Award-winning stage, film and television actor Jimmy Smits makes his Chicago stage debut this season at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro’s second staging of The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Stephen Adly Guirgis’s hit new play. Smits plays addiction recovery sponsor Ralph D., joining the previously announced cast featuring Sandra Delgado, Sandra Marquez, John Ortiz and Gary Perez. The Motherf**ker with the Hat begins early January. Visit, www.steppenwolf.org for more information.