Behind the ‘Line

The process of putting up a show at TimeLine is always both exhilarating and exhausting. But that may never be more true than when we produce a show away from our home on Wellington Avenue. It’s so exciting to explore a new space and bring our work to expanding audiences. But at the same time, it presents some incredible challenges. This season, when we mounted 33 Variations at Stage 773, the biggest challenge for production ...

Today is the official Opening Night for TimeLine’s 51st production — the world premiere of John Conroy’s My Kind of Town. In July 2009 I got an email from John, introducing himself and inviting TimeLine’s Company Members to a reading of a play he was working on that he thought was a good fit with our mission. I regret to note that I was not familiar with John or his writing, despite the fact that ...