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 […]
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Meet Lifeline’s Fall intern, Logan Toftness
Lifeline welcomes Logan Toftness, who is interning here through February and comes to Lifeline by recommendation of ensemble member Kevin Gawley. Logan is a recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Theatre Department, where Kevin heads the Scenic & Light Design Department. Logan’s areas of interest are writing, directing and all things theater. Logan […]
Meet Fall Intern Rebecca Munley!
Rebecca is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and was drawn to Lifeline because of her keen interest in adaptation. Though she entered NU as an actor, Rebecca soon discovered that her real passion lay behind the scenes — and noted that a director gets to be involved with every part and person in the […]
Clare Roche, Master Electrician, Brightens Lifeline With New Lights!
Lifeline is excited to welcome back Clare Roche for another season as Lifeline’s master electrician. Clare hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and became interested in theater in high school while watching it from the orchestra pit. As a violin player, Clare always played for the high school musicals. When her school produced Man of La Mancha, it […]
Fanny and Hester Retire From the Stage (For Now)
Show mice Fanny and Hester took a curtain call with the cast on closing night of The Woman in White. Named after two character’s from Wilkie Collins‘ book that did not make it into the play, Fanny and Hester took turns starring opposite Chris Walsh as pets of his villainous but mouse-friendly Count Fosco. Hester remained a […]
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 […]
Long-time Lifeline funder, S&C Electric, gives Lifeline team a tour!
On March 30th, Lifeline staff, interns and ensemble were given a private tour of the S&C Electric facility just a few blocks from Lifeline. The trip was arranged between Alex (our shiny new development manager) and Sue Keyes of S&C, who is our main contact and advocate there. The S&C Electric Company was founded in […]
Welcome to our new interns!
Lifeline welcomes two new interns… Georgia Knapp, who will be with us through June. Georgia was born in England, grew up in Guantanamo Cuba, then lived in Germany for a couple years (where she learned the language) before her family settled in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. She notes that she was named Georgia long before […]