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Middle Age Gets Interesting In Tracy Letts’ ‘Linda Vista’ At Steppenwolf

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Jason Marck

Steppenwolf Theater is presenting the world premiere of a new comedy by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Letts won a Pulitzer and a Tony in 2008 for his play August: Osage County. And in the meantime, he’s continued to practice his craft. His latest play, Linda Vista, tells the story of a middle-aged man who’s finally trying to grow up. Morning Shift talks to Letts and the play’s director Dexter Bullard about Linda Vista and the current moment in American theater.

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