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JC Clementz is the Casting Director at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and a freelance stage director. As Casting Director at Steppenwolf, and previously at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, JC has cast productions out of Chicago and New York City. Highlights include the world premieres of Tracy Letts' Linda Vista (also on Broadway and at Center Theatre Group), The Minutes, The Doppelganger (an international farce) starring Rainn Wilson, and Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over, which was filmed at Steppenwolf by Spike Lee and made its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. As a freelance director his credits include The All Night Strut!, Murder for Two, Irving Berlin?s I Love a Piano, The Devil?s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, The Doyle & Debbie Show, Forever Plaid (Milwaukee Rep), Waiting: A Song Cycle (The World?s Stage/Cherry Lane, NYC), and Murder for Two (Merrimack Rep). He holds an MFA in Directing from Western Illinois University, and is a proud member of SDC and The Casting Society of America .

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Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Steppenwolf


Check out rehearsal photos for The Thanksgiving Play at Steppenwolf. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: Playwright Larissa FastHorse on THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Steppenwolf


Watch as playwright Larissa FastHorse talks about her The Thanksgiving Play's Chicago premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The production will be directed by Jess McLeod. 

Steppenwolf Theatre's PURPOSE Extends Through Mid May


Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present two additional weeks of performances for its world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ epic family drama Purpose. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: Get a First Look at Steppenwolf Theatre's PURPOSE


Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 48th season with the world premiere of Purpose. Check out footage!

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY Comes to Steppenwolf Theatre Company This April


 Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 48th season with the Chicago premiere of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, a biting comedy about everything right, wrong and woke in America, directed by Jess McLeod. 

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


Check out photos from opening night of Purpose at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Photos: First Look at Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' PURPOSE at Steppenwolf


Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 48th season with the world premiere of Purpose, an epic family drama by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Get a first look at photos.

Video: Watch a Trailer for Steppenwolf's PURPOSE, Directed by Phylicia Rashad


Steppenwolf Theatre Company has released a trailer for their production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' PURPOSE. Watch video footage here!

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, INTO THE WOODS, And More Win 2024 Artios Awards for Casting


Winners have been announced for the Casting Society 39th Artios Awards!

Steppenwolf Theatre's PURPOSE World Premiere Extends Through Late April


Steppenwolf Theatre Company's world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ epic family drama Purpose has added one additional week of performances. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: Phylicia Rashad Directs the World Premiere of PURPOSE By Branden Jacobs- Jenkins At Steppenwolf Theatre Company


Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 48th season with the world premiere of Purpose, an epic family drama by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad. See photos of the company! Purpose will play March 14 – April 21, 2024 in Steppenwolf’s Downstairs Theater.

Video: Get A First Look at A HOME WHAT HOWLS at Steppenwolf


Geta first look at Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ (SYA) world premiere of a home what howls (or the house what was ravine) by Matthew Paul Olmos and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker. Check out the all-new video!

Photos: First Look at A HOME WHAT HOWLS (OR THE HOUSE WHAT WAS RAVINE) at Steppenwolf Theatre


 Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, has released production photos for Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ (SYA) world premiere of a home what howls (or the house what was ravine) by Matthew Paul Olmos and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker. Check them out here!

Video: Glenn Davis on PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


Watch as Steppenwolf Artistic Director Glenn Davis talks about bringing Purpose to Steppenwolf. 'That's what Steppenwolf does best!' Davis can’t say enough about the world premiere of PURPOSE and the incredible lineup of artists assembling to create this incendiary theatrical event.

Laurie Metcalf, Micah Stock & More to Star in LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD World Premiere at Steppenwolf


Steppenwolf Theatre Company has revealed new details, including full casting, for its now-titled world premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road.

Video: Phylicia Rashad on PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company


Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad returns to Steppenwolf to direct the world premiere of PURPOSE, a epic family drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. In all new video, Rashad discusses this powerful show, the exciting process and why she's glad to be back at Steppenwolf.

Steppenwolf Theatre Announces Casting For Chicago Premiere of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY


Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation's premier ensemble theater company, will continue its 48th season with the Chicago premiere of Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play, a biting comedy about everything right, wrong and woke in America, directed by Jess McLeod.

A HOME WHAT HOWLS (OR THE HOUSE WHAT WAS RAVINE) to Begin Performances at Steppenwolf Theatre in February


Steppenwolf Theatre presents the world premiere of 'a home what howls (or the house what was ravine)' by Matthew Paul Olmos.

Harry Lennix and Tamara Tunie Join the Cast of Steppenwolf's PURPOSE


Harry Lennix (The Blacklist, The DC Universe) and Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: SVU, I Wanna Dance with Somebody) will join the cast of its world premiere of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Purpose.

Photos: Take a Look Back at Opening Night of POTUS at Steppenwolf


Take a look back at opening night at Steppenwolf’s POTUS- as it enters two weeks of extension!

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