Synopsis

Steppenwolf Theatre Company concluded its 1996-97 season with Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country, directed by Scott Zigler, director of the 1996 Steppenwolf Studio production of David Mamet's The Cryptogram. A Fair Country chronicles the complex web of social and moral pressures on an American family living in South Africa. Harry Burgess is a cultural attache stationed in Durban who finds that life under apartheid is destroying his family. In an effort to protect his wife and two sons, Harry makes a deal that allows his family to leave South Africa but destroys the trust he had hoped to build among them.

Content Advisory

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Cast & Artists

The Artists

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The Cast

Content Advisory

Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person.If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects(such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.