TimeLine Theatre Company celebrates opening of new location in Uptown, $46 million project
2026 年 3 月 21 日
TimeLine Theatre Company Celebrates Opening of New Uptown Location
CHICAGO (WLS) — TimeLine Theatre Company is celebrating the opening of their new location in Uptown. After largely operating out of a church, the theatre company now finally has a permanent home.
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“It’s been 29 years since we started the company,” said artistic director PJ Powers. “Six former students from DePaul University’s theatre school who dreamed big to create a new theater company that explores history and connects it with the issues of today.”
TimeLine has repurposed a former warehouse along Broadway Avenue on the city’s North Side. The 21,000-square-foot site includes a 250-seat theater, a bar, café and patio, a gallery, as well as rehearsal and public spaces.
The $46 million project was made possible through donations and funding from state and city sources.
Mayor Brandon Johnson was present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Uptown has always been one of Chicago’s most vibrant cultural corridors, and today TimeLine joins a proud tradition in this neighborhood,” Johnson said. “Arts and cultural spaces, like this new theater, are not luxuries. They are important spaces that connect our communities.”
The new site allows TimeLine Theatre Company to continue its mission of highlighting social and political issues through storytelling, opening the door for the next generation of artists.
Performer Sophie Ackerman shared her connection to TimeLine: “I got my start at TimeLine when I was just 9 years old, playing young Queen Elizabeth in the play ‘The Audience,’ and I later returned for ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ so TimeLine feels like home.”
Performances at the new theatre are set to begin in May.
“We want young people to first and foremost feel like this is a space for them,” Powers said. “And to know that they can have a place in theater and they have a voice in making art.”