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  Brian's Magic Theatre: Aesthetics: Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is among my favorite books of all time, and it is due to the great influence it has had on my life that I chose to name my website after it.
Steppenwolf is the story of Harry Haller, an author and intellectual, who believes himself to be possessed by two personalities, one of a man and one of a wolf.
Steppenwolf reflects the main character's stubborn unwillingness to acknowledge and accept his own -- at first -- "dual" nature, even when it is made apparent to him that it is critical to achieving self-actualization.
magictheatre.panopticweb.com /aesthetics/hesse.html   (932 words)

  
 ArtScope.net: Mother Courage and Her Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Steppenwolf’s production never allows this reflection: it looks like epic theatre, it sounds like epic theatre, but there is no impetus to contemplate on the meaning of the play, whether or not one accepts Brecht’s political ideology.
Ken Posner's lighting design is appropriately suggestive of the vicissitudes of war and peace--ranging from the foggy charcoal light of the prologue to the bright light of the army camp to the gloomy light in the towns of peace and war.
Music is a device of the epic theatre; it not only helps to explain the action of the play to the audience, it also interrupts the flow of the onstage action to give the audience a chance to reflect.
www.artscope.net /PAREVIEWS/mothercourage101801.shtml   (1532 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Tony Award-winnning Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry in the basement of a church in Highland Park, Illinois.
In 1988, Steppenwolf presented the world premiere of The Grapes of Wrath, based on the John Steinbeck novel, which eventually went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play.
Steppenwolf productions helped to launch the careers of a number of well-known American actors, including Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Joan Allen, John Mahoney, William Petersen, Martha Plimpton, Francis Guinan, Glenne Headly, Gary Cole, Kathryn Erbe, and Laurie Metcalf.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre_Company   (367 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre
In its rise from a humble hometown start to international fame, Steppenwolf became a Chicago cultural icon, symbolic of the heights of high-profile achievement to which a locally based theater could climb.
Founded in 1975 and originally housed in the 88-seat basement auditorium of a Roman Catholic church and school in north suburban Highland Park, the scrappy, ambitious ensemble of young actors, including several alumni of Illinois State University, made their first, sensational impression with intense, highly physical interpretations of gritty contemporary drama.
In 1991, Steppenwolf moved into a new $8 million, 500-seat theater at 1650 N. Halsted Street, and in 1998, in a first for a theater organization, it received a National Medal of Arts, which cited its outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/1197.html   (237 words)

  
 PerformInk Online
Steppenwolf Films, a new division of the theatre, has been created to develop and produce independent feature films (in the $5 million or less range) and specialized television projects generated by ensemble members and their fellow artists.
By Steppenwolf’s identity, Evans is referring to the company’s intense ensemble-acting style and strong storytelling base.
Steppenwolf Theatre has a long history with the Steinbeck family; it was The Grapes of Wrath that won the troupe a Tony Award.
www.performink.com /archives/film/SteppenwolfFilms.html   (470 words)

  
 Steppenwolf » Love-Lies-Bleeding
Written by Cormac McCarthy, Sunset, you’ll remember, played in the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre this past summer and it moved to 59E59th with its creative team intact: director Sheldon Patinkin; the actors, Austin Pendleton and Freeman Coffey, and the design team of Scott Neale, Tatjana Radisic, Martha Wegener, and Keith Parham.
Steppenwolf is proud to have had these accomplished actors on our stage and we congratulate them on their artistry, performances, and nominations.
As the cast of The Unmentionables spends their last day in the rehearsal hall before moving over to the theatre, the technical crews for that show are busy onstage having just completed running a forty-minute rain sequence.
blog.steppenwolf.org /?cat=20   (868 words)

  
 actorsequity.org | news & events
He is replacing Michael Genarro, who left Steppenwolf to assume the position of President and CEO of Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey.
Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and designers, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships, and contributing new works to the national canon.
Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of thirty-five artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking and textual adaptation.
www.actorsequity.org /Theatrenews/steppenwolf_06-19-2003.html   (703 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre on Centerstage Chicago - Steppenwolf Theatre : 1650 N. Halsted St., Chicago, (312) 335-1650, ...
In 1974, Steppenwolf Theatre Company began performing plays informally in a church basement in Highland Park under the leadership of Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise.
Founded on a commitment to the principles of ensemble collaboration and artistic risk, the mission of Steppenwolf is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater, while maintaining the original impulses of the group.
The Steppenwolf building is large and elegant within, with a lobby servicing two theatres, the Main Stage and 'Upstairs' spaces.
centerstage.net /theatre/theatres/steppenwolf.html   (601 words)

