Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Jean is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man's cell phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man's brother, a drinking binge with his wife, and a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress--leading Jean to rediscover herself.
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So beautifully done. It's actually the second time I saw it.
I sat there and watched all these smug, self satisfied subscribers look at each other with this "I *got* it, didn't you? Aren't we special" look.
Newsflash - the Emperor has no clothes.
OMG - the comparison to High School theater above is generous. Too generous.
My wife and I are in town for one weekend specifically to see Chicago Theatre, the plays, the talent, the companies that put Chicago at the heart of the North American Stage This isn't it.
I wasted my precious hours in a hackneyed out of town script perfunctorily done by imported actors on a terrible set that could have funded a real theatre for months. Shame on you Steppenwolf.
Locals - your great theatre lies in the dozens of small houses - one on virtually every corner - struggling to pay rent. Not these spoiled behemoths. McDonalds, Wal-mart, Steppenwolf.
I want my two hours of Chicago Theatre back again - but it's gone forever!
Just not a professional play. I felt as if I were at a high school event. Not up to the usual Steppenwolf standard.
The Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre is a 299-seat proscenium theater located on the third floor of 1650 N. Halsted. Each season, one subscription series play is produced in the Upstairs Theatre. Formerly the Steppenwolf Studio, the Upstairs Theatre was inaugurated in 1993 with Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile, an unqualified success. Some of the notable productions in the Upstairs space i
Jean is sleepwalking through her life until she answers a dead man’s cell phone. It turns out to be a wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man’s brother, a drinking binge with his wife, and a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress--not to mention trips to the afterlife and the black market. In this quirky modern adventure, Jean reconnects to her own spirit and learns that life is for the living.
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Jessica Thebus
Sarah Ruhl gained widespread recognition for her play The Clean House, which won the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2004 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005. She also won the 2006 MacArthur Fellowship for “creating vivid and adventurous theatrical works that poignantly juxtapose the mundane aspects of daily life with mythic themes of love and war." Other plays include Eurydice and Passion Play.
Free post-show discussions are offered after every performance.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is an internationally-renowned company of thirty-five artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking, and textual adaptation. Steppenwolf has redefined the landscape of acting and performance by spawning a generation of America's most gifted artists, including Joan Allen, John Mahoney, John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Martha Plimpton and Gary Sinise. No other American theater ensemble has survived as long and thrived as much as the Steppenwolf company of artists, who return home to Chicago to do the work they love.