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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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A community dialogue

Recently TimeLine, in collaboration with North Grand High School, presented a one-night-only staged reading of My Kind of Town, the play by John Conroy that puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades; it was directed by Nick Bowling and featured many of the original cast. A presentation of our Living History Education Program, the play reading was followed by a community discussion moderated by ...
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8 questions for Kyle Hatley

There are only 3 more weeks of Danny Casolaro Died For You! And in the spirit of journalistic investigation, before its extraordinary six-actor cast departs the TimeLine stage on December 21, we’ve got six unique interviews with them to share. First up, Kyle Hatley, making ...
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Election Day dramaturgy

I come from a family that votes. I remember being a child in the voting booth with my mother and asking her if it was okay because it was supposed to be private. I have voted absentee, and in boring midterm elections. I research the ...
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A Trumbull update

UPDATE: The community meeting originally scheduled on Thursday, November 13 has been postponed. The meeting will now take place on Monday, November 24 at 6 pm at Trumbull School. For further details, please visit our website … As we shared on this blog a few ...
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Odd things occurring

Politically, I’ve never been one for vast conspiracy explanations of events. Yet, since attaching myself to the production of Danny Casolaro Died for You, which calls public attention to some of the most unsavory unresolved loose ends of the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, ...
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