LookOut Series Announces Spring 2018 Lineup
Steppenwolf has announced the Spring 2018 LookOut series of events — short runs ancillary to the main performance season that feature artists and companies across genre and form. Spring highlights Include “Good Evening with Pat Whalen,” Haven Theatre’s Remount of WE’RE GONNA DIE, a Special Women’s History Month Edition of SHADE:...
Review: YOU GOT OLDER at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Part of what makes Jonathan Berry’s direction stay with you after the show ends is that he allows his actors the space and time to make real discoveries and connections in the moments.
Steppenwolf: The Next Generation
Some of Steppenwolf’s newest Ensemble Members (and Stars of YOU GOT OLDER) discuss their craft, their company, and their city.
Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series to Welcome Patti LuPone
Pictured: Patti LuPone Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series and Mark Cortale have announced a one-night only event, Monday, March 5th, with Patti LuPone featuring Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host. From the press release: “Two-time Tony and Grammy award winner Patti LuPone performs at Steppenwolf for one night only alongside Sirius XM...
Rainn Wilson Joins THE DOPPELGÄNGER Cast
Pictured: Rainn Wilson Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced actor and comedian Rainn Wilson, well-known for his role as “Dwight Schrute” on NBC’s award-winning comedy The Office, will play the lead role of Thomas Irdley/Jimmy in the world premiere production of THE DOPPELGÄNGER (An International Farce). Written by Chicagoland native Matthew-Lee...
PerformInk’s Most Read Stories of 2017
After the dam broke in the summer of 2016 with the closing of Profiles Theater, 2017 was, not surprisingly, peppered with the outing of abuses of power. Amidst a revolutionary nationwide reckoning, Chicago theater has been the theater industry’s example, both of abusers, and of a community coming together to...
Review: BLKS at Steppenwolf
(L to R) Leea Ayes, Celeste M. Cooper, and Nora Carroll. Photo by Michael Brosilow. By Sheri Flanders The stage of BLKS is vaguely reminiscent of an aquarium; a pink and turquoise cacophony of colored couches, overstuffed pillows and drapes hanging from the ceiling, video projected across the scene. And...
Review: THE MINUTES at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
When presented with the uncomfortable truth, we are given a choice: to reckon with it, or to keep living in blissful ignorance. Ignorance may be bliss, but the truth is always lurking just below the surface, waiting to be found.
Steppenwolf Will Host Mariann Mayberry Memorial
Mayberry passed away on August 1, 2017, after a battle with cancer.
REVIEW: THE CRUCIBLE at Steppenwolf for Young Adults
When I see a play like THE CRUCIBLE slated in a theater season, I have to wonder why. Arthur Miller’s classic allegory is certainly timeless, but often-produced. What makes this production different from any other?