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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 fearless understudies), plus designers, TimeLine staff, Company and Board members.  It was an overwhelming sight. These 16 actors will play more than 70 roles, in a play with 40 scenes ...
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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. ...
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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 of you may be familiar with Peter Morgan’s story of the real-life 1977 television interviews between journalist David Frost and former president Richard Nixon via Ron Howard’s 2008 feature film ...
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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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Fugard Chicago 2010 Events

Fugard Chicago 2010 is a partnership between Remy Bumppo Theatre, Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company, in association with the League of Chicago Theaters, to launch a collaborative Web site to promote Chicago’s season of Athol Fugard. The lineup begins with TimeLine’s production of ‘Master ...
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Three Plays. Three Directors. One Interview.

A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WORK OF ATHOL FUGARD Welcome to January and the official beginning of Chicago’s Fugard Chicago 2010.  As you may know, TimeLine, Court and Remy Bumppo theatres are collaborating in an effort to bring awareness to Athol Fugard’s important work.  Last month, ...
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Mission accomplished: 2,009!

You have fueled my obsession with numbers.  Thanks to you we have reached a remarkable goal: 2,009 subscribers in 2009. This is a 50% increase over last year. We suddenly have a lot of new friends!  At 2 pm last Wednesday we announced we had ...
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