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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 ...
The TimeLine family is expanding! We’re so pleased to announce the addition of several new artists and community leaders to our ranks. Chicago artists Tyla Abercrumbie, Will Allan, Wardell Julius Clark, Charles Andrew Gardner, and Anish Jethmalani have been named TimeLine Company Members, effective immediately. ...
TimeLine is proud to be part of a very special new public art project that launched this week: Rooted in Greatness—a first-of-its-kind video art exhibit showcasing and honoring noteworthy Illinoisans. Three trees on the McCormick Square campus display famous Illinoisans in the new public art ...
TimeLine’s mission is to learn from the past to better understand where we are today and to inform what we do tomorrow. With widening divides in our country, it seems harder and harder to identify what lessons have truly been learned from history. What progress ...
TimeLine’s production of The Audience is dedicated to the memory of Carol K. Cyganowski, scholar and lover of theatre, and sponsored in part by Dan and Claudia Cyganowski. TimeLine celebrates the life and memory of one of our most ardent supporters, Dr. Carol Klimick Cyganowski. ...
For more than 10 years, TimeLine has been stepping off the stage and into the classroom with its Living History Education Program. Led by founding Company Member and Director of Education Juliet Hart, Living History’s teaching artists collaborate with classroom teachers to create lesson plans that illuminate the themes of TimeLine productions and connect them to each classroom’s curriculum. Over the course of these residencies, students work on scenes from the show, are provided with study guides that ...
For the past 20 years, TimeLine has brought you inspiring, captivating, and groundbreaking work igniting conversations about our place in history. We are incredibly proud to be continuing that trend with our 21st season. This spectacular season will feature two Chicago premieres, a new TimeLine production of a ...
TimeLine is overjoyed to announce the four playwrights who will be in residence during 2017 and 2018 with the Playwrights Collective, our new-play incubator. Tyla Abercrumbie, Will Allan, Maureen Gallagher, and Calamity West ave been named to the Playwrights Collective, joining the ranks of inaugural Playwrights ...
Today it was announced via 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O’Connor that TimeLine has ended our involvement with developer Svigos Asset Management’s project to renovate the Lyman Trumbull Elementary School in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. It had previously been announced in August 2015 that Svigos had won ...
Maggie Fullilove-Nugent TimeLine is pleased to announce that Maggie Fullilove-Nugent is the company’s new Production Manager, effective today! Maggie replaces Josephine Kearns, who is stepping aside to focus on other projects after serving as a Stage Manager at TimeLine beginning in 2007, then as Production ...
“I can't give you a simple answer to that tricky question, but I can tell you this: The fact that we don't is one of the many reasons why I've come to feel that the Windy City is blowing the Big Apple out of its once-secure spot at the top of America's theatrical tree.
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— Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“One of the classiest and most consistently talented ensembles on the Off-Loop theatre scene.” — Newcity
“We celebrate the past to awaken the future.” — John F. Kennedy
“Intimate, literate theater aimed at those with serious, curious minds.” — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“People tend to forget that the word 'history' contains the word 'story.'” — Ken Burns
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# About TimeLine
#### OUR MISSION
##### TimeLine Theatre Company presents stories inspired by history that connect with today’s social and political issues. Our collaborative organization produces provocative theatre and educational programs that engage, entertain and enlighten.
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> A savvy and growing company, where more and more Chicagoans have come, with reason, to trust the power, truth and integrity of the work.  – Chris Jones, *Chicago Tribune*
#### ABOUT TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY
From the moment in 1997 that six founders each pitched in $50 to launch this company, TimeLine has worked to become one of Chicago’s leading cultural institutions by creating theatre that is more than just a few hours in a seat. Our team of  works collaboratively to present riveting stories that link our past, present, and future—exploring today’s social and political issues through the lens of the past and inspiring ourselves to re-imagine tomorrow. And the TimeLine family extends much further, including  and welcoming other emerging and established artists to contribute to the company’s work.
The TimeLine experience , encompassing meticulously researched and interactive lobby experiences, opportunities to discuss the show with artists, ways to take action on whatever the art inspires, and more. It is a mission unique in Chicago, and beyond.
Through our first 24 seasons, TimeLine has presented , including 10 world premieres and 38 Chicago premieres, and launched the , now in its 15th year of bringing the company’s mission to life for students in Chicago Public Schools. Since 2008, we have produced using Actors’ Equity Association contracts.
Our work has been recognized in Chicago and beyond: TimeLine received the prestigious  and has been named “Company of the Year” in *The Wall Street Journal* (2010), one of the American Theatre Wing’s top 10 emerging professional theatre companies nationwide (2011) and *Chicago* magazine’s “Best Theatre” in the city (2011). And we have been honored with 58 Jeff Awards, including an award for Outstanding Production 11 times.
We work to match artistic excellence with sophisticated business management, and these efforts also have been recognized. TimeLine was the first arts organization to receive the Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence of a small company, and we have received the Association for Strategic Planning’s Richard Goodman Strategic Planning Award in the Non-Profit category.
