TimeLine’s History

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FareWellington: A final goodbye

As of September 12, 2024, TimeLine has officially moved out of 615 W. Wellington Avenue—our home of 25 years. With construction beginning on our new building in Uptown, we’re on the precipice of launching TimeLine’s next era. But before we do, we wanted to celebrate all that our quirky building in Lakeview East has given us over the years.   ABOUT 615  |  BEFORE & AFTER  |  FAREWELLINGTON MEMORIES  |  ARCHIVE PROJECT  |  HOW TO ...
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The path to Uptown

Every Chicago theatre company seems to have a neighborhood bar. In TimeLine’s early days, that bar was the Green Mill in Uptown.  A young Nick Bowling during his competitive ballroom dancing days. When I was much younger, I was a competitive ballroom dancer.  So as ...
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Looking forward together

In our last post on August 7, we shared TimeLine’s commitment to being open, honest, and forthcoming throughout this crisis and beyond. And we revealed our primary goals for the year. Today, we’re sharing more about the how, the why, and the what of our ...
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“There’s your theatre company”

A historic page from Nick Bowling’s journal. I’ve been cleaning a lot the past few weeks and I came by this journal that my friend Audrey Wasilewski gave me for my birthday in 1995. It’s a record of the unofficial first meeting of TimeLine. It ...
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Past, present, future

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, Part 2 here, Part 3 ...
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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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