  
 Lord, Bissell & Brook Represents Steppenwolf Films, A Division of Steppenwolf Theatre Company-Lord Bissell & Brook
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company retained Lord, Bissell and Brook to serve as primary outside counsel to assist in the creation of a film and television production company and negotiate talent and distribution agreements.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is an internationally renowned regional ensemble theater located in Chicago.
Steppenwolf has received many honors and awards including several Joseph Jefferson Awards for Chicago Theatre Excellence, the National Medal of Arts, a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play as well as a Tony Award for Regional Theatre Excellence.
www.lordbissell.com /newsstand_story.cfm?NSID=317   (233 words)

  
 Choice Chicago City Guide : Steppenwolf Theatre Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company was founded in 1974 and became a professional theatre in 1976.
Nationally acclaimed and with a 25,000 strong membership in Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre is one of the city's premiere arts establishments.
Performances are produced for the Mainstage, Studio Theatre and Garage at Steppenwolf, all located at their theater on North Halsted Street at North Avenue.
chicagohotels.chidirect.com /z207/steppenwolf-theatre.html   (194 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Born during the 1975 in a North Shore church basement, the Steppenwolf has gone on to become one of the country's best-known theatres, with its own beautiful complex located in Lincoln Park (1650 Halsted Street).
Steppenwolf Theatre Company received the 1998 National Medal of Arts from President and Hillary Clinton, recognizing one of the most important companies in the history of American theatre.
Lately, the Steppenwolf Theatre has expanded past the general "bounds" of theater and sponsors series for vocal, jazz, dance and other forms of performance art (for example, its fantastic interdisciplinary Traffic series).
centerstage.net /theatre/whoswho/SteppenwolfThea.html   (331 words)

  
 [342 NLRB No. 7] Steppenwolf Theatre Co., 13-RC-20942
This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the bound volumes of NLRB decisions.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (the Employer) is a prominent nonprofit regional theater company located in Chicago, Illinois.
The Mainstage and Studio Theatres are located at the Employer’s 1650 N. Halstead Street location, which also includes the company’s box office and telemarketing operations.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/342/342-7.htm   (3240 words)

  
 Love Song Steppenwolf Theatre Company
It is that foolhardy notion that drives John Kolvenbach's "Love Song," the latest World Premiere by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and if you can buy into that myth you may enjoy this quirky, decidedly offbeat romantic comedy.
Steppenwolf ensemble members Molly Regan and Francis Guinan are terrific, as usual, and Guinan's flair for comical hysterics is particularly sidesplitting.
Barford has a tough role that could easily be summed up as a demented idiot, were it not for the aching humanity and vulnerability he brings to the role.
www.steadstylechicago.com /lovesong.htm   (733 words)

  
 Alumni, School of Theatre, College of Fine Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
She is married to Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder and Academy Award nominee Gary Sinese.
Acclaimed theatrical director and co-founder of the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
One of the original members of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, Laurie has won three Emmy Awards her role as Jackie on the hit television comedy Roseanne.
www.cfa.ilstu.edu /theatre/alumni/index.shtml   (1505 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Chicago theater revels in spotlight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CHICAGO — Robert Falls, artistic director of the 77-year-old Goodman Theatre, is sitting in his spacious office in the $46 million downtown complex where his company relocated in 2000.
There's the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which staged shows in a church basement before earning international acclaim and giving the film world such stars as co-founder Gary Sinise and John Malkovich, who both continue to take part in Steppenwolf productions.
Says Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey, "People who have worked in Chicago and New York say there's more collegiality here, among actors, producers and theaters." Lavey suggests this bond may be founded on common creative goals.
www.usatoday.com /life/theater/2002/2002-05-13-chicago.htm   (1532 words)

  
 SeatAdvisor.com | Venue Information
The Steppenwolf Theatre was founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise.
The original theatre company was housed in an 88-seat facility located in the basement of the Immaculate Conception Church and School in Highland Park, Illinois.
The Steppenwolf Theatre is one of the most well known theatres in the world, and with good reason.
www.seatadvisor.com /cgi/make_venue_info.pl?venue_code=1351   (244 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Chicago Theater, World-Class Ensemble
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Enjoy an evening of great theatre starting with award-winning microbrews and New-Haven-style pizza from Piece at the Sonia Flew Beer Tasting.
The masterful Allen Toussaint brings his trademark New Orleans sound to Chicago as part of Steppenwolf's Traffic Series.
www.steppenwolf.org   (141 words)

  
 Steppenwolf
I just wanted to share with you all the joy and honor it has been to be apart of the Steppenwolf Visiting Company Initiative.
This a Co-Pro between Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and Teatro Vista.
I’m proud to be a member of TV and proud to be part of a city that has nurtured and supported ensemble theatre companies.
blog.steppenwolf.org   (572 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Ensemble Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He appeared in The Dying Gaul at The Vineyard Theatre in NYC both in the spring and a remounting this fall.
Her musical TrueDream Life, cowritten with Ricky Gordon, was produced at The Vineyard Theatre in NYC in the spring 1999.
She appeared in the 1997 Steppenwolf Mainstage in The Memory of Water with ensemble members Amy Morton and Rick Snyder.
home.att.net /~smvd/stepp/ensemble/ensemble.html   (4426 words)

