Anna D. Shapiro to Direct THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Musical
Steppenwolf Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro has been announced as the director of the in-development musicalization of “The Devil Wears Prada,” featuring music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick. Based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling 2003 novel and the 2006 film, the Broadway-bound...
Steppenwolf Has Its MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT Cast and Designers
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the full cast and design team for the world premiere of MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT, co-written by ensemble members Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney. Conceived by Landau, who also directs this true and little-known Chicago story, the production will feature Tarell Alvin McCraney as...
Steppenwolf Breaks Ground on $54M In-The-Round Expansion
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will break ground today on the next phase of its multi-year campus expansion on Halsted Street.
Steppenwolf 2019-20 Season Includes Cromer-Directed BUG, 4 World Premieres
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the 2019/20 season today – its 44th. “The 2019/20 Season reflects our collective commitment to create more stories for more of us and is sure to stoke novel conversation and broaden our appreciation of the every-day and the extraordinary. Whether it makes you laugh, cry or...
Steppenwolf Adds Stage Manager Malcolm Ewen to Ensemble
Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced today the addition of stage manager Malcolm Ewen into the company’s elite ensemble – an honor he didn’t even think possible. Ewen has worked at Steppenwolf since 1987, stage managing more than forty shows and taking four to Broadway. “There is no one who embodies what...
Steppenwolf Adds Carrie Coon to Ensemble
Steppenwolf has announced the addition of award-winning actor Carrie Coon to the company’s elite ensemble of theater artists. Coon last appeared on Steppenwolf’s stage in the world premiere of Mary Page Marlowe by Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts. Other Steppenwolf credits include Tracy Letts’s adaptation of Three Sisters, The March and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid...
Steppenwolf Announces Full Casting for THE CHILDREN
Pictured: Janet Ulrich Brooks Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced Janet Ulrich Brooks will join the cast of “The Children” by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Jonathan Berry. The cast includes previously announced ensemble members Ora Jones (Rose) and Yasen Peyankov (Robin), with Janet Ulrich Brooks (Hazel) rounding out the cast....
Review | LA RUTA at Steppenwolf
Pictured (front, left to right): Isabella Gerasole (Women of Juarez), Sandra Delgado (Yoli) and Alice da Cunha (Women of Juarez); (rear) Mari Marroquin (Zaide), Cher Álvarez (Brenda), Charín Alvarez (Marisela), Karen Rodriguez (Ivonne) and Laura Crotte (Desamaya). Photo by Michael Brosilow. By Sheri Flanders Named for the bus route that...
InkBlots 10.13.18 – Extensions and New Steppenwolf Fellows
The latest news, extensions, promotions, and rumors that didn’t make it into an article in the previous week.
InkBlots: 09.15.18 – Four of Frankenstein’s Monsters Meet
Our new InkBlots series will let you in on the latest news, extensions, promotions, and rumors that didn’t make it into an article in the previous week. We’re dropping them every Saturday morning. Enjoy with brunch! Second City Alums Launch Chicago-based Web Series Second City alums Julie B. Nichols and Billy...