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CHICAGO — Steppenwolf co-founder Terry Kinney has returned to the theater to direct a play called “Another Marriage,” opening later this month.

Greer makes her Steppenwolf debut, starring in Arrington’s own debut as a playwright. Terry Kinney returns to the ensemble theater company he co-founded in 1974 to direct the world-premiere production.

The truth about two star-crossed sisters emerges slowly in Steppenwolf’s intensely plotted production.

Metcalf is slated to star in a yet-to-be-titled work by playwright Samuel D. Hunter, who also penned the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film “The Whale.”

Writer Rajiv Joseph reveals a compelling mishmash in Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago premiere.

The world premiere stage adaptation of Mahogany L. Browne’s young adult novel delivers both dramatically and — in a number of thrilling basketball sequences — athletically.

Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in Chicago’s theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner, has died

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…