Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey Puts Actors First

The first time Martha Lavey performed with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, she was naked in body paint playing a South American Indian. Her then acting teacher John Malkovich cast her in what she calls a “notorious” production of Christopher Hampton’s “Savages,” alongside Laurie Metcalf, Glenne Headly, and Terry Kinney. She was living her dream.  Famously started in a school baseme…

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