LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD

About the show

A HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED COLLABORATION BETWEEN THREE THEATRE LEGENDS Ensemble Member Laurie Metcalf comes home to Steppenwolf to star in Little Bear Ridge Road(formerly Untitled), a comic, cosmic and intimate world premiere, penned by MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunterand directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello. In the outer limits of rural Idaho, the last two estranged members of the Fernsby family tree, a reclusive aunt and her gay nephew, reunite to sort the mess left behind after a troubled father's passing. They now face an uncomfortable and universal question: how do we deal with other people? And is connection more trouble than it’s worth? As their relationship begins anew, the two reluctant Fernsbys—separated by age and experience—start to understand the joys and perils of letting someone else into your own story, even if only for a moment.