by Blues | Jun 11, 2025 | News
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Chicago, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2018 AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Previous staff roles: Associate Producer (2018-2022); Assistant Producer (2016-2018); Executive Assistant (2014-2016); Assistant to the Producing...
by Blues | Jun 11, 2025 | News
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Oak Park, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2013 POSITION: Actor AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS The Last Wide Open It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! (12 years) – Jeff Award nomination for Ensemble The Spitfire Grill – Jeff Award...
by Blues | Jun 10, 2025 | News
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Skokie, Illinois YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2022 AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS (UPCOMING) Always…Patsy Cline – Lighting Designer (UPCOMING) It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago (2025) – Assistant Lighting Designer & Lead Electrician Lighting...
by Blues | Jun 10, 2025 | News, The Commons
Join us for our next Commons event! Ensemble member Ian Paul Custer’s concert on piano will be an unforgettable night in the intimate Studio theater. He’ll play hits of Billy Joel, Elton John, Ben Folds, and more. Saturday, June 21 @ 7:00 PM SIGN UP FOR...
by Blues | Jun 10, 2025 | News
Join us for our next Commons event! A powerful, intimate concert of gospel songs of resilience, hope, and triumph that celebrate freedom. Featuring the vocalist Marquetta Jackson in our intimate Studio with backing keyboard. Tuesday, June 17 @ 7:30 PM The show runs...
by Blues | Mar 21, 2025 | Blue Ink Playwriting Award, News
Congratulations to Alyssa Haddad-Chin, winner of the 2025 Blue Ink Award for You Should Be So Lucky. As part of the award, Haddad-Chin receives a $3,000 cash prize, a staged reading directed by Helen Young at American Blues Theater on August 9, and the opportunity to...
by Blues | Mar 14, 2025 | News
Join us for our next book in the Rubber Banned Book Club! HOW DOES THE CLUB WORK? Admission is free. Registration required. There are 2 sessions per book. Professional artists read sections of the book and members discuss. Apr 22, 2025 (6:30-8:00pm) – in person @ 5627...
by Blues | Mar 12, 2025 | News
Are you doing the work of anti-racism? Would you like to gain more skills and build on what you’ve started? Join us for a workshop on Inclusion and Allyship, taught by Artistic Affiliate and Belonging Specialist Tania Richard (award-winning author, actor, and...
by Blues | Mar 11, 2025 | Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues
We’re thrilled to present the Chicago premiere of Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Artistic Affiliate Charles Smith, directed by Ensemble member Chuck Smith. Their 2024 Chicago premiere of The Reclamation of Madison Hemings earned critical acclaim and three (3) Joseph...
by Blues | Mar 11, 2025 | Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues
It has been said that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. Many of those neighborhoods are the result of self-selection; pockets where like-minded people who share the same cultural backgrounds and/or values and beliefs choose to live, work, and raise families. I grew...
