Muscular, gritty, blistering — they’ve all been used often to define Chicago theater. And while they might be cliche, Raven ...

Company veteran Caroline Neff and newcomer Nick Gehlfuss perfectly inhabit the volatile couple in Sam Shepard's twisted love ...

Fool for Love” — 4 stars In “Fool for Love,” two ex-lovers reunite one fateful night to shed plenty of bad blood. But this ...

Perhaps the sexiest, most haunting play of the 20th century, Fool for Love is a twisted and tequila-soaked love letter from Sam Shepard, one of the greatest American Playwrights, indulging the ...

Stepping into a character role featured in any of the plays by the late playwright Sam Shepard takes both the chosen actor ...

CHICAGO – There are always life lessons in a Sam Shepard plays, especially under the production magic of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. “Fool for Love,” first staged in 1983, is currently at ...

Many of the best moments in this new production of Sam Shepard’s play are thanks to the gutsy Caroline Neff as May.

Take a seat in Steppenwolf’s mainstage theater and enter the world of “Fool for Love,” Sam Shepard’s 75-minute play dating from 1983.

Yet none of them can claim Shepard’s fire. The man had something. He gnawed that bone until it broke. Sam Shepard, dead at 73. Long may he live in repertory.