Patrick Thornton News

Steppenwolf is pleased to announce the Steppenwolf for Young Adults 2008-2009 Season: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, playing October 21 - November 9, 2008; and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton, playing April 21 - May 10, 2009. Both productions will be presented in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. in Chicago.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults opened its season with The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Sean Graney. The production runs through November 4, 2007, in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre.

The winners of Chicago's Jefferson Awards were announced in a ceremony at the DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre (60 Balbo Drive) in Chicago on November 6th

Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati, Gary Griffin, Mary Zimmerman, David Ives and James Lapine, as well as performers Tyler Hanes, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Peil, Hollis Resnik, Anthony Crivello and E. Faye Butler are among the nominees for the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards, which recognize achievement in Chicago-area Equity theatre