Steppenwolf Theatre Co Presents NPR’s Joe Frank in Too Close To Home

NPR radio personality, author and performance artist Joe Frank returns to Steppenwolf Theatre for one night only with his new show Too Close To Home featuring noted guitarist James Harrah and directed by ensemble member Terry Kinney on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, September 16 at 11 am.

Following last year's sold-out performance of Just An Ordinary Man, Joe Frank returns to Steppenwolf's with an all new evening of spoken word and music. Too Close to Home, arguably Frank's most intimate piece for the stage to date, reveals his conflicted relationship with his parents as he recounts his visit with them in a Florida retirement community. Through his unique lens, Frank shines a light on feelings many of us experience with those closest to us: love, empathy, understanding, revulsion, rage, panic, and at times the desire to flee. Moving and funny, uncomfortable and ironic, Too Close to Home offers, once again, a starkly frank perspective.

Joe Frank's weekly one-hour radio show airs in Chicago on WBEZ Sunday nights at 11 pm. He began his radio career in 1977 at WBAI in New York and later served as co-anchor of NPR's All Things Considered in 1978. Over the last three decades he has produced more than 200 radio programs for KCRW and National Public Radio. A Guggenheim Fellow, Frank has been honored with many major industry awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award, two Major Armstrong Awards and two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards for Radio Drama. Over the years, Frank's distinctive approach to making radio has inspired producers around the world to experiment with and stretch the medium beyond traditional boundaries. For additional information, visit www.joefrank.com.

Title: Joe Frank in Too Close To Home
Featuring: guitarist James Harrah
Directed by: ensemble member Terry Kinney
Location: Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Dates: Monday, October 10, 2011
Curtain Times: 7:30 pm
Ticket prices: $29 ($15 student tickets)
Audience Services: 1650 N. Halsted, 312-335-1650
Online ticketing available at www.steppenwolf.org

Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair accessible. Street and lot parking are available. Assistive listening devices and large print programs are available for every performance.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL (Martha Lavey, Artistic Director; David Hawkanson, Executive Director) is where great acting meets big ideas. Our passion is to tell stories about how we live now. Our mission is to engage audiences in an exchange of ideas that makes us think harder, laugh longer, feel more. The company was formed in 1976 by a collective of actors and is dedicated to an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through ongoing group work. Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned ensemble of 43 artists who represent a remarkable generation of actors, directors and playwrights. For additional information, visit www.steppenwolf.org, www.facebook.com/SteppenwolfTheatre and www.twitter.com/SteppenwolfThtr.

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