Note: This is a guest posting from Clare O’Connor, production dramaturg and assistant director for our fall MainStage production of The Killer Angels. Continuing her 20-year involvement with Lifeline Theatre, Karen Tarjan is the adaptor of The Killer Angels. She is a founding member of the Beau Jest Moving Theatre of Boston, and Seanachai Theatre […]
An interview with Hal Jespersen
Note: This is a guest posting from Clare O’Connor, production dramaturg and assistant director for our fall MainStage production of The Killer Angels. Hal Jespersen is a freelance cartographer specializing in maps of the American Civil War. His work has been featured in books, journals, and magazines, as well as Wikipedia, for which Jespersen has […]
Building a Theatre of Inclusion
Building a Theatre of Inclusion: Perspectives on Asian American Casting and Producing On February 18, 2013, Silk Road Rising, the League of Chicago Theatres and Lifeline Theatre will host a panel discussion and community conversation that will address challenges faced by Asian American actors, particularly as regards casting, questions that theatres face in producing plays […]
Chicago Theatre Week
Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to participate in the first-ever Chicago Theatre Week, taking place February 12-17, 2013! Specially-priced Theatre Week tickets are now available to over 75 productions throughout Chicago, including our very own The City & The City and The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost. For information on all the great offerings happening city-wide, […]
Directing Theatre for Children
The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost received a rousing audience response on opening this past weekend and I am so proud of the thrilling work of my cast and crew. Hearing the squeals of delight and excitement from the young patrons in the house gives an incomparable sense of accomplishment. I have found, in my […]
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 […]
Meet Fall Intern Rebecca Munley!
Rebecca is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and was drawn to Lifeline because of her keen interest in adaptation. Though she entered NU as an actor, Rebecca soon discovered that her real passion lay behind the scenes — and noted that a director gets to be involved with every part and person in the […]
Sneak Peek Duet! (The City & The City and The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost
Because December is crowded (have you noticed how crowded it is?) we scheduled two sneak peek events at exactly the same time. Sneak peeks are our special events for donors and subscribers where we do a little behind-the-scenes preview of upcoming shows and enjoy some wine and cheese and mingling. On the December 8th Sneak […]
Lifeline Welcomes Aly Amidei to the Lifeline Artistic Ensemble!
Aly Amidei is one of the busiest, most sought-after women in show business and we are honored that she accepted our invitation to join the Lifeline artistic ensemble. Aly is both a writer and a designer and has designed costumes for Lifeline productions of Watership Down, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Woman in White […]
Sneak Peak of “Fillet of Solo” Results in Laughter!
Lifeline offers “Sneak Peek” events to our subscribers and donors a few weeks early in the rehearsal process of every Lifeline show. These events are among my most favorite things we do because they give Lifeline staff and artists the opportunity to get to know our biggest fans and supporters. The Sneak Peek event for […]