Elizabeth Auman

Elizabeth Auman joined TimeLine Theatre in October 2007. Over three seasons she has overseen budget growth of more than 50 percent, the largest capital improvements in the company's history with the purchase of new seating risers and seats, and the successful six-month run of THE HISTORY BOYS and concurrent mounting of ALL MY SONS at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Prior to TimeLine, Elizabeth spent 15 years at Victory Gardens Theater, the last 12 as general manager. During that time she helped guide Victory Gardens through major periods of transition and accomplishment, including budget growth from $1.2 million to $3 million, an $11.8 million capital campaign, receiving the Tony Award for Regional Theatre in 2001 and the move to the Biograph Theater in 2006. She also has held various administrative positions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and DePaul University's Blackstone Theatre (now the Merle Reskin Theatre). Elizabeth has served three times on PACT/Equity negotiation teams and was on the board of Strawdog Theatre Co. and Step Right Up Productions. She graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington with a BFA degree in theater.