TimeLine Theatre to Stage Midwest Premiere of SPILL, 10/24-12/19

TimeLine Theatre Company continues its 19th season with the Midwest premiere ofSPILL, an incredibly vivid, behind-the-news play revealing the untold stories of the people directly affected by the 2010 BP oil spill and the lasting impact of the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Written and directed by Leigh Fondakowski, writer/director of THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE and head writer of Tectonic Theater Project's THE LARAMIE PROJECT, SPILL is a riveting human drama drawn from hundreds of interviews with fishermen and rig workers, oil industry executives and clean-up workers, environmentalists and families who lost loved ones in the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

To accommodate the company's nearly 3,000 subscribers and growing audience, TimeLine's production of SPILL will be presented at an alternate location, Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago. Previews start October 24. Press Opening is Friday, October 30 at
7:30 p.m. Performances run through December 19. For tickets and information, visittimelinetheatre.com or call the Stage 773 Box Office at (773) 327-5252.

NOTE: While SPILL is playing at Stage 773, TimeLine's 2015-16 season opener, Arthur Miller'sTHE PRICE, continues its run through November 22 at TimeLine's home at 615 W. Wellington Avenue. THE PRICE is directed by TimeLine Associate Artist Louis Contey and features Chicago stage legend Mike Nussbaum. For tickets and information, visit timelinetheatre.com or call(773) 281-TIME (8463).