Sex with Strangers: Laura Eason's Critically-Acclaimed Play Returns to Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre (1650 N. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60614)
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The last date listed for Sex with Strangers was Sunday May 15, 2011 / 3:00pm.
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42 Goldstar Member Reviews
WindyDavy
Sat in 6th row on the center-left aisle. Some reviewers complained of difficulty understanding the woman but thought it was because they were in the back. Nope. She was equally hard to understand in my section. I wondered if the director sat in all parts of the theater during rehearsals. Yes, there were many F-bombs, perhaps a lesser quantity could still have established the distinction between the younger and older characters without alienating so many of the audience members. It wasn't Brecht; there was not a Verfremdungseffekt. Loved The Lady or The Tiger ending.Written on May 12 2011
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PD929
Very good. The story was very interesting and compelling and really held my interest.Written on Apr 15 2011
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renata rivkin
Very strong performance , i felt like they were living on the stage , you forget that you are in the theater be ready for 2 characters through out the whole play, not much action, great conversation , very believable. I truly enjoyed it.Written on Jan 25 2011
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Kimberly Conley
I sat row c stage right, the seats were great! The play was outstanding. I really enjoyed it.Written on May 12 2011
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Quotes & Highlights
- “Laura Eason's smart and riveting Sex with Strangers … is the best drama I've seen about the seismic changes in the arts-media landscape…. it is a visceral, probing, deeply honest play.... Don’t miss it. ” --Chicago Tribune
- “Honest and alluring… wonderfully ambivalence-fueled… Eason raises many delicious questions about giving in to the instant feedback and gratification of the Internet, about May-December romances, about men and women and money, and about how writers use the people in their real lives.” --Chicago Sun-Times
Description
Sex with Strangers
by Laura Eason
Directed by associate artist Jessica Thebus
Featuring ensemble member Sally Murphy with Stephen Louis Grush
Ethan is a hot young writer whose online journals of "sexcapades" are the buzz of the blogosphere. Olivia is an attractive 30-something whose own writing career never took off. They hook up, sex turns into dating and dating into something more complicated. A break-out hit at Steppenwolf’s 2009 First Look Repertory, Sex with Strangers explores what happens when our online and offline identities intersect.
Laura Eason, a longtime member of the Lookingglass Theatre ensemble, is the author of more than 15 plays, both original works and adaptations. Previous productions at Steppenwolf include When the Messenger is Hot, A Tale of Two Cities and Huck Finn. Jessica Thebus directed Sex with Strangers during Steppenwolf’s 2009 First Look Repertory of New Work. Other Steppenwolf directing credits include Intimate Apparel, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, No Place Like Home, When the Messenger is Hot (also 59E59 Theaters, NYC) and Sonia Flew.
About the Ticket Supplier: Steppenwolf
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.