Synopsis
Liesel Meminger is a young girl struggling to survive in Nazi Germany. Her life is filled with risk and danger but her love of books guides her through a brutal world. Death watches over her, fascinated by humankind’s will to live. The Book Thief looks at the terrible cost of violence, bearing witness to our compassion and complicity. When Death tells a story, you listen.
This production is presented as part of Now Is The Time, a citywide initiative to stop youth violence and intolerance, and in partnership with the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago.
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Additional Information
Special Performances
Student performances are sold out at this time.
Sign Language-Interpreted
Sunday, November 4 at 3:00pm
Student Performance - Wednesday, November 7 at 10:00am
Open Captioning
Sunday, October 28 at 3pm
Audio Description and Touch Tour
Sunday, October 27
Touch Tour: 1:30pm
Curtain: 3pm
Watch & Listen
Cast & Artists
The Artists
- Directed by: Hallie Gordon
Featured Ensemble Members
Program Articles
Author, Markus Zusak, and adaptor, Heidi Stillman, discuss Zusak's inspiration for The Book Thief and why the book leaves such a lasting impression on young and old audiences alike.
Hallie Gordon, Steppenwolf for Young Adults' Artistic and Educational Director, discusses The Book Thief and this season's partnership with Now Is The Time, a Chicago wide initiative to stop youth violence.