DOWNSTATE

Performances Begin January 8, 2025

BY BRUCE NORRIS
LOCATION VICTOR SHARGAI THEATRE
DIRECTED BY DAVID MUSE

Downstate is a button-pushing play from provocateur Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park) that looks at the limits of compassion, the desire for retribution, and what happens when society decides some acts are unforgivable. In downstate Illinois, at a group home for registered sex offenders, four men are living with the realities of post-incarcerated life. When a man shows up to confront the piano teacher convicted of abusing him as a child, events begin to build to an explosive conclusion in this riveting play that the New York Times calls “a squirmy moral thrill-ride.”

SHOW INFORMATION

Runtime: TBD

Please note late seating will be determined at the discretion of House Management.

In the interest of welcoming people with a wide range of needs and life experiences, Studio offers a bit of information on what you will encounter in the play. Use this information as it is helpful to you.

Downstate is generously underwritten by Susan and Dixon Butler & Sari Hornstein.

Calendar

The Artists

Cast

Understudies

U/S ANDY/DEE/GIO

Neil Dawson

U/S EM/IVY/EFFIE

Lenny Mendez

U/S FRED

Nick Torres

U/S FELIX/COPS

Hansel Ramirez

Production Team

SET DESIGN

Alexander Woodward

COSTUME DESIGN

Danielle Preston

LIGHTING DESIGN

Stacey Derosier

SOUND DESIGN

Kenny Neal

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER

Robb Hunter

DRAMATURG

Chad Dexter Kinsman

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

John Keith Hall

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Delaney Dunster

CASTING

McCorkle