An interview with Elise Kauzlaric

At the heart of every show you see at Lifeline Theatre is the work of our dedicated artistic ensemble. These 27 Chicago artists are continuously proposing new titles for production, hosting script readings, providing feedback on projects in development, commissioning music, meeting with designers, attending rehearsals, and slating projects for future seasons of award-winning shows.  To […]

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Ensemble member Elise Kauzlaric accepted into London Master’s Degree program!

All of us at Lifeline are busting our buttons over Elise Kauzlaric‘s recent acceptance into an intensive Master of Arts program in Actor Training and Coaching at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.  Elise packed her bags shortly after The Woman in White opening and will not return to us until late summer […]

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Lifeline is all over the freakin’ NATION!!

Check it out Los Angeleños:  L.A. Theatre Works celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Pride and Prejudice with Christina Calvit’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, returning from the first leg of a 25-venue national tour for five performances, Nov. 15-18, at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater. There, the production will be recorded in front of […]

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Congratulations!

The 2012 Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations were announced today, and… Congratulations to ensemble member John Hildreth (New Adaptation), Mikhail Fiksel (Sound Design), Richard Gilbert & David Bareford (Fight Design), and Joanna Iwanicka (Puppet, Mask & Video Design) for their Jeff nominations for Watership Down! And to Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) and Aly […]

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Donuts and fables

The doughnut is out of the box! (Again!) Arnie goes to New York!!! Remember just last spring, when Frances and George wrote a delicious little musical called Arnie the Doughnut? Well, Arnie has received a big honor. It is one the musicals selected for the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). So Arnie is packing […]

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Ensemble update

Our ensemble members are busy, busy, busy this winter! See below for a short list of just some of the projects our company members are working on right now. You can currently see Patrick performing in A Number with BackStage, and there’s still five more weekends to catch Alan, Jim & Shole‘s contributions to our […]

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Autumn goings-on

THE NEW YORK FREAKIN’ TIMES calls The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! “One of the best children’s shows of the year. Case closed.” Yowza! This adaptation by ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric (from the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith) first played at Lifeline in 2007 and has since had productions all over […]

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News

Welcome to new ensemble members, Hainsworth and Walsh! We are joyful and proud to announce our newest ensemble members: Chris Hainsworth and Christopher Walsh. You’ve seen them both a number of times at Lifeline (most recently Treasure Island and Neverwhere! Chris Hainsworth as Isreal Hands in Treasure Island Christopher Walsh as Mr. Vandemar in Neverwhere […]

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Eric Lane Barnes news

Lifeline emeritus ensemble member Eric Lane Barnes making splashes across the nation It has been 10 years since Eric left Chicago for Seattle to become the assistant artistic director of and composer for the prestigious Seattle Men’s Chorus.  You can check out all that he’s doing and his ginormous catalogue of musical compositions and the […]

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