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Tracy Letts' 'Superior Donuts' Premieres at Steppenwolf

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Superior Donuts

A World Premiere by Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Tracy Letts

Directed by Ensemble Member Tina Landau

  June 19-Aug 17


Steppenwolf's Overview

"Arthur Pryzbyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. Steppenwolf concludes the season with acclaimed ensemble member Tracy Letts' provocative world premiere comedy about the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.

Ensemble member Tracy Letts is the author of Man from Nebraska, which was produced at Steppenwolf in 2003 and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize; Killer Joe, which has been produced in Chicago, London and New York; and Bug, which has played in New York, Chicago and London. His play August: Osage County debuted at Steppenwolf in July 2007. In addition, Letts won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for August: Osage County."

Jon Michael Hill and Michael McKean in Superior Donuts

Photo by Michael Brosilow





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