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Playwright David Ives sits on the set of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of "The School for Lies," directed by CST artistic director Barbara Gaines and adapted by David Ives from Moliere's "The Misanthrope," in the Courtyard Theater December 4, 2012–January 20, 2013.
(From L to R) Deborah Hay (Celimene), Greg Vinkler (Oronte), Kevin Gudahl (Acaste), Paul Slade Smith (Clitander), Ben Carlson (Frank), Judith-Marie Bergan (Arsinoé), and Heidi Kettenring (Eliante) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s "The School for Lies," directed by CST artistic director Barbara Gaines and adapted by David Ives from Molière's "The Misanthrope," in the Courtyard Theater December 4, 2012–January 20, 2013.
Meet David Ives, the playwright who grew up in the shadow of South Chicago’s steel mills, attended Catholic schools, headed off to Northwestern University and the Yale Drama School, and gradually began to forge a reputation for the sparkling verbal acrobatics of both his original …