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STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY

1650 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60614

Fool for Love
Fool for Love
1/30 - 3/16/2025


In a sweltering motel room in the Mojave Desert, May and Eddie lick their wounds and get ready for another relentless round. This brawl is ...

The Book of Grace
The Book of Grace
3/27 - 5/18/2025


Grace looks for the good in everything: in her husband’s rules, in the border he patrols, in the return of his estranged son. But a ...



Steppenwolf Sets World Premiere and More for 50th Anniversary Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 12, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has revealed its its 50th Anniversary Season. Learn more about the 50th anniversary programming and see how to purchase tickets to upcoming productions!...

Steppenwolf Theatre Company to Present Steppenwolf Gala 2025 in May


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 06, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will host Steppenwolf Gala 2025, an unforgettable evening kicking off the theater’s 50th anniversary celebration. Learn more and see how to attend....

Steppenwolf Theatre Presents THE BOOK OF GRACE Chicago Premiere


by A.A. Cristi - March 03, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 49th season with the Chicago premiere of The Book of Grace, an incendiary family portrait by Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog....

Full Cast Set for THE BOOK OF GRACE Chicago Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has revealed the full cast for the Chicago premiere of The Book of Grace, an incendiary family portrait by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Learn more!...

Review: FOOL FOR LOVE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Rachel Weinberg - February 12, 2025

FOOL FOR LOVE has peak Steppenwolf energy. I’ve long associated Steppenwolf Theatre Company with gritty, messy, feral family and relationship dramas — Sam Shepard’s one-act fits the bill. It’s also only 65 minutes — that run-time is short, but it’s a logical choice in the TikTok era when attention s...

Video: FOOL FOR LOVE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Blair Ingenthron - February 01, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's revival of Sam Shepard's dark and beautiful masterpiece Fool for Love, directed by Jeremy Herrin, is now playing. Watch a trailer in the video here!...

BWW Q&A: Caroline Neff on FOOL FOR LOVE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


by Joshua Wright - January 23, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to present a searing revival of Sam Shepard’s dark and beautiful masterpiece Fool for Love, directed by Jeremy Herrin, playing January 30 – March 16, 2025 in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater, 1650 N. Halsted St. i...

Full Cast Set for YOU WILL GET SICK at Steppenwolf Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has revealed the full cast for Noah Diaz’s whimsical, wild and heartbreaking Chicago premiere of You Will Get Sick, directed by Artistic Director Audrey Francis. Learn more....

Kelli O'Hara Sets Steppenwolf Concerts for April


by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2025

Fresh off her critically acclaimed and Tony-nominated run in Broadway’s Days of Wine and Roses, Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present Tony Award winner and musical theatre icon Kelli O’Hara with Music Director Dan Lipton....

Steppenwolf Theatre To Present Sam Shepard's FOOL FOR LOVE


by A.A. Cristi - January 06, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present a revival of Sam Shepard's dark and beautiful masterpiece Fool for Love, directed by Jeremy Herrin, playing January 30 – March 16, 2025....

Past Shows

Leroy and Lucy
Leroy and Lucy
10/24 - 12/15/2024


Two lost souls meet at a crossroads, in the dead of night, deep in the Mississippi of it all.

Leroy and Lucy
10/24 - 12/15/2024


Leroy and Lucy, the world premiere play by Ngozi Anyanwu, explores the meeting of two lost souls in the depths of the Mississippi. The cast ...


Brian d'Arcy James will take the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for a special one-night-only performance on December 7, 2024. Accompanied by music director Dan ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
9/12 - 10/27/2024


The cast and crew of  Nothing On  are scrambling to prepare for opening night, but despite their earnest efforts, the production is an absolute mess. ...

Little Bear Ridge Road
Little Bear Ridge Road
6/13 - 7/21/2024


Ensemble Member  Laurie Metcalf  comes home to Steppenwolf to star in  Little Bear Ridge Road , a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by ...

POTUS
POTUS
10/26 - 12/3/2023


It’s just another (omg, wtf, lmfao) day at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. When a White House PR nightmare spins into a legit sh*tshow, seven brilliant and ...

LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE


Monique and her daughter Sam are on the run. From what, they will not say. Showing up on their family’s doorstep in Brooklyn, the surprise ...

Describe the Night
3/2 - 4/9/2023


Set in Russia over the course of 90 years, this thrilling and epic new play by Rajiv Joseph traces the stories of seven men and ...


Steppenwolf presents The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. On stage September 1st through October 9th.  Dizzying and fantastical, this skewering Chicago premiere from ...

Choir Boy
6/16 - 7/24/2022


The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take ...

King James
King James
3/3 - 4/10/2022


King LeBron Jamess reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. It also brings together two ...


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Bug
1/23 - 3/15/2020


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Plano
2/16


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Dance Nation
Dance Nation
12/12 - 2/2/2020


A pre-teen dance troupe navigates ambition, friendship and desire as they claw their way to Nationals in Tampa Bay. Featuring a multigenerational cast of women ...

Lindiwe
Lindiwe
11/7 - 1/5/2020


The evocative live music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo forms the foundation of this Steppenwolf world premiere production written and co-directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson. ...

Lindiwe
Lindiwe
11/7 - 1/5/2020


The evocative live music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo forms the foundation of this Steppenwolf world premiere production written and co-directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson. ...

True West
True West
7/5 - 8/25/2019


In 1982, Steppenwolf exploded onto the American Theatre scene with its now legendary production of Sam Shepard's True West. This American classic traces the volatile ...

Videos


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I and You in Chicago I and You
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