Check out our trailer for Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ production of THIS IS MODERN ART. The play is written by acclaimed playwright Idris Goodwin and Louder than a Bomb founder Kevin Coval, directed by Lisa Portes. Click here for tickets and more info: http://www.steppenwolf.org/Plays-Events/productions/index.aspx?id=632
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