'Pass Over' envisions a Godot-like endgame for young black men
The playwright's final scenes further rob the play of its potential impact.
The playwright's final scenes further rob the play of its potential impact.
To your average absurdist of the mid-20th century, the act of waiting for nothing in particular, of pointlessly passing the time, was an apt metaphor for the misery of the human condition. B…
PROVOCATION PLUS DISRUPTION" 2017 GETS ITS PLAY! Ever since artistic director Anna Shapiro took over Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Chicago mecca hasn't been afraid to upset an audience. S…
Danya Taymor directs the play by Antoinette Nwandu.
In Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic "Waiting for Godot," the iconic characters Vladimir and Estragon pass their time in the great outdoors by waiting. Sure, the guy they are expecting neve…
Danya Taymor replaces Liesl Tommy as director of the world premiere play by Antoinette Nwandu.
Danya Taymor will direct Antoinette Nwandu's "Pass Over," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Monday. Taymor replaces the previously announced Liesl Tommy as director. Ryan Hallahan also j…
Antoinette Nwandu debuts her new play at Steppenwolf in Chicago.
Pass Over, a mash-up of the biblical Exodus story and some Godot-inspired absurdity set in a modern urban wasteland, asks if there is a Promised Land for black men in...
FABLES, when dramatized, need something extra. On stage, "Candide" and "Once Upon a Mattress" had satire, comedy and music.