Behind the ‘Line

My parents were born and raised in Detroit. I went to school in the city and grew up in a suburb on its northern border. Though I’ve called Chicago home for the last 26 years, I will always be deeply influenced by my Detroit roots. Hastings Street in the Black Bottom/Paradise Valley neighborhood during the 1950s, and then in the 1960s after construction of the I-75/I-375 highways. But I’m less proud to admit that prior ...

The Sweet Everlasting How and when to speak out against racial injustice is difficult to navigate, making many of us fearful of saying the wrong thing. But to stay silent is to tacitly approve of these outrages. 2013-2016 Playwrights Collective, Frances Limoncelli. For three years, a small group of playwrights worked with TimeLine Literary Manager Ben Thiem in a series of meetings, workshops and readings to develop a new play from start to finish. We ...