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2007-08 Season
Paradise Lost
Tesla's Letters
Dolly West's Kitchen
Fiorello!
 
Also:
Trumbo
TimePieces
 
 
 
 
 
 
TimeLine Theatre is generously supported by

The Chicago Community Trust

TimeLine Theatre's
2007-08 season is sponsored in part by


Humana, Inc.

 

 

 

Performance Times:
Wednesdays at 7:30 pm (9/26, 10/3, 10/10 & 10/17 only)
Thursdays at 7:30 pm
Fridays at 8 pm
Saturdays at 4 pm (except 8/25)
& 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

Running time:
The running time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes, including one intermission.


Subscribe to our 2007-08 season and see Paradise Lost for up to 20% off regular prices!

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Special Events:
Post-show discussions (FREE) hosted by a TimeLine Company Member and featuring members of the production team and cast on Thursdays 8/30, 9/6 & 9/13 and Sundays 9/2 & 9/16.

Theater Thursday on 8/30 ($30 event/theater package) presented in conjunction with the League of Chicago Theatres. Includes pre-show food and drink with members of the production team and company, the performance and a post-show discussion! More info ...

Sunday Scholars Series on 9/9 ($10; $5 for TimeLine subscribers) A panel discussion featuring experts on the themes of the play. More info ...

Company Member Discussion on Sunday 9/23 (FREE). The heart of TimeLine is our seven Company members, who shape the artistic vision and choose the programming for the organization. Join them after this performance for an informal discussion to hear more about how the Company works and the process that brought Paradise Lost to the stage.


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Paradise Lost

"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ...
With TimeLine Theatre's fervent revival of Clifford Odets' "Paradise Lost," the trumpet call announcing Chicago's fall theater season has sounded. And it's a most impassioned opening blast."
— Chicago Sun-Times
Read the complete review ...

PARADISE LOST
by Clifford Odets
directed by Louis Contey

August 25 – October 21, 2007
(previews 8/21 - 8/24)


Reportedly considered by Odets himself to be his best and most significant work, Paradise Lost is an intense family drama set amid the vast landscape of social and economic challenges faced during the Great Depression. How will financial misfortune affect the values, personalities, relationships and aspirations of the well-educated, middle-class Gordons and their close circle of friends?

Odets’ passionate characters speak with a fast-talking language that sings with big dreams and optimism for the future, despite daunting odds.

“It is my hope that when people see Paradise Lost, they’re going to be glad they are alive.” - Clifford Odets