Photo Flash: First Look at Firecat Projects' THE MIDNIGHT CITY, Opening Tonight

Firecat Projects presents The Midnight City, written and performed by Tony Fitzpatrick with Stan Klein, now through October 19 at the Steppenwolf Garage, 1624 N. Halsted with a press opening Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. Adapted and directed by 16th Street Theater artistic director Ann Filmer, The Midnight City features video art by Kristin Reeves, music by John Rice and Anna Fermin. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Tony is moving to New Orleans to study and draw birds. Stan is going by "Leo" and working for the Cubs. Both men will come to know . . . The Midnight City.

The Midnight City is another theater piece inspired by Tony Fitzpatrick and Stan Klein's friendship. A trilogy featuring the duo began with This Train (2010), Stations Lost (2011) and concluded with Nickel History: The Nation of Heat (2012). Chicago Sun-Times critic Hedy Weiss called This Train an "ideal weave of storytelling, video and music." Writing about Stations Lost, Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones said, "Fitzpatrick delivers the news, both local and international, from the point of view of an artist, poet and urban provocateur." And of Nickel History, Jones noted: "Director Ann Filmer, has wrangled something shrewdly structured and even, to dangle a very dangerous term in the Fitzpatrick aesthetic, bordering on the polished."

The Midnight City runs now through October 19 in the Steppenwolf Garage, 1624 N. Halsted. (Previews Sept. 6, 8 p.m.; Sept. 7, 6 p.m.) The press opening is tonight, September 10 at 8 p.m. Regular run: Thursday-Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 5 and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 6 p.m. No performance Sunday, September 14. Tickets are $25 and available through the Steppenwolf box office (1650 N. Halsted), by phone at 312-335-1650, or online at steppenwolf.org. Tickets ($25) go on sale Friday, July 25 at 11 a.m. A limited number of $15 student tickets are available. Limit 2 tickets per student; must present a valid student ID for each ticket. For additional student discounts, visit steppenwolf.org/students. A limited number of $20 senior tickets are available.

Photo Credit: Anthony Aicardi