JIM ORTLIEB

CURRENTLY RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, California YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 1998 POSITION: Actor AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight (Chicago & Paris) – Jeff Award nomination for Solo Performance One Day Only Scapin Train of Thought...

PHILIP EARL JOHNSON

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Mundelein, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2018 POSITION: Actor AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS (Upcoming) Come Back, Little Sheba On Clover Road – Jeff Award nomination for Production-midsize The Columnist – Jeff Award nomination for...

EDITHA ROSARIO-MOORE

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Oak Park, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2001 POSITION: Actor & Playwright AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS (Upcoming) Always…Patsy Cline The People’s Temple The Hairy Ape Quake Catch 22 Working Ripped Festivals (as both actor and...

WANDACHRISTINE

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Chicago, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2018 POSITION: Actor & Playwright AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS Misery Beauty’s Daughter – Ruby Dee/Black Theater Alliance Award for Solo Performance Ripped Festivals (as actor &...

AUSTIN COOK

CURRENT RESIDENCE: New York City, New York YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2013 POSITION: Composer, Actor, Music Director AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS Music Director: Little Shop of Horrors – Jeff Award nomination for Musical-midsize & nomination for Music Direction...

SUZANNE PETRI

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Chicago, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 1999 POSITION: Actor AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS (Upcoming) The Commons – “SEPTEMBER SONGS: a Cabaret Potpourri Hank Williams: Lost Highway – Jeff Award nomination for Musical-midsize...

DARREN CANADY

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Lawrence, Kansas YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2016 POSITION: Playwright AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS RIPPED FESTIVAL (10+ years) TRANSit ABOUT DARREN Darren Canady’s work has been produced at Sound Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Aurora...

JARED GOODING

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Evanston, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2018 POSITION: Lighting Designer AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues The Reclamation of Madison Hemings Fences – Jeff Award for Production-midsize Roan @ the Gates The Spitfire...

CHUCK SMITH

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Chicago, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2018 POSITION: Director AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues The Reclamation of Madison Hemings – Jeff Award nomination for Direction Flyin’ West Leroi Jones’ Dutchman The...