The Inconvenience's HIT THE WALL Gets Final Five Performances at Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf Theatre Company adds five additional performances to the acclaimed, sold-out production of Ike Holter's Hit the Wall, directed by Eric Hoff, presented by The Inconvenience. The new play now runs through April 22 as part of Steppenwolf's Garage Rep, after selling-out the first extension in a matter of hours. The ensemble cast of ten remains intact for the extension, with Daeshawna Cook in the role of Roberta (originally played by Shannon Matesky).                          

Final five performances of Hit the Wall:

            Thursday, April 19 at 8pm

            Friday, April 20 at 8pm

            Saturday, April 21 at 8pm and 10:30pm

            Sunday, April 22 at 4pm 

It's the summer of '69 and the death of music icon Judy Garland has emboldened her gay followers. A routine police raid on an underground Greenwich Village hotspot erupts into a full-scale riot, the impetus of the modern gay rights movement. That's the well-known, oft-rehearsed myth of Stonewall, anyhow. Smash that myth against the vivid theatrical imagination of playwright Ike Holter, add a howling live rock 'n' roll band, and you get the world premiere play, Hit the Wall. Remixing this historic confrontation reveals ten unlikely revolutionaries, caught in the turmoil and fighting to claim "I was there." Hit the Wall features Walter Owen Briggs*, Manny Buckley, Daniel Desmaris, Desmond Gray, Steve Lenz, Layne Manzer, Shannon Matesky (Daeshawna Cook during the extension week), Rania Salem Manganaro, Arturo Soria and Mary Williamson* with musicians John Cicora*, Josh Lambert and Ryan Murphy.

The 3^rd annual Garage Rep also features Oohrah! by Bekah Brunstetter, directed by Brad Akin, presented by LiveWire Chicago; andHe Who, written and directed by Michael Montenegro, presented by Theatre Zarko. Oohrah! and He Who must close April 8, 2012.Tickets to all three Garage Rep productions ($20) are currently on sale and can be purchased by contacting Audience Services at 1650 N. Halsted St., calling (312) 335-1650, or visiting www.steppenwolf.org/garage.