EXTENDED: Mary Page Marlowe at Steppenwolf Now Playing Through June 5

Chi, IL Live Shows On Our Radar:

Mary Page Marlowe

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Killer Joe, Superior Donuts and August: Osage County. Extended by popular demand through June 5. 

"Intensely thoughtful…the work has depth and an elegant potency"

– Variety 

"A captivating portrait of an ordinary life" 

– TimeOut Chicago 

Here at ChiIL Mama and ChiIL Live Shows, we've been so booked with reviews and our own rehearsals we have still not caught Mary Page Marlowe yet. This production is high on our must see list and we're hoping to get over to Steppenwolf this week to review. 

We're eager to see Blair Brown and Carrie Coon in action and one of the cast's youngest, Caroline Heffernan. She was a gymnastics team mate of my daughter's for years and it's been a joy to see her masterful portrayals at Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and Gift theatre.

"Deeply moving…intoxicatingly thrilling. Four Stars (out of four)"

– Chicago Tribune 

“Exquisite new play… beautiful and affecting…about the evolutions, reversals and resurrections in a woman’s life” 

– The New York Times 

Mary Page Marlowe is an accountant from Ohio. She’s led an ordinary life, making the difficult decisions we all face as we try to figure out who we really are and what we really want. As Tracy Letts brings us moments—both pivotal and mundane—from Mary’s life, a portrait of a surprisingly complicated woman emerges. Intimate and moving, Mary Page Marlowe shows us how circumstance, impulse and time can combine to make us mysteries… even to ourselves.

Get up close: see the actors and experience the drama in the most intimate and exciting way possible. Steppenwolf’s newly added Pit Seats will bring you as close as you can get to the stage—at only $30/seat. 

"Artfully crafted…luminous performances" 

– Daily Herald 

“It’s the most purely beautiful play that Mr. Letts has given us, and its subtleties will linger in your mind long after you leave the theater” 

– Wall Street Journal 

THE ARTISTS

Author: ensemble member Tracy Letts

Directed by: ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro

Scenic Design: Todd Rosenthal

Costume Design: Linda Roethke

Lighting Design: Marcus Doshi

Original Music: Diana Lawrence

Sound Design: Richard Woodbury

Stage Manager: Malcolm Ewen

Assistant Stage Manager: Brian Maschka

Dramaturg: Edward Sobel

Projection Design: Sven Ortel
Wig and Hair Design: Penny Lane Studios
Voice and Text Coach: Gigi Buffington
Artistic Producer: Jonathan Berry
Casting: Jessamyn Fuller
Assistant to the Projection Designer: Yeaji Kim
Programmer: Joseph A. Burke

THE CAST

Blair Brown

Stephen Cefalu, Jr.

Carrie Coon

Amanda Drinkall

Jack Edwards

Laura T. Fisher

Kirsten Fitzgerald

Tess Frazer

Keith D. Gallagher

Caroline Heffernan

Sandra Marquez

Annie Munch

Rebecca Spence

Ariana Venturi

Madeline Weinstein

Gary Wilmes

FEATURED ENSEMBLE MEMBERS

Ian Barford

Alan Wilder

1 hour and 25 minutes, no intermission

Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.

Major support for Steppenwolf’s New Play Development Initiative is provided by The Davee Foundation and the Zell Family Foundation.

ASL interpretation:
Sunday, May 8 at 7:30pm

Open-captioned:
Saturday, May 7 at 3pm

Audio-described:
Sunday, May 22 at 3pm

Audio-described and touch tour:
Sunday, May 29 at 1:30 touch tour, audio-described performance at 3pm


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