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 […]
Category: Outside Events
Donuts and fables
The doughnut is out of the box! (Again!) Arnie goes to New York!!! Remember just last spring, when Frances and George wrote a delicious little musical called Arnie the Doughnut? Well, Arnie has received a big honor. It is one the musicals selected for the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). So Arnie is packing […]
The further adventures of The 13 Clocks puppet-stars
Since the closing of The 13 Clocks in 2011, puppet-stars Zorn and Saralinda (designed by Chelsea Warren) have been resting quietly in velvety-royal fleece bags in a cozily padded shoebox in Lifeline storage. But St. John’s Episcol Church was casting for their Epiphany Pageant (interweaving the traditional story of the birth of Jesus, the three […]
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 […]
Mile of Murals
Our Education Director (and local artist) Lea Pinsky and her husband led the Mile of Murals project here in Rogers Park this past summer, a collaborative effort by 14 local artists. One of the artists, Paula Clayton (of Signature Mural & Finish) put together this video documenting their summer’s work. The Mile of Murals is […]
Betsy & CCM opening
Click Clack Moo opened on Sunday the 17th with two sold out shows that totally rocked the house. Congrats to all! Besides great shows, we had a bunch of other excitement: “Udderstudies” to the rescue! We’d like to thank and congratulate Rachel Renee and Mallory Nees for being rock star understudies who really saved the […]
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 […]