On the Air – MEMBERS ONLY

Part 4: Santa Claus

Featuring: Bilal Dardai (Claus), Anthony Kayer (Jack Frost), Heather Currie (Necile), Patrick Blashill (Ak), Jenifer Tyler (Queen Zurline), Manny Tamayo (Gnome King), Katie McLean Hainsworth (Flossie), Amanda Link (Glossie), James E. Grote (Will Knook/King of the Sleep Fays), Peter Greenberg (Prince of Knooks), Dorothy Milne (Queen of the Fairies), Andrés Enriquez (Prince of Ryls/King of the Wind Demons), & Sandy Snyder Pietz (Queen of the Water Sprites)

Adapted & Directed by: Christopher Hainsworth

Music by: John Benedeck

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock

Adapted by: Christina Calvit

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Featuring: Elise Kauzlaric (Writer), Rohan Link Francisco (Jackson), Allison Cain (Time), & Anthony Kayer (Santa Claus)

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Part 3: The Toymaker

Featuring: Bilal Dardai (Claus), Patrick Blashill (Ak), Manny Tamayo (Gnome King), Heather Currie (Necile), Anthony Kayer (Jack Frost/The Stranger), Jenifer Tyler (Ryl 1), Amanda Link (Ryl 2/Village Child), Sandy Snyder Pietz (Ryl 3/Queen of the Water Sprites), James E. Grote (Ryl 4/King of the Sleep Fays), Allison Cain (Shiegra), Katie McLean Hainsworth (Mayrie/Bessie), & Dorothy Milne (Queen of the Fairies)

Adapted & Directed by: Christopher Hainsworth

Music by: John Benedeck

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Part 2: Manhood

Featuring: Manny Tamayo (Gnome King), Patrick Blashill (Ak), Heather Currie (Necile), Peter Greenberg (Prince of Knooks/Farmer), Andrés Enriquez (Prince of Ryls), Anthony Kayer (Jack Frost), & Bilal Dardai (Claus)

Adapted & Directed by: Christopher Hainsworth

Music by: John Benedeck

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Part 1: Boyhood

Featuring: Sandy Snyder Pietz (Queen of the Water Sprites), James E. Grote (King of the Sleep Fays), Andrés Enriquez (King of the Wind Demons), Manny Tamayo (Gnome King), Anthony Kayer (Jack Frost), Dorothy Milne (Queen of the Fairies), Jenifer Tyler (Queen Zurline), Heather Currie (Necile), Patrick Blashill (Ak), Allison Cain (Shiegra), & Bilal Dardai (Claus)

Adapted & Directed by: Christopher Hainsworth

Music by: John Benedeck

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 4: Cornucopia of Four

Featuring: Dorothy Milne (“What’s My Deadline?”); Amy Sumpter (“Mix Tape”); Jay D. Lenn (“London with Clark”); & Claudia Reilly (“Zoomsgiving”)

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 3: Revelations

Featuring: Kurt Naebig (“Riding A Wind Storm”); Betsey Manzoni (“Meet You At the Big Rock”); & Jay D. Lenn (“In the Bleak Midwinter”)

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Tales of Poe: An Exclusive Interview

Featuring: Ensemble Members Dorothy Milne, Chris Hainsworth, & Bilal Dardai

Moderated by: Artistic Director Ilesa Duncan

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 2: Communication Trouble

Featuring: Connie Shirakawa (“The Homeless Ghost”); Ligia Sandoval (“An Immigration Story”); & Andrew Stam (“Harmonizing with my Dad”)

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 1: Things I Learned In School

Featuring: Allison Cain (“The Sword of Damocles”); Georgia Knapp (“Spunky”); & Dorothy Milne (“Bad Bart”)

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 4: The Conqueror Worm/The Fall of the House of Usher

Featuring: Jenifer Tyler; & Christopher Hainsworth

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 3: Annabel Lee/The Tell-Tale Heart/The Bells/The Masque of the Red Death

Featuring: Phil Timberlake; James E. Grote; Elise Kauzlaric, James E. Grote, & Peter Greenberg; Elise Kauzalaric & Anthony Kayer

Directed by: Bilal Dardai

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media


Episode 2: The Cask of Amontillado/The Raven/Never Bet The Devil Your Head

Featuring: Peter Greenberg & Patrick Blashill; Andrés Enriquez; Anthony Kayer, Katie McLean Hainsworth & Chris Hainsworth

Directed by: Chris Hainsworth

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media

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Episode 1: Berenice/The Black Cat

Featuring: Bilal Dardai & Patrick Blashill

Directed by: Dorothy Milne

Produced by: Lifeline Theatre & Sound Concept Media

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Introducing: On the Air

Chicago’s Lifeline Theatre is known for telling Big Stories Up Close! Lifeline explores, interprets, and reimagines books and other literary works to create stories that move us beyond the margins of our own lives. With our partner Sound Concept Media, we present our new podcast, Lifeline On the Air! A new way to bring our one-of-a-kind stories even closer…right into your headphones!

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