Fake October 24, 2009

Steppenwolf presents 'Fake,'written and directed by Ensemble member Eric Simonson. In 1914, renowned mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invites four guests to his English country home. Each visitor has a connection to the infamous "Piltdown Man," purported to be the missing link between ape and man--later exposed as a hoax. Swinging back and forth through time, 'Fake' investigates how "Piltdown" rattled assumptions about evolution, faith and science--and how we are transformed by our quest for the truth.