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An older man holding papers sits while a woman stands beside him, resting her hand on his shoulder. Both have serious, concerned expressions, as if reacting to something surprising off-camera.

by Charles Kenney | January 28, 2026

A Long Marriage: Jeff Perry on Steppenwolf Theatre’s Fiftieth Anniversary and His Return for “The Dance of Death” “The Dance of Death” serves as a middle point of the fiftieth-anniversary season and is “a strain of work Steppenwolf has always been drawn to”—turn-of-the-century dramas which “feel absolutely contemporary.”

Two men poke their heads out of receptacles, draped in wet cloth.

by Tristan Bruns | May 29, 2025

Existence Is Pain: A Review of “Endgame” at Facility Theatre

by Hugh Iglarsh | April 30, 2025

Meaningful Nonsense: Chopin Theatre and Gwydion’s “Theatre of the Absurd Festival”

by Mary Wisniewski | March 17, 2023

Lies, All Lies: A Review of “Describe the Night” at Steppenwolf Theatre

by Ted C. Fishman | May 16, 2022

A Crueler Screwball Comedy: A Review of “The Seagull” at Steppenwolf Theatre

by Brian Hieggelke | March 31, 2022

Stage Top 5: April 2022

by Ben Kaye | November 20, 2019

Tragedy in Blue: A Review of Lindiwe at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Kevin Greene | April 30, 2019

Hell or High Water: A Review of The Children at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Ben Kaye | February 11, 2019

Opening Doors: A Review of A Doll’s House, Part 2 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Alex Huntsberger | November 22, 2016

Lonely at the Top A Review of The Fundamentals at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Loy Webb | July 11, 2016

Exactly Where You Want to Be A Review of Between Riverside and Crazy at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Alex Huntsberger | July 16, 2015

Review: Grand Concourse/Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Zach Freeman | February 19, 2014

Review: Russian Transport/Steppenwolf

by Zach Freeman | October 30, 2013

Building a Mystery: Unrehearsed “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” Keeps Even its Performers Guessing

by Ella Christoph | July 9, 2012

Review: The Three Sisters/Steppenwolf Theatre

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