About This Show

Show Dates and Times:
Thursday October 5 at 8pm
Friday October 6 at 8pm
Saturday October 7 at 8pm
Sunday October 8 at 2pm

Ticket Price:
$25

What cause or excuse could any person give to try and justify what is considered to be the worst of all crimes – killing your own children? Based on Euripides’ and Seneca's Greek tragedies, this play from Puerto Rico’s Arte Boricua is designed to humanize, and perhaps understand, a woman that has been scorned through the ages: Medea.

Performed in Spanish with projected English translation.

¿Qué causa o excusa puede dar una persona para tratar de justificar lo que puede ser considerado como el peor de los crímenes, matar a sus propios hijos?  Pabón entrevisto a mujeres que cometieron matricidios para tratar de entender el motivo. Estas entrevistas le ayudaron a la autora para crear el personaje de Medea, de esta manera le provee al espectador una apreciación alternativa.  El público puede dejar la sala sin juzgar las acciones de esta mujer y por el contrario sentir compasión.
 
Realizado en español con proyección de traducción al inglés. 

The Artists
Director Julio Ramos
Playwright/Adaptation Marian Pabón
Scene Design José Manuel Díaz
Lighting Design Jorge Ramírez
Costume Design Alba Kercadó
Sound José "Chenan" Martínez

The Cast
Marian Pabón

Running Time

Approximately 60 minutes, presented without an 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.

Destinos

Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series is proud to be a venue partner for Destinos, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. Produced by the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA), Destinos brings together top Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and around Latin America for seven weeks of shows, panels and student performances held throughout the city. From September 20 - October 14, Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre will feature the work of four daring Latino theater companies. 

Running Time

Approximately 60 minutes, presented without an 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.

Destinos

Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series is proud to be a venue partner for Destinos, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. Produced by the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA), Destinos brings together top Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and around Latin America for seven weeks of shows, panels and student performances held throughout the city. From September 20 - October 14, Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre will feature the work of four daring Latino theater companies.