Note: This is a guest posting from Patrick Runfeldt, dramaturg for our Winter MainStage production of Midnight Cowboy. A cursory glance at the themes of Chris Hainsworth‘s adaptation of Midnight Cowboy reveals a striking outlier not much present in James Leo Herlihy’s novel: religious promises of prosperity. Certainly Joe Buck attends Sunday school at the […]
Chicago Theatre Week
Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to participate in Chicago Theatre Week, taking place February 11-21, 2016! Specially-priced Theatre Week tickets go on sale starting tomorrow, January 5th for more than 100 productions throughout Chicago, including our very own Midnight Cowboy and Sparky. For information on all the great offerings happening city-wide, click here or on the […]
An interview with Christina Calvit
Note: This is an interview with Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Christina Calvit, adaptor of our Fall MainStage production of Miss Buncle’s Book. Q: How did you get started with Lifeline? A: I went to Northwestern with most of the original founders: Meryl Friedman, Steve Totland, Kathee Sills and Sandy Snyder. I knew Steve the best […]
Focus on Artists’ Lifestyles – A Smattering of Socialite Poets
Note: This is a guest posting from Annaliese McSweeney, dramaturg for our Fall MainStage production of Miss Buncle’s Book. This article about the poetry and artists’ lifestyle in the 1930s provides insight into the inspiration for the character, Countess Marina Pavlova, in Christina Calvit’s adaptation of Miss Buncle’s Book. Christina created this character to help […]
Tea Time with Mrs. Featherstone Hogg
Note: As an introduction to the world of Silverstream, this narrative account of the characters and the Society they represent has been created by production dramaturg, Annaliese McSweeney, inspired by the characters created by D. E. Stevenson in Miss Buncle’s Book and Christina Calvit’s adaptation of those characters for the stage production. Tea Time […]
Who is D. E. Stevenson?
Note: This is a guest posting from Annaliese McSweeney, dramaturg for our Fall MainStage production of Miss Buncle’s Book. Meet Dorothy Emily Stevenson. She was the kind of woman who wrote on the sofa with her feet up and a green baize board on her lap while she smoked her cigarettes. She was a devoted […]
SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE: Character Reference Part 2
Note: This is a guest posting from Jason A. Fleece, dramaturg for our summer MainStage production of Soon I Will Be Invincible. In my earlier blog posts, I discussed the history of superhero fiction to give a context for the tropes and traditions that inform the world of Soon I Will Be Invincible. The main […]
SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE: Character Reference Part 1
Note: This is a guest posting from Jason A. Fleece, dramaturg for our summer MainStage production of Soon I Will Be Invincible. In my previous blog posts, I discussed the history of superhero fiction to give a context for the tropes and traditions that inform the world of Soon I Will Be Invincible. The main work […]
SUPERHEROES: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE – Part 3 – The Dark Age and the Modern Age
Note: This is a guest posting from Jason A. Fleece, dramaturg for our summer MainStage production of Soon I Will Be Invincible. Last time, we discussed the Silver and Bronze Ages of Superhero Comics. Now we’ll talk about Superhero comics over the last thirty years, leading to what’s happening today. Like the beginning of the […]
SUPERHEROES: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE – Part 2 – The Silver Age and The Bronze Age
Note: This is a guest posting from Jason A. Fleece, dramaturg for our summer MainStage production of Soon I Will Be Invincible. Just as Action Comics #1 is considered to be the first superhero comic and the beginning of the Golden Age, most historians agree that the first comic of the Silver Age was Showcase […]