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Steppenwolf Theatre Company taps Anna D. Shapiro as artistic leader and will upgrade campus
Original Publication Date: October 2, 2014 4:00AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 9:58PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Steppenwolf Theatre Company is fixing up its Chicago home and making a change in its artistic leadership.
The respected company said Thursday that Martha Lavey, the theatre’s artistic director since 1995, will be replaced by longtime ensemble member and award-winning Broadway director Anna D. Shapiro.
Shapiro won the Tony Award for directing Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage County,” helmed the Michael Cera-led “This Is Our Youth,” now playing in New York, and will soon turn to a play written by comedian Larry David. She will take over at Steppenwolf in fall 2015.
The company also said it will add two new buildings on campus — a 400-seat flexible theatre and a black box space. Steppenwolf stages 16 productions a year on three stages and attracts an annual audience of 200,000 people.
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