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 Dorothy Milne - Artistic Director
Dorothy has been the Artistic Director of Lifeline Theatre since 1999 and an ensemble member since 1992. She has directed nineteen productions at Lifeline, receiving a Non-Equity Jeff Award (Direction) for Around the World in 80 Days in 2003; and Non-Equity Jeff Nominations (Direction) for Pistols for Two, Jane Eyre (for which she also received an After Dark Award), Strong Poison, and Gaudy Night. She most recently directed The Mark of Zorro. Outside of Lifeline, she directed Little Brother and Stardust for Griffin Theatre. Back in 1992, she received an Equity Jeff Nomination for her direction of Eleemosynary at Interplay Theatre Company. Dorothy is also a 14-year member of the writing-performing collective Sweat Girls.
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 Allison Cain - Managing Director
Allison was the Executive Director of The Factory Theater from 2001-2008 (where she remains an ensemble member), and the Artistic Director of Studio 108 from 1991-1998. She received her training at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbia College in Chicago and has worked almost exclusively on new work since 1990, in Los Angeles, Connecticut, Scotland and Chicago. For the past 25 years, Allison has concurrently been working in the corporate world, 13 of those years as a Human Resources professional. Allison is thrilled to have made the full-time transition to the not-for-profit theater world where she remains committed to the production of new works. Lifeline audiences will recognize Allison from her performances in Johnny Tremain, Crossing California, The Mark of Zorro and Mariette in Ecstasy. She has also been seen in numerous productions with The Factory Theater and other fine theaters throughout the Chicagoland area over the past 17 years.
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 Robert Kauzlaric - Marketing Director & Casting Director
Robert is a member of Lifeline’s artistic ensemble and has been working with the company since 2000. He has appeared on the Lifeline stage in nearly a dozen productions, including Around the World in 80 Days (Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards: Supporting Actor-Play and Ensemble), and The Mark of Zorro (After Dark Award: Outstanding Production). He has written four world premiere stage adaptations for Lifeline, including The Island of Dr. Moreau (winner of five Non-Equity Jeff Awards, including New Adaptation and Production-Play) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Non-Equity Jeff Nomination: New Adaptation), and he directed Lifeline's MainStage production of Treasure Island. Robert spent eight years doing group sales and marketing in the hotel industry, and five years as a freelance website designer and webmaster.
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 Lea Pinsky - Director of Education
Lea began her professional arts career in theatre by earning her BFA at NYU and acting on Broadway in the 1997 Tony-winning revival of A View From the Bridge. She then returned to Chicago to pursue an MA in Performance Studies at Northwestern University, and transition her career to arts education. Over the last 10 years in Chicago, she has managed and taught youth arts programs with Columbia College Chicago, Urban Gateways, the City of Evanston, Chicago Humanities Festival, After School Matters, Art Encounter, and Steppenwolf Theatre. As a teaching artist, she focuses on murals and beautification projects for schools and community spaces.
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 Erica Foster - Operations Manager
As Lifeline's Operations Manager, Erica is in charge of all audience services and oversees the entire front-of-house staff. Erica has stage managed many MainStage productions at Lifeline, including Treasure Island, The Mark of Zorro (both the original production and the remount at Theatre Building Chicago), Queen Lucia: A Musical Romp (which she also assistant directed), Johnny Tremain, The Talisman Ring (2005), The Sirens of Titan, The Killer Angels, The Shadow, Around the World in 80 Days, Cat's Cradle and Cooking with Lard. For the KidSeries, she has stage managed Snowflake Tim's Big Holiday Adventure, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, and The Rescuers.
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Cortney Hurley - Production Manager
Cortney is excited to be kicking off her fourth season with Lifeline after working on such productions as The Island of Dr. Moreau and The Mark of Zorro. Previous production management positions include the last three seasons at Strawdog Theatre, Ellen Under Glass with the House Theatre of Chicago, and One False Note with Plasticene. She currently serves as the Production Manager and General Manager at Strawdog Theatre, as well as the Assistant Production Manager at Theater on the Lake since 2004.
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 Ian Zywica - Technical Director
Ian works throughout Chicago as a freelance Scenic Designer and Technical Director. While being the staff Technical Director at Lifeline Theatre, he has also designed and built The Robber Bridegroom (Griffin Theatre); Once On This Island and Miracle on 34th Street (Porchlight Music Theatre); and The Last Barbecue (16th Street Theatre). Upcoming designs include Over the Tavern (Noble Fool Theatre), Into The Woods (Porchlight Music Theatre), and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (The Gift Theatre).
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