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From theater to reality

A few years ago I was browsing in a bookstore when a book caught my eye—The Front Page: From Theater To Reality by George W. Hilton. As a longtime fan of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s pressroom romp, I immediately picked it up and discovered a treasure trove of historical insight into the world of Chicago journalism and politics. I found things in Hecht and MacArthur’s play I had never seen before—things that seemed to ...
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On the ground in Darfur

As the production of In Darfur enters its final week, on Sunday, March 13, Timeline Theatre patrons had the opportunity to gain a dynamic insight into the realities and complexities of the Sudanese conflict via a forum with Human Rights Watch researcher Jehanne Henry. It ...
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Tracing the threads

As I left a post show discussion of In Darfur recently, one of the audience members grabbed my arm and said, “You are a theater company with a conscience and I appreciate that.” It is something I appreciate too. I feel very fortunate to have ...
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Our 15th Season!

Big news today! We’ve announced TimeLine’s 2011-12 Season — our 15th Anniversary season (amazing!) — a hot collection of plays that includes one world premiere, two Chicago premieres, a revival of a Pulitzer Prize-nominated work presented with a twist, and the TimeLine debut of two ...
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The power of art

Playwright Winter Miller visited TimeLine over the weekend! She saw the show (twice), hung out with cast members, took part in “A Conversation with Winter Miller” (led by Steppenwolf Theatre’s Director of Artistic Development Polly Carl) and stayed for a post-show discussion after Sunday’s performance ...
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An interview with Winter

I needed to go there. I needed to breathe in the dust, feel the ground, look into people’s eyes and just feel what it felt like to be there, or else I felt in danger of writing an academic treatise rather than a play with the intention to open hearts. — “In Darfur” playwright Winter Miller Early in the rehearsal process for In Darfur, I had the opportunity to interview playwright Winter Miller. We discussed ...
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Share your thoughts

TimeLine’s Chicago premiere of Winter Miller’s In Darfur is up and running and so far we are very gratified by the response audiences are having to this extraordinary play. Many of Chicago’s theater critics have already had their say but we hope you will share ...
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TimeLine’s All Star

A few months ago, TimeLine Artistic Director PJ Powers had a special plea for the readers of this blog: Vote online to help him become one of 25 “All Star” former guests of WTTW’s “Check, Please!” restaurant review show to be invited back for the ...
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History before our eyes

In March 2004 Nicholas D. Kristof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist wrote: For decades, whenever the topic of genocide has come up, the refrain has been, ‘Never again.’ Yet right now, the government of Sudan is engaging in genocide against three large African ...
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Resources: In Darfur

As In Darfur prepares to begin performances next week, I wanted to provide a few resources for those audience members who want to read either before or after coming to see In Darfur. Those resources marked with an asterisk are highly recommended. Documentaries The following ...
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