by Blues | Oct 1, 2020 | News
It’s a little over a month until our nation’s next election which means it’s time to make a plan to vote, and encourage all of your friends and family to fulfill their civic duty as well. I’m sure you’ve already made your calls, sent your...
by Blues | Sep 18, 2020 | News, The Room
SYNOPSIS: To earn extra cash, Sarah James, a young, struggling Black filmmaker, decorates the set for an upcoming documentary on the life of deceased Chicagoan and Civil Rights activist, Lucy Hassell Montgomery. While busily making last minute changes, Sarah has an...
by Blues | Aug 24, 2020 | News
YOU’RE ON INDIGENOUS LAND. The offices of American Blues Theater are located in Chicago, the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. City of Chicago was founded by the son of an enslaved African woman who was...
by Blues | Aug 10, 2020 | 2020 Blue Bash, News
Featuring live performances by Ensemble & Artistic Affiliates Dawn Bach, Matthew Brumlow, Manny Buckley, Dara Cameron, Dennis Cockrum, Ian Paul Custer, Philip Earl Johnson, Steve Key, Ed Kross, Warren Levon, Michael Mahler, Camille Robinson, Editha Rosario,...
by Blues | Aug 7, 2020 | News, The Room
SYNOPSIS: When Mrs. Nettie Morris (Wandachristine) goes to the storefront campaign office of congressional hopeful Jeffrey Talbott (Ian Paul Custer) determined to save her grandson from Chicago’s violent streets and incarceration with an ingenious plan – a...
