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A SLOW AIR Comes to Steep Theatre Next Year

Steep Theatre will kick off the new year with the Chicago Premiere of David Harrower’s A Slow Air, directed by Steep Ensemble Member Robin Witt. Learn more about the show ehre!

Steep Theatre Presents The Chicago Premiere Of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

Steep Theatre brings the Chicago premiere of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, a compelling drama exploring deep human connections and existential questions. Don't miss this thought-provoking production.

Steep Theatre Announces Two New Shows for 2024 Season

Steep Theatre will be back on stage in 2024 with two new productions that continue the company's tradition of bringing new work to Chicago audiences.

The Orchestra Now To Perform Debussy's 'Afternoon Of A Faun' & U.S. Premiere Of Dani Howard's Trombone Concerto

Experience the enchanting performance by THE ORCHESTRA NOW featuring Debussy’s AFTERNOON OF A FAUN and the U.S. Premiere of Dani Howard’s Trombone Concerto on May 19.

2023 Music Academy Competition Winners In Performance And Innovation Revealed

Learn about the winners of the 2023 Music Academy Competition and their upcoming performances. Find out who won in the Solo Piano, Duo, and Song categories, and discover the exciting premieres they will be performing in 2024.

THE WRITER Makes U.S. Premiere at Steep Theatre in August

 Steep Theatre will be back in action this summer with the U.S. Premiere of Ella Hickson’s The Writer, directed by Georgette Verdin.

Steep Theatre Names New Executive Director

Steep Theatre has announced that Marisa Macella will be joining the company as its new Executive Director, beginning June 12th. She comes to Steep from the Lyric Opera of Chicago where she served as Senior Manager, Fundraising Events. 

Music Academy's 2023 Summer Season Presents Eight Weeks of Live Events in Santa Barbara

The Music Academy, formerly known as the Music Academy of the West, and now in its 76th season, celebrates the “Summer of the Artist” with eight weeks of live events at its picturesque Miraflores campus and throughout scenic Santa Barbara, California (June 12–Aug 5). Learn more about the lineup here!

Photos: Viola Davis & More Attend AIR Premiere at SXSW

In attendance was Director/Star Ben Affleck, Stars Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Julius Tennon, Writer Alex Convery, Producers Jeff Robinov, Jason Michael Berman and Executive Producers Jordan Moldo, and Jon Weinbach. Check out photos now!

Summer Season Announced At Wigmore Hall April-July 2023

Wigmore Hall's packed summer season (1 Apr – 21 Jul) features nearly 200 concerts and events. At the heart of Wigmore Hall's summer programme is the core chamber, piano and vocal repertoire upon which its reputation as the international home of chamber music is built, but there are also visits from legendary jazz musicians, Yiddish cabaret and forays into the avant garde.

Steep Theatre Awarded Largest Grant In Company History

Steep Theatre has been awarded a $2.988 million Community Development Grant from the City of Chicago to transform its newly acquired building in Edgewater into a state-of-the-art performance venue and permanent artistic home. 

Steep Theatre to Present OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD This Fall

This fall, Steep Theatre will return to the stage with the Midwest Premiere of Alexis Scheer’s Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, opening October 28. This production will mark Steep’s first from award-winning playwright Scheer and Sophiyaa Nayar’s Steep directorial debut.

Steep Summer Shows Continue with Simon Stephens' LIGHT FALLS

Steep Theatre's second summer production is the US premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' Light Falls set to open July 8th. Stephens, Steep's Associate Playwright, will make his fifth production with Ensemble Member Robin Witt once again serving as director. Witt has also directed Stephen's Wastwater, Motortown, Pornography and Harper Regan, Steep's bestselling production.

Photos: First Look at PARIS at Steep Theatre

Steep Theatre will make its much-anticipated return to production with the Midwest Premiere of Eboni Booth's Paris, opening June 18th.

Steep Returns With PARIS This Month

Ms. Booth, a Drama Desk award-winning actor, made her Off-Broadway playwriting debut with the critically-acclaimed Paris at Atlantic Theatre Company in January of 2020.  Steep Ensemble Member Jonathan Berry, who has been at the helm of a slew of Steep hits over the years including Ike Holter's Red Rex and Simon Stephens' Birdland, directs.

Steep Theatre Returns with Two New Premieres for Summer

Steep Theatre will make its much-anticipated return to stage this summer with two productions that continue the company’s tradition of introducing Chicago audiences to bold new plays from today’s most exciting playwrights.

Cynthia Erivo and More Set For BBC Proms; Full 2022 Programme Revealed

The 2022 BBC Proms celebrates a homecoming of large-scale orchestral repertoire to the Royal Albert Hall. This year's festival will feature a programme of a scale not heard at the Proms since 2019: the symphonic music of our past responding vividly to the moment, from Verdi's Requiem on the First Night of the Proms, to Mahler's Second Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed by the Chineke! Orchestra and Chineke! Voices under Kevin John Edusei.

Steppenwolf to Stream I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER Audio Play

Next month Steppenwolf for Young Adults will rerelease its popular audio adaptation of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, free to all Chicagoland teachers and students April 25–May 22, 2022.

New Lee Blessing Play THE FAMILY LINE to be Presented at Stage North

Stage North, the Twin Cities' newest professional theater, has announced its next production: The Family Line, a new play by Lee Blessing.

Steep Theatre Plans to Establish New Theatre Venue in Edgewater

Steep Theatre has announced its plans to purchase the former Christian Science Reading Room at the northwest corner of Berwyn and Kenmore in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago to serve as the ensemble's new home and performance space.