Award, 2007

  • Selected Production History

    2004

    THE UNXMAS STORY
    Director's Circle Theater (Erie, Pennsylvania)
    Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (New York, NY)

    PRINCESS GRAY AND THE BLACK/WHITE KNIGHT
    Winter Springs High School (Winter Springs, Florida)

    LESBIAN'S LAST PIZZA
    Rogue Theatrics / National Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival (Columbus, Ohio)

    POONA THE FUCKDOG AND OTHER PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
    Rude Guerrilla Theatre Company (Santa Ana, California)
    Stray Cat Theatre (Phoenix, Arizona)
    Nightingale Theater (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
    Trustus Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina)

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    Athens Centre (Athens, Spetses & Loutraki, GREECE)

    ANGER BOX
    TheatreZone (Gloucester, Massachusetts)
    Edinburgh Festival (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)

    PRAGUE-NOSIS!
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)

    DON QUIXOTE AND THE BLACK KNIGHT
    Anchor Bay Middle School South (New Baltimore, Michigan)

    THE DEATH OF DICK PISTON
    Sanford Meisner Center (Los Angeles, California)

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Albertson College of Idaho / ACTF (Moscow, Idaho)
    Attic Theatre (Los Angeles, California)
    Towson University (Baltimore, Maryland)
    2Co's Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio)
    Denver Repertory Theatre (Denver, Colorado)
    Circuit Playhouse (Memphis, Tennessee)
    Chance Theater (Anaheim Hills, California)
    Action Arts Theater Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    Sandy Actors Theatre (Sandy, Oregon)
    Actors Theatre of San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas)
    Accokeek Creek Theatre Company (Alexandria, Virginia)
    Shadowbox Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio)
    The Journeymen Theater Company (Chicago, Illinois)
    Belvoir St Theatre (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
    Shadowbox Cabaret (Newport, Kentucky)
    Theatre on a Shoestring (Burlington, Vermont)
    Baker University (Baldwin City, Kansas)
    Fantasyland Theatrical Productions (Newberry, Florida)
    Flying Monkey Arts / Renaissance Theatre (Huntsville, Alabama)
    Hilo Community Players (Hilo, Hawaii)
    Director's Circle Theater (Erie, Pennsylvania)
    Harbor Playhouse (Corpus Christi, Texas)
    Newport Repertory Theatre (Newport, Rhode Island)
    Ensemble Productions / Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
    Know Theatre Tribe (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    Players Guild Theatre (Canton, Ohio)
    Double D / BATS Theatre (Wellington, NEW ZEALAND)
    Southern Illinois University / SETO (Edwardsville, Illinois)
    Diversionary Theatre (San Diego, California)
    Brooklyn Theatre Arts Project (Brooklyn, New York)
    Can-Act Theater (Nampa, Idaho)
    Fusion Theatre Company (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
    The Top Floor Theater (Baltimore, Maryland)
    AU Players (Washington, DC)
    Sophanes Theatre Club / Salisbury University (Salisbury, Maryland)
    Trustus Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina)
    Searching For Shakespeare (Ames, Iowa)
    I Theatre Production Company (Orlando, Florida)
    The Butterfly Club / Larrikin Productions (South Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA)
    Chocolate Cake Productions (Los Angeles, California)
    MIT Community Players (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
    Hydeware Theatre (Saint Louis, Missouri)
    Rogue Theatrics (Hilliard, Ohio)
    TheaterSounds (Kingston, New York)
    Ghostlight Theater Company (Nashua, New Hampshire)
    Collaborations (New York, New York)
    Salem State College (Salem, Massachusetts)

    ROMEO AND JULIUS [CAESAR]
    Washington Shakespeare Company (Arlington, Virginia)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Camden Hills Regional High School (Rockport, Maine)
    Waterville High School Drama (Waterville, Maine)
    Bishop McNamara High School (Forestville, Maryland)
    Theaters Against War (New York City)
    Sant Bani School (Sanbornton, NH)
    The Little Playhouse (Minnetonka, MN)
    Charlottesville City Schools (Charlottesville, VA)
    Grayslake Community High School (Grayslake, IL)

    PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS
    UNISTA (Cedar Falls, Iowa)

    2003

    MARLEY'S GHOST
    Circle X Theatre Company (Los Angeles, California)
    Pantheatrics Production Company (Columbus, Ohio)

    THE UNXMAS STORY
    Fimbulvetur (Reykjavik, ICELAND)

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Pantheatrics Production Company - (Columbus, Ohio) - [Hollywood monologue]
    228 Productions - (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
    2Co's Cabaret - Columbus, Ohio - (Nov/Dec 2003) - [Hollywood monologue]
    University at Buffalo Center for the Arts - (Buffalo, New York)
    Spunkey Monkey Productions - (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA)
    Pantheatrics Production Company - (Columbus, Ohio)
    Theatre on the Square - (Indianapolis, Indiana)
    Met-X - (Frederick, Maryland)
    The Journeymen Theater Company - (Chicago, Illinois)
    Whole World Theatre - (Atlanta, Georgia)
    Actors Theatre Of San Antonio - (San Antonio, Texas)
    Bremen High School - (Midlothian, Illinois)
    Theatre New West - (Houston, Texas)
    Northeastern State University - (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)
    AU Players - (Washington, D.C.)
    TheatreFusion - (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
    Open Circle Theater - (Seattle, Washington)
    Whole Art Theater - (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
    On The Boards Theatre Company - (Dania Beach, Florida)
    Asylum Productions, Ltd. - (Catonsville, Maryland)
    Downstair Cabaret Theatre - (Rochester, New York)
    Know Theatre Tribe - (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    Albertson College of Idaho - (Boise, Idaho)
    Midwestern Theater Troupe - (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
    Pisces Moon Productions - (Santa Cruz, California)
    Searching For Shakespeare / Margaret Sloss Women's Center - (Ames, Iowa)
    Chico Cabaret - (Chico, California)
    The ACT (Area Community Theatre) - (Carbondale, Pennsylvania)
    Buffalo United Artists - (Buffalo, New York)
    Ask Kevin Productions - (Anaheim, California)
    Ergo Theatre Company - (New York, New York)
    Stumbling In Players - (Los Angeles, California)
    AriesWorks Entertainment - (Des Moines, Iowa)
    Hypocrite's Theater Company - (Lansing, Michigan)
    Colloquial Theater - (Buffalo, NY)
    Abilene Actors Guild - (Abilene, Texas)
    Valley High School - (West Des Moines, Iowa)

    LESBIAN'S LAST PIZZA
    Emerson College (Boston, Massachusetts)

    ANGER BOX
    Cherry Red Productions (Washington, D.C.)
    Green Thursday Theatre Project (Tucson, Arizona)
    TheatreZone (Boston, Massachusetts)

    LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF
    Sanford Meisner Center (Los Angeles, California)

    PRAGUE-NOSIS!
    Theatre Vertigo (Portland, Oregon)

    DON QUIXOTE AND THE BLACK KNIGHT
    St. Marguerite Catholic School (Spruce Grove, Alberta, CANADA)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Mill River Unions High School (North Clarendon, Vermont)
    Henderson High School (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
    Union Pines High School (Cameron, North Carolina)
    Northland Community Schools (Remer, Minnesota)
    Viking Middle School (Gurnee, Illinois)

