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Company is known for its acting ensemble and is well regarded in Chicago and nationwide. It was founded in 1974 by actors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, incorporating in the following year and finding a home in 1976 in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park. The company moved in 1980 to a 134-seat theater at the Jane Addams Hull House Center. In 1982, "True West," with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, was the first Steppenwolf production brought to New York. In 1990, "The Grapes of Wrath" won a Tony for best director/play for Frank Galati and best play for the 1989-90 season. The company moved to its current home in 1991. Ensemble playwright Tr...
Company is known for its acting ensemble and is well regarded in Chicago and nationwide. It was founded in 1974 by actors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, incorporating in the following year and finding a home in 1976 in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park. The company moved in 1980 to a 134-seat theater at the Jane Addams Hull House Center. In 1982, "True West," with John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, was the first Steppenwolf production brought to New York. In 1990, "The Grapes of Wrath" won a Tony for best director/play for Frank Galati and best play for the 1989-90 season. The company moved to its current home in 1991. Ensemble playwright Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" went to Broadway in 2007. There are three theaters at the venue: Downstairs Stage (main space with 515 seats); Upstairs Theatre; and Garage Theatre (often used to produce works from outside companies). The company's Traffic series is for artists of varying disciplines.
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Top Small Workplaces winners, finalists
Winning Workplaces named two Chicago-area companies, of seven finalists, winners of its Top Small Workplaces contest. Winners •Integrated Project Management •J.A. Frate Finalists •Flair Communications Agency •Leaders Bank... -
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The 14th hole at the Highland Park golf course is a 443-yard par four, slightly uphill from the tee before twisting right and heading downhill toward a green that is protected by a winding creek. It is a cruel hole, and one afternoon in the late summer of...Tags: Tribune Tower, David Mamet, Lawyers, Victory Gardens Theatre, Music Theater
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Steppenwolf awarded $600,000 grant
Chicago Tribune reporterAt a moment of financial fear for many performing arts companies, an important supporter of Steppenwolf Theatre Company is substantially expanding its backing for the Chicago ensemble. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York is awarding $600,000 over...Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Minority Groups, Natural Resources, National or Ethnic Minorities, National Museum of Mexican Art
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Has Broadway out-spoofed the 'Forbidden'?
Chicago Tribune criticWe'll be singing this 'til dawn/You'll wish that you weren't born Let's stop this damn refrain/Before we go insane For this is our song that ends like this! Pop quiz, musical fans! Which show has a lyric that ends like that? If you thought...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Tina Fey, Judaism, August, Broadway
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Chris Jones recommends
Amadeus *** "Amadeus" might look like a 1979 drama about two rival composers in the Austrian court, but it's really a meditation on genius, mediocrity and, above all, jealousy. Gary Griffin's rich revival has enigmatic performances from Robert Sella as...Tags: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Music Theater, Oriental Theater, Bertolt Brecht, Water Tower
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Halloween
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. Parties '80S Halloween At Martini Park: A themed costume party includes live music by the Spazmatics and prizes for best '80s costume, plus treats for the first 50 guests. 8 p.m. Oct. 30;...Tags: Wilmette, Sandra Bernhard, W., Lon Chaney, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Jeremy Irons speaks plainly, if elegantly
As a kid, living on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England, Jeremy Irons played cowboys and Indians and watched "The Cisco Kid" on television. I'm hearing this as I sit with my recorder in a suite at Toronto's Royal York hotel, across from...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Jeremy Irons, Celebrity, Sean Connery, Joan Allen
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Bernhard defends her Palin comment
Comedian Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women's shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The comedian said last month that Palin...Tags: Sandra Bernhard, Sarah Palin, Halloween, Rape, Emergency Planning
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Dreams, Colonel Sanders fuel Steppenwolf's mythic 'Kafka'
Chicago Tribune critic"In dreams begin responsibilities," observes the hero of "Kafka on the Shore," Frank Galati's inestimably cerebral, endlessly complicated, occasionally incomprehensible and quite beguiling new show at the Steppenwolf. What a terrifying thought! In our...Tags: Johnnie Walker, Haruki Murakami, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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This week
FRIDAY Picnic: David Cromer is one of Chicago's hottest directors and a man with a strong track record for revisionist productions of American classics. Here he takes on William Inge's iconic Kansas drama. Through Nov. 16 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor...Tags: Highland Park (Los Angeles, California), Glencoe, Haruki Murakami, Rogers Park, Long Island
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Actress turned popular minister
Special to the Chicago TribuneCatherine Louise Price could always connect with an audience. A talented actress in high school and college, she cut her acting chops at such notable Chicago-area venues as Pegasus Players, Northlight Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre. And like many in her...Tags: Indiana University, Cancer, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Western Springs, Diseases
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... And a side dish of restaurants
Chicago Tribune criticA menu of fall theater ought also to have actual menus. Here are my five restaurants for the season Boka, 1729 N. Halsted St., 312-337-6070. Close enough to the Steppenwolf Theatre that you can share the traffic jam with its ticket-holders, but chef...Tags: Ray Bradbury, Alfred Hitchcock, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Burr Ridge, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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