Steppenwolf Announces Line-up for NEXT UP 2013

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the line-up for Next Up 2013, the third annual collaboration with Northwestern University's MFA programs in Direction and Design featuring the work of graduates of those programs with casts of professional Chicago actors. Next Up continues Steppenwolf's commitment to Chicago's next generation of theater artists and includes three productions presented in rotating repertory, May 28 – June 16, 2013 in The Steppenwolf Garage (1624 N Halsted St). The directors and designers make their Steppenwolf debut under the mentorship of Steppenwolf staff and artists, including ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, associate artist Jessica Thebus and scenic designer Todd Rosenthal-all members of the Northwestern faculty-as well as Steppenwolf Associate Artistic Director Erica Daniels. Tickets to Next Up go on sale March 29, 2013.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Next Up 2013 Line-up
(All plays, artists and dates are subject to change)

The Drunken City
By Adam Bock
Directed by Johnny Michael DiResta

The Internationalist
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Erin Murray

Fat Pig
By Neil LaBute
Directed by David Prete

Support for Next Up comes through the "Leading for the Future Initiative," a program of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding for Next Up has been provided by the Northwestern University School of Communication, the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University and the Northwestern University Department of Theatre. OptionsHouse is the Garage Series Sponsor.

The Steppenwolf Garage is dedicated to new plays, new artists and new audiences for the American theater. It offers artists the opportunity to present their work with the scale, space and resources it merits. For audiences, it provides opportunities to engage in multigenerational conversation about the new, provocative work emerging from Chicago's diverse and vibrant theatre scene. Next Up is part of the Garage Series, which also includes Garage Rep, featuring the work of three of Chicago's most innovative storefront theater companies, and First Look Repertory of New Work, which develops plays for future production at Steppenwolf and other theaters across the country.