    2002

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Gateway Players Theatre (Southbridge, Massachusetts)
    Das Theater Combinale (Luebeck, GERMANY)
    Theatre Group (Denver, Colorado)
    Stone Mill Dinner Theatre (Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
    2Co's Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio) - [Hollywood monologue]
    Imagine Stage Company (Hollywood, Florida)
    A.U. Players (Washington, D.C.)
    Theatre Pangea (Los Angeles, California)
    Random Acts of Theater (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    Teatro Angst (Las Vegas, Nevada)
    Act Out Productions (Columbus, Ohio)
    Maryland Ensemble Theatre (Frederick, Maryland)
    Shadowbox Cabaret (Newport, Kentucky) - [Dasher monologue]
    Groovacious (Cedar City, Utah)
    Aggie Players (College Station, Texas)
    Sandy Actors Theatre (Sandy, Oregon)
    Independent Submarine Productions (Newburyport, Massachusetts)
    The Journeymen Theater Company (Chicago, Illinois)
    ACTS Warehouse Studio (Oklahoma City)
    Not A Penny Productions (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
    Willie Bob Production Group (New York, New York)
    Albertson College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho)
    Live Arts Theatre (Charlottesville, Virginia)
    Queen City Off Broadway (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    d.A.d.A. (Diverse Artists Dedicated to Action) (Houston, Texas)
    AriesWorks Entertainment (Des Moines, Iowa)
    Landless Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.)
    Crazy Eights Equity Co-op (Vancouver, British Columbia)
    Sanford Meisner Center (North Hollywood, California)
    Fulton Street Theatre (Boise, Idaho)
    Menlo Players Guild (Menlo Park, California)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Wayward Actors Company (Louisville, Kentucky)
    Dignity Entertainment (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

    PRAGUE-NOSIS!
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York, New York)
    Glove Theatre (Gloversville, New York)

    WAITING ON GODOT
    Vallivue Drama Club (Caldwell, Idaho)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Edison High School (Richmond, Ohio)
    Beaver Country Day School (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)

    THE UNXMAS STORY
    Wayward Actors Company (Louisville, Kentucky)

    PRINCESS GRAY AND THE BLACK/WHITE KNIGHT
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)

    ELEPHANS
    The Culver Academies (Culver, Indiana)

    2001

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Theatre Vertigo (Portland, Oregon)
    Arena Players (Farmingdale, New York)
    Das Theater Combinale (Luebeck, GERMANY)
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York, New York)
    U-Rock Players (Janesville, Wisconsin)
    Theatre on a Shoestring (Burlington, Vermont)
    Working Stage Theatre (Los Angeles, California)
    Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre (Baltimore, Maryland)
    Knock Your Socks Off (Salt Lake City, Utah)
    Knightsbridge Theatre (Pasadena, California)
    Rocket Theatre Company (Manchester, ENGLAND)
    University Theatre (Springfield, Missouri)
    Stage Q (Madison, Wisconsin)
    ACTS Warehouse Studio (Oklahoma City)
    Fourth Row Theatre Company (Groton, Connecticut)
    The Alternative Theater (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
    Fly-By-Night Entertainment (Boston, Massachusetts)
    Queen City Off Broadway (Cincinnati, Ohio)
    AriesWorks Entertainment (Des Moines, Iowa)
    Combo Plate No. 8 (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)
    Gnap! Theater Projects (Austin, Texas)
    Sandy Actors Theatre (Sandy, Oregon)
    Three Pushpins Productions (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
    Landless Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Newport Repertory Theatre (Newport, Rhode Island)
    Joliet Junior College (Joliet, Illinois)

    PRAGUE-NOSIS
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (New York)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Stonehill Theatre Company (Easton, Massachusetts)

    WHY SHE WOULD NOT
    Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (New York)

    POONA THE FUCKDOG AND OTHER PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
    Theatre Vertigo (Portland, Oregon)
    Cherry Red Productions (Washington, DC)
    Actors' Theatre of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, California)

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Theatre Vertigo (Portland, Oregon)

    2000

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut (Putnam, Connecticut)
    Pensacola Little Theatre (Pensacola, Florida)
    Stage Door Acting Ensemble (New York, New York)
    ACTS Warehouse Studio (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Green Thursday Theatre Project (Tucson, Arizona)
    Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois)
    In Tandem Productions (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Baker University (Baldwin City, Kansas)
    Alternative Theater (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
    Five Guys in an Elevator Productions (Erie, Pennsylvania)
    Nomad Theatre (Boulder, Colorado)
    Journeymen Theatre Company (Chicago, Illinois)
    Stage Actors Ensemble (Chicago, Illinois)
    Open Door Theatre Company (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
    Razor's Edge Productions (Nashville, Tennessee)
    Ergo Theatre Company (New York, New York)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    The Drama Workshop (Des Moines, Iowa)
    Dear Henry Productions (Chicago, Illinois)
    Snack Theatre (Brattleboro, Vermont)

