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Past News From Steep Theatre
The Hollow Lands
"an immensely engrossing epic...that could not have been realized on a higher level at any other theater in the city."
- Hedy Weiss, The Sun Times, July 6, 2009
"For a mere 18 bucks at Steep, you get 30 weird characters, 14 intensely committed Chicago actors, 3 hours of entertainment and enough heady contemplation of issues of nascent American identity to last you until July 4, 2109. If not well beyond."
"Director Jonathan Berry and his Steep colleagues approach this epic...with such visual imagination, unbridled enthusiasm, appealing verve...that The Hollow Lands turns out to be quite a distinctive evening of Chicago theater."
- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, July 1, 2009
The Hollow Lands is the Chicago Reader's "Critic's Choice"!
"[Korder's] vision of the continent as a violent landscape filled with zealots, con men, thugs, and dupes both capitivates and convinces. Jonathan Berry's scrappy production is distinguished chiefly by the intensity and immediacy of the acting... gripping from start to finish."
- Zac Thompson, Chicago Reader
"time flies with the necessary weight and pace given to each moment and scene. Berry moves the cast of 14 through the intimate space with grace and ease, creating beautiful and detailed stage pictures...The Hollow Lands is a fine display of Steep Theatre's signature ensemble acting"
- Chris Arnold, chicagocritic.com
"Steep Theatre usually mounts terrific ensemble works–this one is an example of how ensemble theatre should work...Steep's new digs are a treat. Storefront theatre shines here."
- Tom Williams, chicagocritic.com
Parlour Song
"Jez Butterworth's acid etching of midlife crisis in a cookie-cutter British suburb feels like a cross between a Pinterian comedy of menace and Mike Leigh's portraits ofordinary people enduring the dual burdens of mundane humiliation and existential dread...Robin Witt's deft staging stays on its toes, with fearless, vanity-free performances by the cast."
- Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader
"This very new play—the Chicago premiere is concurrent with its London premiere—is given a first-class production by Steep Theatre at its handsome new space in Andersonville. Alex Gillmor ( Dale ), Julia Siple ( Joy ) and Tim Curtis ( Ned ) are on top of the material and its rhythms under Robin Witt's customarily intelligent direction."
- Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times
"Steep's Chicago premiere features the kind of acting one expects from the company—smart and muscular without turning showy"
- Kris Vire, Timeout Chicago
"Steep Theatre Company has long been a beacon of intriguing, intimate works with fine actors pulling off some the best performances of their careers. Such is the case in their latest endeavor, the Midwest premiere of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song."
- Michael J. Robbins, Showbiz Chicago
Jeff Recommended
In Arabia We'd All Be Kings
JEFF AWARD WINNER: "Best Ensemble"
Timeout's Critic's pick
"An evening with homeless junkies and rough trade probably shouldn't be this good."
"Schultz's blistering production is part of the storefront scene's decade's long tradition of excelling at, as it were, ghetto Chekhov...to single out one cast member would do an injustice to the other ten."
- Christopher Piatt, Timeout Chicago
"...astonishing and redemptive."
"Eleven actors seem to erase everything they've been to become 13 sad survivors drifting through three perfectly pointless days. Authenticity this precise thrills."
- Lawrence Bommer, Chicago Reader
"Excellent ensemble acting under Joanie Schultz's tight direction makes for a powerful drama that'll give you chills. Steep Theatre's production is first-class."
- Tom Willimas, chicagocritic.com
"hilarious, brilliantly agonizing play...an excellent ensemble effort"
- Richard Green, talkinbroadway.com
"Whatever you do, do not miss this play."
- Laurie Grauer, theurbancoaster.com
Greensboro: A Requiem
"Four Stars"
"Akin's fluid, minimalist staging allows the ensemble to shine."
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- Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago
"Highly Recommended"
"...a threnody of sorrow, rage, and regret runs through the script, and Akin's cast captures this still-overlooked dark chapter with grace and power."
- Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader
Jeff Recommended
Breathing Corpses
"One of the Top Ten Shows of 2008!"
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- Timeout Chicago
"Steep Theatre Company Earns Its Buzz! This is a juicy, tightly packed and exceedingly smart play."
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- Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
#2 on Timeout Chicago's "Don't Miss" List
"...in this brisk Steep production, director Robin Witt handles the material.the way British mysteries are best delivered: tart and lively, even with all the dead bodies lying about." read article >
- Christopher Piatt, Timeout Chicago
Coronado
The Chicago Tribune, "On The Fringe, Best of 2007"
1. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Kerry Reid
3. Coronado - Nina Metz
"this is a thriller...[Lehane's] heightened realities work better on stage than film. The Steep production -- in its wonderfully crammed storefront manner --...burrows deep into the psyche." read article >
- Nina Metz, The Chicago Tribune
"So tightly-constructed is Lehane's intricate narrative and so riveting his preternaturally-eloquent personnel that we never lose our way...director Kevin Gladish and his stalwart cast...generate ensemble performance at its most exemplary."
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- Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
NPR's Kelly Kleiman Names Arturo Ui One of the Top Ten Shows of the Decade!
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Named to TimeOut Chicago's Ten Most Wanted '07
"the ten we loved the most"
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Hedy Weiss of The Sun Times Names Arturo Ui to Her "Things I Really Dug This Year" list.
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The Chicago Tribune, "On The Fringe, Best of 2007"
1. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Kerry Reid
3. Coronado - Nina Metz read article >
- Nina Metz, The Chicago Tribune
Jeff Nominated "Best Production"
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