Steep Theatre will kick off the new year with the Chicago Premiere of David Harrower's A Slow Air, directed by Steep Ensemble Member Robin Witt. Witt was at the helm for Steep's recent critically-acclaimed production of Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for The Existence of God, which enjoyed a sold-out run at the Edge Off Broadway this past summer.  Steep will be back at the Edge Off Broadway for this production, beginning January 24th. Ticket sales begin on November 19 with prices ranging from $20 - $45.  

A Slow Air will feature Steep Ensemble Members Peter Moore and Kendra Thulin as a pair of estranged siblings brought together through a remarkable string of events to reckon with memories of lives lived together and apart. Director Witt, Moore, and Thulin first worked together in 2010 on Steep's hit U.S. Premiere of Simon Stephens' Harper Regan and have since collaborated on notable Steep productions Light Falls, Linda, Wastwater, Motortown, and Pornography. 

Playwright David Harrower won the Olivier Award for Best New Play for his 2007 work Blackbird, which has enjoyed productions all around the world, including a 2016 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival at the Belasco Theatre and a acclaimed production at Chicago's Victory Gardens, directed by Dennis Zacek and featuring Mattie Hawkinson and William L. Peterson.  A Slow Air will be Steep's second production of Harrower's work, having previously produced his Kill the Old Torture Their Young in 2009. 

About Steep Theatre
Founded in 2000 by three actors, Steep has grown into a dynamic ensemble of forty-five theatre artists, supported by a dedicated and inspired team of arts administrators and community members.  Described by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune as "the most fearless theater in town", Steep creates powerful productions of plays by today's most exciting writers and features the work of Chicago's hottest theatre artists in an intimate, accessible space. Steep is known as a home for hard-hitting, finely-tuned ensemble work. With each production, the company has shepherded a growing community of audiences and artists into bold new territories of story and performance. Steep Theatre is committed to creating an inclusive and anti-racist environment for making and watching theatre. To learn more, please visit https://steeptheatre.com/antiracism.

Steep is in the midst of its Lights Up Edgewater Capital Campaign to support the creation of Steep's new theater and artistic home and to fund robust and equitable compensation for artists and staff. To learn more about this campaign, please visit www.steeptheatre.com/lightsup.

Production Information

The Chicago Premiere of
A Slow Air
Written by David Harrower
Directed by Robin Witt
January 24 - March 1, 2025

Artists 

David Harrower (Playwright) was born in Edinburgh in 1966. His first play, Knives in Hens, was first produced in 1995 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He is also the author of the plays Kill the Old Torture Their Young (1998), and The Chrysalids (1999), adapted from John Wyndham's novel for the National Theatre's Connections project. Presence (2001), his third original play, was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in April 2001. David Harrower has also adapted versions of Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (Six Characters in Looking for an Author), first staged at the Young Vic in 2000; Chekhov's Ivanov (2002), performed at the National Theatre in autumn 2002; and Buchner's Woyzech, performed at the Edinburgh Lyceum in 2002. He has also translated The Girl on the Sofa (2002), a play by Jon Fosse, presented in a joint production by the Edinburgh International Festival and the Schaubuhne, Berlin. His play Dark Earth (2003) premiered at the Traverse in August 2003. He has also written a new version of Odon von Horvath's Tales from the Vienna Woods (2003) for the National Theatre, London, which opened in October 2003. His play Blackbird (2005) was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, and he has also written an adaptation of Schiller's Mary Stuart (2006). Harrower lives in Glasgow. 

Robin Witt (Director) has directed 13 plays for Steep including Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God, Simon Stephens's Light Falls, Harper Regan, and Wastwater, as well as Cordelia Lynn's Lela & Co for which she received a Jeff Award. She is an ensemble member at both Steep Theatre and Griffin Theatre in Chicago. Other theatres she has worked for include Steppenwolf, Goodman, Northlight, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass and The Artistic Home. Witt is a Professor of Directing at UNC Charlotte and she holds a MFA from Northwestern University. She is the daughter of the late actor Howard Witt.

WHERE:               
The Edge Off Broadway
1133 W Catalpa Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 

WHEN:
January 24 – March 1, 2025
Previews: January 18, 19 & 23, 2025
Press Opening: Friday, January 24, 2025 at 7:30pm

Schedule: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm | Sunday matinees at 3 pm

Accessible Performances: To be announced 

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