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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 Collective members Alice Austin, John Conroy, Emily Dendinger, Frances Limoncelli, Susan McLaughlin Karp, and Brett Neveu, who were in residence from 2013 to 2016. The ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 who guessed correctly! In the end, “Test Your Blink” was a tougher challenge than we anticipated! 471 audience members submitted ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Welcome Maggie!

Maggie Fullilove-Nugent TimeLine is pleased to announce that Maggie Fullilove-Nugent is the company’s new Production Manager, effective today! Maggie replaces Josephine Kearns, who is stepping aside to focus on other projects after serving as a ...
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