Each season, we draw the name of one person that filled out our audience surveys to receive a complimentary subscription the following year. Congratulations to Anne Fogarty (KidSeries) and Ann Bradlow (MainStage) for winning this year’s drawing! And thanks to everyone for their patience as the extension of Pride and Prejudice moved the drawing back […]
Lifeline welcomes summer intern Autumn McConnico!
Autumn McConnico grew up in Pensacola Florida and first became interested in theater in high school when she took a drama class to fill an elective. She expected to hate it and ended up loving it. When applying for colleges, Autumn’s drama teacher mentioned that Chicago was a great city for theater — so even […]
Lifeline welcomes summer intern Mary McDermott!
Mary McDermott hails from the Village of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. She describes herself as a bookworm and has been involved in drama since she was 8 years old. Mary is a student at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology. The Conservatory has a relationship with Columbia College here […]
Lifeline bids sad adieu to production manager Cortney Hurley
After serving over six years as Lifeline Theatre’s Production Manager, Cortney Hurley is leaving to pursue new adventures. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks for the time she spent with us: wrangling budgets, climbing ladders, troubleshooting antique light systems, scheduling meetings, solving problems and finding new and exciting designers and technicians amongst her vast […]
Thank you!
Wow! Lifeline’s benefit last night (“An Austen Soiree”) was a ball! (Seriously, we were in a ballroom!) Plus we raised a bunch of dough. THANK YOU to the cast of Pride and Prejudice and all our artist friends who suited up in regency wear to create the ambience. Thank you to Aly Renee Amidei for […]
Pride and Prejudice is selling like hot cakes. Hot. Cakes.
Yowza! Pride and Prejudice is a runaway train! Audience demand is such that we announced a 4-week extension about two minutes after we opened (or, as fast as the press release could be typed)! Erica also reports that two different couples buying tickets have told her that coming to Lifeline to see P&P together 20 […]
Pride and Prejudice EXTENDS!
BREAKING NEWS: Due to unprecedented ticket demand, we are thrilled to announce a four-week extension of Pride and Prejudice! Now running through July 8, 2012 (no performance 6/24) […]
The Entail that Drives a Novel
Note: This is a guest posting from Maren Robinson, production dramaturg for our spring/summer MainStage production of Pride and Prejudice. “I do think it is the hardest thing in the world, that your estate should be entailed away from your own children, I am sure, if I had been you, I should have tried long […]
The Regency you might not know might seem strangely familiar
Note: This is a guest posting from Maren Robinson, production dramaturg for our spring/summer MainStage production of Pride and Prejudice. The clothing, the customs and the class system of the Regency may seem distant from our own time, but ongoing foreign wars, a fragile economy, criticism of the wealthy and an active Evangelical movement could […]
Congratulations!
The 2012 Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations were announced today, and… Congratulations to ensemble member John Hildreth (New Adaptation), Mikhail Fiksel (Sound Design), Richard Gilbert & David Bareford (Fight Design), and Joanna Iwanicka (Puppet, Mask & Video Design) for their Jeff nominations for Watership Down! And to Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) and Aly […]