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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.

Running Time:  80 minutes with no intermission.

Content Advisory: A Slow Air is intended for adult audiences. It contains adult language, explicit content, and explores themes of grief, emotional turmoil, and complex interpersonal relationships.

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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.

When:
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 3:00 pm

Accessible Performances:
Audio Description: Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3:00pm
Open Captioning: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 3:00 pm

Box Office
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.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
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PRESS CONTACT:
Danie Anderson
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CAST

Peter Moore
Kendra Thulin

Understudies

Chris Chmelik
Christina Gorman

Creative Team

Director – Robin Witt^
Stage Manager –Lauren Lassus^*
Scenic Designer - Sotirios Livaditis
Lighting Designer - Eric Watkins
Original Music & Sound Designer - Christopher Kriz
Costume Designer - Aly Amidei
Fabrication Assistant- Saskia Bakker
Dialect Coach - .Adam Goldstein
Production Manager - Jennifer Aparicio
Assistant Scenic Designer - Joe Johnson
Assistant Sound Designer - Hannah Kwak
Technical Director - David Moreland
Lead Electrician - Avery Spellmeyer
Casting Director - Lucy Carapetyan^
Casting Associate - Lisa Troi Thomas
Graphic Designer - Stu Kiesow
Photographer - Joseph Chretien-Golden

ˆSteep Company Member
ˆˆ Steep Artistic Associate
* Appearing through an Agreement between Steep Theatre and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

About the Playwright: David Harrower

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.

About the Director: Robin Witt

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