NewsPHOTO CALL: Tracy Letts, Tim Hopper, Martha Lavey Star in Steppenwolf's MiddletownSteppenwolf Theatre Company's summer production of Middletown, Will Eno's portrait of a small town, directed by Les Waters, plays the famed Chicago venue through Aug. 14. It features ensemble members Alana Arenas, Danny McCarthy, Tim Hopper, Ora Jones, Martha Lavey and Tracy Letts, among others.
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Lucas Lilieholm
July 21, 2011
The production also features Brenda Barrie, Molly Glynn, Keith Kupferer and Michael Patrick Thornton.
According to Steppenwolf, "Mary Swanson just moved to Middletown. About to have her first child, she is eager to enjoy the neighborly bonds a small town promises. But life in Middletown is complicated: neighbors are near strangers and moments of connection are fleeting. Middletown is a playful, poignant portrait of a town with two lives, one ordinary and visible, the other epic and mysterious."
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Tracy Letts, Tim Hopper, Martha Lavey Star in Steppenwolf's Middletown
Eno's frequently produced play Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His other works include The Flu Season, Tragedy: a tragedy and Oh, the Humanity and other exclamations. Waters is associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre.