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Writing history, with space and time

As we welcome a second group of playwrights in residence as part of TimeLine’s Playwrights Collective, the company’s new-play incubator, we wanted to reflect on all the incredible work that has happened since the program was first launched in 2013. Over the past three years, I’ve worked closely with the emerging and established playwrights who were part of the inaugural Playwrights Collective, including Alice Austin, John Conroy, Emily Dendinger, Frances Limoncelli, Susan McLaughlin Karp, and ...
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Playwrights Collective, Round Two

TimeLine is overjoyed to announce the four playwrights who will be in residence during 2017 and 2018 with the Playwrights Collective, our new-play incubator. Tyla Abercrumbie, Will Allan, Maureen Gallagher, and Calamity West ave been named to the Playwrights Collective, joining the ranks of inaugural Playwrights ...
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A guide to creating infinity

… or, how to make an infinity mirror (and only break 2 mirrors in the process) In early conversations about A Disappearing Number, the team at TimeLine had many long discussions about the idea of infinity, both mathematical and metaphorical. We wanted the lobby experience ...
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A reminder of all that connects

I’m not a math guy. Never really have been and never really aspired to be. Like many “creative types,” the thought of math, equations or formulas makes my eyes glaze over and blood run cold. In college, I used my theatre curriculum as a protective ...
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An intense collaborative process

A Disappearing Number calls for projections, mathematics on stage, live music, Indian dance, time travel, altered sound and a set that magically transforms itself. When first created by Complicite, the play was devised collaboratively, and TimeLine’s approach to this new production also has been incredibly ...
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Influential Women Leaders: Your Suggestions

With a fond farewell, this weekend we closed Kate Hennig’s The Last Wife—a bold, modern twist on the life of King Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr. If you were able to join us during the run, you know that part of our lobby display for The Last Wife was devoted to inspirational women leaders from throughout history. With an intimate lobby space, we could only fit 20 plaques up on the wall, so we ...
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Test Your Blink: The Results

So many of you tested your blink on the five images we had in the lobby during the run of Bakersfield Mist that it has taken us some time to tally the answers and give you the results, plus pick prize winners from among those ...
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An interview with Kate Hennig

During rehearsals, TimeLine’s Associate Artistic Director (and director of The Last Wife) Nick Bowling (NB) caught up with playwright Kate Hennig (KH). Playwright Kate Hennig (NB) You are a well-known actress, particularly for your work at the Stratford Festival and throughout Canada. I know you ...
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Trumbull Project Update

Today it was announced via 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O’Connor that TimeLine has ended our involvement with developer Svigos Asset Management’s project to renovate the Lyman Trumbull Elementary School in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. It had previously been announced in August 2015 that Svigos had won ...
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The Context: Teri Horton

Everybody knows a fairy tale starts out, ‘Once upon a time’ but a truck driver’s tale starts out ‘You ain’t gonna believe this shit.’ – Teri Horton Teri Horton pictured with her painting on a poster promoting the documentary about her journey. Bakersfield Mist is ...
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