Photos: Steppenwolf's New Work HONEST Rehearses For 7/22 Opening

The 5th Annual First Look Repertory of New Work Productions Are:

Honest
By ensemble member Eric Simonson
Directed by ensemble member Eric Simonson

Guy, author of a best-selling memoir about his downward spiral into drug addiction and homelessness, comes face-to-face with a prying reporter, snooping for a scandal. Their tense showdown over truth versus creative license leads to shocking revelations that could jeopardize both their livelihoods.

Sex With Strangers
By Laura Eason
Directed by Associate Artist Jessica Thebus

Ethan Strange is a hot young scenester whose online journal of sexscapades have turned him into the "it" boy of the blogosphere. Olivia is an attractive 30-something whose own writing career has crapped out. After they hook up, sex turns into dating and dating into something more -- but their online exploits threaten to destroy their real-life connection.

Ski Dubai
By Laura Jacqmin
Directed by Lisa Portes

Rachel, a young Environmental Friendliness Consultant, moves from New York to steamy Dubai to work on a man-made island teeming with skyscrapers and luxury hotels. Trying to uphold her "green" principles in a hotbed of capitalism, she navigates a stream of quirky displaced internationals battling loneliness and isolation in a flashy, modern pseudo-city.

Photo Credit: Mark Campbell