“I mean, this is not the man who once stood outside my apartment window and serenaded me with a guitar, all right?”

Synopsis

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Qualms and Clybourne Park. Politician Bill Pulver faces the cameras to stumble his way through a carefully crafted apology as his wife Judy stands stoically behind him…. but what is she REALLY thinking? We are about to find out in Bruce Norris’s wickedly funny, unpredictable play about a marriage burst apart by a sex scandal. This scathing, wildly entertaining play investigates gender politics, modern marriage and the sexual mysteries of the animal kingdom.

Running Time

2 hours 15 minutes, including 1 Intermission

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.

Special Performances

Preview Performances:
December 3 - 12, 2015

ASL interpretation:
Sunday, January 10 at 7:30pm

Open-captioned:
Saturday, January 16 at 3pm

Audio-described and touch tour:
Sunday, January 24 at 1:30 touch tour, audio-described performance at 3pm

Show Cocktail

"The Stubborn Ass"

Vodka, CH Distillery amaro, ginger beer, lime

Watch & Listen

Cast & Artists

The Artists

Reviews

“A very juicy play, a savvy discussion-starter”
Chicago Tribune

“Tabloid juiciness, rage and sick humor that, in a perverse way, keep you listening”
Chicago Sun-Times

“Biting comedy asks if philandering men are just naughty by nature”
Time Out Chicago

“A theatrical thrill ride”
Stage and Cinema

Program Articles

Self-Domesticated

Before rehearsals began, Bruce Norris discussed Domesticated with Aaron Carter, Artistic Producer.

Welcome to Domesticated

A letter from Artistic Director Anna D. Shapiro welcoming patrons to Domesticated

Running Time

2 hours 15 minutes, including 1 Intermission

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.

Special Performances

Preview Performances:
December 3 - 12, 2015

ASL interpretation:
Sunday, January 10 at 7:30pm

Open-captioned:
Saturday, January 16 at 3pm

Audio-described and touch tour:
Sunday, January 24 at 1:30 touch tour, audio-described performance at 3pm

Show Cocktail

"The Stubborn Ass"

Vodka, CH Distillery amaro, ginger beer, lime

“I mean, this is not the man who once stood outside my apartment window and serenaded me with a guitar, all right?”