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Light Falls
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Robin Witt
July 8 - August 13
For one clear moment, rain and light fall from a cloudless sky. For one clear moment, Christine sees the lives of her family, her town, her world stretched before her, beyond her. Simon Stephens’ Light Falls is a haunting tale of resilience, hope, and the impossibly strong bonds of family.
Running Time: 150 minutes, one intermission
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WHERE:
Theater Wit
1229 W Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
WHEN:
Previews: July 2 - July 7
Press Opening: Friday, July 8
Performances: July 8 - August 13
Schedule:
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm
Sunday matinees at 3 pm
Accessible Performances:
Audio Description: Sunday, July 24
Open Captioning: Sunday, July 31
BOX OFFICE:
General Admission: $30
Reserved Seats: $40
Access Tickets: $10
(Access tickets are our universal discount available to anyone in need of a discount)
Tickets can be purchased through the Theater Wit: Box Office.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
www.steeptheatre.com
773-649-3186
info@steeptheatre.com
Twitter: @SteepTheatre
Facebook: SteepTheatre
PRESS CONTACT:
Danie Anderson
773-649-3186
danie@steeptheatre.com
CAST
Kendra Thulinˆ
Stephanie Mattos
Nate Faustˆ
Pete Mooreˆ
Cindy Markerˆ
Omer Abbas Salemˆ (July 8 - July 24)
August Forman (July 28 - August 14)
Brandon Riveraˆ
Susaan Jamshidi*
Ashlyn Lozan
Debo Balogunˆ
CREATIVE TEAM
Director – Robin Wittˆ
Stage Manager – Lauren Lassusˆ
Scenic Designer – Sotirios Livaditis
Costume Designer – Alison Sipleˆˆ
Lighting Designers – Brandon Wardellˆ
Sound Designer – Daniel Etti-Williams
Composer & Music Director – Thomas Dixonˆ
Intimacy Choreographer - Micah Figueroa
Dialect Coach - Adam Goldstein
Production Manager – Catherine Allenˆ
Production Electrician – Haley Carr
Technical Director – Evan Sposato
Assistant Director –Lisa Harriman
Casting Director – Lucy Carapetyanˆ
Graphic Designer - Stu Kiesow
ˆ Steep 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
Simon Stephens’ plays include Fortune, Light Falls, Maria, Fatherland, Rage, Heisenberg, Nuclear War, Song from Far Away; Birdland, Carmen Disruption, Blindsided, Morning, Three Kingdoms, Wastwater, Punk Rock, The Trial of Ubu, Marine Parade, Sea Wall, Harper Regan, Pornography, Motortown, On the Shore of the Wide World, One Minute, Country Music, Christmas, Port, Herons and Bluebird. He has adapted Jose Saramago’s Blindness for the stage and also Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. He has written English language versions of Jon Fosse’s I Am the Wind; Odon Von Horvath’s Kasimir and Karoline (titled The Funfair); Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and The Seagull and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera. He has presented four series of the Royal Court Playwright’s Podcast. His book “A Working Diary” is published by Methuen. Simon Stephens has been an Associate at the Royal Court, London and Steep, Chicago and a board member of Paines Plough. He has been an Associate Artist at the Lyric, Hammersmith, a Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University and an Associate Professor at the Danish National School of the Performing Arts, Copenhagen.
About the Director
Steep Ensemble Member Robin Witt has been at the helm for many of Steep’s most successful UK imports, including Alistair McDowall’s Pomona and Brilliant Adventures; Penelope Skinner’s Linda; Cordelia Lynn’s Lela & Co.; Simon Stephens’ Wastwater, Motortown, Pornography, and Harper Regan; Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money; Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song; and Laura Wade’s Breathing Corpses. Her Harper Regan is still the best-selling show in Steep history and was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2010 by both the Chicago Tribune and Timeout Chicago; her Lela & Co was named one of the Tribune’s Top Ten Shows of 2017; and her Breathing Corpses was named one of TimeOut’s Top Ten Shows of 2008. In addition to directing numerous productions at Steep, Robin is also an ensemble member of Griffin Theatre Company where her credits include Ferber and Kaufman’s Stage Door, Terrence Rattigan’s Flare Path, Ena Lamont Stewart’s Men Should Weep, John Van Druten’s London Wall, and W. Somerset Maugham’s For Services Rendered. Witt received the 2015, 2016, and 2018 Jeff Awards for Best Director for Men Should Weep, London Wall, and Lela & Co and was nominated in 2014 for Flare Path and 2011 for Stage Door. She has worked at a variety of Chicago area theatres including Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, A Red Orchid, and Artistic Home. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA) and Northwestern University (MFA). Robin is a Professor of Directing at UNC Charlotte.