“THERE IS AN EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING.”
Kevin Artigue’s compelling “Sheepdog” is set mostly in a suburban home in Cleveland. It’s 2017, and the two central figures in the gritty drama—Amina (Leslie Ann Sheppard), an African-American woman, and Ryan (Drew Schad), a white man—are both patrol cops and partners for the Cleveland Division of Police. Amina narrates the story of the relationship between the two in Shattered Globe Theatre’s Chicago premiere production, which is directed by Wardell Julius Clark and opened Sunday at Theater Wit.