##### LIVING HISTORY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Founded in 2006, the  brings TimeLine’s mission to Chicago Public Schools, working with students on creative exercises related to historically inspired stories on TimeLine’s stage and elsewhere in literature. During arts integration residencies of six to 13 sessions, students explore connections between history, art and their own lives, developing critical thinking and communication skills. Since its inception, more than 8,400 students have actively explored history through Living History.
And in 2018, Living History launched a new program, —a unique arts program that provides teens a safe space for self-expression, creativity, and ensemble building on the south side of Chicago. Offered free of charge for six weeks during the summer, TimeLine South promotes leadership in the arts and teaches teens that theatre can also be a vehicle for social justice.
TimeLine is led by Artistic Director , Executive Director , and Board President .
We are a proud member of the ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and Chicago’s .
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##### IMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE CAN BE
A look at what TimeLine does, and why we do it.
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##### AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
TimeLine has been the recipient of awards for both artistic excellence and sophisticated business management, including more than 50 Jeff Awards and the 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
##### Plans and Documents
TimeLine is committed to being transparent regarding our business and finances, to help our patrons and community understand the full impact of your support.
“We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.” — George Bernard Shaw
“History: gossip well told.” — Elbert Hubbard
“The more I see of Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre Company, the more impressed I am ... TimeLine takes care to choose interesting plays, then mounts them with a combination of panache and physical dynamism that I find altogether irresistible.”
“Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.” — Edmund Burke
# Antiracism Statement
TimeLine Theatre Company’s mission is rooted in an exploration of how history informs our world today. We recognize that to truly embody that mission and deepen the conversations we wish to have together, it’s essential that we grapple with how systemic racism, oppression, and exclusion have shaped our country, industry, and company. We must expand the lens through which history is viewed and fully engage with a multitude of perspectives to better serve and reflect our community and our collective histories.
Our art will resonate with today’s social and political issues only when we fully address the truth of the white supremacy and settler colonialism that manifest as prejudices based on identity such as: anti-Black, anti-Asian, and anti-Indigenous bigotry; ableism; ageism; anti-Semitism; classism; homophobia; Islamophobia; sexism; transphobia; and xenophobia. We acknowledge that these are just some of the hateful beliefs that exist and intersect as they infect the systems, policies, and practices that guide our work—everything from hiring policies to the standards by which we judge “good art.”
To dismantle these forces and create a more equitable and just future, TimeLine recognizes that previous organizational efforts supporting greater equity, diversity, and inclusion must go further. We are engaged in a comprehensive process involving every member of the Company, Staff, and Board to become a more antiracist, multicultural organization.
Collectively, we are deeply examining every aspect of our operations—developing department-specific antiracism goals as part of an ongoing staff Transformation Lab, reorganizing our production schedules and budgets, updating hiring policies and procedures, and fostering weekly conversations to discuss our continuing efforts, among many other changes. Our goals are to champion access, inclusivity, and equitable treatment on our stages and in every facet of our organization, and commit to meaningful action and accountability.
Built on the foundation of TimeLine’s core values, this work is also responsive to and grateful for all those in our industry and community offering education, activism, and encouragement. We are committed to listening, learning, and constantly examining where we fall short and how we will continue to improve. In order to remain accountable to you, TimeLine will review and renew this statement at least once per year and will continue to be transparent about our efforts, challenges, and successes.
We will continue to center deep listening and collaboration, and ask that our supporters and community participate in this conversation with us. If you would like to learn more or offer feedback regarding TimeLine’s antiracism work, please email info@timelinetheatre.com. Our Artistic Director PJ Powers and Executive Director Mica Cole will review your message and respond. All feedback will help inform TimeLine’s collaborative work to improve our organization.
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##### PLANS AND DOCUMENTS
TimeLine is committed to being forthright and transparent regarding our business and finances, to help our patrons and community understand the full impact of your support. You can review recent strategic plans, 990 forms, and more on our Plans and Documents page.
# Staff
#### Meet the people behind-the-scenes at TimeLine Theatre Company!
This page features members of our staff, and you can use the links below to read more about the Company, Board of Directors, Associate Artists, Playwrights Collective, and President’s Advisory Council. Each name/photo links through to an extended biography.
##### To reach a staff member directly, see contact information on their biography page, or visit our  for a complete listing.
##### People by Category
Artistic Director
Executive Director
Director of New Home Development
Associate Artistic Director
Managing Director
Director of Production
Living History Teaching Artist
Director of Marketing and Communications
Director of Living History Education Program
Audience Services Manager
Executive Assistant & Artistic Coordinator
Interim Director of Development
House Manager/Box Office Associate
Audience Services & Development Assistant
House Manager
Marketing and Communications Assistant
Director of Donor Engagement
Institutional Giving Manager
# Company Members
Company Members are the artistic leaders of TimeLine Theatre Company, working collaboratively together to shape the artistic vision and choose the programming for the organization.
###### For a list of Company Member alumni, .
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# Associate Artists
Working closely with TimeLine’s Company Members, Associate Artists contribute to the company’s short- and long-term artistic programming and growth. Associate Artists serve as non-voting advisers in artistic planning and are encouraged to propose and promote artistic programming ideas and to enhance the work culture and environment of TimeLine. With a collaborative spirit and active participation, Associate Artists demonstrate a passionate commitment to TimeLine’s mission, vision and values.