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In 1914, renowned mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invites four guests to his English country home. Each visitor has a connection to the infamous "Piltdown Man," purported to be the missing link between ape and man—later exposed as a hoax. Swinging back and forth through time,
Fake investigates how “Piltdown” rattled assumptions about evolution, faith and science—and how we are transformed by our quest for the truth.
Ensemble member Eric Simonson recently completed a documentary on the late Studs Terkel for HBO. Simonson received a Tony® nomination for his direction of Steppenwolf's
The Song of Jacob Zulu with Ladysmith Black Mambazo and directed an Oscar®-nominated documentary about the acclaimed South African singing group. Simonson received an Oscar® for Best Documentary Short for his film
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin in 2006. Other directing credits at Steppenwolf include
Carter’s Way (also playwright),
Slaughterhouse-Five (also adaptor) and
Nomathemba (Hope).
Fake runs approximately two hours and 10 minutes, which includes one 15-minute intermission.
Stay after the performance for a post show discussion with members of the Steppenwolf artistic staff, sponsored by AT&T.
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