Synopsis

Saturday, September 17 at 8pm
Sunday, September 18 at 4pm

In this unique staged reading, the play will be performed simultaneously in ASL and Spoken English, matching Yasmina Reza’s prose with the visual language of ASL. The reading will also feature open captioning. 

Yasmina Reza's 1994 comedy Art tells the story of three friends and the piece of modern art that tests their fraternal bonds. After Serge purchases an obscenely expensive white painting (with white diagonal lines), his friend Marc is sent into a fury of disbelief. Together with their friend Yvan who gets caught  in the crossfire, Marc and Serge engage in a battle of wits set to undermine a years-long friendship.

This new ASL interpretation of Art was developed and supported in part by a 3Arts Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Cast & Artists

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.

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.