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Gives a starchily funny performance as Ms. Oldfield, the senior member, who occasionally chirrups with unnecessary digressions. Letts, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning “August: Osage County,” draws out the frisky humor in the sometimes combative personalities, obsessions and quirks of the characters. Peel lets the matter drop, and the meeting rolls lazily on. Learn more about the 2021/22 Comeback Season at Still, Tracy Letts and Cliff ChamberlainĬowed by the stonewalling and his freshman status, Mr. From on-location filming with Rainn Wilson to handmade 3D puppets brought to life, and entirely new teams of film and video creatives employed in the creation of each work, Steppenwolf looks forward to sharing these three pieces in the lead-up to live performances of BUG this November. Letts’s trio of plays, which are already in production and nearly complete, offer audiences highly original works. Due to scheduling conflicts and production limitations, in consultation with the artists involved, Steppenwolf has decided to not produce Landau and McCraney’s virtual pieces at this time, and will explore future incarnations of the works. This past spring Steppenwolf announced plans to also produce two additional original virtual works by ensemble members Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney following Tracy Letts’s trio of virtual plays as part of the 2021/22 Comeback Season. ShapiroĪnd they’re off, for the 108th running of the El Dorado Stakes! But this race is long-distance… and maybe not what it first seems… In the denouement of their (physical, intellectual, and sexual) lives, they wax nostalgic and try to communicate across a wide divide.ĭirected by ensemble member Anna D. Two men in a diner drain the last drops of their coffees and think about ordering dessert. Puppet and production design by Grace Needlmanįeaturing ensemble members William Petersen and Karen Rodriguez with Mike Nussbaum This wry monologue poses the question: are we so distant from the whims of our biology? Enjoy your tour, and please remember-do not feed the animals. The nocturnal habits of the Panamanian Night Monkey, the life cycle of the Paradoxical Frog, and the mating rituals of middle-aged male homo sapiens. To purchase a Membership or for more information, visit /memberships or call 31.
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You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Īccess to the virtual works is FREE with a Steppenwolf 2021/22 Classic Membership. The three plays stream from September 29 through October 24, 2021. Press are welcome to review RSVP to Madeline Long at This email address is being protected from spambots. Students, teachers, artists & essential workers get access for $10. From August 10 – 12, there is a special presale price of only $15 at /TracyLettsvirtual or by calling Audience Services at 31. Single tickets are now available and grant access to all three virtual plays for $20. They feel very much like stories for 2021.” But since I wrote these pieces, the actual world has undergone some hair-raising transformations, which have cast mysterious new light on these plays. Steppenwolf’s virtual stage-which has streamed in all 50 states and over 20 countries since its inception last fall-is a celebration of the profound connection that theatre, in whatever form it finds itself, offers us all.Įnsemble member Tracy Letts shares, “These plays share at least one thread: a world off-kilter. The three gripping pieces, each produced for the first-time in a digital format, create the opening landscape of the 2021/22 Comeback Season and mark a bridge to the return of live performances and the highly anticipated opening of the new Arts and Education Center this fall. In the lead-up to ensemble member Tracy Letts’s extraordinary BUG this November in the Downstairs Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company is proud to bring audiences a sampler of the playwright’s singular voice in their homes with a trio of new virtual plays by Letts.