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Steppenwolf Theatre has announced its 2009-2010 Subscription Season, exploring the theme of belief. Steppenwolf ensemble members currently confirmed for the 2009-2010 Season include: Alana Arenas, Kate Arrington, Ian Barford, Frank Galati, Jon Michael Hill, Francis Guinan, Tina Landau, Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, William Petersen, Rondi Reed, Anna D. Shapiro, Eric Simonson and Alan Wilder.
"Steppenwolf dedicates its 2009-2010 season to the power of belief and how it illuminates what's authentic in our lives," comments Artistic Director Martha Lavey. "We present three new plays and two classic plays from the canon of American and world drama that look at how the power of belief can corrupt, delude, nourish or empower us. They examine domestic intimacy, they question historical accuracy, they puzzle existential reach. They ask us to look at what happens when we take a leap of faith and choose to believe," adds Lavey.
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company 2009-2010 Subscription Season includes:
Fake
September 10 - November 8, 2009
A new play written and directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson.
Featuring ensemble members Kate Arrington, Francis Guinan and Alan Wilder
In 1914, renowned mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invites four guests to his English country home. Each visitor has a connection to the infamous "Piltdown Man," purported to be the missing link between ape and man-later exposed as a hoax. Swinging back and forth through time, Fake investigates how "Piltdown" rattled assumptions about evolution, faith and science-and how we are transformed by our quest for the truth.
American Buffalo
December 3, 2009 - February 7, 2010
By David Mamet
Directed by ensemble member Amy Morton
Featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and Tracy Letts
In a cluttered, run-down Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot to steal a valuable buffalo nickel. As the heist unravels, the men's frustration and paranoia intensify. Ensemble member Amy Morton directs this groundbreaking American play that weaves humor and menace throughout an emotionally charged struggle for identity and dominance.
The Brother/Sister Plays:
In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet
January 21 - May 23, 2010
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau
Featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas and Jon Michael Hill
A breakthrough theatrical event: three interconnected plays by a brilliant new American voice. Grand in scope, yet intimate and heartfelt, Tarell McCraney's plays are daring, funny and genuine.
On the banks of a steamy bayou, the tiny community of San Pere , Louisiana springs to life with stories of love, sexuality and coming-of-age. Influenced by lively Afro-Caribbean folklore, The Brother/Sister Plays explore the struggles that arise when the quest for self identity is at odds with community values.
Presented in two separate programs, these three plays can easily be enjoyed independently, but gain a special resonance when experienced in collection. Steppenwolf will present the plays in repertory, with In the Red and Brown Water on one night in alternation with The Brothers Size and Marcus on another. Subscriptions will include one of these engaging programs, and subscribers will be given an exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets to the other before the general public.
Endgame
April 1 - June 6, 2010
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by ensemble member Frank Galati
Featuring ensemble members Ian Barford, Francis Guinan, William Petersen and Rondi Reed
Beckett's absurd comic masterpiece follows Hamm, a blind man unable to stand, and his servant Clov, who is unable to sit, as they pass their days in a tiny house by the sea- if the sea still exists. Pestered by Hamm's parents, they move through their daily rituals, awaiting the end of everything. A powerful all-ensemble cast anchors this profound exploration of the stories we construct to make sense of our lives.
A Parallelogram
July 1 - August 29, 2010
A new play by Bruce Norris
Directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro
Featuring ensemble member Kate Arrington
If you knew your fate- would you accept it? Or try to change it? Bee is a young woman who believes she has an uncanny ability to see the future, and maybe even alter it. From the playwright and Tony Award-winning director who brought you The Unmentionables and The Pain and the Itch comes this dark, funny world premiere about a woman bent on reinventing her own destiny- and possibly the world.
Subscription Series packages start at $130 and are now on-sale. To purchase a 2009-2010 subscription, contact Audience Services at 1650 N. Halsted, (312) 335-1650 or visit www.steppenwolf.org.