These plays, all written by Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright and Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts, share at least one thread: a world off-kilter. These gripping pieces create the opening landscape of this season and will mark a bridge between where we have been and where we are going.

Teams of teenagers battle it out in a pop quiz and activity competitions.

Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill sends her relationship into a tailspin because her onstage nudity bothers her boyfriend.

A small-town couple with big dreams of making their family complete must persevere through infertility and tragedy.

A glimpse into various people's ever-changing relationships over the course of a day

Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.

Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.

Hailing from different strata of society, cancer patients Roy (Jayaram), Soorya (Kunchacko Boban), Amir (Jayasurya) and Gauri (Meera Jasmine) become friends in a hospital and decide to live the rest of their lives fulfilling their wishes.

A gentle, gifted piano prodigy enters an arts high school and gets swept into the chaos of teen friendship, rivalry, first love, and all the messy growing-up vibes that come with it.