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Playwrights Collective Spotlight: Brett Neveu

The Evolution of an Idea 2013-2016 Playwrights Collective, Brett Neveu TimeLine let our imaginations run wild and the results gave me the courage to blow the play up and out in the best ways possible. For three years, a small group of playwrights worked with TimeLine Literary Manager Ben Thiem in a series of meetings, workshops and readings to develop a new play from start to finish. We asked each playwright in the 2013-2016 inaugural ...
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Playwrights Collective Spotlight: Susan McLaughlin Karp

Much Ado about the Mitfords You could say they were kind of like the Kennedys and also the Kardashians—but that wouldn’t quite paint the picture. Not by a long shot. 2013-2016 Playwrights Collective, Susan McLaughlin Karp For three years, a small group of playwrights worked ...
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Playwrights Collective Spotlight: John Conroy

A Mugging on Lake Street On its face, the attack made no sense. I’d never seen my assailant before; he’d never seen me.   2013-2016 Playwrights Collective, John Conroy For three years, a small group of playwrights worked with TimeLine Literary Manager Ben Thiem in ...
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Writing history, with space and time

As we welcome a second group of playwrights in residence as part of TimeLine’s Playwrights Collective, the company’s new-play incubator, we wanted to reflect on all the incredible work that has happened since the program was first launched in 2013. Over the past three years, ...
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An intense collaborative process

A Disappearing Number calls for projections, mathematics on stage, live music, Indian dance, time travel, altered sound and a set that magically transforms itself. When first created by Complicite, the play was devised collaboratively, and TimeLine’s approach to this new production also has been incredibly ...
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An interview with Kate Hennig

During rehearsals, TimeLine’s Associate Artistic Director (and director of The Last Wife) Nick Bowling (NB) caught up with playwright Kate Hennig (KH). Playwright Kate Hennig (NB) You are a well-known actress, particularly for your work at the Stratford Festival and throughout Canada. I know you have been writing plays for a long time as well. I believe your inspiration for this play came from recent news events. Could you tell me what specifically inspired you? ...
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Interview with Lucy Kirkwood

During rehearsals, Associate Artistic Director and Chimerica director Nick Bowling (NB) caught up with British playwright Lucy Kirkwood (LK) to ask about the inspirations for the play, America’s blind spots, and the meaning of Tank Man. (NB) What was the impetus to write a play about “Tank Man”? ...
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Interview with Dominique Morisseau

Back during rehearsals for Sunset Baby, Artistic Director PJ Powers (PJP) talked with playwright Dominique Morisseau (DM) about the inspiration of history, using her voice as an artist, plans for her Detroit Cycle, and more. (PJP) One of the many reasons TimeLine has been so drawn to ...
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A conversation with Leigh Fondakowski

Writer/director Leigh Fondakowski (LF) shares reflections on the play and the process of creating it with Artistic Director PJ Powers (PJP). (PJP) What first drew you to the story of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the BP oil spill? (LF) I was asked by Wesleyan University to ...
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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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