The Sound

We open TONIGHT! Fleetwood Mac: The Album: The Musical is an unauthorized outdoor one-woman show, and that one woman...is Beth Hyland!

Beth Hyland (Stephie; Book/Music/Lyrics) is excited and scared to return to acting for the first time since 2014, when she unsuccessfully tried to make herself cry in a Gruesome Playground Injury scene study class. She hopes FM: TA: TM can be a first step toward becoming the Girl Mike Birbiglia.

All Photos by Joel Maisonet

Will Sonheim, Simon
Hometown: Arkadelphia, AR
What was the first CD you ever bought? The Juno Soundtrack...Weird Al and Tenacious D we’re both Christmas gifts so those don’t count.
Favorite musical? Newsies. My brother and I would wash the dishes to the first four or five songs on The Newsies CD growing up and writing this now I’m just realizing that we were belting songs about child labor laws while my parents watched.
Favorite concert you've seen in Chicago? Oh man. Caroline Rose freaking rocked so hard last year.
What's your go-to pre-show pump up song? Losers by Bell Brigade or Better Son Or Daughter by Rilo Kiley or Don’t Wanna Be Cool by Donny Trumpet or probably a three-part cocktail of those. I cheated! I choose all music!
What's one thing that you relate to about your character? I think about humor as a fundamentally empathetic and redemptive tool and I also make jokes about p**p. (shot on film by Ella Pennington) @ Chicago, Illinois

So unbelievably excited to announce that Seagulls (by Beth Hyland, directed by Rebecca Willingham) will be part of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series this summer! Stay tuned for full casting and more information to come 💥

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