McGuire Family Furniture Makers/Goodman Theatre Chairs

A request from a potential customer came in for our Salem Chairs. It was an unusual request, as they needed chairs that could literally "take a beating". Questions pursued were: If a chair is thrown across the stage will it survive? Will they break if a stage actor jumps or stands on the chair? Would they loosen up and fall apart with the abuse that they would take? They also noticed that our chairs have adequately proportioned seats, which was important, as several of the actors had large frames. Our reply to all questions was that our chairs are individually made, each component of every chair is produced in our workshop, and will stand up under any abuse. The Goodman Theatre of Chicago proceeded to order 4 chairs for their stage production of, "Desire Under the Elms", starring Brian Dennehy.