A Slow air
By David Harrower
Directed by Robin Witt
A Chicago Premiere
A pair of estranged siblings are brought together through a remarkable string of events to reckon with memories of lives lived together and apart.
Tickets & Information
Performance Location
The Edge Off Broadway
1133 W Catalpa Ave
Chicago, IL 60640
Note: Performances will be held at The Edge Off Broadway while Steep moves forward with construction on our new home.
Ticket Pricing
General Admission: $35
Reserved Seats: $45
Access Tickets: $20*
Group Tickets: Contact us for a discounted rate for groups of 10 or more.
*Access tickets are our universal discount available to anyone in need of a discount
Contact us at access@steeptheatre.com or 773-649-3186 for more information or to reserve tickets.
Performance Schedule
Previews: January 18, 19, & 23, 2025
Press Opening: Friday, January 24, 2025
Performances: January 24 - March 1, 2025
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday afternoons at 3 pm
Run Time: TBD
Covid Protocol: Masking during the performance is optional.
Production Sponsors: Dr. Susan Burland & George Plumb, Ken Burlington, James T. O’Neill, Timothy Sherck, Martha Anne & Stephen Yandle
Content Advisory: This production is intended for adult audiences. Click the button below for details.
Accessibility
Audio Description: To be announced
Open Captioning: To be announced
CAST
Peter Moore
Kendra Thulin
CREATIVE TEAM
Director – Robin Witt
Stage Manager – Lauren Lassusˆ
Scenic Designer - Sotirios Livaditis
Lighting Designer - Eric Watkins
Sound Designer - Christopher Kriz
Costume Designer - Aly Amidei
Dialect Coach - Adam Goldstein
Production Manager - Jennifer Aparicio
Assistant Scenic Designer - Joe Johnson
David Harrower (Playwright)
David Harrower 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)
Robin Witt 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.