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William Petersen & the theater

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Billy and the Theater
His first love

William Petersen quote;
"Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater." (on what he plans to do after "CSI")

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The beginning;

It was while studying on a football scholarship at Idaho State University that the Evanston, IL, native first discovered his love for the stage, and though the popular jock initially signed up for drama classes as a means of boosting his grade point average, his love for the stage soon surpassed his grip on the gridiron. A post-graduate move to Spain found Petersen studying Shakespearean acting, with a subsequent return to the States leading the burgeoning actor to Chicago. In addition to an association with the famed Steppenwolf Theater, Petersen and several of his peers co-founded Chicago's Remains Theater Ensemble in 1980.

The Chicago Tribune Article October 2008

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The experience was good for Petersen, who will be performing the play again starting next month in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. WP - "I feel differently about the Chicago theater audience than I do about anybody else," Petersen explained. His experience growing up and learning his craft in the theater shaped him as an actor, and it keeps him grounded. "That's why I always come back to Chicago," he said. "That's why I'll always stay in Chicago."
Coming Home article 12th October 2008 by Rick Kogan - Read the full transcript by following the link below;
chicagotribune.com

He has a production company called, High Horse (with friend & fellow CSI producer) Cynthia Chvatal

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Full list of Theater productions he has performed in;

1978 -Dillinger - Victory Gardens Theater. His first Actor's Equity production

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In 1979 - William Petersen was a co-founder with a group of fellow actors, of the Remains Theater Ensemble in Chicago

Productions from 1980 - 1985;

Canticle of the Sun - Wisdom Bridge Theater, Chicago

Sixty Six Scenes of Halloween. Remains Theater, Chicago

Balm in Gilead by Lanford Wilson. Joe Conroy. Remains at Steppenwolf , Chicago

1982 - Tooth of Crime by Sam Shepard. Hoss. Remains theater, Chicago (Joseph Jefferson Award nominated)

Moby Dick. Remains Theater, Chicago

In 1983, Petersen starred as Jack Henry Abbott in In the Belly of the Beast which he performed at the Wisdom Bridge Theater in Chicago, at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

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1st April 1984 - Fool for Love by Sam Shepard. Eddie. Steppenwolf theater, Chicago

Directed by ensemble member Terri Kinney
Featuring ensemble members Randall Arney ,William Petersen and Rondi Reed with Glenne Headly and Les Podewell

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1984 - A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Stanley Kowalski. Stratford ?

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1984 - 1986 Gardenia by Dan Grady. Goodman Theater

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1994 - 1996 - A Class " C " Trial in Yokahama. Chicago Theater Project with Remains

The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan. Joe. Goodman Theater

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. James Lingk. Goodman Theater.

He also directed Traps and Farmyard at Remains in the early 1980's as well.

1986 - Days and Nights Within . Organic Theater

1986 - Puntila and His Hired Man by Bertold Brecht. Matti. Organic Theater

1987 - Big Time by Keith Reddin. Remains

1989 - Speed the Plow by David Mamet. Bobby Gould. Wisdom Bridge Theater and the Kennedy Center in D.C

1991 - American Buffalo by David Mamet. Teach. Remains

1992 - Once in Doubt by Raymond J Barry. Remains

1992 - The Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Remains

In 1993 - Petersen made his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Reverend Shannon. Goodman Theater The Night of the Iguana.

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1998 - Flyovers by Jeffery Sweet. Ted. Victory Gardens Theater.

2006 - A Dublin Carol by Conor Mcpherson : John Plunkett. Trinity Rep, Providence

November 2008 - A Dublin Carol by Conor Mcpherson : John Plunkett. Steppenwolf, Chicago

July 2009 - Blackbird Victory Gardens, Chicago

Whats next for Billy in 2009?

Follow the link for more information;
Billy @ The Victory Gardens Theater 2009

Blackbird @ Chicago Victory Gardens Theater

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