Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to participate in Chicago Theatre Week, taking place February 11-21, 2016! Specially-priced Theatre Week tickets go on sale starting tomorrow, January 5th for more than 100 productions throughout Chicago, including our very own Midnight Cowboy and Sparky. For information on all the great offerings happening city-wide, click here or on the […]
Category: General Thoughts
The Summer of Love!!
Lifeline recently bid sad adieu to the phenomenal intern class of Summer 2014: Left to right: Julianna Donaher (directing major at DePaul), Browyn Sherman (recent graduate from Loyola), Claudia Roy (acting major, Columbia), Martin Hanna (acting major ISU), Emily Wills (acting major, Northwestern), and Bo Johnson (Comedy Writing & Performance major, Columbia College) This group excelled […]
Lifeline Celebrates the Holidays!
Lifeline’s annual holiday party was so romantically lit that my photos all look like they were taken underwater and lit by jelly fish. Every year we invite all cast and crew, board, staff, ensemble and interns for the season, and this year about 75 Lifeline peeps gathered on December 8th for the party. We had […]
Our Block Rocks: Neighborhood News!
The Rogers Park Parents group had a terrific Halloween celebration on Glenwood Avenue this year: crafts, games, candy — and a magician! The event is usually in Jarvis Square but was on Glenwood Ave this year due to the construction at Jarvis. We have a new neighbor on Glenwood Ave! Welcome to Armilla: A Voyage Home. […]
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 […]
Openings and Welcomes
How to Survive enters the home stretch! Opening January 8, How to Survive a Fairy Tale was in tech over the holidays. While the rest of us were sipping eggnog, our valiant Fairy Tale team was figuring out how to make a book fly like a bird and other magical acts. This show is especially […]
Autumn goings-on
THE NEW YORK FREAKIN’ TIMES calls The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! “One of the best children’s shows of the year. Case closed.” Yowza! This adaptation by ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric (from the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith) first played at Lifeline in 2007 and has since had productions all over […]
Summer at Lifeline Theatre! (No longer the slow season of our year.)
CHECK OUT OUR NEW PROGRAMMING! The Lifeline Storytelling Project has begun! I’m a huge geek for the personal storytelling form and I’m a 17-year veteran of the solo-performance/storytelling scene. I am super-excited for this opportunity to encourage a new generation to explore this form. Fifteen Lifeline-affiliated artists are currently participating in solo writing/performing workshops with […]
Upcoming events!
The spring and summer are always busy here at Lifeline, and this year is no exception. Join us in the coming months for some wonderful events, festivals and special programming… LAURIE KELLER VISITS LIFELINE On Sunday, April 10th at noon, Arnie the Doughnut author/illustrator Laurie Keller, will join us for a FREE meet-and-greet and book […]
Welcoming New Volunteers
Lifeline welcomes our newest volunteers… Jason Weinberg Jason is a 2010 Columbia graduate with a B.A. in Acting. Jason is assisting Rob with the casting files, Erica with audience surveys, and tackling light storage with Cortney. He is an organizing whirlwind and we are delighted to have him with us. Jason is also a musician, […]