    PRINCESS GRAY & THE BLACK/WHITE KNIGHT
    International School of Paris (Paris, FRANCE)

    PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS
    Minnesota State University (Moorhead, Minnesota)

    POONA THE FUCKDOG AND OTHER PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
    Cherry Red Productions (Washington, DC)
    Rebel Theatre Company (Las Vegas, Nevada)
    Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)
    TheatreZone (Boston, Massachusetts)

    1999

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Axis Mundi (Boulder, Colorado)
    Face Down Productions (Dallas, Texas)
    Over Our Head Players (Racine, Wisconsin)
    The Met Theatre (Los Angeles, California)
    The Duplex (New York City)
    Jonesborough Repertory Theatre (Jonesborough, Tennessee)
    Civic Theatre of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida)
    Open Circle Theater (Seattle, Washington)
    Trustus Theatre Company (Columbia, South Carolina)
    The Drama Workshop (Des Moines, Iowa)
    Towson University (Baltimore, Maryland)
    Telluride Repertory Theatre Company (Telluride, Colorado)
    10th Street Theatre (Corpus Christi, Texas)

    POONA THE FUCKDOG AND OTHER PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
    Trap Door Theatre (Chicago, Illinois)
    Open Circle Theatre (Seattle, Washington)
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York City)
    Our Backs to the Wall Players (Las Vegas)

    LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF
    Todo con Nada (New York City)

    PRINCESS GRAY & THE BLACK/WHITE KNIGHT
    St. Hedwig's School (Kingston, Pennsylvania)

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    Wings Theatre (New York City)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Winston School (San Antonio, Texas)
    Dunwoody High School (Dunwoody, Georgia)

    1998

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    The Theatre Group (Denver, Colorado)
    AXIS Theatre (Baltimore, Maryland)
    Shadowbox Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio) - [Dasher monologue]
    Stagecraft Theatre (Wellington, NEW ZEALAND)
    City Lights Theatre (San Jose, California)
    Cleveland Public Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio)
    Nada 45 (New York, New York)
    Kokopelli Company (Anchorage, Alaska)
    Reckless Theatre Company (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
    TheatreWorks (New Milford, Connecticut)
    Fully Reciprocal Theatre Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
    In Tandem Productions (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    Elephant Head Productions (Portland, Oregon)
    Players for Small Change (Erie, Pennsylvania)
    Theatre Excalibur (Louisville, Kentucky)
    Brand X Theatre (Winter Park, Florida)
    BoarsHead: Michigan Public Theater (Lansing, Michigan)
    Hope College Theatre (Holland, Michigan)

    THE UBU PLAYS
    Moscoe High School (Moscoe, Idaho)
    Holderness School (Plymouth, New Hampshire)
    Wakula High School (Crawfordville, Florida)
    William Allen High School (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
    Upper Dublin High School (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania)

    A GOODE EVENING / LESBIAN'S LAST PIZZA
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)

    RING CYCLE! - THE MUSICAL
    Improv Olympic (Chicago)

    LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York City)
    Theater Vertigo (Portland, Oregon)
    Rep City Productions (Kearney, Nebraska)

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    Emanon Theater Company (Skokie, Illinois)

    1997

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Alanz Theatre (Kansas City)
    C'est Destine (Madison, Wisconsin)
    Fully Reciprocal Theatre Company (Minneapolis)
    Circle X Theatre (Los Angeles)
    C'est Destine (Chicago)
    TheatreZone (Boston)
    The Duplex (New York)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Shadowbox Cabaret (Columbus, Ohio) - [Dasher monologue]
    Magnet Theatre Company (Trenton, New Jersey)

