Chicago choreographer Winifred Haun on her new full-length piece, Promise: “I first got the idea when I read [Steinbeck’s] East of Eden in 2003 as part of a mother’s book club.” But she didn’t stick closely to the original: “The book is very masculine. It’s all about the men and the activities of the men and the violence of the men.” She’s focused on two underdeveloped female characters.