Ronnie Malley is a multi-instrumentalist musician, theatrical performer, producer, and educator, making his TimeLine debut with A DISAPPEARING NUMBER. His credits include author and solo performer of ZIRYAB and THE SONGBIRD OF ANDALUSIA (Silk Road Rising), THE SECRET GARDEN (Court), Disney’s THE JUNGLE BOOK (Goodman, Huntington), co-composer and musician on THE WHITE SNAKE (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Goodman, Guthrie, Wuzhen Theater festival – China, Old Globe), composer and co-sound designer on THE WHO AND THE WHAT (Victory Gardens), associate producer and actor in THE SULTAN’S DILEMMA (International Voices Project), and THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (Lookingglass, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage). Ronnie is an artistic associate with International Voices Project, teaching artist with Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE) and Global Voices Initiative (GVI), and a faculty member at the Old Town School of Folk Music. He performs with the music groups Allos Musica, Baeoa, EMME, Lamajamal, Surabhi, Turath Ensemble, and the University of Chicago Middle East Music Ensemble.