[Iabs-talk] FW: FW: Steppenwolf Touch Tour and Audio Description of ToKill a Mockingbird

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Subject: Fwd: FW: Steppenwolf Touch Tour and Audio Description of ToKill a
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Calabrese
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:46 PM
To: LIGHTHOUSE
Subject: Steppenwolf Touch Tour and Audio Description of To Kill a
Mockingbird

Our friends at Steppenwolf Theatre report that they still have tickets
available for a special touch tour and audio described performance of the
acclaimed play, To Kill a Mockingbird, on Saturday, October 30.

The touch tour begins at 1:30 pm, and will feature a conversation with
Hallie Gordon (the play's director), an opportunity to explore the stage and
set, and a chance to meet the cast. The audio described performance will
begin at 3 pm.

Steppenwolf has been committed to making its facility and plays more
accessible to people with disabilities.

Tickets are $20 for general public ($15 for students), and can be purchased
in person at the box office at 1650 N. Halsted St, or over the phone (312)
335-1650.

More details are below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRESS CONTACT: Evan Hatfield/Front of House Manager

(312) 932-2445 or ehatfield at steppenwolf.org 

Steppenwolf Theatre Presents

Audio Described Performance and Touch Tour of

To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee

Dramatized by Christopher Sergel

Directed by Hallie Gordon

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Acclaimed American Classic

CHICAGO (October 18, 2010) - On Saturday, October 30, Steppenwolf Theatre
Company will present a touch tour and audio described performance of To Kill
a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, dramatized by Christopher Sergel and
directed by Hallie Gordon.  The production features ensemble member Alan
Wilder with Abu Ansari, Carolyn Defrin, James D. Farruggio, Caroline
Heffernan, Franette Liebow, Zachary Keller, Larry Neumann, Jr., Elaine Roth,
Gary Simmers, Philip R. Smith, Sandra Watson, Bubba Weiler, Claire Wellin
and Dexter Zollicoffer. To Kill a Mockingbird runs in Steppenwolf's Upstairs
Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.  

Set in Alabama during the Great Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows
the journey of Jem and Scout Finch, whose father has been appointed to
defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of assaulting a white woman. As the
trial progresses, Jem and Scout witness their community in a tense tug of
war between justice and racism. This timeless classic compels us to take an
honest look at our nation's past and our moral responsibility to each other.

Steppenwolf's touch tour (which begins prior to the performance at 1:30 pm)
will feature an artistic discussion about the play and its visual elements
with Director Hallie Gordon, as well as an opportunity to explore the stage
and set. Guests will also have a chance to meet the cast, who will introduce
their characters in the play. At 3 pm, Steppenwolf will present the audio
described performance of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Playbills in Braille, audio and large print formats are available for this
performance. 

Tickets are $20 for general public ($15 for students), and can be purchased
in person at the box office at 1650 N. Halsted St, or over the phone (312)
335-1650.

Harper Lee found instant fame after To Kill a Mockingbird was published in
1960. The novel was showered with literary awards, including the Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction in 1961.  After Mockingbird, Lee collaborated with
childhood friend Truman Capote on his nonfiction masterpiece In Cold Blood,
but never published another novel.  She was awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2007. Christopher Sergel's stage adaptations
include Winesburg, Ohio, Cheaper by the Dozen, Up the Down Staircase and
Black Elk Speaks. 

To Kill a Mockingbird design team includes: Collette Pollard (sets), Myron
Elliott (costumes), J.R. Lederle (lights) and Victoria Delorio (sound).
Laura D. Glenn is the Stage Manager and Cassie Wolgamott is the Assistant
Stage Manager.

Title:                                        To Kill a Mockingbird

By:                                           Harper Lee

Dramatized by:                        Christopher Sergel

Directed by:                             Hallie Gordon

Featuring:                                Ensemble member Alan Wilder
(Mr. Cunningham & Judge Taylor) with Abu Ansari (Tom Robinson), Carolyn
Defrin (Jean Louise Finch), James D. Farruggio (Heck Tate), Caroline
Heffernan (Scout Finch), Zachary Keller (Dill & Walter Jr.), Franette Liebow
(Miss Maude Atkinson), Larry Neumann, Jr. (Bob Ewell), Elaine Roth (Mrs.
Dubose), Gary Simmers ( Arthur 'Boo' Radley & Mr.
Gilmer), Philip R. Smith (Atticus Finch), Sandra Watson (Calpurnia), Bubba
Weiler (Jem), Claire Wellin (Mayella Ewell) and Dexter Zollicoffer (Reverend
Sykes).

Location:                                 Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre,
1650 N. Halsted St.

Date:                                        Saturday, October 30 
Touch tour: 1:30 pm  Performance: 3 pm

Public Ticket Price:                 $20 ($15 student tickets available
via phone/box office only)

Audience Services:                  1650 N. Halsted, (312) 335-1650

Online ticketing available at www.steppenwolf.org 

For information on Steppenwolf for Young Adult weekday school performances,
contact the SYA Education Associate at (312) 654-5639.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults' unique approach combines play production with
educational components to enhance arts education for young audiences, as
well as their teachers and families.  SYA creates two full-scale
professional productions each season specifically for teens.  Working
closely with the Chicago Public and metropolitan area schools and other
community partners, SYA annually ensures access to the theater for more than
15,000 participants from Chicago's diverse communities.  The initiative also
includes post-show discussions with artists; classroom residencies led by
Steppenwolf-trained teaching artists in more than 30 classrooms in 14 public
high schools; professional development workshops for educators; and the
Young Adult Council, an innovative year-round after school initiative that
uniquely engages high school students in all areas of the theater's
operations.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the Corporate Sponsor of Steppenwolf for Young
Adults.

Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is
wheelchair accessible.  Street and lot parking are available.  Assistive
listening devices are available for every performance in the Upstairs or
Downstairs Theatres.

Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration
of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre
Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American
theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships
and contributing new works to the national canon.  The company, formed in
1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of
mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work.
Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of 43 artists
whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting and textual adaptation.

For additional information, visit www.steppenwolf.org
<http://www.steppenwolf.org/> , www.facebook.com/SteppenwolfTheatre
and www.twitter.com/SteppenwolfThtr.

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