Steppenwolf Theatre Company

06/11/2026

CATCH AS CATCH CAN is now on stage! 🎟️ steppenwolf.org/catch

In Mia Chung’s innovative and wildly inventive CATCH AS CATCH CAN, three actors take on six roles, bridging generation and gender, in a theatrical tour-de-force that asks what happens when people (or plays) refuse to be bound by the roles they're prescribed. Spanning hilarity, stunning virtuosity and reality-distorting horror, this ferocious Chicago premiere—led by an all-ensemble cast—defies expectation at every turn.

NOW PLAYING THRU JULY 12 - tickets are going fast! 🚨

Photos by Michael Brosilow

06/11/2026

Alex Edelman is back in Chicago! Don't miss the NEW show from this Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian! 🎟️ steppenwolf.org/edelman

Alex Edelman:
WHAT ARE WE GOING DO DO
Aug 12-16 — One weekend only! 🚨

After a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run of JUST FOR US at Steppenwolf and around the globe, Alex Edelman returns with another hilarious and thought-provoking dissection of identity: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO. This all-new show finds the Bostonian sweetheart asking different and more unsettling questions. Primarily, should he spend his time doing something else? Should he be saving lives like his physician father? Should he be trying to return to the sense of community he experienced growing up among Israelis and Palestinians? In a show that reckons with the effects of time spent in trauma, Edelman deftly weaves in and out of examinations of faith broadly—not just Judaism—and wonders if, perhaps, there might be better things out there for him.

Very limited engagement — get your tickets now! 🚨

06/11/2026

Hold on tight. CATCH AS CATCH CAN opens this weekend.

📸 Michael Brosilow

06/10/2026

LISTEN 🎧 Ensemble member Gary Cole is on 101.9 THE MIX Chicago podcast!

"You know Gary from movies like Office Space, The Brady Bunch Movie, Talladega Nights, and Dodgeball and TV shows like Veep and NCIS. And now he's back on stage at Steppenwolf..."

Gary Cole joins Chris, Nikki, and Whip to chat about his starring role in the new play Catch As Catch Can on stage thru July 12th at Steppenwolf in Chicago. You

06/09/2026

Check out our upcoming accessible performances of CATCH AS CATCH CAN! Get all the details on services @ steppenwolf.org/access

06/08/2026

This weekend in our 1700 Theater! steppenwolf.org/lookout

SOFTIE by Tim Felton
June 12 & 13 @ 7:30PM

Written and performed by Tim Felton
Devising and Direction by Dean Evans
Artistic Guidance by Abby Pajakowski and Will Sonheim

Sometimes a dad is also a daddy. And sometimes that daddy is also a SOFTIE. Chicago-based comedian, Tim Felton (picture the lovechild of Mr. Rogers, Pee-wee Herman and Buster Bluth), invites you along in his journey as he figures out how to connect with people as he gets older... and softer.

Can we be strong and capable, but also want to be held and seen? Yes, you ding-dong! Part flirting with your barista, part confiding in your bestie, SOFTIE is here to encourage Tim and his audience toward a more transparent pursuit of close, deep relationships.

SOFTIE is making its Chicago debut this year after acclaimed runs at the Fringe Festivals in Vancouver (Sept. 2025) and Orlando (Jan. 2026),where it won Artistic Risk and Spirit of the Fringe awards.

06/08/2026

CATCH A CATCH CAN 🎭 First Weekend Wrap! Mia Chung’s wildly inventive play upends the kitchen sink family drama—and must be witnessed to be believed. 😱🤩🤯

Now playing thru July 12. Tickets are selling fast—get yours now! 🎟️

06/08/2026

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti is bringing her show to Chicago—Aug 6-9 only! 🎟️ steppenwolf.org/nobodycares

"This show is an utterly transparent, self-deprecating romp through my life as a pathological (and now recovering) people pleaser. It has been incredibly gratifying to receive so much positive feedback from such a wide variety of audience members—young women, their mothers and THEIR mothers, gay men (my favorite kind of man), and a special shoutout to boyfriends and husbands who were dragged to the show against their will and are now my 'biggest fans.' While the show features a handful of original songs, it is not a musical. It is a comedy show with music. There’s a difference, I promise!" - Playbill

The Tony winner will follow a London return with performances in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, and more.

06/08/2026

“I feel lucky we’re all in the same room doing this.”

Ensemble members Gary Cole and Amy Morton talk to Daily Herald about reuniting for CATCH AS CATCH CAN, now playing thru July 12!

Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Gary Cole hasn’t stepped onto a Chicago stage in more than 25 years. Since his breakout performance as convicted killer Jeffrey McDonald in the 1984 miniseries �...

06/06/2026

CATCH AS CATCH CAN is now in previews! 🎭✨

Spanning hilarity, stunning virtuosity and outright horror, this ferocious Chicago premiere by Mia Chung—led by an all-ensemble cast—must be witnessed to be believed.

Got your tickets❔They’re going fast❕

📸 Michael Brosilow