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For those of you who look forward to Steppenwolf’s Young Adult season, you may remember my last blog post when I just couldn’t decide what it was going to be? Well I am ready to announce the season!

We are opening with Tennessee Williams‘ The Glass Menagerie directed by our very own Yasen Peyankov and starring one of my personal favorite Chicago actresses Alana Arenas, (remember her from The Bluest Eye?). This Glass Menagerie will be with an all African-American cast.

Our second production will be Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and directed by Michael Patrick Thornton. Last time this play was done here it was starring John Malkovich , John Mahoney, Joan Allen, Jeff Perry, Gary Sinise and Glenne Headly, wow! Unfortunately scheduling does not allow for them to return and reprise their roles. But you never know you may just catch the next wave of amazing newcomers to the Steppenwolf stage.

As you can see by these titles this is not “kids theatre.” This is grown-up theatre with themes that teenagers can relate too. Steppenwolf has titled the 2008-2009 season ‘the season of the imagination,’ I want to take this opportunity with these productions to re-examine the American Dream, how the next generation imagines it and their place in the creation of it.

How do you imagine your American Dream?

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