{"id":38867,"date":"2022-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/professor-directs-chicago-theatre-production\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:38:59","slug":"professor-directs-chicago-theatre-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2022-08-02\/professor-directs-chicago-theatre-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Directs Chicago Theatre Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of Directing Robin Witt is the director of the successful production of the U.S. premiere of Simon Stephens\u2019s play \u201cLight Falls.\u201d The play, which runs at Chicago\u2019s Steep Theatre through August 13, received <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Chicago-Tribune_Light-Falls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a stellar review in the<em> Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>: \u201cWitt\u2019s production, for the record, is simple, kind and exquisite,\u201d wrote <em>Tribune <\/em>theatre critic Chris Jones. In addition to directing the show, Witt received a Faculty Research Grant to commission composer Thomas Dixon, with whom she has frequently collaborated, to write the music for \u201cThe Great North Road,\u201d a song that weaves through the production. Witt wrote the song&#8217;s lyrics. Witt is a prominent director in the Chicago theatre world, directing productions for the Steppenwolf, Griffin, and Goodman theatres, in addition to the Steep. She has won multiple awards for her work and has been described as \u201cfearless,\u201d \u201ca powerhouse,\u201d \u201cgalvanic,\u201d and \u201cunstinting\u201d in the Chicago press. <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/robin-witt\">Learn more about her work<\/a>. <em>Pictured: The cast of Steep Theatre&#8217;s production of &#8220;Light Falls&#8221; by Simon Stephens. 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