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Our Julia story

I’m a foodie. Rivaled only by the theater, the kitchen is my chosen sanctuary and laboratory, and I gluttonously imbibe all things epicurean—magazines, websites, cookbooks, gadgetry, you name it. Like many of you who might share this passion—swept up by the current Food Network, farm-to-table, slow food, organic-frenzied, Top Chef, gastronomic universe—it all started long ago through a link to Julia Child. We all have our own Julia story. Mine begins as a teenager in ...
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Celebrating 100 years of Baird Hall

The cornerstone of Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ was laid on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, 1910. The church celebrated its centennnial with a special benefit event on October 23. Last weekend, several of my TimeLine colleagues and I had the opportunity to attend a ...
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2010 Equity Jeff Awards

TimeLine enjoyed a great evening celebrating the 2009-10 Chicago theatre season last night, celebrating with friends and colleagues from this amazing theatre community, and capping the night with the 2010 Equity Jeff Award for Outstanding Production, Play (Midsize Theater) for The Farnsworth Invention! Look closely ...
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Recommended reading

In advance of the premiere of To Master the Art, many audience members have started to request readings to accompany the play. Here is a brief list of books that many of the design team and actors have read, as well as recommendations for further ...
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Joyful and productive

I have worked in many great theaters with many fine people, but I can’t remember when I’ve had more fun in rehearsal than I’m having now with To Master the Art. A recent Wednesday night’s rehearsal was (typically) joyful and productive, and it is a ...
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An ever-changing role

On Sunday I took part in the Company Member Discussion after the matinee performance of Frost/Nixon — a discussion that is always one of my favorite events during each production. It is when the TimeLine Company Members — the group that collectively selects the plays in our season — come together to chat with members of our audience. That conversation, along with this blog, Facebook, Twitter and our other post-show discussions throughout the run of a ...
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What a start!

The first rehearsal of To Master the Art — TimeLine’s upcoming world premiere that tells the story of Julia and Paul Child’s time together in Paris during the 1950s — was this week. As always it was a festive occasion of bringing together a cast ...
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Around a table

Isn’t it delicious that so often a first rehearsal involves a table read? That’s what I was thinking last night as Bill Brown gathered his cast, production team and other TimeLine family members  around for the first rehearsal of To Master the Art. In theatre, ...
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Share your thoughts

TimeLine’s Chicago premiere of Frost/Nixon has been running for three weeks now and the response has been extraordinary! Many of Chicago’s theater critics have already had their say (read all the professional critical response at our website …) but we want to give you a ...
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Carter/Hamilton

Andrew Carter as David Frost (left) and Terry Hamilton as Richard Nixon in “Frost/Nixon.” While watching actors Andrew Carter and Terry Hamilton during auditions for Frost/Nixon, director Louis Contey asked: “Do you think they, Frost and Nixon, like each other? Do you think they get ...
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