In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offenses they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood abuser--but does he want closure or retribution? Bruce Norris's new play Downstate zeroes in on the limits of our compassion and what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness. "A great, squirmy moral-thrill-ride of a play by Bruce Norris…in some ways his most serious, successful and difficult work." – The New York Times Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His plays include: Downstate (Steppenwolf, 2018; National Theatre, 2019); The Low Road (Royal Court Theatre, 2013); Clybourne Park (New York, 2010; Royal Court Theatre, 2010); The Pain and the Itch (Steppenwolf, 2005; Royal Court Theatre, 2007) and Purple Heart (Steppenwolf, 2002). His play Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.