Steppenwolf hopes to support and deepen our audiences experience coming to Steppenwolf productions through public programs that are rooted in our mission of “celebrating the learner, maker, and appreciator” in each of us. For each production, Steppenwolf partners with different organizations, artists, and more to offer workshops, chats, panels, community nights and more! Check out our upcoming productions below, events will be on the show page:
FOOL FOR LOVE
Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by Jeremy Herrin
Featuring ensemble members Cliff Chamberlain, Tim Hopper and Caroline Neff
Jan 30 – Mar 16, 2025
In the Downstairs Theater
In a sweltering motel room in the Mojave Desert, May and Eddie lick their wounds and get ready for another relentless round. This brawl is eternal and infernal. And the Old Man is always watching.
Perhaps the sexiest, most haunting play of the 20th century, Fool for Love is a twisted, tequila-soaked love letter from Sam Shepard, one of the greatest American playwrights, indulging the need to get inside someone just to tear them apart.
THE BOOK OF GRACE
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III
Featuring ensemble member Namir Smallwood
Mar 27 – May 18, 2025
In the Ensemble Theater
Grace looks for the good in everything: in her husband’s rules, in the border he patrols, in the return of his estranged son. But a want for goodness cannot unwind the past, as this taut family reunion explodes in all directions.
The Chicago premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks’ The Book of Grace is an incendiary family portrait from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Topdog/Underdog. Witness this startling reminder that the search for common ground can be bloody and brutal, leaving casualties on every side of the divide.
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