Tim Clue

Tim Clue (born 1962) is an American motivational speaker, comedian, director, and playwright, based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the co-author of the stage comedy Leaving Iowa and the founder of MindSlap Meetings and FunnyPolling, online engagement tools developed for remote and hybrid work team.

For a brief period, he also hosted WGN Radio comedy show and New Year's Eve radio show with Steve Cochran.

Early life and education Clue was born in 1962 and grew up in Rochelle, Illinois, a small town outside Chicago. He attended Bradley University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in communications in 1985. Later, he also received training at The Second City in Chicago.

Career Clue began his career writing stand-up comedy. In 1994, its inaugural production, Greek Stories, was premiered, which used short stories by Harry Mark Petrakis. A second work, Other Definitions of Confinement, premiered at the National Jewish Theatre in 1993, and in 1999 Clue wrote and directed the Chicago-based sitcom pilot Tiny Pig. The play, a road-trip comedy about a middle-aged writer searching for a place to scatter his late father's ashes, transferred to Chicago's Royal George Theatre for a year-long run beginning in 2006 and has since been licensed for productions throughout the United States and Canada.

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.

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)