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TimeLine Theatre Company Unveils Inaugural Season at New Uptown Home
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2026

TimeLine Theatre Company has revealed its 2026–27 Inaugural Season in the company’s first permanent home at 5035 N. Broadway in Uptown. This long‑awaited milestone launches a new era for TimeLine.

American Blues Reveals Winner of 2025 Blue Ink Award for Playwriting
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2025

American Blues Theater has revealed the recipient of the 2025 Blue Ink Award is Alyssa Haddad-Chin for her play You Should Be So Lucky. Learn more about Haddad-Chin and about the award.

THE HEART SELLERS by Lloyd Suh to be Presented at Northlight Theatre This Winter
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2025

Northlight Theatre will continue its 2024–2025 season with The Heart Sellers, Lloyd Suh’s funny and moving play about the Asian immigrant experience in the 1970s, directed by Helen Young. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

TWISTED MELODIES Added to Northlight Theatre's 2024-25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

Northlight Theatre has announced Twisted Melodies, written and directed by Kelvin Roston Jr as the final production of the 2024-2025 season. 

BLACK SUNDAY Opens at TimeLine Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

Actors, designers, technicians, staff, and supporters gathered at TimeLine Theatre on Tuesday, April 9 for the first rehearsal of Black Sunday, a startling new look at, as described by playwright Dolores Díaz, “a dust storm so massive, so great, nobody had ever seen anything like it before.”

LITTLE WOMEN & More Set for Northlight Theatre 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 14, 2024

Northlight Theatre has revealed the 2024-2025 season. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Lifeline Theatre Holds Annual BIPOC Adaptation Development Showcase
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2023

Lifeline Theatre will Showcase Desi Moreno-Penson's work-in-development, El Bacalao: The Catfish Man(based on Euripides' “The Bacchae”), directed by Ruben Carrazana, on Friday, July 14 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 15 at 2:30 p.m.; and Brandon Zang's work-in-development Nuwa In Fairyland, directed by Helen Young on Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 16 at 2:30 p.m. at Lifeline Theatre,  6912 N. Glenwood Ave.

Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at TimeLine Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - May 21, 2023

I’m not exaggerating when I say that WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME is the kind of play that reminds me why I love theater.

Beth Lacke Will Star In TimeLine Theatre's Production Of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2023

TimeLine Theatre Company announced that Beth Lacke will return to the TimeLine stage to star as “Heidi” in the fourth production of the company’s 2022-2023 season—the first Chicago-based production of What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck.

Chicago Premiere of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY to Open TimeLine Theatre 2023-24 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2023

TimeLine Theatre Company will present the Chicago premiere production of the internationally acclaimed and Tony Award-winning play THE LEHMAN TRILOGY by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power, will open the company’s upcoming 2023-2024 season.

Farmers Alley Theatre's Regional Premiere Production Of THE GREAT LEAP
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2023

Continuing our streak of sold out performances and extended runs (Bright Star, A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, A Swinging Christmas: The Holiday Music of Tony Bennett), Farmers Alley Theatre presents the very first production of The Great Leap to West Michigan audiences. 

TimeLine Theatre Adds WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME to 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2022

TimeLine Theatre Company is extending its 2022-2023 season with a fourth production—the first Chicago-based production of What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, directed by Helen Young, running May 10 – June 24, 2023. P

TimeLine Theatre to Present THE CHINESE LADY On-Demand
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 7, 2022

TimeLine Theatre Company announced a new way to see its critically acclaimed Chicago premiere of Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady, with a central performance by Mi Kang.

BWW Review: THE CHINESE LADY at TimeLine Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - May 14, 2022

Directed by Helen Young, TimeLine Theatre Company’s Chicago premiere of Lloyd Suh’s THE CHINESE LADY is a poignant and well-crafted play centered on Afong Moy, who was supposedly the first Chinese woman to come to America. Although historical record does not have much definitive information about Afong Moy (we even know that was not her real name), Suh uses the play’s well-structured 90 minutes to imagine what she might have said to audiences had she been given the chance. For at least 15 years from 1834 to 1850, Afong Moy was treated like an exhibit in a museum; Nathaniel and Francis Carnes brought her to the United States to showcase her in front of American audiences. Thus, Afong Moy was taken away from her family and stripped of agency. While Suh’s script cleverly allows Afong Moy to take back some of that agency, the play also demonstrates that in reality this young woman didn’t have much of a voice or control over her situation at all.

TADA! Youth Theater Streams Online Family Musical WIDE-AWAKE JAKE
by Stephi Wild - Apr 6, 2022

Sit back! Relax! Get ready to smile! Please join in to experience the joy and fun of TADA! Youth Theater in your own home with online streaming of the upbeat and lively family musical Wide-awake Jake. 

Chicago Premiere Of THE CHINESE LADY to Close Out TimeLine Theatre's 25th Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2022

For its 25th anniversary season finale, TimeLine Theatre will present the Chicago premiere of The Chinese Lady, Lloyd Suh's acclaimed play inspired by the story of the first Chinese woman to step foot in America. 

TimeLine Theatre Company Announces 25th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 24, 2021

TimeLine Theatre Company, acclaimed for presenting plays that explore today's social and political issues through the lens of the past, is thrilled to announce that it will celebrate its 25th Anniversary season with a return to live productions starting in January 2022.

Telly Leung Joins Token Theatre's Premiere Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2020

Celebrating Asian-American theater artists, and forging ahead in the face of COVID-19 to promote inclusive Chicago theatre, Token Theatre is offering a glimpse into an original play, featuring Telly Leung of Broadway's RENT and GODSPELL, and TV's GLEE.

TimeLine Theatre Company Has Announced 2020-21 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 6, 2020

TimeLine Theatre Company has announced its 24th season. The company's entire 2020-21 subscription season will be presented at its longtime home in Chicago's Lakeview East neighborhood, located at 615 W. Wellington Avenue, and will feature two theatrical classics, a Chicago premiere, and the world premiere of a new play developed through TimeLine's Playwrights Collective.

The Miranda Theatre Company Announces 3rd Annual Liz Smith Reading Series At The Cherry Lane Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2020

The Miranda Theatre Company's 3rd Annual Liz Smith Reading Series returns this March at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Named for the legendary journalist, theatre lover, and Miranda enthusiast (who would have turned 97 this February), the Liz Smith Reading Series is a celebration of Women's History Month showcasing work in development by Emma Gibson, Lindsay Joelle, Nambi E. Kelley (Native Son), Lisa Ramirez (To the Bone), and Lyra Yang.