Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
1650 N Halsted St
312.335.1650
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Ensemble members Tracy Letts and Francis Guinan in Steppenwolf's American Buffalo, Photo by Callie Lipkin
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Dec 3, 2009 – Feb 14, 2010
Tuesdays–Sundays
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$20 - 77
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The fast-talking machismo of Glengarry Glen Ross earned David Mamet international acclaim and a 1984 Pulitzer Prize, but by then he'd long been mining the dark vein of American desperation. American Buffalo, for example, is the tale of three small-time criminals who plot to steal a valuable coin collection. As in Glengarry and Speed-the-Plow, its plot is sublimated in the dialogue: characters scheme and vie for control, power dynamics shift, and the big prize hangs in the balance. The battle profanely rages, at once telling a story and depicting a small, specific world with its own moral code and colorful argot.
