Celebrate May THE Fourth
with a One-Night-Only Reading of The Making

Directed by Jonathan Berry

On Monday, May the 4th - the unofficial international holiday honoring Star Wars - Steep will present the first public staged reading of Dan Aibel’s The Making, a revisionist retelling of the story behind the film that became a cultural phenomenon.

The reading will be directed by Steep company member Jonathan Berry and feature a cast of Steep ensemble members.

One night only at the Edge Theater in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.

Creative Team

Director – Jonathan Berry

Cast

TBD

Jonathan Berry (Director)

Jonathan Berry is excited to be back in Chicago, after three years of serving as Artistic Director of The Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine. He is a proud ensemble member of both Steep Theatre and Griffin Theatre and a former Artistic Producer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.   Steep Credits include: Paris, Red Rex, Earthquakes in London, Posh, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, If There Is I Haven’t Found it Yet, The Knowledge, Festen, Moment, The Hollow Lands, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.  He directed the Steppenwolf productions of: Lindiwe, The Children, You Got Older, Constellations, and the SYA productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Crucible, and A Separate Peace.    At Griffin, productions include: The North American premieres of Simon Stephens Punk Rock (Jeff Award Director, Lead Actor, and Ensemble) Port, and On the Shore of the Wide World, as well as The Harvest, Winterset, Pocatello, Balm in Gilead, Golden Boy, The Burnt Part Boys, Spring Awakening Company, Picnic, Time and the Conways, Dead End, The Hostage and Journey’s End.  Most recently, he directed the Chicago premiere of Ugly Lies the Bone for Shattered Globe.  

He was the Assistant Director for Anna D Shapiro’s Broadway productions of Of Mice and Men and This is our Youth. Gift Theatre: Obliteration (2nd production), the world premieres of both Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated, as well as Othello. Goodman Theatre: The Solid Sand Below and The World of Extreme Happiness for their New Stages Festival.  Other work includes: Shattered Globe, Ugly Lies the Bone; American Theater Company, Kill Floor; American Blues: Little Shop of Horrors and Sideman; Redtwist: Look Back in Anger  and Reverb; Chicago Dramatists:  I am Going to Change the World;  Jackalope Theatre: The Casuals; Strawdog:Conversations on a Homecoming; Remy Bumpo:The Marriage of Figaro; Theatre Mir: The Sea and Caucasian Chalk Circle; Lifeline Theater: The Piano Tuner (Afterdark Award – Best Production)  He pursued his MFA in directing from Northwestern University.  He has taught acting, directing, and viewpoints at University of Michigan, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Acting Studio Chicago, Columbia College and served as the director for the ensemble training program The School at Steppenwolf.