  
 Steppenwolf workshop--CSU Summer Arts
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago-based international performing arts institution committed to ensemble collaboration and artistic risk through its work with its permanent ensemble, guest artists, partner institutions and the community, and has spawned a generation of America’s most gifted artists.
Steppenwolf celebrates the intelligence of the actor, the vision of the director, the words of the playwright and the power of the theater.
In November 1998, Steppenwolf was the only arts organization awarded a 1998 National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a White House ceremony.
www.calstatela.edu /univ/ppa/newsrel/csusumarts.htm   (362 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Performance Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
And on January 13, 2003, they can be seen performing Shakespeare's "Hamlet" on the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre stage to raise money for a once in a lifetime "field trip" to perform the play at the Fringe Festival in Scotland next summer.
High school theatre should be a home-away-from-home where young adults who are trying to establish their independence can do so in a safe, creative, ensemble atmosphere.
Steppenwolf Theatre is located at 1650 North Halstead, Chicago.
home.comcast.net /~nntheatre.fringe/prstep.htm   (495 words)

  
 School of Communication at Northwestern University :: Theatre :: Visiting Faculty
She was the Associate director of Summer Theatre Lab at the University of Chicago Laboratory School.
He is a recipient of Theatre Communication Group's 2001 New Generations Grant, and their 2002 Extended Collaboration Grant (as a playwright) with Atlanta's Alliance Theatre.
For Steppenwolf's Arts Exchange, she wrote Haymarket Eight (with Derek Goldman) and directed Whispering City and David Mamet's The Water Engine, which moved to Theater on The Lake, and most recently, A Tale of Two Cities.
www.communication.northwestern.edu /theatre/visitingfaculty   (1673 words)

  
 University Theater students act as part of Steppenwolf troupe
They all are components of GS Hum 270, the theater practicum course doubling as an internship at the internationally renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Landau, a Steppenwolf ensemble member, has created, adapted and directed numerous theater pieces seen in New York and in such theaters as the American Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville and La Jolla Playhouse.
Michele Volanksy, Steppenwolf's dramaturg, worked closely with the students on how to research the setting of the play and apply their findings directly to the production.
chronicle.uchicago.edu /981001/steppenwolf.shtml   (1096 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre Founder Gary Sinise Embarking On His 17th USO Tour - Theatre News - Theatre In Chicago
Steppenwolf Theatre Founder Gary Sinise Embarking On His 17th USO Tour - Theatre News - Theatre In Chicago
Steppenwolf Theatre Founder Gary Sinise Embarking On His 17th USO Tour
Actor, director and producer Gary Sinise is embarking on his 17th USO tour to provide a morale boost to Marines, sailors and their family members March 12 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The trip, sponsored by TriWest Healthcare Alliance, will feature Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band.
www.theatreinchicago.com /news.php?articleID=61   (280 words)

  
 Lookingglass Theatre Company: Ensemble
She has also worked with a number of other Chicago and regional theatres, in a television series, and in several films and radio plays.
She is also an associate artist of Sojourn Theatre in Portland, OR, where her work with artistic director Michael Rohd includes co-writing and co-directing Look Away, Smash'd, and Hidden which is published in Ethnodrama by AltaMira Press.
Zimmerman is also part of the Goodman Theatre artistic team where she adapted and directed The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (with several members of the Lookingglass ensemble), Journey to the West, Mirror of the Invisible World and a re-creation of The Odyssey.
www.lookingglasstheatre.org /ensemble   (2511 words)

  
 Oak Park Newspaper
Theatre is located at 1624 N. Halsted Street, just south of the Mainstage theater building.
Steppenwolf Theatre is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair
The Steppenwolf Garage Theatre is a point of entry for a next generation of theater
www.oakparkjournal.com /TheaterReviews/Steppenwolf-LOVE-SIN-2002.html   (800 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre | Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Downstairs Theatre, which opened with the production of Ronald Harwood's Another Time iin 1991, is a 515-seat theater with a producing capacity to rival much larger houses.
In the Downstairs Theatre, audiences have seen a string quartet apparently floating above the stage space (A Clockwork Orange), a street awash with rain (Three Days of Rain) and life-sized cars enter the space (I Just Stopped By to See the Man).
Co-productions with visiting companies have also presented in the Downstairs Theatre, such as Wedding Band, produced with Congo Square Theatre Company, and Tennessee Williams' One Arm, presented by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, About Face Theatre and Tectonic Theater Project.
www.steppenwolf.org /boxoffice/theatres/downstairs.aspx   (323 words)

  
 Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble Fan Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
teppenwolf Theatre Company is an internationally renown regional ensemble theater located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In addition to updates on the members of the company, there are group photos, production photos and posters from a variety of Steppenwolf productions along with a news section and a fan links page.
This is a fan produced site and has no connection to Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
home.att.net /~smvd/stepp   (199 words)

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