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.

Drama Documentary TV Movie

Willem Dafoe

(Role1 / Frankie Machine / Role2 / Blackie Cavanaugh)

Russell Banks

(Narrator)

Don DeLillo

(Max)

Barry Gifford

(Nelson Algren)

Kathy Scambiatterra

(Rose)

Randall Newsome

(Doc)

Martha Lavey

(Simone de Beauvoir)

Rick Kogan

(Studs Terkel)

Dan Simon

(Shag Donohue)