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One End and Two Beginnings

Posted by David New on 6/22/2009

Last week at Steppenwolf was the final week of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble’s production of The Walls which was presented under the Visiting Company Initiative in the Garage Theatre.   Over in the Downstairs Theatre, Steppenwolf’s final subscription series play, Up, began its first week of previews.  And finally, this past Saturday night in the Upstairs Theatre, another visiting company, 500 Clown had their first preview performance of their production of 500 Clown and the Elephant Deal.

In addition, tomorrow all three of the plays of The First Look Repertory of New Work, Honest, Sex with Strangers, and Ski Dubai all begin rehearsal simultaneously.

It will be a busy and full summer at Steppenwolf and we look forward to hearing your responses to the work and to continuing our conversation with you.

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3 Responses to “One End and Two Beginnings”

  1. Monty Cole Says:
    June 24th, 2009 at 2:13 am

    I just finished listening to the radio play Darger and the Detective. That was extraordinary. EXCELLENT work, guys. I would go see that in a heartbeat. If you haven’t checked it out already, Steppenwolf did a radio play for BBC that is currently on their website for Drama on 3. It’s…just so good. Tracy Letts, Yasen Peyankov, Ora Jones, Amy Morton, Ian Barford, I mean just obviously something you’d want to miss. And it’s only there for four more days! They recorded it in May right here in Chicago and it’s beautifully created.

  2. Erica Daniels Says:
    June 24th, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Actually Monty, Ora was not involved in the production as her schedule at Chicago Shakespeare didn’t allow for it. Ensemble Member Alana Arenas and Steppenwolf friend, Erica Elam, were the 2 other female voices and ensemble member Robert Breuler joined as well. So thrilled you listened and enjoyed. It was a thrilling project on which to collaborate.

  3. Monty Cole Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 1:58 am

    ha! that sounded like Alana Arenas. She has a very smooth and distinctive voice. She sounds like cool poetry. In fact, the casting was great because each actor involved had such a distinct voice. I hope more people hear about it. Thanks for the clarification, Erica.

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