Steppenwolf
THE ENSEMBLE


STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY IS A Chicago-based international performing arts institution committed to ensemble collaboration and artistic risk through its work with its permanent ensemble, guest artists, partner institutions and the community. Steppenwolf has redefined the landscape of acting and performance by spawning a generation of America's most gifted artists. Founded in 1976 as an ensemble of nine actors, Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of forty-two artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking, and textual adaptation. No other American theater ensemble has survived as long and thrived as much as the Steppenwolf company of artists.
 
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Steppenwolf's production of Superior Donuts, by ensemble member Tracy Letts, heads to Broadway in October of 2009.

Ensemble member Joan Allen appears in the Lifetime film O’Keeffe in the fall of 2009.

Ensemble member Lois Smith was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

Ensemble member Martha Plimpton was nominated for a 2009 Tony® award for her performance in the Broadway musical Pal Joey.

Ensemble member Gary Sinise is the executive producer of the documentary film Brothers at War.

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