I lost a special friend (or perhaps a quirky uncle) with the passing of Donald Westlake yesterday. I wish I were speaking of a literal friendship. It would have been a wonderful takeaway from my experience in adapting his novel Trust Me on This for our stage in 2003. But the truth is we met […]
Donald Westlake
Sad news today. Comic crime novelist, Donald Westlake, is dead at 75. He wrote about a gazillion novels and numerous screenplays and is considered one of the best mystery writers of our time. Many of us at Lifeline got to meet Mr. Westlake and his wife Abby Adams in 2003 when they came to see […]
Closing three shows, opening two…
Good Lordypants. Closing three shows at once (Duck for Prez, Dorian Gray, Zorro at TBC) is totally like moving. You know that part of the move where everything you own is in chaos at your feet and you can’t find anything because you started to pack all organized but in the end everything was thrown […]
Mariette Meet & Greet/Read-Through: An Actor’s Perspective
On Monday, December 1, we had our Meet & Greet for Lifeline’s next Mainstage production, Mariette in Ecstasy, adapted from Ron Hansen’s novel by ensemble member Christina Calvit (A Room With a View, Jane Eyre, Far From the Madding Crowd) and directed by ensemble member Elise Kauzlaric, whom you’ve seen on our stage many times […]
To build a flying machine…
WE SPIN WE TWIRL WE SAIL WE SWIRL WE PLUNGE WE DROP ASCEND AND STOP Our first rehearsals began officially a week ago and already we’re tackling some of the most challenging aspects of the script. Working with Rob (ensemble member, Robert Kauzlaric) as adapter on a few projects now I know to expect heightened […]
Welcome!
Look at us! We’re getting all bloggy! Can you even believe it? Welcome — and thank you for visiting our blog. As I type, I’m humming along with the Duck for President curtain call reprise that’s floating up from the stage below. I hear the school buses idling out front and hope we can get […]