Chicago Fire’s David Eigenberg Flexed His Theater Kid Muscles In This Episode – Looper

As David Eigenberg noted in the interview above, his initial training as a stage actor was put to good use during the special filming conditions imposed by the storyline of the “My Lucky Day” episode. He also appreciated that, in addition to allowing him to tap into his previous life performing plays, the constrained elevator environment represented an intriguing visual change from the usual “Chicago Fire” spectacle of huge structure fires and similar large-scale action sequences. “Shooting this episode was so much fun,” he said. “It was a bit of a step out of where we normally go.”

But the fact is, Eigenberg isn’t the only team member at Firehouse 51 drawn to the experience of ‘treading the boards’ of a playhouse stage. For instance, Chief Wallace Boden actor Eamonn Walker started his acting career in British theater. He also appeared on a local Chicago stage in 2016, acting with the famed Steppenwolf Theater in its production of “Between Riverside and Crazy.” That same year Monica Raymund, who played former firefighter and paramedic Gabby Dawson on “Chicago Fire,” entertained audiences in “Thaddeus and Slocum” at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre.