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An ever-changing role

On Sunday I took part in the Company Member Discussion after the matinee performance of Frost/Nixon — a discussion that is always one of my favorite events during each production. It is when the TimeLine Company Members — the group that collectively selects the plays in our season — come together to chat with members of our audience. That conversation, along with this blog, Facebook, Twitter ...

Back at Zero

We’ve set a goal of receiving donations from 150 subscriber households in July 2010. Follow our progress here! Summertime in a theatre’s Development Department is always interesting. You’d think that things would slow down since ...

Increasing by 50%

50% has been a big number for us this year. Earlier in the season we achieved a 50% increase in subscriptions over our 2008-09 year. We’ve had at least 50% more audience members see a ...

My Step Into Time speech

On Friday night I had the honor of speaking to guests at our Step Into Time benefit. Here’s what I said: Most of you have been to our intimate space on Wellington Ave. and know ...

Can I have your vote?

This is a bit of a pleading blog post. But I need your help. As some of you may know, in 2006 I was on the TV show Check, Please! on WTTW Channel 11 – ...

Mission accomplished: 2,009!

You have fueled my obsession with numbers. Thanks to you we have reached a remarkable goal: 2,009 subscribers in 2009. This is a 50% increase over last year. We suddenly have a lot of new friends! At 2 pm last Wednesday we announced we had 41 subscriptions remaining for this season. By 4 pm we had 23 left. We reached 2,009 subscriptions on Sunday, December ...