Art in the lobby! Lifeline is proud to feature the work of Rogers Park artist Jhenai Mootz on our lobby walls. Both the box office wall and concession stand area are now bedazzled with an exciting assortment of Jhenai’s ceramic tiles. Make sure to look for the tiles that are specially themed to Lifeline shows […]
Category: General Thoughts
Introductions
Time for an introduction! I’m Tiffany Keane, one of the newest interns here at Lifeline, and the assistant director/dramaturg of Wuthering Heights. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing inside scoop on the rehearsal process and interesting historical research that I’ve come across about the world of the play. It’s been a very exciting […]
News
Welcome to new ensemble members, Hainsworth and Walsh! We are joyful and proud to announce our newest ensemble members: Chris Hainsworth and Christopher Walsh. You’ve seen them both a number of times at Lifeline (most recently Treasure Island and Neverwhere! Chris Hainsworth as Isreal Hands in Treasure Island Christopher Walsh as Mr. Vandemar in Neverwhere […]
Jeff nominations & the Streetscape
Glenwood Avenue Arts District dominates the Non-Equity Jeff nominations! Not only did Lifeline Theatre receive 13 Jeff nominations this year (the most of any company), but near-neighbors BoHo and Theo Ubique received 11 apiece, making us the three companies who received the most nods. BoHo and Theo Ubique are both on Glenwood Avenue, just a […]
Updates
Benefit 2010: The Floating Market It was crazy ambitious. We had just a few hours to install a Floating Market into the Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center. And due to the masterminds on our team, it appeared like magic — just like in the book! Thanks to Alan for bringing his experience […]
Latest News
The Blue Shadow opened on March 14th. Playwright Nambi Kelley, assisted by her nephew Xavier, created the play using folk tales from five different cultures and set the story in a Rogers Park classroom. (Nambi went to Field Elementary School just down the street!). The show also features extremely catchy music by composer Joe Plummer. […]
Lifeline needs your help
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Enter the Floating Market… Lifeline is seeking volunteers to work at our 2010 Annual Benefit: Neil Gaiman’s Floating Market on April 19, 2010 the Chicago Cultural Center. We are recreating the Floating Market as conceived by Neil Gaiman is his bestselling book, Neverwhere. There will be food, drink, belly dancers, fire dancers, a […]
Welcome, Meredith!
Welcome to Meredith Crilly of Chicago Semester Lifeline welcomes new intern Meredith Crilly, who will be with us full-time until early May. Meredith hails from Knoxville, Tennessee and is a junior Theatre and Art double-major at Dordt College in Iowa. She comes to us through the Chicago Semester program which places students from rural colleges […]
Doro’s creative process
Several folks have asked me for text copies of a short piece I performed at the recent City Lit 30th Anniversary Benefit (some of it originally written/performed for The Callback, a radio show podcast out of Strawdog Theatre back in 2007). I am perplexed. I have no idea if a performance piece will work […]
December updates
Arrr! G’bye mateys! The Treasure Island/Dooby Dooby Moo set is gone. It is in little bitty pieces in the big dumpster in our driveway — except for the 800 pound telephone poles (ship masts) which have been wrestled into storage by the mighty Ian (heroically assisted by Barney Chin, Travis Zywica and our intern […]