Tim Clue
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Tim Clue (born 1962) is an American motivational speaker, comedian, director, and playwright, based in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] He is the founder of MindSlap Meetings.[3]
As a professional comedian, Clue received his training at The Second City in Chicago.[4][5] For a brief period, he hosted WGN Radio comedy show and New Year's Eve radio show with Steve Cochran.[6][7]
Early life and education
Born in 1962, Clue grew up in Rochelle, Illinois.[8][9] He completed his bachelor's degree in communications from Bradley University in 1985.[10][11] At Bradley, he met with Marco Benassi and later, both became part of the university speech team.[11] They participated in speech tournaments and in those tournaments performed adapted poetry or short story.[11] As they excelled and became important part of speech team, they were awarded with full scholarship at the university.[11] For a brief period, Clue coached the college speech teams and later taught speech at the College of DuPage.[11]
In 2005, he graduated with a master's in speech communication and rhetoric from the Eastern Michigan University.[12]
Career
Clue started his career by writing a stand-up comedy.[9]
In 1992, he founded Short Story Theatre, a theater company which is focused on combing short fiction and documentary footage.[9][13][11]
In 1994, Greek Stories was premiered.[8] In the same year, he directed Bark Like a Comic along with A.J. Lentini, Bill Gorgo and Jimmy Rhodes.[8] In the following year, he and Benassi worked on The Jewish Melody and Other Definitions of Confinement, adapted from the short stories written by Dmitry Stonov.[8][11]
In 1997, he worked on a show called Greek Streets with Marco Benassi.[11]
In 1999, he co-wrote and directed Tiny Pig with Spike Manton.[9]
In 2004, he worked on the Leaving Iowa with Spike Manton.[14][15] The comedy was produced by the Purple Rose Theatre Company.[14]
Clue is co-founder of Chicago Sitcom, a production company that develops works for stage, film, and television. Previously, he has worked as the coach of the College of DuPage (COD) national championship speech team.[16]
Work
Books
- Manton, Spike; Clue, Tim (2008). Leaving Iowa: The Comedy about Family Vacations
Plays
- Greek Stories (1994)
- Bark Like a Comic (1994)
- The Jewish Melody (1995)
- Other Definitions of Confinement (1995)
- ''Greek Streets (1997)
- Tiny Pig (1999)
- Leaving Iowa (2004)[17][18]
References
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