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by Jonathan Spector
directed by Lili-Anne Brown

Chicago Premiere production

Jan 13 – Feb 22, 2026

at Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse,
at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago

A Tony Award®-winning hit satire of progressivism, parenting, and public health.

At Berkeley, California’s ultra-progressive Eureka Day School, every decision is made by consensus. But when a mumps outbreak hits, the school’s carefully cultivated culture of inclusiveness spirals into chaos. As parents and board members clash over vaccines, personal freedoms, and viral misinformation, a community built on open-minded ideals implodes. TimeLine’s Chicago premiere of Spector’s Tony Award®-winning play tackles one of the defining questions of our time: how do you build consensus when no one can agree on the truth?

Acclaimed as “a powder keg of debate, liberal niceties, and hidden agendas” by The Daily Beast, Eureka Day is that rare combination—a “gaspingly funny” (New York Magazine) satire that captures the absurdity of modern discourse in ways that are intelligent, insightful, and real. 

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Runs approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, with no intermission

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Cast

Production Team

Understudies

* Member of Actors Equity Association

# Member of United Scenic Artists

~ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

+ TimeLine Company Member

^ TimeLine Associate Artist

§ TimeLine Playwrights Collective

Reviews

  • Chicago Sun-Times

    January 23, 2026

    ★★★★…a clever, crafty and profoundly funny comedy…this is a terrific production of a terrific play…it’s exactly what we need, perhaps, a vehicle for laughing at our own society’s predicament

    —Steve Oxman

  • Chicago Tribune

    January 22, 2026

    Fabulous…as cathartic as it is hilarious…a ruthless piece of satire and filled with one hard laugh after another

    —Chris Jones

  • Daily Herald

    January 23, 2026

    ★★★★…I can’t recall a production that elicited from an audience belly laughs so loud, so unrelenting they drowned out nearly all the dialogue in the scene. Just as the playwright intended.

    —Barbara Vitello

  • Daily Northwestern

    January 22, 2026

    A hilarious adaptation…while I’ve seen the show on Broadway and in the Bay Area, only miles away from where it takes place, Wednesday night was by far my favorite viewing. Raw, timely and expertly tailored to our times, Eureka Day is a sermon for anyone who looks at the world and thinks, “Oh, dear.”

    —Gabe Hawkins

  • Chicago Reader

    January 28, 2026

    [Director Lili-Anne] Brown’s cast is the kind of seamless, full-throttle ensemble that is Chicago theater’s signature calling card…Spector’s writing is a blend of eviscerating, pitch-dark humor, high-stakes drama, and barbed social satire.

    —Catey Sullivan

  • Broadway World

    January 28, 2026

    If you need a reminder of why we should engage in good faith arguments, why it’s so crucial to see one another as fellow members of a community than as enemies to be defeated, Eureka Day will give you hope that achieving positive change is necessary, possible, and–perhaps most importantly of all–damn good fun.

    —Zac Thriffiley

  • Around the Town Chicago

    January 22, 2026

    100 minutes of theater perfection! One of the zaniest scenes is what I might call the “Zoom scene”….this scene is worth the price of the ticket alone. I truly feel that this should be on your “must see” list.

    —Alan Bresloff

  • Splash Magazine

    January 22, 2026

    [A] brilliant hit comedic satire…TimeLine Theatre’s ensemble cast is just terrific. All the members played their parts flawlessly. 

    —Susan Lillis

  • Third Coast Review

    January 22, 2026

    Director [Lili-Anne] Brown does a superb job…PJ Powers, an actor who knows his way around a stage, is excellent as the well-intentioned but easily distracted leader…Gabrielle Lott-Rogers is delightful as the newest member of the group, trying to feel her way to fit in without abandoning her own positions.

    —Nancy S Bishop

  • Chicago Onstage

    January 23, 2026

    One of the most painfully hilarious things I’ve ever seen on a stage…truly funny chaos…you are unlikely to find a more totally fabulous, funny, and challenging way to start a new theatre year.

    —Karen Topham

  • Buzz Center Stage

    January 23, 2026

    Leave it to playwright Jonathan Spector to do the impossible and turn a play about vaccinations and consensus into a laugh-out-loud comedy…you might even find yourself gasping for air as you try to work through the laughter enough to absorb whatever witty one-liner comes next.

    —Lauren Katz

  • Stage and Cinema

    January 23, 2026

    [Featuring] I can say, without exaggeration, one of the funniest scenes I have seen on stage. Ever.

    —C.J. Fernandes

  • PlaylistHQ

    January 23, 2026

    Jonathan Spector has written a very funny and topical play. The pacing is excellent and the laughs and the drama just kept coming.

    —Quinn Delaney

  • Chicago Theatre Review

    January 22, 2026

    Directed with her usual artistry and brilliance by Lili-Anne Brown, the laughs in Jonathan Spector’s comedy continually erupt as we watch five school Board members over the course of several meetings and group chats.

    —Colin Douglas

Discussions & Events

  • EUREKA DAY: Virtual Discussion with Cast Members
    Sunday, February 1 at 11am

    Join us for this virtual discussion featuring members of the cast of Eureka Day!

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  • EUREKA DAY: Virtual Sunday Scholars Discussion
    Sunday, February 15 at 6pm

    An online panel discussion featuring experts on the play’s themes.

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