by Blues | Jun 24, 2024 | News, The Ripped Festival
Join us for a live, Zoom reading of the 2024 Ripped plays. Monday, July 29 @ 7pm CT Tickets are suggested $15 or pay-what-you-can. Read 2024’s short works inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. Featuring writers & directors...
by Blues | Jun 24, 2024 | News, Rubber Banned Book Club
Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an...
by Blues | Jun 7, 2024 | News, The Commons
Join us for our next Commons event! See LIZ & NILKO: “Latin Americana”, featuring Ensemble member Liz Chidester. Monday, July 22 @ 7:00 PM The show runs approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Following the concert, feel free to stay in the...
by Blues | Jun 3, 2024 | News, The Last Wide Open
We asked Artistic Affiliate Katarzyna Müller (Polish adaptation & consultant) and her sister Matilda Szydagis (dialect coach) a few questions. You can read their bios in PRODUCTION TEAM. How would you describe your childhood, growing up in Chicago on the South...
by Blues | Jun 3, 2024 | News, The Last Wide Open
Welcome to American Blues Theater and our inaugural production in the Davee Studio! While this space has already hosted readings, concerts, an EDI seminar, and a dance party – you’re among the first customers of Jana’s Restaurant. In April 2019, I...
by Blues | Jun 3, 2024 | News, The Last Wide Open
DOWNLOAD PDF | OPEN IN BROWSER Additional Resources NAMI Chicago – promote community wellness, break down barriers to mental health care and provide support and expertise for families, professionals and individuals in Chicago and beyond. THE FAMILY INSTITUTE AT...
by Blues | May 1, 2024 | News, The Commons
Philip Earl Johnson. 34 years as MooNiE: Juggler. FooLiSH MorTaL. He’s leaving the props at home. And now he’s talking back. Misadventures during international travel, Jury Duty and hilariously challenging patrons are just a few of the subjects he takes on in this 80...
by Blues | Apr 28, 2024 | News
All in-person appointments for AEA and non-union performers are booked. Waitlist is open. We are also accepting all video submissions. LOCATION American Blues Theater 5627 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60659 AUDITION DATES / TIMES By appointment only: Thursday, May...
by Blues | Apr 2, 2024 | News, Rubber Banned Book Club
Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was published in 1960. The book is a profound exploration of racial injustice and moral growth set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama,...
by Blues | Apr 2, 2024 | News
American Blues Theater is pleased to consider all requests for ticket donations. Ticket donations consist of an electronic voucher redeemable for two (2) tickets to any production in 2025 – 2026 season (including readings, concert series, and other programming)....
