Season Breakdown
"1919" (Steppenwolf for Young Adults – SYA Round Theatre) - rehearsed and performed in person
Based on the poetry of Eve L. Ewing
Adapted by J. Nicole Brooks
Directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Design Run – Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Preview – Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Opening – Saturday, February 5, 2022
Closing – Sunday, March 6, 2022
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, March 20, 2022
Tour Close – Sunday, April 3, 2022
Seeking six storytellers/movers/clowns/shape-shifters. Humans from the Black diaspora. Female, nonbinary, male. Any age. Strong and imaginative movers - this, of course, includes differently-abled bodies, neuro-diverse, and deaf (ASL & BASL) performers. Willingness to explore and bring a sense of “play” to a new work process. Local Chicago actors particularly encouraged to submit. Actors will play multiple roles including:
Human 6: The Reporter, recorder of earth and sky
Human 5: The Sh*t Talker, the discussant, tavern uncle and trickster
Human 4: The Wise Elder, the one who is there when waters break, the one who retained mother tongue, a time traveler
Human 3: The Professor, doctorate and poor righteous teacher
Human 2: The Challenger, the enforcer, a WWI veteran
Human 1: The Griever, a bird of paradise, a bird of prey, a seamstress
"King James" (Steppenwolf Subscription Series - Downstairs Theatre) - rehearsed and performed in person)
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Design Run – Thursday, February 17, 2022
First Preview – Thursday, February 24, 2022
Opening – Sunday, March 6, 2022
Closing – Sunday, April 3, 2022
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, April 17, 2022
Matt: (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) male, 37. African-American.
Sean: (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) male, 37. White.
"Seagull" (Steppenwolf Subscription Series – Round Theatre - rehearsed and performed in person)
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Adapted and Translated by Yasen Peyankov
Directed by Yasen Peyankov
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Design Run – Thursday, April 21, 2022
First Preview – Thursday, April 28, 2022
Opening – Sunday, May 8, 2022
Closing – Sunday, June 12, 2022
Pos. Ext. – Sunday, July 3, 2022
Irina Arkadina: Female, 50s, an actress [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Konstantin Treplev: her son, a young man, 20s [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Peter Sorin: her brother, 60s [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Nina Zarechnaya: a young woman, daughter of a wealthy land owner [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Ilya Shamraev: a retired army lieutenant, manager of Sorin’s estate, male, 50s [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Paulina Andreevna: his wife, 50s [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Yevgeny Dorn: a doctor, male, 50s [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
Semyon Medcedenko: a teacher, 30s, male [THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST]
"Choir Boy" (Steppenwolf Subscription Series – Downstairs Theatre - rehearsed and performed in person)
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Kent Gash
First Rehearsal – Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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Design Run – Thursday, June 9, 2022
First Preview – Thursday, June 16, 2022
Opening – Sunday, June 26, 2022
Closing – Sunday, July 24, 2022
Headmaster Marrow: (THIS ROLE IS CAST) late 30's, early 40's man of Color, Is the Youngest and latest Headmaster for the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys. He is Paternal Uncle to Bobby Marrow.
Pharus Jonathan Young: (THIS ROLE IS CAST) late teens, an effeminate young man of color. Begins the play a junior at the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys and the Lead of the School's famous choir. He is roommates with AJ James.
Mr. Pendleton: (THIS ROLE IS CAST) late 60's, 70's, white male, professor at the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys.
Robert “Bobby” Marrow III—mid to late teens, a young man of color, Bobby is a junior at the Charles R Drew Prep School, and member of the School's Choir. He is also nephew to Headmaster Marrow
Junior Davis: a teenage young man of color, and a junior at the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys. He is a member of the School's Choir.
Anthony Justin “AJ” James: in his late teens, athletic young man of color, a senior at the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys. He is a member of the School's Choir and the Schools Baseball Team. He is roommates with Pharus Young David Heard—in his late teens, a young man of color, a senior at the Charles R Drew Prep School for Boys. He is a member of the School's Choir.
