Awards & Recognitions
The more I see of Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre Company, the more impressed I am.
– Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
2020 Equity Jeff Awards
Kill Move Paradise
— Director, Play (Large Theatre) – Wardell Julius Clark
— Artistic Specialization – Breon Arzell
2019 Equity Jeff Awards
Master Class
— Performer in a Principal Role, Play – Janet Ulrich Brooks
Cardboard Piano
— Fight Choreography – Jon Beal
TimeLine was also honored to be in partnership with Firebrand Theatre’s production of Caroline, or Change, which received these awards:
— Production, Musical (Midsize Theatre)
— Director, Musical (Midsize Theatre) – Lili-Anne Brown
2017 Equity Jeff Awards
Paradise Blue
— Original Music in a Play – Orbert Davis
2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions
given by The MacArthur Foundation
2016 Equity Jeff Awards
The Price
— Actor in a Supporting Role, Play – Mike Nussbaum
2014 Equity Jeff Awards
The Normal Heart
— Production – Play (Midsize Theatre)
— Director, Play – Nick Bowling
2013 Equity Jeff Awards
33 Variations
— Production – Play (Midsize Theatre)
Blood and Gifts
— Actor in a Supporting Role, Play – Raymond Fox
Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West
— Lighting Design (Midsize Theatre) – Brian Sidney Bembridge
2012 Equity Jeff Awards
The Pitmen Painters
— Production – Play (Midsize Theatre)
2011 Equity Jeff Awards
To Master the Art
— Original Incidental Music – Andrew Hansen
In Darfur
— Projections/Video Design – Mike Tutaj
The Front Page
— Scenic Design (Midsize Theatre) – Collette Pollard
2011 National Theatre Company Grant
Recognized as among the nation’s Top 10 emerging theatre companies by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®
2011 “Best Theatre”
Chicago Magazine “Best of Chicago”
2010 “Company of the Year”
Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
2010 Equity Jeff Awards
The Farnsworth Invention
— Production – Play (Midsize Theatre)
2009 Equity Jeff Awards
The History Boys
— Production – Play (Midsize Theatre)
— Ensemble
— Director, Play – Nick Bowling
— Actor in a Supporting Role, Play – Alex Weisman
— Scenic Design (Midsize Theatre) – Brian Sidney Bembridge
2009 Richard Goodman Strategic Planning Award in the Non-Profit category
From the Association for Strategic Planning
2008 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Dolly West’s Kitchen
— Actress in a Supporting Role, Play – Kathleen Ruhl
2007 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Fiorello!
— Production – Musical or Revue
— Director, Play – Nick Bowling
— Actor in a Supporting Role, Musical or Revue – Terry Hamilton
— Music Direction – Doug Peck
2006 Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence
2006 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Martin Furey’s Shot
— Projections Design – Michael Tutaj
2005 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
This Happy Breed
— Production
— Ensemble
— Director – Nick Bowling
— Actor in a Principal Role – Terry Hamilton
— Costume Design – Nicole Rene Burchfield
— Original Incidental Music – Andrew Hansen
Pravda
— Actor in a Supporting Role – Terry Hamilton
2004 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Hannah and Martin
— Production
— Director – Jeremy B. Cohen
— New Work – Kate Fodor
— Actress in a Principal Role – Elizabeth Rich
— Actress in a Supporting Role – Danica Ivancevic
— Lighting Design – Brian Sidney Bembridge
2003 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Awake and Sing!
— Production
— Ensemble
— Director – Louis Contey
— Actor in a Supporting Role – Rich Baker
— Scenic Design – Noelle C. K. Hathaway
Hauptmann
— Actor in a Principal Role – PJ Powers
2002 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
The Crucible
— Production
— Ensemble
— Director – Nick Bowling
— Scenic Design – Heather Graff & Richard Peterson
— Lighting Design – Heather Graff & Richard Peterson
2001 Non-Equity Jeff Awards
Not About Nightingales
— Production
— Ensemble
— Director – William Brown
— Actor in a Supporting Role – David Parkes
— Actor in a Supporting Role – Marco Verna
— Lighting Design – Joe Kazmierski
Streeterville
— New Work
2000 After Dark Award
To Live As Variously As Possible
— New Work