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A conversation with Leigh Fondakowski

Writer/director Leigh Fondakowski (LF) shares reflections on the play and the process of creating it with Artistic Director PJ Powers (PJP). (PJP) What first drew you to the story of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the BP oil spill? (LF) I was asked by Wesleyan University to co-teach a class with a distinguished environmental scientist by the name of Barry Chernoff. Dr. Chernoff and I took a group of Wesleyan students to Louisiana to teach them about ...
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Happy 100th, Mr. Miller

Welcome to TimeLine’s 19th season! Today we open The Price, commemorating the 100th birthday of the celebrated playwright Arthur Miller this fall. This marks the third time that we’ve presented one of this master’s plays, following up on two of TimeLine’s most acclaimed productions—The Crucible ...
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Latest Trumbull News

Over the last year, TimeLine has publicly expressed an interest (see below) in the Trumbull School building in Andersonville at the corner of Ashland and Foster Avenues. This evening, Alderman Patrick O’Connor announced that Svigos Development has been named the winner of the bidding process ...
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What would you fight to save?

In a time of crisis, what would you fight to save? An obvious first instinct is to protect yourself and your loved ones. But beyond that, what items are most valuable to preserve? Perhaps a family heirloom, or letters, or books? Photographs? A piece of ...
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In a room together

[These plays] are about the need to talk, the need to listen, the need for theatre, and the need to be in the same room together … It is also my hope that they are about the need to know, in some small and even ...
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9 questions for Jamie Vann

Today we conclude our interviews with the six-actor cast of Danny Casolaro Died For You. To wrap up the series here's Jamie Vann, who returns to TimeLine, having previously appeared in The Farnsworth Invention, to portray six dramatically different characters in this play.
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14 questions for Philip Earl Johnson

Next up in our series of interviews with the remarkable six-actor cast of Danny Casolaro Died For You: Philip Earl Johnson. Phil is making his TimeLine debut in this show, portraying multiple roles, including the sinister Robert Nichols.
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5 questions for Demetrios Troy

It's Day 3 of our series of interviews with the astounding six-actor cast of Danny Casolaro Died For You. Here's Demetrios Troy, who appeared in TimeLine's Blood and Gifts in 2013 and returns in this production as Thomas Vacarro, the cousin who encourages Danny as ...
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10 questions for Mark Richard

We're continuing our series of interviews with the amazing six-actor cast of Danny Casolaro Died For You before they depart the TimeLine stage on December 21. Today, Mark Richard.
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