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Auspicious craftsmanship

This week we’re taking a trip down memory lane with an extensive interview with five of TimeLine’s founding Company Members, commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the meeting that started TimeLine on April 9, 1997.  You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here and Part 3 here … It was bold, audacious, erotic, bizarre, provocative and a show that probably no one would ever produce as an inaugural production. What the hell were we ...
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$50 in the hat

This week we’re taking a trip down memory lane with an extensive interview with five of TimeLine’s founding Company Members, commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the meeting that started TimeLine on April 9, 1997.  You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here … ...
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JUST history plays?!

This week we’re taking a trip down memory lane with an extensive interview with five of TimeLine’s founding Company Members, commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the meeting that started TimeLine on April 9, 1997.  You can read Part 1 here … How do we make ...
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On this day …

This is it! April 9. It was on this day in 1997 that six artists — all graduates of The Theatre School at DePaul University — held the meeting that launched what would become TimeLine Theatre Company. While the company officially would not be incorporated ...
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TimeLine Theatre: 15 years

On Friday night, TimeLine celebrated our 15th Anniversary with a huge party at the Hotel InterContinental Chicago — Step Into Time: 1962 welcomed 300 guests to reflect on the 15 incredible years that have brought TimeLine from humble beginnings to where it is today. At ...
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What’s in a name?

In early 1999, Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune covered TimeLine for the first time, reviewing our second production, No End Of Blame by Howard Barker. He led off his review with this: TimeLine Theatre is a dull name for a new off-Loop Chicago troupe … A great way to start this relationship. But he did hedge on the comment, continuing with: … Especially one that demonstrates a capability for exciting work with minimal resources. ...
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Memories of 1962

We choose to go to the moon. — President John F. Kennedy at Rice University, 1962 Two weeks from tonight, on Friday, March 16, 2012, TimeLine will produce what is essentially the fifth production of our 2011-12 season — our annual Step Into Time benefit. ...
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Our 2012-13 season

Breaking news today! We’ve announced TimeLine’s 2012-2013 season — an incredible collection of plays that are all new to Chicago, including one world premiere! With a stunning new script by local playwright Susan Felder and Chicago premieres by a trio of the country’s most provocative ...
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On technology

One of my favorite things about working at TimeLine is an idea — one that, if you were to pop into our rehearsals or production meetings, you’d hear voiced at some point on virtually every show we produce: We’ve really never done anything like this ...
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In your hands now

Clockwise from top left: Terry Hamilton as Ken Lay; Bret Tuomi as Jeffrey Skilling, Sean Fortunato as Andrew Fastow (with his “raptors,” portrayed by Benjamin Sprunger, Demetria Thomas and Matt Holzfeind); and Amy Matheny as Claudia Roe with Tuomi in TimeLine’s “Enron.” Just over a ...
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