Steppenwolf's LINDA VISTA By Tracy Letts To Open At Mark Taper Forum

Pulitzer and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") brings his insightful new comedy to the Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Dexter Bullard, the Steppenwolf production of "Linda Vista" will be produced by Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum January 9 through February 17, 2019. The opening is set for January 16.

Letts' bitingly hilarious play "Linda Vista" tells of Wheeler, a 50 year-old man who is floating. His marriage is over, his job is mundane and the best years of his life appear to be behind him. A move from the cot in his ex-wife's garage to his own apartment opens up new possibilities for love, sex and maybe a taste of redemption.

Full of opinions, yet short on self-examination, Wheeler must reconcile the man he has become with the man he wants to be in this searing work that resonates with a new sense of sobriety in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times called "Linda Vista" "a male midlife crisis tragicomedy of epic proportions" and The Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout said it "might just be Mr. Letts' best play yet."

Tracy Letts is an award-winning playwright, actor and Steppenwolf ensemble member. He is the author of plays "Mary Page Marlowe," "The Scavenger's Daughter," "Superior Donuts," "August: Osage County" (Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award), "Man from Nebraska" (Pulitzer Prize finalist), "Bug" and "Killer Joe." Also an actor, he received the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?." TV and film credits include "Lady Bird," "The Lovers," "Christine," "Elvis and Nixon," "The Big Short," HBO's "Divorce" and two seasons as Senator Lockhart on Showtime's "Homeland."

"Linda Vista" was commissioned by and the world premiere presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL in April 2017; Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director and David Schmitz, Executive Director.

Photo Credit: Madeline Long