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Announcing 2026-2027 Playwrights Collective

  TimeLine Theatre Company is pleased to announce that four new playwrights have joined our Playwrights Collective, the company’s new play incubator. Kimberly Dixon-Mays, Terry Guest, Omer Abbas Salem and Catherine Yu are now in residence with TimeLine’s Playwrights Collective through December 2027. Over our first 29 seasons, TimeLine has produced 16 world premieres and 43 Chicago premieres, making an ongoing commitment to developing, supporting and featuring new work. The TimeLine Playwrights Collective continues that ...
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75 percent complete!

Progress continues on our new home at 5035 N. Broadway, and we’re excited to share that construction is now more than 75% complete, with sights set on substantial completion of the building in February! We’re in the final stages, and the excitement is growing. Every ...
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Halfway done!

Construction on our new home has reached a thrilling milestone! We’ve officially surpassed the halfway mark of construction on the site at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, located just steps away from the new CTA Red Line Argyle stop that opened one week ...
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A lot to celebrate

PLEASE NOTE: This post is one from a series of blog posts that tells the story of TimeLine’s New Home Project over several years. Therefore, some information presented below may no longer be accurate. For the most up-to-date information about the project, please visit our ...
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Miguel Fernández named Director of Development

We’re excited to introduce Miguel Fernández, who has been working as TimeLine’s new Director or Development since March 24! Miguel joins TimeLine with more than 17 years of fundraising experience, primarily focused on major gifts for Chicago cultural organizations including the Art Institute of Chicago, ...
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The walls are here!

PLEASE NOTE: This post is one from a series of blog posts that tells the story of TimeLine’s New Home Project over several years. Therefore, some information presented below may no longer be accurate. For the most up-to-date information about the project, please visit our It’s Time page here. If you are a member of the media seeking information or comment, please reach out to Lara Goetsch, TimeLine’s Director of Marketing and Communications, at lara@timelinetheatre.com ...
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Construction begins

PLEASE NOTE: This post is one from a series of blog posts that tells the story of TimeLine’s New Home Project over several years. Therefore, some information presented below may no longer be accurate. For the most up-to-date information about the project, please visit our ...
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Ted DeLong named Managing Director

Ted DeLong We’re thrilled to share that TimeLine has named Ted DeLong as the company’s new Managing Director! Ted comes to TimeLine following a decade at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) as General Manager and Associate Producer, and more recently, serving as Woolly Mammoth Theatre’s ...
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Mica Cole named new Executive Director

We’re thrilled to announce that TimeLine has named Mica Cole as the company’s new Executive Director! Effective May 16, Mica will become the co-equal leader of TimeLine alongside PJ Powers as Artistic Director, guiding the company’s strategic and financial direction, Board and staff development, productions, ...
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A new phase for TimeLine’s new home

PLEASE NOTE: This post is one from a series of blog posts that tells the story of TimeLine’s New Home Project over several years. Therefore, some information presented below may no longer be accurate. For the most up-to-date information about the project, please visit our ...
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