Timeline Theatre & Broadway in Chicago, Chicago IL
September 19 - November 26, 2023
Nick Bowling & Co-Directors
Vanessa Stalling
Anthony Churchill Projection Design
Collette Pollard Scenic Design
Izumi Inaba Costume Design
John Culbert Lighting Design
André Pluess Sound Design
Lonnae Hickman & Prop Design
Amy Peter
Told in three parts over one evening, The Lehman Trilogy is the quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family. On a cold September morning in 1844, a young Jewish man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is soon joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history. Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history, this theatrical event charts the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.
This was an amazing script with a huge co-production in Chicago. We ended up choosing to use two projectors to cover the entire set, a warehouse of forgotten office furniture, and map individual areas as three actors tell the story of almost 200 years of American history. We also added 20 computer monitors, hidden around the set, which also worked as surfaces for content that could be as small as a 22” monitor and as big as a backdrop of screens.
Check out clips from the show HERE
