by Blues | Jul 22, 2022 | Blue Ink Playwriting Award, News
Winner of the 2022 Blue Ink Award for playwriting. Spanning decades, this heartrending play explores the complex relationship between three generations of women: Loretta Reaper, a middle-aged Black woman, her grown spitfire daughter, Nell, and her starry-eyed...
by Blues | Jun 13, 2022 | News, The Room
“Selected for The Room in February and long before last month’s tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde thrust America’s gun violence epidemic back into the national spotlight, Scott Organ’s 17 Minutes feels even more urgent than ever.” —...
by Blues | Jun 6, 2022 | Fences, News
DOWNLOAD PDF | OPEN IN BROWSER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES For those seeking counseling or a safe space to heal from emotional or racial trauma, below are some resources that can help provide you with the tools and information that you may need. Association of Black...
by Blues | Jun 6, 2022 | Fences, News
Hello and Welcome to American Blues Theater’s production of Fences, In 2018, I directed a production of Hamlet at The Gift Theatre in Chicago. At the center of it was an astounding performance by Daniel Kyri playing a young black man wrestling with the weight of...
by Blues | Jun 6, 2022 | Fences, News
We are thrilled to welcome you to August Wilson’s Fences. Wilson is one of the greatest voices of American theater. His masterpiece script Fences debuted in 1985 and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, among many other theater honors. Wilson created the seminal ten-play...
by Blues | Jun 1, 2022 | The Ripped Festival
Read 30 short works inspired and ripped from today’s headlines in our online script library. We’re thrilled to celebrate these writers and short plays during the month of June. Come back each week to read the latest offerings from local and national...
by Blues | Apr 13, 2022 | #Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence, News
A founding sponsor of this incredible series, American Blues Theater proudly presents this year’s nationwide reading of 8 short plays about gun violence written by teen writers. Tickets are FREE and reservation required. Our reading will take place via Zoom...
by Blues | Mar 2, 2022 | News, Stand Up If You're Here Tonight
DOWNLOAD PDF | OPEN IN BROWSER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NAMI CHICAGO – Since 1979, NAMI Chicago has fought for families and individuals impacted by mental health conditions. We promote community wellness, break down barriers to mental health care and provide support...
by Blues | Feb 20, 2022 | News, Stand Up If You're Here Tonight
Somatic psychologists study the science of trauma getting stuck in our bodies. As we head into our third year of this pandemic, you must have secret caverns of mourning. Perhaps you store plump pockets of self-soothing. You have places deep inside you’ve retreated /...
by Blues | Feb 16, 2022 | Blue Ink Playwriting Award, News
We’re proud to announce the 2022 Blue Ink Award to The Reapers on Woodbrook Avenue by Mardee Bennett. Featured finalists include Gina Femia (Staff Retreat), Rachel Lynett (White People By the Lake), Matthew Paul Olmos (a home what howls (or the house what...
