Broadway In Chicago is excited to announce that tickets for TimeLine Theatre Company’s Chicago premiere production of the 2025 Tony Award®-winner for Best Revival of a Play, EUREKA DAY, written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Lili-Anne Brown, are on sale now. A sharply funny satire of progressivism, parenting, and public health, EUREKA DAY will play for a limited six-week engagement from January 13 – February 22.
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.
Winner of the 2025 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Play, this Chicago premiere presented by TimeLine Theatre Company 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.
EUREKA DAY had its world premiere at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley, Calif., in 2018. The play premiered Off-Broadway in 2019 and at the Old Vic in London in 2022, before returning to New York City and Broadway via Manhattan Theatre Club in 2024. The Broadway production was nominated for two Tony Awards® and won for Best Revival of a Play. It also recently won the 2025 Drama League Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.
TICKET INFORMATION (As of November 3, based on availability and subject to change)
Individual tickets for EUREKA DAY will go on sale Tuesday, November 4 and range from $30.00 - $90.00 with a select number of premium tickets available. Ticket price listed is when purchased in person at the box office. Additional fees apply for online purchases. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing GroupSales@BroadwayInChicago.com. For more information, visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. There will be additional matinee performances on the following Wednesdays: January 28, February 4, and February 11 at 1:00 p.m. There will be no Sunday evening performances on February 1, 8, and 15.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Jonathan Spector (Playwright) is Tony Award-winning playwright based in Northern California whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include EUREKA DAY (2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, 2025 Drama League Award and 2025 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play); THIS MUCH I KNOW (Edgerton Award, Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award); BIRTHRIGHT; BEST AVAILABLE (Elizabeth George Commission); and SIESTA KEY. His work has been produced with Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Marin Theater Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Hampstead, Theater J, Asolo Rep, Syracuse Stage, Mosaic Theater, Colt Couer and Miami New Drama, among others. He is currently working on commissions for Manhattan Theater Club, Roundabout and La Jolla Playhouse.
Lili-Anne Brown (Director) is a Chicago South Side native who works as a director, actor and educator, and has performed in, directed and produced many award-winning shows in Chicago and nationally. She was the director of TimeLine’s 2018 co-production of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE with Firebrand Theatre. She is the former Artistic Director of Bailiwick Chicago, where she focused programming on Chicago-premiere musicals and new play development with resident playwrights. She has received two Helen Hayes Awards, five Jeff Awards, two BTA awards and one African American Arts Alliance Award for excellence in directing. She is an inaugural recipient of the Walder Foundation’s
Platform Award and a 2021 recipient of the 3Arts Award for Theatre. She is a member of SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and a graduate of Northwestern University. Visit lilbrownchicago.com.
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
Aurora Adachi-Winter (Meiko) is making her TimeLine debut. Past credits include LUCY & CHARLIE’S HONEYMOON (Lookingglass); LOTTERY DAY and NIGHTWATCH (Goodman); RED REX (Steep); PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER (The Roustabouts); VIETGONE (Writers); THE BURIALS (Steppenwolf); PEERLESS, EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM (First Floor Theater, Company Member). Film and TV credits include ENOUGH: RECKONING WITH REDRESS, CHICAGO MED, ELECTRIC DREAMS, DEEP WOODS. Aurora is represented by Gray Talent Group.
Caroline Chu (Winter) is thrilled to be working with TimeLine for the first time. Off-Broadway: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. Chicago credits include SHORT SHAKESPEARE! MACBETH (Chicago Shakespeare); AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Drury Lane); CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (Victory Gardens); and PEERLESS (First Floor Theater). Regional and international credits include SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE CHINESE LADY (Indiana Repertory Theatre), RICHARD III (Prague Shakespeare Company). Proud Chicagoan, graduate of Northwestern University, and company member at First Floor Theater. Massive thanks to the most supportive family and friends in the world! Instagram: @carolinechu_
Jürgen Hooper (Eli) returns to TimeLine where he was previously seen in 2007’s PARADISE LOST. Broadway: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. National Tour: THE LION KING. Chicago credits include BILLIE JEAN, RED VELVET, AMADEUS, ROMEO & JULIET, COMEDY OF ERRORS (Chicago Shakespeare); LIFE & LIMB and HUCK FINN (Steppenwolf); RABBIT HOLE (Goodman); ISAAC'S EYE and THE CHOSEN (Writers); THE HARD PROBLEM (Court); THE AUDIENCE, 30 STEPS, CHRISTMAS CAROL (Drury Lane); WHAT'S WRONG WITH ANGRY? (Circle Theatre, Non-Equity Jeff Award – Actor in a Principal Role). Regional credits include 39 STEPS, THE MOUSETRAP, THE GAME'S AFOOT (Indiana Repertory Theatre); 39 STEPS (Syracuse Stage); WANAMAKER'S PURSUIT (Arden Theatre Company); THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre). Film and TV credits include GAME DAY, CHICAGO MED, CRISIS, CHICAGO FIRE, and SUITS.
