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Reflections On A Personal TimeLine

In August I will be celebrating 5 years with TimeLine Theatre. I took a minute to think back over those last 5 years and suddenly felt exhausted, but also incredibly grateful. In those 5 years I’ve managed to act in 11 TimeLine productions, receive 3 Non-Equity Jeff Awards, be anointed with the title of Associate Artist, meet and marry my wonderful wife Laurie (Savin) Hamilton (my most fulfilling and greatest accomplishment of all), take on ...
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It’s all in the picture

Every year for the past three years TimeLine has had the opportunity to work with our friend and photographer Ryan Robinson (check out his Web site to see an amazing portfolio!) to create the images that we use to promote each production throughout the season. ...
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Returning to a favorite theatre space

Big day today for TimeLine. HUGE! We have just announced that The History Boys will be extended through September 27. The first show of our season, All My Sons, will be at Greenhouse Theater, in the former Victory Gardens space. This is a huge undertaking ...
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Milestone within reach!

Written by Lindsey Becker, Development Manager As the Development Manager here at TimeLine, my job is all about goals and deadlines. There are, of course, the all-important fundraising goals that we must reach each season to be able to pay for the art on our ...
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Where’s the dramaturgy?

Patrons of TimeLine Theatre know that they can read TimeLine’s Backstory or download a study guide online to delve into the issues of a play, but most often they expect and rely on lobby panels, beautifully designed by Associate Artist Jim Keister to give additional ...
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All My Sons

It’s been a bit of a journey getting here, but today TimeLine is thrilled to be able to announce that Arthur Miller’s classic drama All My Sons — often named along with Death of Salesman and The Crucible as one of his masterpieces — will launch our 2009-10 season, TimeLine’s 13th season. All My Sons received the 1947 Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Direction of a Play, for Elia Kazan. TimeLine’s production will ...
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On being a History Girl

I’m about to make a new notch on my own personal timeline — the big 4-0. I love that I’m turning 40 when our theatre is filled with the energy of a bunch of History Boys – in a show set in the 80s, when ...
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Raves

It’s a good day to be the TimeLine Marketing Director. This morning we received our first-ever national review, an overwhelmingly positive notice in the Wall Street Journal. Terry Teachout wrote things like “it’s as good as any of the first-class revivals now gracing Broadway,” and ...
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Unsung Heroes

The Sunday performance of the first full weekend for The History Boys just ended — and what an amazing week it has been. I am so proud of the work everyone has done to make this production such a huge success. It tends to happen ...
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Meet our Boys

Watch and share this outstanding video preview of TimeLine’s The History Boys by projections designer and TimeLine Associate Artist Mike Tutaj, featuring the eight “Boys” themselves: (in order of appearance) Will Allan (Scripps), Joel Gross (Dakin), Alex Weisman (Posner), Michael Peters (Rudge), Brad Bukauskas (Timms), ...
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