Pictured: Debo Balogun 

Steep Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team the Midwest premiere of Amelia Roper’s Zürich, which will mark Roper’s Chicago debut as a playwright.

Directed by ensemble member Brad DeFabo Akin, the production features Debo Balogun, Julia Dale, Valerie Gorman, Maya Lou Hlava, Paula Hlava, Cole Keriazakos, Jeff Kurysz, and Elizabeth Wigley, alongside Steep Ensemble Members Cindy Marker, Brandon Rivera, and Sasha Smith.

The production team includes Stage Manager Lauren Lassus, Set Designer Jeff Kmiec, Lighting Designer Becca Jeffords, Sound Designer Thomas Dixon, Costume Designer Izumi Inaba, Props Designer Kevin Rolfs, Dialect Coach Adam Goldstein, Intimacy Director Sarah Scanlon, Fight Director and Assistant Intimacy Director Gaby Labotka, Production Manager Catherine Allen, Assistant Director AJ Schwartz, and Assistant Stage Manager Serena Dully.

Forty floors up, behind the windows of a posh Swiss hotel, a man sings, a maid cleans, children run wild, a banker makes things difficult, and one elderly woman’s fight against a corrupt world order changes everything. Or nothing.

Zürich runs October 4th – November 10th at Steep Theatre, 1115 West Berwyn Ave., Chicago, IL 60640. For more information visit