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My Step Into Time speech

On Friday night I had the honor of speaking to guests at our Step Into Time benefit. Here’s what I said: Most of you have been to our intimate space on Wellington Ave. and know that we normally can accommodate an audience of about 85 people a night. This season that changed. The success of “The History Boys” meant that we produced “All My Sons” at the Greenhouse Theater Center, where we regularly played to ...
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10 days left. 29 to go.

I know you are sitting there saying to yourself, “There are only 10 days until TimeLine’s annual Step Into Time benefit. I wonder what is going on over at 615 W. Wellington Ave.” For those who know me, it should be no surprise that today I’m talking ...
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Another beginning

“The Farnsworth Invention” by Aaron Sorkin Every few months, we get to start again. A new show. Another first rehearsal. A new group of people coming together at TimeLine to make new magic on stage. For The Farnsworth Invention, the group is really a crowd! ...
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That maddening box

Monday night was the first rehearsal for Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention. Wow! There were 16 actors, the director, assistant director, dramaturg and 3 members of the stage management team on stage — the ‘Master Harold’ set.  There were more actors in the audience (our ...
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Can I have your vote?

This is a bit of a pleading blog post. But I need your help. As some of you may know, in 2006 I was on the TV show Check, Please! on WTTW Channel 11 – a restaurant review show where each week they have 3 ...
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Story of a jukebox

This is the story of the ‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys jukebox. For those of you who have seen the production, you know that the jukebox is a crucial prop — referenced throughout the script and integral to the moving ending of the play. It was important to get it right, and we had quite an adventure on our way to realizing what ultimately appears on stage. For those of you who may not ...
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NOT ENOUGH AIR in Boston!

One year ago, TimeLine was presenting the world premiere of Masha Obolenky’s Not Enough Air, about playwright Sophie Treadwell and her journey to write the landmark expressionist play Machinal. The process of presenting a brand-new play is always exhilarating, and Not Enough Air was no ...
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Behind-the-scenes of ‘MASTER HAROLD’

Director Jonathan Wilson and actors Nate Burger, Alfred Wilson and Daniel Bryant talk about the play, the rehearsal process and more in this behind-the-scenes min-doc by video designer Susan Muirhead. TimeLine is planning videos like this for all our shows, and would love to hear ...
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FROST/NIXON to launch 2010-11

Exciting day at TimeLine today as we announced that Peter Morgan’s internationally acclaimed play Frost/Nixon will kick off our 2010-11 season this August. And we’ll welcome back TimeLine Associate Artist Louis Contey (A House With No Walls, Copenhagen, The General from America)  as director. Many ...
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Share your thoughts

‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys is now open and we are so happy to be sharing Athol Fugard’s masterpiece, the most autobiographical of his plays, with Chicago audiences. Many of Chicago’s professional theater critics have weighed in on the show, but now’s your chance. ...
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