Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company grew from a group of young actors in the 1970s into one of the country’s best-known ensemble theaters, with members including Gary Sinise, Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich. The campus on N Halsted Street in Lincoln Park holds the Downstairs Theater, the Ensemble Theater and a studio space, plus a lobby bar. Productions that start here regularly transfer to New York and Los Angeles. The company sells $20 day-of tickets, half-price rush an hour before curtain and pay-what-you-will seats on Tuesdays, and a RED Card membership gives people under 30 six flexible tickets for a year.

What to know

• Two blocks from the North/Clybourn Red Line stop; the #8 Halsted bus stops out front.
• On-site garage with valet available on performance nights.
• Twenty $20 tickets per performance with code 20FOR20 at noon on show day, limit two.
• Half-price rush tickets one hour before curtain at the box office.
• Preview weeks are priced lower than the main run.