![]() Steppenwolf Theatre presents Coyote Uglyand Streamers at the AT&T Performing Arts Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., June 12 through August 10. ![]() Orphans, directed by Gary Sinise and featuring Kevin Anderson, Terry Kinney and John Mahoney, opens on May 7 in New York at the Westside Arts Theatre. Molly Regan and Gary Cole join the company. ![]() Kevin Rigdon returns to Steppenwolf as resident designer.īalm in Gilead, directed by John Malkovich and featuring Francis Guinan, Glenne Headly, Tom Irwin, Terry Kinney, Laurie Metcalf, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise, opens on May 15 in New York at the Circle Repertory Theatre.ĪWARD: Steppenwolf is presented with the Antoinette Perry Award (Tony) for Regional Theatre Excellence. Kevin Anderson and Randall Arney join the company. It is the second play Steppenwolf produces in New York. It is the first Steppenwolf production brought to New York.Īnd a Nightingale Sang., directed by Terry Kinney, and featuring Joan Allen, Francis Guinan and Moira Harris, is transferred to New York and opens at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on November 27. True West, featuring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, is transferred to New York and opens at the Cherry Lane Theater on October 15. In early fall the company moves to the 211-seat facility at 2851 N Halsted, Chicago, former home of The St Nicholas Theatre, and opens A Prayer For My Daughter, directed by John Malkovich. In the summer, Balm in Gilead is remounted at the Apollo Theatre In the fall the company produces Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead directed by John Malkovich. ![]() The company moves to the 134-seat theater at the Jane Addams Hull House Center, 3212 N Broadway, Chicago and opens with Bonjour, La Bonjour by Michel Tremblay. The company also teams up with Travelight Theatre for a production of Say Goodnight Gracie by Ralph Pape, and it is the first time working with future company member, director Austin Pendleton. In the fall/winter of that season the company begins its transition into Chicago and produces Waiting For Lefty by Clifford Odets at The Apollo Theatre, and it is the first collaboration with longtime friend and director Sheldon Patinkin. Mary Copple and Mike Sassone leave the company within a few years. Later that summer, seven more members are recruited: Mary Copple, Francis Guinan, Glenne Headly, Tom Irwin, John Mahoney, Rondi Reed and Mike Sassone. In June, the company produces its final production in the basement theater in Highland Park, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Each member of the cast makes $100 per week, $88 after taxes. It is the first time the company is paid for acting. The ensemble teams up with The St Nicholas Theatre Company on Halsted Street for a production of Lanford Wilson’s The Fifth of July. It is a short run revival of two one acts from the summer season of ’76: The Indian Wants The Bronx and Birdbath.Ĭhicago playwright Dan Ursini becomes Steppenwolf's first resident playwright. In May, the company produces its first plays in the city of Chicago at the Jane Adams Hull House. While the origins of the company go back to 1974, with taking up residence in the church basement and the reorganization by the founders and original members, the summer of 1976 is considered the official beginning. The company is housed in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park, Illinois and builds an 88-seat theater with the help of Kevin Rigdon, recruited as resident designer from 1976-1982. Baccus and Nancy Evans, remain as ensemble members today. Baccus, Nancy Evans, Moira Harris, John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf and Alan Wilder. The founders recruit six additional members. The founding members are Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise. The company reorganizes both artistically and philosophically, by bringing in new actors and dedicating themselves to the ensemble approach to theatre. Directed by Barbara Patterson with music written by Gary Sinise. The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel. Steppenwolf Theatre Incorporates in February. In October a forth show is produced, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, completing the first season. In April the company produces a second show, the musical Grease and in June, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry team up with Gary and the group on a third production, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. In January, Gary Sinise and a small group of aspiring Highland Park high school actors organize under the name Steppenwolf Theatre Company at the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, Illinois and produce the first Steppenwolf play, And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little by Paul Zindel.
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