'Clybourne Park' finally reaches Chicago as part of Steppenwolf Theatre's 2011-12 season
Bruce Norris's “Clybourne Park,” a satirical, race-tinged riff on Lorraine Hansberry's “A Raisin in the Sun” and a play that has enjoyed recent success in both New York and London, is finally arriving in Chicago, the city of its setting.
Under the direction of Amy Morton and with James Vincent Meredith in the cast, “Clybourne Park” will kick off the 2011-12 Steppenwolf season on Chicago's North Side. Morton will also direct the second fall show at Steppenwolf — "Penelope” by the hot Irish writer Enda Walsh. John Mahoney will star.
In January, Steppenwolf will stage “Time Stands Still,” the Donald Margulies play that looks at the role of journalism on the international stage, and that starred Laura Linney on Broadway. Sally Murphy will star in Austin Pendleton's new Steppenwolf production.
The spring Steppenwolf centerpiece will be “The March,” a premiering dramatic adaptation by Frank Galati from the novel by E.L. Doctorow. Featuring a cast of 17 plus three musicians, “The March” will mark William Petersen's return to Steppenwolf in the role of Uncle Billy.
The season concludes with “Three Sisters,” adapted by Tracy Letts and directed by Anna D. Shapiro.