Synopsis

Click here to listen to the audio version of the program (right-click to save). In a “first ring” suburb outside a mid-sized American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who’ve moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold Ben and Mary have on their way of life - with unexpected comic consequences. Detroit is a fresh, off-beat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. Detroit is a part of the 2010-2011 Subscription Season, which includes Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sex with Strangers, The Hot L Baltimore and Middletown.

Running Time

Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes, including No Intermissions

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.

Watch & Listen

Cast & Artists

The Artists

Featured Ensemble Members

Reviews

"Steppenwolf, long the one theater in America that has paid attention to the lives of the Midwestern middle class, is on point - a fine and spectacularly timely new play for the fall."
- Chicago Tribune

“Supremely engaging and provocative---manages to stimulate new questions about suburban decay with a suitably comic touch.”
- Buzz Magazine

"Convincing and compelling and tartly funny... may well be the most effective play yet produced about our current economic doldrums."
- Variety

"A biting new dark comedy of economic anxiety - and luckily, we have first-rate Steppenwolf ensemble members to lead us."
- Time Out Chicago

“This all-ensemble cast delivers a performance that exemplifies what makes Steppenwolf great!”
- New City

Program Articles

America's Triple Dream

Second Chance for the First Ring

Letter from Artistic Director on Detroit

An expression of the way that we organize our lives in community.

Location! Location! Location!

Playwright Lisa D’Amour discusses Detroit with Director of Artistic Development Polly Carl

Unfreezing the Play

Theater is a series of ongoing interpretations.

We Asked the Ensemble... What's Your Favorite Book About or Set in Suburbia?

What's Your Favorite Book About or Set in Suburbia?

Running Time

Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes, including No Intermissions

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.