Nelson Algren Live

A performance of some of Nelson Algren's greatest and least known works, performed live at the Steppenwolf theatre in Algren's hometown, Chicago.

• Oscar BucherDirector
• Nelson AlgrenWriter
• Barry GiffordWriter
• Dan SimonWriter

• Willem DafoeRole1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
• Russell BanksNarrator
• Don DeLilloMax
• Barry GiffordNelson Algren
• Kathy ScambiatterraRose
• Randall NewsomeDoc
• Martha LaveySimone de Beauvoir
• Rick KoganStuds Terkel
• Dan SimonShag Donohue