William Petersen Joins Steppenwolf Ensemble
I think it’s wonderful that a true theater guy like Billy has been able to create enough financial freedom to do exactly what he wants to do. This is also a treat for the diehart Billy fan like myself. It means that they’ll be more opportunities to see Billy preform live. Here’s the official announcement.
I am delighted to announce that William Petersen has accepted our invitation to join the Steppenwolf ensemble. Many of you remember Billy from the early days of the ensemble when he acted with us in Balm in Gilead and Fool for Love.
Billy was one of the founders of Remains Theatre, the original company of both Amy Morton and Gary Cole. Remains and Steppenwolf grew up together in the Chicago theater scene of the late 1970s and ’80s and many of our company members have known one another and worked together for years. Our founders, Gary, Jeffrey and Terry recently approached me to suggest that we extend the invitation to Billy to join Steppenwolf when it became clear that Billy would be concentrating, once again, on working on stage and maintaining a base in Chicago. As you know, Billy is now on our stage in our production of Dublin Carol and will be acting in Blackbird at Victory Gardens later this season.
We are very fortunate to have our long-time friend officially a member of our company.
Sincerely,
Martha Lavey
Congratulations to the theater and Billy.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I truly enjoy Williams part in CSI and will miss him dearly the show will not be the same without him.