Read moreLearn about our history with “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
Directors’ Statements for It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
Welcome to American Blues Theater’s 30th Anniversary season “Seeing is Believing”. In 2002, we never imagined our production of “It’s a Wonderful Life” would become a holiday tradition.
About IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Artists
Read the Cast and Creative team’s biographies from the 2015 production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!”
2015 GutterBall
Annual bowl-a-thon to support American Blues Theater!
WHEN: Sunday, November 1, 2015, 4-7pm
WHERE: Seven Ten Lounge, 2747 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
$10 to spectate, $150 to bowl. (It’s a fundraiser, y’all.) Costumes encouraged. Prizes awarded. Kid-friendly. All proceeds benefit the education and artistic programming at American Blues Theater, a not-for-profit organization. By supporting Blues, you invest in our passionate artists, bold artistic programs, and significant community service initiatives.
Read more“Celebrate the Ensemble’s 30th anniversary and download your collectible poster here.”
American Blues Theater’s 30 Years
"Celebrate the Ensemble's 30th anniversary and download your collectible poster here."
Rave Reviews for THE RAINMAKER
"Blues has done it right as rain! Down-to-earth humor brings plenty of smiles." - The Wall Street Journal "Highly recommended! Only those with a heart of stone will be able to resist. Transformative magic." - Chicago Sun-Times
Read moreAmerican Blues Theater is thrilled to receive 8 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations!
2015 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations
8 nominations for American Blues Theater:
• Production play (large) – Native Son*
• Actor in principal role – Jerod Haynes, Native Son
• New adaptation – Nambi E. Kelley, Native Son
Read moreMen of wisdom like H.C. Curry know to be patient with heaven.
Playwright’s Foreword
When drought hits the lush grasslands of the richly fertile west, they are green no more and the dying is a palpable thing. What happens to verdure and vegetation, to cattle and livestock can be read in the coldly statistical little bulletins freely issued by the Department of Agriculture. What happens to the people of the west – beyond the calculable and terrible phenomena of a sudden poverty and loss of substance – is an incalculable and febrile kind of desperation.
Producing Artistic Director’s Note on THE RAINMAKER
Welcome to American Blues Theater’s 30th Anniversary season “Seeing is Believing”. Working in Ensemble theater demands collaboration, self-awareness, and an unwavering belief that the collective is stronger than its individual members. It also requires unconditional love and trust from both its artists and supporters.
A revival of The Rainmaker is the perfect way to celebrate our incredible existence.
Read moreAmerican Blues Theater proudly partners with these great organizations throughout the production run of The Rainmaker.
Community Partners for THE RAINMAKER
We continue our Pink Previews which donates proceeds to The Lynn Sage Foundation for breast cancer research. For this production, we support the Illinois Farm Bureau, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana, and Adler University.
About THE RAINMAKER Artists
Read the cast and creative team’s biographies for “The Rainmaker”.