JOHN CULBERT (Lighting Designer) returns to TimeLine, where he is an Associate Artist and previously designed CHIMERICA, JUNO, and THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION. He was a faculty member and dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University for many years, the alma mater of TimeLine’s six founding Company Members. Other Chicago credits include OTHELLO, THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, THE HARD PROBLEM, INVISIBLE MAN, CAROLINE OR CHANGE, and CAROUSEL (Court), WHITE GUY ON THE BUS and A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS (Northlight), TWELFTH NIGHT and ARCADIA (Writers), REGINA (Lyric Opera of Chicago), ARGONAUTIKA (Lookingglass ), and HAVING OUR SAY and TWO TRAINS RUNNING (Goodman). Regional credits include productions with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Long Wharf Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, McCarter Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. International credits include productions with Singapore Repertory and Opera National du Rhin. Other projects include the lighting design for the Chicago Park District’s Buckingham Fountain.

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Space for re-invention

One of the things TimeLine audiences often comment on is their appreciation for how our theater is continually re-invented. Our flexible seating system allows us to reconfigure where the playing area is and re-imagine the …

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