Gabrielle Lott-Rogers (Carina) is overjoyed to return to TimeLine where she last portrayed Hattie McDaniel in the world premiere of BOULEVARD OF BOLD DREAMS. Other recent theatre credits include NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN (Milwaukee Repertory/Kansas City Repertory); BUST and THE NACIREMA SOCIETY (Goodman). Chicago credits include 1776 (Marriott), THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON and DOWNSTATE (Steppenwolf); THE SPITFIRE GRILL – A MUSICAL (American Blues); and ETHIOPIANAMERICA (Definition Theatre). Select TV/ film credits include EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK, CHICAGO P.D., PROVEN INNOCENT, THE CHI, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU and several national commercials. Gabrielle is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, and is represented by DDO Artists Agency Chicago. Special thanks to family and friends for their unwavering support. Psalms 34:1
PJ Powers (Don, TimeLine Artistic Director) was a co-founder of TimeLine in 1997 and became Artistic Director in 1999. On stage, he’s appeared in 19 TimeLine productions, including THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS, THE FRONT PAGE. THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, FIORELLO!, ALL MY SONS, HAUPTMANN, NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES, GASLIGHT, and more, and he directed the Chicago premiere of J.T. Rogers’ ONE GIANT LEAP: THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING in a one-night TimeLine event at the Broadway Playhouse. As TimeLine Theatre’s Artistic Director, he has overseen the production of more than 90 plays, including 16 world premieres and more than 40 Chicago premieres. During his tenure, TimeLine has garnered 64 Jeff Awards, including 11 for Outstanding Production, as well as awards for excellence in arts management, including the 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. PJ was instrumental in establishing TimeLine’s longtime home on Wellington Avenue in 1999; expanding the company’s programming to include productions in numerous other venues, including the Broadway Playhouse; creating the TimePieces play reading series and First Draft Festival of new work; and leading the campaign for TimeLine’s new home in Uptown. A graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, PJ has served on the Board of Directors for the League of Chicago Theatres and received a Goldman Sachs Senior Fellowship at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Rebekah Ward (Suzanne) is thrilled to be making her TimeLine debut! Previous credits include work with Drury Lane, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Northlight, Indiana Repertory Theatre, The House Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and Remy Bumppo. She received a Joseph Jefferson Citation (Actress in a Principal Role – Play) for her work as Sabina in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, as well as an Equity Jeff award nomination (Actress in a Supporting Role – Play) for her role as Edna in WAITING FOR LEFTY (Backstage Theatre Company). Rebekah’s film/television credits include multiple guest star roles on CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO PD and MASTERS OF SEX. Additional credits include CHICAGO FIRE, EMPIRE, SHAMELESS, and SAM & CAT. Boundless love and gratitude to Kyle, Ezra & Sadie.
ABOUT TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY
TimeLine Theatre Company, recipient of the prestigious 2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, was founded in April 1997 with a mission to present stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues. Currently celebrating its 29th season, TimeLine has presented 96 productions, including 16 world premieres and 43 Chicago premieres, and launched the Living History Education Program and TimeLine South summer arts program, which bring the company's mission to life for students in Chicago Public Schools and beyond. Recipient of the Alford- Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence and the Richard Goodman Strategic Planning Award from the Association for Strategic Planning, TimeLine has received 64 Jeff Awards, including an award for Outstanding Production 11 times.
The company departed its longtime home on Wellington Avenue in August 2024 and moved into new administrative offices at 5539 N. Broadway, Ste. B, a few blocks north of the site of its future new home, located at 5035 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Construction is ongoing on that site, where plans feature an intimate black box theater seating up to 250 audience members, expanded area for the immersive lobby experiences that are a TimeLine hallmark, new opportunities for education and engagement, room to allow audience members to arrive early and stay late for theatergoing experiences that extend far beyond the stage, and more.
TimeLine is led by Artistic Director PJ Powers, Executive Director Mica Cole, and Board President Thaddeus J. Malik. TimeLine Company members are Will Allan, Nick Bowling, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Behzad Dabu, Charles Andrew Gardner, Lara Goetsch, Juliet Hart, Anish Jethmalani, Mildred Marie Langford, Mechelle Moe, David Parkes, Ron OJ Parson, PJ Powers, Maren Robinson, and Helen Young.
Major corporate, government and foundation donors providing season support via TimeLine’s Annual Fund include Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation; Bayless Family Foundation; Bulley & Andrews, LLC; Carol Oppenheim and Jerome Lamet Charitable Fund; Crown Family Philanthropies; Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation; Laughing Acres Family Foundation; Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; Paul M. Angell Family Foundation; Polk Bros. Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; and Walder Foundation. TimeLine also acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
For more information, visit timelinetheatre.com, or Facebook or Instagram (@TimeLineTheatre on both platforms).
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