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A Parallelogram

A Parallelogram

By Bruce Norris
Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro
Featuring ensemble members Kate Arrington and Tom Irwin with Tim Bickel and Marylouise Burke

In the Downstairs Theatre
Thu. July 1, 2010 — Sun. August 29, 2010

A Parallelogram runs approximately two hours and two minutes, which includes one 15-minute intermission.

Overview

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Bee is a young woman who believes she has the uncanny ability to see the future, and maybe even alter it. With the click of a television remote, we loop through time in this dark, funny world premiere about a woman bent on reinventing her own destiny - and possibly the world.

Bruce Norris has on ongoing collaboration with Steppenwolf where his plays The Unmentionables, The Pain and the Itch, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, The Infidel and Purple Heart (also in Galway, Ireland) were commissioned and produced. Anna D. Shapiro won a 2008 Tony® Award for her direction of Steppenwolf’s critically-acclaimed production of August: Osage County. Other Steppenwolf directing credits include the 2008-2009 season production of Up as well as Three Days of Rain, Drawer Boy, I Never Sang for My Father and Man from Nebraska. She is also head of the Graduate Directing Program at Northwestern University.

Sign Language Interpreted performance: July 28
Audio Description performance: July 29

Toast the Art of the Weekend with The James Hotel!

Stay after the performance for a post show discussion with members of the Steppenwolf artistic staff, sponsored by AT&T.

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Foundation Production Sponsor:
Harold and Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust


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Reviews

“Fascinating, compelling, smart and uncompromising... it makes your head spin in all the right ways.” – Chicago Tribune

“Highly entertaining and exceptionally thought-provoking comedy.”- Variety

“Highly recommended!” - Chicago Sun-Times

“If you only see one play this year, see Steppenwolf Theatre’s A Parallelogram” – Chicago Theatre Blog