Bald Sisters at Steppenwolf runs till January 15! / by Francesca McKenzie

“BLINK ONCE FOR BURIAL. BLINK TWICE FOR A FRIDAY FUNERAL. BLINK THRICE IF YOU HATE MY GUTS.”

ABOUT THIS SHOW

Ma is dead; now what happens? Vichet Chum’s world premiere follows two sisters—at odds since birth—as they settle the affairs of their strong-willed, wise-cracking mother while reconciling their family’s Cambodian heritage with its ever-so-complicated American present. Where’s the will? A burial or cremation? And what do we do with Ma’s teeth? Bald Sisters is an irreverent, comedic and ultimately poignant examination of the ties that bind multigenerational families of immigrants together: history, spirituality and humor. 

Playwright Vichet Chum
Director Jesca Prudencio
Dramaturg Polly Hubbard
Scenic Design Andrew Boyce
Costume Design Izumi Inaba
Lighting Design Stacey Derosier
Sound Design & Original Music Pornchanok Kanchanabanca
Projection Design Mike Tutaj
Company Voice & Text Coach Gigi Buffington
Producing Director Tom Pearl
CSA Casting Director JC Clementz
Production Stage Manager Laura D. Glenn
Assistant Stage Manager Jaclynn Joslin
Script Supervisor Emma Sipora Tyler
Assistant Director Karina Patel
Assistant Lighting Designer Erica Lauren Maholmes
Assistant Projection Designer Parker Molacek
Fights & Intimacy Courtney Abbott
Fights & Intimacy Greg Geffrard
COVID Safety Manager Lauren Casson
Tech Cover Lauren Littlejohn
Run Crew Joe Creen
Cultural Consultant Sami Ismat, Thavary Krouch & Sophoan Khoeun

Cast
Coburn Goss
Jennifer Lim
Nima Rakhshanifar
Wai Ching Ho
Francesca Fernandez
Omar Bader
Cheryl Hamada
Jennifer Jelsema
Matt Miles
Stephanie Shum

Joel Moorman and Brandon Jones: Video.
Photo cred: Michael Brosilow

Video

Interview with Vichet Chum
Rehearsal Trailer
The Big Shave with Francesca
Audience Response

Reviews

Chicago Sun Times: “Multigenerational worlds collide in moving, funny and powerful ‘Bald Sisters’ at Steppenwolf Theatre” by Steven Oxman. Review

Chicago Reader: “Mourning and celebrating in the same breath” by Irene Hsiao. Review

Around the Town: By Alan Bresloff. Review

New City Stage: “As American as Buh-Bah Sok-Moin: A Review of “Bald Sisters” at Steppenwolf Theatre” by Tristan Bruns. Review

Chicago Theatre Review: “People are Bitches.” Review