    UBU THREE - WHERE'S UBU?
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)
    Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston)

    DEAD PANTHER CABARET
    Albertson College of Idaho (Boise)

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    Athens Centre (Athens, GREECE)

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    I-CAR Productions & Les Enfants du Maïs (Madison, Wisconsin)

    1996

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Circle X Theatre (Los Angeles)
    Les Enfants du Maïs (Chicago)
    Tornado Head Productions (Boise, Idaho)
    Theatre Conspiracy (Fort Myers, Florida)
    Theatre SKAM (Victoria, British Columbia)

    THE PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS
    Dolphinback Theatre Company (Chicago)

    LESBIAN'S LAST PIZZA
    Bailwick Arts Center / Cafe Voltaire (Chicago)
    Around the Coyote Festival (Chicago)
    Bailiwick Directors Festival (Chicago)
    Les Enfants du Maïs (Des Moines)

    IN REAL LIFE
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    PRINCESS GRAY & THE BLACK/WHITE KNIGHT
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    UBU: A PLAY FOR CHILDREN
    St. Albans Summer Programs (Washington DC)

    THE ELF
    The Bullis School (Potomac, Maryland)

    THE RING CYCLE: THE MUSICAL!
    Famous Door Theatre / Room 41 (Chicago)

    1995

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Dolphinback Theatre Company (Chicago)
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York)
    Compound Productions / ACME Comedy Theatre (Los Angeles)
    Loft Production Company (Tampa)
    Annex Theatre (Seattle)

    ELEPHANS
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    UBU TWO: UBU IN CHAINS
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD AT CANTERBURY
    Renaissance Festival (Kansas City)

    TURF PIRATES
    Renaissance Festival (Kansas City)

    LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF
    Bailiwick Directors Festival (Chicago)

    DRACULA RIDES AGAIN
    Theatre of the American West (Nebraska)

    1994

    THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
    Dolphinback Theatre (Chicago)
    Adobe Theatre Company (New York)
    Source Theatre (Washington DC)
    Hudson Backstage (Los Angeles)
    Brave Hearts Theatre (Madison)
    Midwest Center for Developing Artists (Iowa City)

    THE RING CYCLE: THE MUSICAL!
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    LES OPALES
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    UBU: A PLAY FOR CHILDREN
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    THE THREE MUSKETEERS
    The Renaissance Festival (Kansas City)

    LEWD LOVES OF A LUSTY LAUNDRESS
    The Renaissance Festival (Kansas City)

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    Marion Arts Center (Massachusetts)

    WAITING ON GODOT
    Bailiwick Directors Festival (Chicago)
    Pantechnicon Artworks (Chicago)

    1993

    MAPS: UNFOLDINGS
    City in Motion Dance Theatre (Kansas City)

    WHAT I'M NOT
    Kaleidoscope Children's Theatre (Chicago)

    WAITING ON GODOT
    Dolphinback Theatre Company (Chicago)

    ODD CREATURES AND CURIOUS FOOD
    Summer Festival of the Arts (Maine)

    1992

    NARCISSUS & ECHO
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    MAPS: UNFOLDINGS
    UMKC Conservatory of Music (Kansas City)
    City in Motion Dance Theatre (Kansas City)
    Avila College Dance (Overland Park, Kansas)

    1991

    WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    DEAD POETS
    Iowa Playwrights Workshop (Iowa City)

    1990

    ESCAPE FROM ELDORADO
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    DEAD POETS
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    RUMPELSTILTSKIN
    The Unusual Cabaret (Maine)

    WAITING ON GODOT
    University of Missouri (Kansas City)

    A NOEL COWARD CABARET
    Missouri Repertory Theatre Guild (Kansas City)

    1989

    DEAD PANTHER CABARET
    University of Missouri (Kansas City)

    A NOEL COWARD CABARET
    University of Missouri (Kansas City)

    1988

    IN AMONG WOLVES
    Oasis Alternative Theatre

    1987

    THE ELF
    Iowa Playwrights Workshop


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