“Here is a theater. No curtain, no wings, no scenery. Just an empty space.” Konstantin Treplev, the young and hungry artist manqué in Anton Chekhov’s Seagull, intones these words before the disastrous and abortive premiere of his play-within-the-play for his family. But at the Saturday opening of ensemble member Yasen Peyankov’s production at Steppenwolf, it […]
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez’s workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a resonant coming-of-age story
Erika L. Sánchez’s novel gets a stellar stage life in Isaac Gómez’s adaptation.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter breaks out of the box at Steppenwolf
The bestselling novel about a young Latinx woman’s struggle to find her identity is now a play.
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Girls in a dance troupe glimpse the pain of the adult world in Dance Nation
Clare Barron’s drama delivers flagrantly graceless dancing, but heartstopping truths.
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La Ruta lacks drama, but it presents a persuasive series of snapshots of life in Ciudad Juárez
Isaac Gomez’s play feels drawn directly from lived experience.
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In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
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Antoinette Nwandu’s Breach fails to live up to its potential
It also somehow manages to render African-American women’s struggle for agency incidental.
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Steppenwolf’s Rembrandt is no masterpiece
The theater’s latest takes a detour into Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.