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Carrie Coon headlines Rajiv Joseph's new play Red Folder, presented as part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's virtual Steppenwolf Now initiative. It streams beginning January 27, 2021. Coon narrates the 10-minute work, which is described as an "illustrated short." The plot is described cryptically as follows: "The red folder belongs to a first grader. It is the source of all his woes. Years later, he seeks vengeance." Joseph wrote, directed, and illustrated the piece, which has original music by Chris P. Thompson. The creative team also includes Joel Moorman (editor/animation artist), Christo...

>> and then at 1:00. bam, bam, bam, three texts. i hollered at the officer, come here, beverly texted me. >> it gave everyone hope. >> i was like her phone it died, she got it charged, it's good. >> brenda and stacy got texts of their own. >> our phones started beeping at the same time with texts. >> it was such an eerie feeling. >> what was she saying to you two? >> she said, i'm sorry, my phone has been dead and it's back on. >> concerned brenda used that safety technique the office came up with and texted beverly with the special code. i said "can you tell me if you left the red folder on m...

>> a few years after that, she got her real estate license and her best friends, stacy, brenda and denise say it didn't take long for beverly to build a loyal clientele. >> did she sell a lot of property? >> she was the top listing in 2013. she did over $12 million, which in central arkansas is very well. >> what was it that made her good at closing the deal. >> she had that magic about her. >> she had the bubbly personality that it made you fall in love with the house. >> the women worked together in the same office, though they often said it felt more like play than work. >> we would laugh a...

>> you would say "do you have the red folder on 123 main street?" >> the code they hoped they would never have to use. as her 50th birthday approached, beverly was determined to get in shape. she started running, working her way to up 5k races. >> the reason she started running was the medal. >> she lost nearly 60 pounds and threw herself a big birthday party. she gave herself a present, cosmetic surgery. >> she'd have the tummy tuck but she'd also have implants because she had a lift. and it was kind of a joke because when they put the implants in, they were a little bit larger than she wante...

Everything? ly felt he was hard to read. he would sneak away from time to time, you know, collect his thoughts. >> reporter: then around 1:00 a.m. -- >> all of a sudden bam, bam, bam, three texts. i hollered at the officer, i said come here, man, beverly texted me. >> reporter: word that beverly was texting gave everyone hope especially was ecstatic. her phone died, she got it charged, it's good. >> reporter: across town her friends got texts of their own. >> our phones started beeping at the same time with texts. >> it was like such an eerie feeling. i was like, oh my gosh. >> what was she sa...