Nelson Algren Live

Nelson Algren Live

Release: 2016

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

Cast

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh
Russell Banks

Russell Banks

Narrator
Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo

Max
Barry Gifford

Barry Gifford

Nelson Algren
Kathy Scambiatterra

Kathy Scambiatterra

Rose
Randall Newsome

Randall Newsome

Doc
Martha Lavey

Martha Lavey

Simone de Beauvoir
Rick Kogan

Rick Kogan

Studs Terkel
Dan Simon

Dan Simon

Shag Donohue