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‘The How and the Why’ at TimeLine: Evolution thicker than blood as biologists clash

Feb 17, 2014 – 6:31 pm
The How And The Why (Lara Goetsch)

Review: Rachel Hardeman is 28 years old and very bright, in fact a budding evolutionary biologist. She’s also a prickly pear who wears her attitude like a badge – or perhaps a protective cape. In Sarah Treem’s fascinating play “The How and the Why,” now on clinical display at TimeLine Theatre, Rachel collides with a blood relative who may owe her a good deal – some explaining for starters – and the thorns fly. ★★★

Theater 2013-14: TimeLine will raise curtain with fresh look at classic ‘Raisin in the Sun’

Aug 9, 2013 – 5:02 pm
Mildred Marie Langford and Greta Oglesby in Milwaukee Rep's Raisin in the Sun alternate feature (Michael Brosilow)

First in a series of season previews: TimeLine Theatre rolls into its 17th season by turning back the clock more than half a century to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic story of racial prejudice in Chicago, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Though two of the Milwaukee Rep leads will appear at TimeLine – Greta Oglesby as Mama, who’s bent on seeing her family better situated, and Mildred Marie Langford as her daughter Beneatha, who dreams of a medical career – this production will be a complete rethinking of the work, from sets to concept.