Blank Line Collective
Blank Line Collective was a collaborative, movement based, devised theatre company in Chicago from 2007-2010. Blank Line Collective was the creative vision of many incredibly talented artists from many different places and backgrounds and what follows is the mission Blank Line Collective attempted to uphold with every production it created:
Art should incite the intellect, impassion the spirit and challenge the complacent. Blank Line Collective is committed to investigating theatre both in process and in content. We seek to offer original and existing works by using non-traditional methods including inspiration from other art forms. Blank Line Collective embraces the idea that theatre is a living, breathing body of art.
Company History 2007-2010
Disgrace by John O'Keefe, October 2010
Directed by Erica Barnes
Starring Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, and Melanie Renae
Photos by: nk Mooneyham
Directed by Erica Barnes
Starring Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, and Melanie Renae
Photos by: nk Mooneyham
The New Tenant by Eugene Ionesco, October 2009
Collectively Directed by and Starring Erica Barnes, Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, Jenn Sava-Ryan
Photos by nk Mooneyham
Collectively Directed by and Starring Erica Barnes, Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, Jenn Sava-Ryan
Photos by nk Mooneyham
Heloise & Abelard, SIP Coffee House, August 2009
Collectively Created by Stephanie Brown, Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, and Jenn Sava-Ryan; Dramaturgy by Tyler Monroe
Collectively Created by Stephanie Brown, Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, and Jenn Sava-Ryan; Dramaturgy by Tyler Monroe
Dressing the Fate(s), A Collective Creation by Blank Line Collective, May 2009
with Erica Barnes, Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, and Jenn Sava-Ryan
Photos by Todd Frugia
with Erica Barnes, Stephanie Brown, Amanda Lucas, and Jenn Sava-Ryan
Photos by Todd Frugia
The Helpless Doorknob, A Collective Creation based on Edward Gorey's Story Cards, October 2008
with Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, Tyler Monroe, Jason Ober, and Tashina Richardson
Photos by Alan Whitney
with Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, Tyler Monroe, Jason Ober, and Tashina Richardson
Photos by Alan Whitney
The Fete, A Collective Creation based on Charles Mee's Fete de la Nuit, May 2008
Collectively Created by Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, Jason Ober, Tyler Monroe, Tashina Richardson
Featuring: Caitlin Bowes and Jason Jenkins
Collectively Created by Erica Barnes, Amanda Lucas, Jason Ober, Tyler Monroe, Tashina Richardson
Featuring: Caitlin Bowes and Jason Jenkins
Other Peformances:
Restraint Through Motion, A Performance Piece for Looptopia, May 2008
Mini Event, A Performance Piece designed for John Cage’s MusiCircus, October 2007
Lots of Guns, A Collective Creation based on the Poem by Anne Carson, June 2007
Restraint Through Motion, A Performance Piece for Looptopia, May 2008
Mini Event, A Performance Piece designed for John Cage’s MusiCircus, October 2007
Lots of Guns, A Collective Creation based on the Poem by Anne Carson, June 2007