Tim Clue

Born in 1962, Clue grew up in Rochelle, Illinois.[9][10] He completed his bachelor's degree in communications from Bradley University in 1985.[11][12] At Bradley, he met with Marco Benassi and later, both became part of the university speech team.[12] They participated in speech tournaments and in those tournaments performed adapted poetry or short story.[12] As they excelled and became important part of speech team, they were awarded with full scholarship at the university.[12] For a brief period, Clue coached the college speech teams and later taught speech at the College of DuPage.[12]

In 2005, he graduated with a master's in speech communication and rhetoric from the Eastern Michigan University.[13]

Clue started his career by writing a stand-up comedy.[10]

In 1992, he founded Short Story Theatre, a theater company which is focused on combing short fiction and documentary footage.[10][14][12]

In 1994, Greek Stories was premiered.[9] In the same year, he directed Bark Like a Comic along with A.J. Lentini, Bill Gorgo and Jimmy Rhodes.[9] 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.[9][12]

In 1997, he worked on a show called Greek Streets with Marco Benassi.[12]

In 1999, he co-wrote and directed Tiny Pig with Spike Manton.[10]

In 2004, he worked on the Leaving Iowa with Spike Manton.[15][16] The comedy was produced by the Purple Rose Theatre Company.[15]

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.[17]