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| "Clybourne Park" |
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| "The HEART is a lonely hunter" |
Hi, everyone – Hope the fall’s going well for you.
October’s a busy month at Steppenwolf, with presentations of multiple open-captioned and sign language-interpreted performances of both Clybourne Park (a 2011 winner of the Pultizer Prize) and an adaptation of Carson McCullers’ The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (featuring Robert Schleifer!).
Please feel free to share or re-post the information in this e-mail, and please let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks!
Evan
P.S.) If you’ve been wondering what our open captioning is all about, check out a great story by Karen Meyer on ABC7 last month! http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=8358659
Evan Hatfield │ Director of Audience Experience │ Steppenwolf Theatre Company │ p 312.932.2445 │ f 312.335.0440
Clybourne Park
By Bruce Norris
Directed by ensemble member Amy Morton
Featuring ensemble member James Vincent Meredith with Karen Aldridge, Cliff Chamberlain, Stephanie Childers, Kirsten Fitzgerald, John Judd and Brendan Marshall-Rashid
Sign Language-Interpreted Performance: Sunday, October 16 – 7:30 pm
Sign Language Interpreters: Michael Herschberg and Vera Washington
Sign Master: Regina Daniels
- Tickets: Half-price ($30 + handling fee) with promo code 9182
- Open-Captioned Performance: Saturday, October 22 – 3 pm
- Tickets: Half-price ($34 + handling fee) with promo code 9183
On two separate afternoons, 50 years apart, a modest bungalow on Chicago’s northwest side becomes a contested site in the politics of race. September 1959: Russ and Bev are moving out to the suburbs. They’ve inadvertently sold the house to the neighborhood’s first black family and ignited a community showdown. September 2009: the neighborhood is ripe for gentrification and the house is again changing hands. This time to a young white couple with plans for demolition and a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. In a provocative nod to A Raisin in the Sun, longtime Steppenwolf collaborator Bruce Norris takes a hilarious look at what happens when home becomes a battleground.
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The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Adapted by Rebecca Gilman
Based on the novel by Carson McCullers
Directed by Hallie Gordon
Featuring ensemble member Alan Wilder with Jessica Honor Carleton, Derrick C. Cooper, Walter Coppage, Ann Joseph, Loren Lazerine, Colm O’Reilly, Jay Reed, Robert Schleifer and Nick Vidal
Sign Language Interpreters: Patti Shore Kaden and Susan Sotnick
Sign Master: Matt Dans
Sign Language-Interpreted Performances:
- Sunday, October 23 – 3 pm (also features open captioning) -- Tickets: $10
- Saturday, October 29 – 7:30 – Tickets: $20
- Sunday, October 30 – 3 pm – Tickets: $10
- Open-Captioned Performances:
- Saturday, October 23 – 3 pm (also features sign language interpretation) – Tickets: $10
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter follows John Singer, a deaf man who resides in a local boarding house, and four other vivid but desperately lonesome residents in a Georgia mill town during the 1930s. Mick Kelly, a 14-year-old tomboy who dreams of becoming a concert pianist; Benedict Copeland, the town’s only black doctor; Jake Blount, a drunken political activist; and Biff Brannon, a recent widower and owner of the town’s diner and bar. As each finds solace in Singer’s ability to listen, they all unintentionally overlook their confidant’s profound isolation in this timeless tale woven from the lives of ordinary people.
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We’ve close to finalizing changes to our website that will patrons to select and purchase seats to sign language-interpreted and open captioned performances online. In the meanwhile, we thank you for contacting us by one of the methods above. When you purchase a ticket for a sign-interpreted or open-captioned performance, please indicate that you’re interested in the service so we may offer you the best possible line-of-sight seats.
Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair accessible. Street and lot parking are available. Assistive listening devices and large print programs are available for every performance.
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