Synopsis

Opened July 12, 1998 Steppenwolf ensemble member Jim True returns to the stage in J.M. Synge's classic Irish play directed by Douglas Hughes, newly appointed artistic director at New Haven, Connecticut's Long Wharf Theatre. Called one of the "richest, most imageful and full blown modern comedies," The Playboy of the Western World is a celebration of the comic and the tender, the earthy and the grand. When young Christy Mahon, on the way to finding his true love — and his manhood — bashes his bully of a father, he becomes the idol of a small Irish village, thus setting off the famed playwright's sardonic attack on the Irish tendency to take appearances for reality.

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Cast & Artists

The Artists

Featured Ensemble Members

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.