Good People follows Margaret (Margie) Walsh (played quite convincingly by Jodi Kingsley), a middle aged single mother in South Boston who loses her low wage Dollar Store job and faces eviction in the face of caring for her special needs daughter.

Newly unemployed, she reaches out to Mike (well played by Bryan Breau), her old boyfriend who escaped their rough neighborhood to become a successful doctor, hoping he can help her find work. Margie shows up for what turns out to be a cancelled party at Mike’s comfortable suburban home where she meets his wife Kate (perfectly portrayed by Sandra Adjoumani).

At that point, the play unspools into a tense, funny, and uneasy reunion that forces all three to confront the role of luck, class, and personal responsibility in how “good” people can end up on such different paths.

Join the audience under the stars at Ravinia on August 23rd for a high-energy Grease sing-along that invites you to relive the iconic film in full voice.

With on-screen lyrics, a lively crowd, and all the beloved hits—from “Summer Nights” to “You’re the One That I Want”—this interactive screening turns a classic movie night into a communal celebration of nostalgia and fun. Costumes encouraged, voices required.

Program emcee is Paul Lisnek, and this conversation includes Ravinia’s Erik Soderstrom, two actors who have played Danny and Sandy in a local production of Grease (Eric Amondson and Morgan Wolfe) and a member of the original Chicago cast of Grease who shares memories from the first production, Steve Munro

Alex Edelman’s What Are You Going To Do is a sharp, hourlong, narrative standup show in which Alex looks at his own life—family, faith, and politics—for fast jokes and uneasy questions about responsibility and identity.

Drawing on stories from a Jerusalem amputee hospital, his Jewish upbringing, seashell obsessions, and trips to places like Graceland, Edelman uses his signature storytelling style to ask whether he should be doing something more meaningful with his time, and what it actually means to be a decent person in a world filled with chaos.

Songwriter Benji Pasek (of Dear Even Hansen fame) also makes a cameo in the interview

Tickets: www.Steppenwolf.org