Steppenwolf for Young Adults Archives

A young Black woman in yellow trousers and a sleeveless green shirt kneels, holding onto a long strip of red fabric stretched behind her. Five Black performers (two women, three men) in clothing representing various eras stand behind her. There are bottles and rocks on the floor around them.

Unraveling Chicago’s racist past (and present)

by Kerry Reid October 13, 2022October 18, 2022

J. Nicole Brooks’s adaptation of 1919, Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems published a century after the “Red Summer” race riot in Chicago sparked by the murder of Eugene Williams, is the first live show since the pandemic for Steppenwolf for Young Adults. There are only a handful of public performances, but it should not […]

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Dystopia on the air

by Kaylen Ralph October 9, 2020August 18, 2021

A trifecta of radio plays examines the present through the lens of the past.

Arts & Culture

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a resonant coming-of-age story

by Kerry Reid March 3, 2020August 18, 2021

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

by Marissa De La Cerda February 25, 2020August 18, 2021

The bestselling novel about a young Latinx woman’s struggle to find her identity is now a play.

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Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2017August 18, 2021

A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week’s best bets.

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The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week’s best bets.

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Baudelaire in a Box: Unquenched, The Burials, and nine more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader October 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Highlights this week include episode nine of Theater Oobleck’s stage translation of Les Fleurs du Mal and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults drama by Caitlin Parrish.