Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Last post of 2009 Before the year comes to a close I am excited to share with you the news of the last weekend. On Saturday the 19th our production […]
The Dragon has arrived!
The Last of the Dragons opened this weekend! We’ve got songs, sword fights, a talking parrot and — of course — a DRAGON! Oh yes, we totally have a dragon. The story calls for a 70-foot beast and Lifeline only has a 26 foot stage, but that did not deter our dragon-maker, Joanna Iwanicka, because […]
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 […]
Mrs. Caliban Sneak Peek
We had a really fun subscriber/donor event on Sunday. The theater was swept completely bare and everyone who walked in said, “Whoa! I’ve never seen the space empty before.” It was a fleeting state, so don’t rush over to see. Monday morning began the load-in for The Last of the Dragons. The season marches […]
Doro’s creative process
Several folks have asked me for text copies of a short piece I performed at the recent City Lit 30th Anniversary Benefit (some of it originally written/performed for The Callback, a radio show podcast out of Strawdog Theatre back in 2007). I am perplexed. I have no idea if a performance piece will work […]
A partial telling of the Story of the London Underground
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. A partial telling of the Story of the London Underground It should be no surprise that a major part of my visiting London involved a growing fascination with the London Underground. I tried to […]
Rememberance Day
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Rememberance Day Being in London so close to Remembrance Day meant that the cultural heritage of war was very present. Everywhere you looked there were red “poppies” – signifiers of a society that shall […]
Where Old Bailey revives the Marquis de Carabas
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Where Old Bailey revives the Marquis de Carabas I walked along the south bank of the Thames and caught up with the HMS Belfast to check it out before moving on to take a […]
December updates
Arrr! G’bye mateys! The Treasure Island/Dooby Dooby Moo set is gone. It is in little bitty pieces in the big dumpster in our driveway — except for the 800 pound telephone poles (ship masts) which have been wrestled into storage by the mighty Ian (heroically assisted by Barney Chin, Travis Zywica and our intern […]
Who ARE these people?
Note: This is a cross-posting from Paul Holmquist’s “Neverwhat?” blog, chronicling his research for directing our spring MainStage production of Neverwhere. Who ARE these people? I’m going to let you folks who’ve never been on the inside of a New Theatrical Adaptation Process in on a little secret: the process of creating a live performance […]