Chicago's William Petersen looks beyond 'CSI' to a return to the stage

The Chicago Tribune mentioned today that William Petersen may be returning to the Chicago stage. I'd go see him, just to see how his acting varies from the Grissom character, who is starting to irritate me.

Home, for the Evanston-born actor, is the Chicago stage. And he’s in talks with Victory Gardens Theater, which gave him his first starring role, about appearing in one of the company’s 2007 productions. (Petersen also says he’d like to work at Chicago Shakespeare Theater or the Goodman Theatre.)“I’ve been talking to [artistic director] Dennis Zacek at Victory Gardens, and we’re going to do a play as soon as we can get enough time to make it worth everyone’s while,” Petersen says. “I plan to go back to Chicago and do plays starting next year.”Zacek says he’d love to get the actor into one of his 2006-07 productions, which will be staged at the company’s new home at the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue. But if the work Zacek has in mind doesn’t pan out, he and Petersen may end up teaming up in the 2007-08 season.