2025 RIPPED FESTIVAL

2025 RIPPED FESTIVAL

2025 Ripped Festival (via Zoom) Monday, Apr 14 @ 7:00 PM Central Zoom reading directors – Manny Buckley* & Elyse Dolan* Zoom reading actors – Venice Averyheart, Liz Chidester*, Bryanna Ciera Colón*, Elisabeth Del Toro, Camille Robinson*, Jamia Taylor,...
2025-2026 Season General Auditions

2025-2026 Season General Auditions

In-person appointments for AEA and non-union performers are available. We also accept all video submissions. LOCATION American Blues Theater 5627 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60659 AUDITION DATES / TIMES By appointment only: Thursday, April 24 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM General...
2025 BLUE BASH

2025 BLUE BASH

Join us for our annual party on Saturday, March 22! Includes performances by our award-winning Ensemble members & Artistic Affiliates, live auction + raffle, delicious food, fully-stocked bar, after party DJ & dancing. Featuring performances from our Ensemble...

The Color Purple

Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! The Color Purple won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983, making Walker the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer for fiction. A feminist work about an abused and uneducated Black woman’s struggle for empowerment, The Color...
Belonging, Inclusion, & Pay Equity

Belonging, Inclusion, & Pay Equity

We aspire to foster a sense on belonging and inclusion on and off stage. Our lifelong commitment requires each of us to do our part. . Programming – Our commitment to belonging & inclusion is visible in our play selection, arts education in Chicago Public Schools,...