Steppenwolf Theatre Company Blog – Chicago Theater, World-Class Ensemble

As the Production Management Apprentice, I have had the opportunity to be wowed by the amazing staff of the Production Department on multiple occasions. Most recently, I had the fortune of shadowing our Assistant Costume Designer, Mae Haskins, as she began shopping for costume pieces for A Parallelogram. After spending one day with her, I felt as though I had been trained to become an undercover agent on a deadly mission.

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It’s my last week at Steppenwolf.  I have that funny feeling in my stomach you get when you realize that date you’ve looked at many times- May 28th, final day of Apprenticeship- has appeared in your weekly planner.

A friend from school who works at a web design firm downtown met me at Steppenwolf’s office my first week of work.  “Books!” He exclaimed when he arrived at the desk where I work, surrounded by our play library, crisp copies of contemporary plays, leaning happily against hardcover anthologies so old their titles have worn away.  “Books,” he said more softly, running a finger down one’s spine. “I wish I worked near books.”

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