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A lot to celebrate

TimeLine co-founders Juliet Hart (from left), Nick Bowling, and PJ Powers at the construction site. Today, TimeLine celebrates its 28th birthday! On April 9, 1997, six graduates of The Theatre School at DePaul University met and began the conversation to start a theater company that would focus on plays inspired by history that resonate with contemporary issues. They settled on the name TimeLine Theatre, and each threw $50 in a hat to start their new ...
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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!

A crane lifts a concrete pre-cast panel into place at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood begins. It’s a thrill to share that TimeLine’s new home project has reached a significant milestone in construction! The concrete pre-cast panels that form much of the walls, ...
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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, and our many other organizational goals. A Chicago native raised on the South Side, Mica brings nearly two decades of experience as an arts administrator and changemaker, including as a ...
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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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Leadership Transition: An interview with Elizabeth Auman

TimeLine’s Managing Director Elizabeth K. Auman. As our new home project moves into its next phases, and in recognition of the complex path ahead, today TimeLine announced that Managing Director Elizabeth K. Auman will be transitioning her responsibilities away from day-to-day management of the company ...
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And then the pandemic happened

Change happens. Change is definitely going to happen, no matter what we plan for or expect or hope for or set in place. We will adapt to that change, or we will become irrelevant.  – adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy Members of TimeLine’s staff read ...
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Announcing the architect for our 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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