Did you know that Lifeline Theatre provides free theatre education to over 500 students in 6 Rogers Park elementary schools every year? To continue offering this program throughout the 2013-14 season, we’ve launched our Back To School Campaign to raise $7,000 by December 1st. As part of this campaign, Alex Kyger (Lifeline’s Development Director) interviewed some […]
An interview with Julie Ganey
Did you know that Lifeline Theatre provides free theatre education to over 500 students in 6 Rogers Park elementary schools every year? To continue offering this program throughout the 2013-14 season, we’ve launched our Back To School Campaign to raise $7,000 by December 1st. As part of this campaign, Alex Kyger (Lifeline’s Development Director) interviewed some […]
RPAA’s Art Round Trip: A Walking & Riding Art Tour in Rogers Park!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2013 – 12:00PM TO 5:00PM Rogers Park Arts Alliance presents Art Round Trip, an inaugural tour of exhibitions, open studios, galleries and performance. Bike, walk or ride the Red Line to experience the arts in Rogers Park. Start at Loyola Avenue and travel north to Morse, Jarvis and Howard Street. Bring the […]
An interview with Matt Fletcher
Note: This is a guest posting from Clare O’Connor, production dramaturg and assistant director for our fall MainStage production of The Killer Angels. Matt Fletcher, Producing Artistic Director of Sideshow Theatre Company, makes his Lifeline debut as the Troubadour in The Killer Angels. Q: You’ve got a pretty prominent role as the Troubadour. Are you actually in […]
An interview with Jeff Shaara
Note: This is a guest posting from Clare O’Connor, production dramaturg and assistant director for our fall MainStage production of The Killer Angels. Jeff Shaara is a historical novelist, having penned eight New York Times bestsellers. He is the son of Michael Shaara, and he wrote the prequel and sequel to his father’s Pulitzer prize-winning […]
An interview with Karen Tarjan
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 […]