Steppenwolf Theatre Company Announces 'Teacher Tales'

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce Teacher Tales: Stories from the Frontlines, the final show in its 2008 Traffic Series.  The one-time performance, which explores the failures and victories that define Chicago's educators, will play Sunday, June 1, 2008 in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.

In Teacher Tales: Stories from the Frontlines, Dr. Robert Boone and friends provide a look "behind the curtain" at the motivational moments that define teaching for some of Chicago's finest educators.  From crashing failures to exhilarating victories, these teachers' tales will leave audience members with a new appreciation for the influential leaders in all our lives.  Additional stories from Curie Youth Radio will provide funny and candid insight as teachers talk about themselves on tape.

Dr. Robert Boone is the founder of Young Chicago Authors, publishers of Say What Magazine and home of the highly acclaimed teen poetry festival "Louder Than A Bomb."  The production is directed by Steppenwolf's Director of the Traffic Arts Series Sylvia Ewing.

Title:                            Teacher Tales: Stories from the Frontlines

Directed by:                 Sylvia Ewing

Featuring:                    Dr. Robert Boone, Bill Ayers, Idris Goodwin, Amanda Klonsky, Mike Larson, Bob Lawrence, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Billy Lombardo, Mike Milkie, Robbie Q. Telfer, John Scornazcco and Avery R. Young, with audio from Curie Youth Radio

Location:                     Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre

Dates:                          Sunday, June 1, 2008

Curtain Time:               3:00 p.m.

Ticket price:                 $25

Audience Services:      1650 N. Halsted, 312-335-1650

Online ticketing available at www.steppenwolf.org

"Traffic continues Steppenwolf's season-long conversation about what it means to be an American – this time with a decidedly made-in-Chicago focus. Traffic provides a vibrant platform for dialogue between our multi-generational audience and an eclectic pool of artists," comments Director of the Traffic Arts Series, Sylvia Ewing.  "Traffic provides the opportunity for Steppenwolf to be a place where people come together for an experience that bridges entertainment and discovery, the familiar and the unknown."

Steppenwolf's Traffic Series brings together artists of all disciplines and casts them as storytellers in one night only presentations on the Steppenwolf stage. Traffic provides an intimate and unique intersection of language, lyrics, poetry and music, creating a fresh perspective on expressing the American story.

Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) records various one-night only Traffic events for later broadcast as part of its partnership with Steppenwolf.

Traffic artists stay at The Talbott Hotel, the official hotel of Steppenwolf's Traffic Series.

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

Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships and contributing new works to the national canon.  The company, formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work.  Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of forty-one artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking and textual adaptation.

For high-res artwork, please e-mail drosenberg@steppenwolf.org.

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