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| Address | 1650 N Halsted St Chicago, IL United States |
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| Capacity | 894 |
| Opened | 1974 |
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago theater company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise in the Immaculate Conception grade school in Highland Park, Illinois[1] and is now located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Halsted Street. The theatre's name comes from Hermann Hesse's novel Steppenwolf, which original member Rick Argosh was reading during the company's inaugural production of Paul Zindel's play, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, in 1974.[2] After occupying several theatres in Chicago, in 1991, it moved into its own purpose-built complex with three performing spaces, the largest seating 550.[3][4]
A recipient of the Regional Tony Award,[5] several of its productions have transferred to Broadway.
- ^ Steppenwolf @ Twenty-Five. Steppenwolf Theater Company. 2000. p. 2. ISBN 9781570715839.
- ^ "History". Steppenwolf Theatre.
- ^ Jones, Chris. "At Steppenwolf, Shapiro takes over from Martha Lavey". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "CURTAIN UP". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ Freedman, Samuel G. (June 3, 1985). "'BILOXI' AND 'BIG RIVER' WIN TOP TONY AWARDS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 2, 2022.