Set at an all-boys boarding school in New England during World War II, A Separate Peace is a fascinating look into the dark side of adolescence. The complex bonds of friendship between shy, studious Gene and his athletic daredevil roommate Phineas are tested—with shocking consequences. Based on the best-selling novel, A Separate Peace is an undisputed American classic about trust and betrayal, war and peace.

Set at an all-boys boarding school in New England during World War II, A Separate Peace is a fascinating look into the dark side of adolescence. The complex bonds of friendship between shy, studious Gene and his athletic daredevil roommate Phineas are tested—with shocking consequences. Based on the best-selling novel, A Separate Peace is an undisputed American classic about trust and betrayal, war and peace.

Set at an all-boys boarding school in New England during World War II, A Separate Peace is a fascinating look into the dark side of adolescence. The complex bonds of friendship between shy, studious Gene and his athletic daredevil roommate Phineas are tested—with shocking consequences. Based on the best-selling novel, A Separate Peace is an undisputed American classic about trust and betrayal, war and peace.

Steppenwolf is thrilled to announce our 35th season. We have chosen five stories that, each in their different ways, reflect on the public/private self: We live in public space. We live in private space. What happens when the door between them opens? Our public/private self. It’s an animating tension in each of us. A landscape both familiar and strange. Home to our darkness and our brilliance. Steppenwolf’s 2010-2011 season: five stories that navigate the fluid borders of our public/private self and illuminate the mysterious ways each acts upon the other.