Lifeline’s concession stand is not just candy bars and peanuts anymore! Now serving baked goods from Lovely, Too Bakery on Bryn Mawr, Duck for President cookies are only one of our scrumptious new offerings! See the hard-working Lifeline staff below, pressed into service to taste-test the products. Verdict: Delicious! Dorothy Milne Artistic Director […]
Lifeline Has New And Improved Faux Bricks
…(and much less train!) Many thanks to Joe Schermoly and Ben Dawson who led the window improvement project in the theater! “What windows?” you ask? The big windows on the east side of our building facing the train tracks. On the inside of the building, those are in our theater space, the one place that […]
Original Paintings On Stage At Lifeline!
In our Fall MainStage production of The Woman in White, two of our story’s young heroes are artists: one is a highly accomplished painter, the other is his student. Local artist Jessica Brown demonstrated her range in creating both the fine art paintings by the master as well as the amateur efforts of the student. Several […]
(Almost) Naked Man Found In Lifeline’s Basement
Lifeline Production Manager Ben Dawson biked thru the rain to get to work last weekend and thought he was alone in our basement laundry room when he threw his soaked clothes into the dryer. Imagine his surprise when a 20-person tour rounded the corner and came upon him, clad only in his shorts. Tour leader Erica […]
Lifeline Welcomes New Production Manager Ben Dawson!
We are overjoyed to announce the hiring of Lifeline’s new production manager, Ben Dawson. Ben comes to us from The Goodman Theatre where he served as Scene Shop Foreman for the past two years. He is also a company member and production manager at Sideshow Theater Company and the technical director at American Theater Company. Ben […]
Survey winners
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 […]